844–3

Conversation No. 844-3

Date: January 30, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:24 am and 11:05 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman at 9:24 am.

Press relations
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Jerrold L. (“Jerry”) Schecter
-Time
-Kissinger relations with White House
-India–Pakistan
-The President's relationship
-White House staff
-Kissinger
-\"Man of the Year\" cover
-Schecter
-Relationship with Kissinger
-Conversation
-Charles W. Colson
-Herbert G. Klein
-\"Johnny Carson Show\"
-Kissinger \"Man of the Year\" cover story
-Media
-Elections of 1970
-Kissinger’s response to press on bombing
-Television [TV]
-David Kraslow
-Crosby S. Noyes
-Kissinger and Jews
-Smith Hempstone, Jr
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Media perceptions
-News summary
-Time
-Newsweek
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-John A. Scali
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Conversation No. 844-3 (cont’d)

-Klein
-Colson and Haldeman
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-White House strategy
-The campaign
-White House staff
-Buchanan
-Robert H. Finch
-TV
-Kissinger

Kissinger entered at 9:41 am.

Haldeman left at 9:42 am.

Kissinger's schedule
-Joseph W. Alsop
-Rowland Evans

Newsweek
-Coverage of the President and Vietnam
-Kissinger's conversations
-Henry Hubbard
-Mel Elfin

Press relations
-Vietnam War

Kissinger's schedule
-Robert S. McNamara
-Economic development
-Press relations
-Mail

Press attitude
-Haldeman
-TV
-Time

Vietnam settlement
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Conversation No. 844-3 (cont’d)

-Cease-fire
-Buchanan

The President's relations with unnamed person [Tran Van Lam]
-Paris
-US relations with South Vietnam
-Schedule for unnamed person [Tran Van Lam]
-Spiro T. Agnew

Agnew's schedule
-Kissinger
-Brent G. Scowcroft
-Itinerary
-Philippines
-The President's schedule
-Philippines
-Report to the Cabinet
-Kissinger's schedule
-North Vietnam
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-The President's schedule
-Cabinet meeting

Press relations
-Counterattack
-White House attitudes
-Alsops
-List
-Haldeman
-Alsops

Kissinger's schedule
-Hanoi
-Public relations

Agnew
-Meeting with Cabinet

Egyptians
-Meeting with Kissinger
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Conversation No. 844-3 (cont’d)

-London
-Golda Meir
-Camp David

Tran Van Lam and Tran Kim Phuong entered at 9:52 am; Members of the press and the White
House photographer were present at the beginning of the meeting.

Introductions

Photo session

Foreign relations
-US and Vietnam
-Cease-fire
-Peace
-Economic and military support for Vietnam
-Friendship for Vietnam
-South Vietnam government
-Recognition
-Assistance
-Influence
-US policy in Indochina
-Agnew's visit to Vietnam
-Areas of discussion
-Possible recommendations to the US Cabinet
-Negotiations
-Congress
-Economic and military support for South Vietnam
-Paris negotiations
-The President's trips to Vietnam
-Friendship with Vietnamese people
-Independence
-US press
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Congress
-Aid
-Peace investment
-International relations with South Vietnam
-North Vietnam
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Conversation No. 844-3 (cont’d)

Vietnam settlement
-Cease-fire
-North Vietnam
-Communists
-Kissinger
-War and peace
-US policy toward South Vietnamese government
-Agnew
-Demonstrations
-Timing
-Madame Nguyen Binh
-Paris
-Geneva
-Copenhagen
-Scandinavians
-French
-Maurice Schumann
-Demonstration
-Georges J. R. Pompidou
-Paris
-Impact of demonstrations on negotiations
-Charles A. J. M. Degaulle
-The President's state visit
-Funeral
-Police
-Iceland
-Demonstrations
-France
-Pompidou
-Schumann
-William P. Rogers
-Paris
-Copenhagen
-Pompidou
-Finland
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Geneva
-Salzburg
-Vienna
-Vienna
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Conversation No. 844-3 (cont’d)

-Demonstrators
-Geneva
-North Vietnamese
-Chinese
-Paris
-Pompidou
-Schumann
-Demonstrations
-South Vietnamese
-Hanoi
-South Vietnam
-US relations with USSR
-Chinese
-Hanoi
-Saigon
-Schumann
-Jean Sainteny
-North Vietnam
-Agreement
-Souvanna Phouma
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-US aid
-South Vietnam
-Air Force
-People
-US relations
-USSR
-PRC
-North Vietnam
-Laos
-Cambodia
-Cease-fire
-Press relations
-Congress
-Communism
-North Vietnam
-US strategy
-USSR
-PRC
-US relations with South Vietnam
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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Conversation No. 844-3 (cont’d)

-Kissinger
-Agnew
-Thieu
-North Vietnam
-Effect of bombing
-South Vietnam
-May offensive
-Strength of forces
-Government
-Effect of Communism
-Death statistics
-Cease-fire
-Strategy
-Thieu
-Press relations
-Paris
-Kissinger
-Copenhagen
-Danish Prime Minister
-Danes, Swedes, Norwegians
-Paris
-Vienna
-Geneva
-Pompidou
-Thieu
-Demonstrations
-France
-Cultural influences on Vietnam
-Role in negotiations
-Pompidou
-Relations with US
-Thieu
-Schumann
-Elections
-Socialists
-Communists
-Pierre Mendes-France
-Pompidou
-Copenhagen
-Geneva
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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Conversation No. 844-3 (cont’d)

-Vienna
-French
-Demonstrations
-Thieu
-Meeting with the President
-The President's schedule
-Kakuei Tanaka
-Thieu’s schedule

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:52 am.

The President's schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:37 am.

Tran Van Lam and Tran Kim Phuong left at 10:37 am.

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 10:37 am.

The President's briefcase
-Executive Office Building [EOB]

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 10:39 am.

Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:37 am.

The President's schedule
-Ziegler

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:39 am.

Vietnam settlement
-Thieu's schedule
-Visit to US
-Hanoi trip

Ziegler entered at 10:39 am.

-Timing
-North Vietnam
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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Conversation No. 844-3 (cont’d)

-The President's conversation with Tran Van Lam
-Kissinger's schedule
-William E. Timmons
-Trip to Hanoi
-Time

Press relations
-Soviet Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-Timing of negotiations

Kissinger's suits

Kissinger left at 10:41 am.

Photographers
-South Vietnamese meeting with the President
-Bull
-Gerald L. Warren
-Haldeman

Kissinger's schedule
-Haldeman

Ziegler left at an unknown time before 11:05 am.