Date: November 18, 1972
Time: 12:45 pm – 12:49 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.
Vietnam negotiations
-Settlement agreement
-South Vietnam
-Possible US bilateral actions
-Aid programs
-Possible Congressional cut-off
-Ellsworth F. Bunker
-US message to Nguyen Van Thieu
-Negotiating position
-Proposals
-Vetting
-Memorandum
-Impact on final agreement
-US reaction
-US efforts
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.’s trips, Kissinger’s trips And Bunker’s
availability
-Letters
-Reception of emissary
-The President’s role
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-07)
-Reading, drafting
-Final agreement
-Modification
-South Vietnam
-Negotiating stance
-US reaction
-Make-up of new Congress
-Thieu’s responsibility
-US assistance
-US response
-Tone
-Thieu
-Blame
-Possible collapse of South Vietnam
-South Vietnam’s ability to handle agreement
-South Vietnamese control of South Vietnam
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-Map
-Territory
-Control by Government of Vietnam [GVN]
-Thieu’s actions
-1972 election
-Bargaining Position