723–10

Conversation No. 723-10

Date: May 11, 1972
Time: 3:09 pm - 3:24 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

Vietnam
-Soviet Union response to the blockade
-Kissinger’s previous meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Leonid I. Brezhnev message
-Content
-Meanings
-Wording
-Major point
-Soviet ships
-US attacks
-Interference
-Kissinger’s reassurance

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 3:09 pm.

Refreshments

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 3:24 pm.

US-Soviet Union relations
-Brezhnev's message
-Soviet Summit
-Reply by Dobrynin
-US statements
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 723-10 (cont.)

-German Treaty
-Dobrynin references
-US position
-Soviet Summit
-Cancellation
-Timing
-Likelihood
-Kissinger’s view
-Dobrynin's assessment of diplomatic moves
-President's letter
-Comparison to Cuban missile crisis
-Public statements
-President's peace proposals
-Soviet Summit
-Impact on North Vietnam

Vietnam
-North Vietnamese offensive
-US countermeasures
-Effect
-President's trip to Soviet Union
-Kissinger's trip to Peking
-Blockade
-Press response
-Ronald L. Ziegler's report
-World War III predictions
-President's meeting with Nikolay S. Patolichev
-Significance
-Politburo decision
-Mining
-US air strikes
-Cessation in Hanoi and Haiphong
-Time
-Damage
-Timing
-Soviet Summit
-Soviet ships
-Instructions to Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
-Reason
-Soviet Response
-Soviet Summit
-Demonstrations
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 723-10 (cont.)

-Inspiration
-William P. Rogers
-Forthcoming meeting with the President
-Time
-Substance
-Peace proposals
-Instructions for Rogers
-Comments before Soviet Summit
-Soviet Summit
-Rogers's knowledge of Polish response

President's forthcoming meeting with Rogers
-Time
-Substance of discussion
-Soviet response to blockade
-State Department
-Statement
-Release
-Time

Vietnam
-Blockade
-Soviet response
-Tone
-US response to Soviet note
-Timing
-Delivery
-Study
-Dobrynin
-Attitude
-Soviet Summit
-Dobrynin's stake
-Kissinger's forthcoming meeting with Dobrynin
-Soviet note
-US response
-Time
-German Treaties
-Ratification
-Soviet moves
-Time
-Cancellation
-Likelihood
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 723-10 (cont.)

-Kissinger’s view
-Polish response
-Interpretation
-Timing
-Press response
-German Treaty vote

President's meeting with Rogers

Kissinger left at 3:24 pm.