Date: December 17, 1972

Time: 3:29 pm – 3:35 pm

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

Alice Roosevelt Longworth dinner

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-Timing

-Black tie

-Guest list

-Joseph W. Alsop and [Susan Mary Jay (Patten) Alsop]

-Stephen B. Bull

-Richard L. Wilson

-[Katherine Young (Macy) Wilson]

-Howard K. Smith

Vietnam negotiations

-Letter for Nguyen Van Thieu

-The President’s work with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

-Tone

-Bilateral deal

-Thieu

-Possible collapse

-Fear of political contest

-North Vietnam army

-US aid

-Timing

-Congress

-Prisoners of War [POWs]

-Michael J. Mansfield

-George S. McGovern

-Mining

-Hanoi reaction

-Radar

-[US bombing]

-Haig’s view

-December 13, 1972 meeting

-Transcript

-Previous week’s meeting

-Tone

-The President’s recent conversation with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin

-Haig’s and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew’s schedules

-Saigon

-December 13, 1972 meeting

-Transcript

-Possible leak to press

-Hanoi’s possible action

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-US bombing

-B-52s

-North Vietnamese reaction

-Settlement

-Timing

-Duration

-US domestic situation

-Democrats

-Edward M. Kennedy

-The President’s 1972 election victory margin

The President’s schedule