Date: December 11, 1972
Time: 5:21 pm – 5:29 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
[See Conversation No. 385-14A]
Vietnam negotiations
-Message from Henry A. Kissinger
-Report on meeting with North Vietnamese
-Problems
-Lack of instructions
-US civilians in South Vietnam
-Withdrawal
-Timing
-Defense Department
-Kissinger’s return
-Timing
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Recess
-Reply to Kissinger
-Kissinger’s return
-Timing
-Recess
-Resumption of talks
-Timing
-US bombing
-Kissinger’s tactics
-Agnew
-Message from Kissinger
-Resumption of talks
-Normal diplomatic channels
-Avenue Kleber
-Haig’s schedule
-Haig’s possible telephone call to Kissinger
-Kissinger’s possible return
-Effect
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-North Vietnamese intransigence
-Lack of options
-Haig’s possible call to Kissinger
-North Vietnamese instructions
-Tone
-Bombing
-Duration
-Kissinger’s tactics
-Effectiveness
-Deadline
-Agnew