Date: June 6, 1973
Time: 6:04 pm – 6:12 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Tran Kim Phuong, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft.
Greeting
Haig’s conversation with Phuong
-President’s letter to Nguyen Van Thieu
-Telegram
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-Original to Phuong
-Congress
-President’s problem
Congress
-Washington, D.C. mood
-Vietnam cease-fire negotiations
-Communique
-Thieu
-Blockage
President’s Commitment to Thieu at San Clemente
-Concerns
-Aid program [?]
-Congress
-Appropriations [?]
-Cease-fire negotiations
-Communique
-Thieu
Cease-fire negotiations
-Thieu
-Phuong
-Saigon
-Narrowing gap
-Comparison
-Improvement [?]
Government of South Vietnam
-Thieu
-Survival
-Aid from Congress
-Status
-Congressional response to President
-Thieu
-President’s support
-Trust in North Vietnam
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-Congressional support
President’s letter to Thieu
-Intent
-Communique
-Congress
-President’s influence
Vietnam cease-fire negotiations
-Laos
-Council of Reconciliation
-Cease-fire procedure
-Impairment
-Importance of South Vietnam’s adherence
-Thieu
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Position
-Paris
-Responsibility
-Phuong’s role
-US aid to South Vietnam [?]
-Importance
-Public opinion [?]
-North Vietnam
-Communists
-Trustworthiness
-Thieu’s position
-Aid for South Vietnam
-President’s motives
-Support for Thieu
-Compared to North Vietnam
Well wishes
-Future endeavors
The President et al. left at 6:12 pm.