723–12

Conversation No. 723-12

Date: May 11, 1972
Time: 3:25pm - 3:39 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
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Meeting with William P. Rogers
-Time
-Henry A. Kissinger

Manolo Sanchez
-Health
-Schedule
-Key Biscayne

Vietnam
-Blockade
-President's meeting with Rogers
-Rogers's public statements
-Peace offer
-Kissinger’s view
-President's line
-Rogers's line
-Melvin R. Laird's line
-Administration's stance
-Prisoners of war [POWs] wives
-Forthcoming events
-Locations
-Boston, Richmond, Washington
-President's presence
-Meeting with the President
-Timing
-Press reaction
-Congressional strategy
-Clark MacGregor's recommendation
-Sense of Congress resolution
-Similarity to Clifford P. Case-Frank F. Church Amendment
-Fund cutoff
-Timing
-Advantages for administration
-Kissinger's advice
-Instructions to Haldeman
-MacGregor
-\"Hawks\"
-President's goals
-South Vietnamese morale
-Nguyen Van Thieu
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-Effect of Congressional actions
-Congressional actions
-Administration actions
-Case-Church Amendment
-John Sherman Cooper-Church Amendment
-Resolution to cut off funds
-Administration response
-Kissinger's advice
-President's decision
-Time
-Rogers meeting
-Delay
-Blockade
-Thomas W. Benham poll results
-Difference between student demonstrators and general
public
-Demonstrations
-Administration response
-Minnesota
-President's meeting with Rogers
-Haldeman's and Kissinger's presence
-Press conference
-Haldeman’s forthcoming meeting with Kissinger
-Strategy with Congress
-Lyndon B. Johnson's policies
-Concern for Senate, Soviet Union
-Congress
-Administration stance
-Blockade
-Press response
-Alarmism
-Ronald L. Ziegler's report
-Fear of World War III
-Laos
-Cambodia
-People's Republic of China [PRC]

Haldeman left at 3:39 pm.
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