Date: June 12, 1972
Time: 3:03-3:24 pm.
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Bui Diem and Alexander M. Haig, Jr.[Members of the press and the
White House photographer were present at the beginning of the meeting.]
Diem
-Feelings about the US
-The President’s policies
-1969 moratorium
-Cambodia operation
-Laos operation
-North Vietnamese offensive
Vietnamese attitudes toward US
-World War II
-US foreign policy
-Diem
-The President’s policies
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The President's message to Nguyen Van Thieu
-US policy
-South Vietnam
-An Loc
-Hue
-South Vietnam morale
-US policy
-Negotiations
-The President’s view
-North Vietnamese
-Military condition
-US military operations
-North Vietnamese military offensive
-Army of the Republic of South Vietnam [ARVN]
-Response
-The President’s view
-Rubicon analogy
-Ground troops
-ARVN
-US troops
-ARVN response
-An Loc
-II Corps
-I Corps
-Air power
-Comparison with other battles
-World War II
-World War I
-Battle of the Bulge
-German offensive
-Allied response
-George S. Patton
-ARVN offensive operation
-The President’s view
-1972 election
-North Vietnam
-International implications
-Soviet Union
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-The President's assessment
-Soviet Union involvement
-Chinese
-North Vietnamese
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-Hanoi position
South Vietnam
-Fighting strength
-Soviets
-Chinese
Damage to North Vietnam
-Air strikes
-Sea blockade
Sihanoukville
-Bombing
-Effectiveness analyzed
South Vietnam
-Morale
-Comparison to North Vietnamese
-Thieu
-Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.
-Military Region [MR] I
-Quang Tri
-Demilitarized Zone [DMZ]
-An Loc
-Saigon
-Parrot's Beak
-B-52s
-Air power
-Ground forces
Diem
-Recollection of seeing the President in 1968
-US policy
The President's view of war developments
-Mining of North Vietnamese ports
-Conclusion of war