Date: March 21, 1973

Time: 8:11am – 8:20 am

Location: Oval Office

The President met with Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft.

Vietnam settlement

-Infiltration

-Latest reports

-Civil administrator groups

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-Truck movement

-Significance

-Prisoners of war [POW] release

-Four Power Commission

-North Vietnam’s representative

-Deadline

-US withdrawal

-Laos

-North Vietnam

-Public statement

-Laos

-Number of prisoners

-Air strikes

-Possible dates

-Release of POWs from Laos

-Postponement

-Laos

-Government formation

-Cabinet

-Message to Henry A. Kissinger

-Response from Kissinger

-Decision deadline

-Souvanna Phouma

-Timing

-Release of POWs

-Laos

-US assurances to Nguyen Van Thieu

-Cease-fire

-Implications

-Cambodia

-President’s authority after troop withdrawal

-State Department

-Constitutional questions

-Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution

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-Cease-fire

-Justifications

-Protection of troops

-Guarantee of cease-fire

-Congressional authorization

-Possible action by North Vietnam

-Treaty obligations

-Thailand

-Laos

-US withdrawal of troops

-POW release

-Deadline

-Logistics

-US message to North Vietnamese

Scowcroft left at 8:20 am.