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1 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Conversation No. 713-1 Date: April 19, 1972 Time: 3:27 pm - 5:01 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Henry A. Kissinger; the recording began at an unknown time while the meeting was in progress. Vietnam -Support for bombing -Mayor of Alexandria, Louisiana [C. Edward Karst] -Change of political parties -Significance -Encouragement of hawkish sentiment -Bombing -Negotiations -Conditions for cessation of bombing -Kissinger’s position -The President’s press conference -Announcement -Timing with Kissinger’s Moscow trip -Meeting with Andrei A. Gromyko US-Soviet Union relations -Kissinger’s Moscow trip -Meeting with Leonid I. Brezhnev -Gromyko -Soviet summit -Possible cancellation -Kissinger’s Moscow trip -Continuation of US bombing in Vietnam -Conversation with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Escalation of attacks -Kissinger’s promise -Hanoi and Haiphong Vietnam -US bombing -Limits -Targets -Unknown port
2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Purpose -Timing of attacks -Signals to Soviet Union and North Vietnam -Recommendations -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. -Melvin R. Laird -[David] Kenneth Rush -Increase -Targets -Petroleum, oil, and lubricants [POL] dumps -Negotiations -North Vietnamese military position -Blockade -Laird and Moorer -US strategy -Elements of success -The President’s previous success playing poker -North Vietnamese message -US response -The President’s forthcoming announcement -Timing -Kissinger’s Moscow trip -Possible cable -Communications with White House -Jacob D. Beam -The President’s announcement -Plenary session -Timing -Troop levels -Timing -Troop level -The President’s announcement -Numbers -Reduction of ceiling -The President’s announcement -Timing -Kissinger’s trip to Moscow -Explanation for public -Soviet summit -Vietnam -Possible misinterpretation
3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Bombing -Meeting with Le Duc Tho -Vietnam as topic -Timing with Le Duc Tho visit -Negotiations -Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters -Participation -Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] position -Participation -Meetings with North Vietnam -Bombing -Protests -Ivy League presidents -Kissinger's acquaintance -Derek C. Bok of Harvard -Wife [Sissela (Myrdal) Bok] -Political leanings -Father [Gunnar K. Myrdal] -Brother [Jan Myrdal] -William J. McGill -Kissinger’s view -Kingman Brewster -Bok -Gerald L. Warren -Visit to Columbia University -Possible condemnation of North Vietnam’s invasion -Criticism -Opposition to the President -Intransigence -Kissinger’s view -The President’s view -Edward M. Kennedy -Influence from students -Forthcoming counterattack -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Kissinger’s meeting with Soviets -Bombign of Hanoi and Haiphong -Explanation to public -Responsibility for calling the meeting -Significance -Compared with scenario involving Iran -People’s Republic of China [PRC]
4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Negotiations -North Vietnamese concessions -Prisoners of war [POWs] -Release -US proposals -Humanitarian gestures -Possible failure -Bombing -Impact on North Vietnam -The President’s view -Necessity -Other possible Presidents -John B. Connally -Ronald W. Reagan -Agnew -Compared with Lyndon B. Johnson -US policy -Impact on North Vietnam -The President’s determination
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VIETNAM
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-Protests -Ivy League presidents -Agnew’s forthcoming statement concerning North Vietnamese invasion Kissinger's call to Patrick J. Buchanan
5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 3:27 and 4:41 pm. [Conversation No. 713-1A] [See Conversation No. 23-38] [End of telephone conversation] Vietnam -Kissinger’s trip to Moscow
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Kissinger talked with Buchanan at an unknown time between 3:27 and 4:41 pm. [Conversation No. 713-1B] [See Conversation No. 23-39] An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 3:27 pm and conferred with Kissinger. The unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:41 pm. [End of telephone conversation] Vietnam -US policy -Conservatives -1972 election
6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Timing -Goals before election -Soviet summit -Political risks -Goals -Avoidance of defeat -North Vietnamese invastion -Pre-March 29, 1972 -Negotiations -Soviets -Terms -Demilitarized Zone [DMZ] -Relationship to bombing -Johnson -North Vietnam -Negotiations -PRC -Pressure from Soviet Union -Invasion -American public opinion -The President’s announcement of Kissinger’s trip -US bombing -Effectiveness -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Forthcoming meeting with the President -Sequoia -Public opinion -Press -Hanoi and Haiphong Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:27 pm. The President's schedule -Meeting with W. Kenneth Riland -Meeting with Haig -Time -Sequoia -Record of meeting -Arrangements -Rush -Moorer -Laird
7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Rush -Moorer -William P. Rogers -Press coverage -Arrangements -Moorer -Departure of Sequoia Bull left at an unknown time before 4:41 pm. Kissinger's trip to Soviet Union -Rogers -Handling -Purpose of trip -Rogers's reaction -Announcement -Possible leaks -Dobrynin -Timing -Discussions with Soviets -Possible leaks -Publicity -The President’s view -Timing -Arrangements -Trip to and from Camp David -Kissinger’s schedule -Return to US Vietnam -Settlement -Possible time -North Vietnamese invasion -Kissinger’s Moscow trip -Benefits -Announcement -Timing -Plenary session on Vietnam -Secret talks -Xuan Thuy -Le Duc Tho -US bombing
8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Impact -Settlement -Likelihood -Impact of bombing -US bombing -Kissinger’s Moscow trip -Significance -Appearance of US determination -Soviet ships to Haiphong -Halt -Vladivostock -Mining -Kissinger’s Moscow trip -Risks -Thanh Hua -Possible result -Kissinger’s message to Dobrynin -Targets -Avoidance of Hanoi and Haiphong -Thanh Hua US-Soviet Union relations -Individual roles -Importance of superpowers -PRC and Japan -Summit -Timing -US and Soviet Union compared -US policies -Past relations -The President’s trip to the Soviet Union -Meeting place -Possible results -Kissinger’s message to Soviet leaders -Past relations -Meetings at Camp David, Vienna and Glassboro, New Jersey -The President’s view -Brezhnev’s view -Yalta -Importance of meeting -The President’s view -The President’s trip to the PRC
9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Future importance -Soviet power -Soviet foreign policy -Brezhnev Doctrine -The President’s last visit in 1959 -Problems -Nikita S. Khruschev -Captive Nations Resolution -US policy on Eastern Europe -Soviet reciprocity -Non-Communist world -The President’s visit to the Soviet Union -Importance -Kissinger’s view -Impact of agreements -The President’s PRC visit -Contrast with Glassboro meeting between Johnson and Aleksei N. Kosygin in 1967 -Importance -Message for Brezhnev -Mutual respect -Chou En-lai and Mao Tse-tung -Security of US and Soviet Union -Agreements -Mutual benefits -Importance -Effectiveness -The President compared with Brezhnev -Kissinger’s dealings with Soviets -The President -Contrast with John F. Kennedy and Johnson -Political risks -Vietnam -Advisors’ views -1972 election -Public opinion -PRC -Agreements -The President’s role -Liberals -Right-wing strength -Vietnam
10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Soviets -Arms control -Joseph McCarthy -George C. Wallace -Need for Vietnam agreements -Trade -Most Favored Nation [MFN] status -Likelihood of passage by Congress -Soviet relations with North Vietnam -Other agreements -Credits -The President’s talk with Andrei A. Gromyko -Likelihood of Congressional passage -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] -Options -Submarines -Moorer -Concessions -Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missiles [SLBMs] -Negotiations -Conditions -Vietnam -Interceptors -SLBM -US defense budget -George P. Shultz An unknown woman entered at an unknown time after 3:27 pm. The President's schedule -Meeting with unknown person The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 4:41 pm. Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:27 pm. Kissinger’s schedule -Meeting with Riland -Arrangements -Forthcoming speech Bull left at an unknown time before 4:41 pm.
11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
US-Soviet Union relations -SALT -Gerard C. Smith -Negotiating stance -SLBM -Concessions -Anti-Ballistic Missiles[ABMs] -US proposals -Malmstrom Air Force Base -Defense system around Washington, DC -The President’s view -SLBM -Laird and Smith’s recommendation -Agreements -Formula of agreement -Problems -Laird -Missile sites -Washington and Grand Forks -Construction -Malmstrom -ABM -Domestic advantages -Domestic -Submarines -European security -Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction [MBFR] -Linkage -Desires of US allies -North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] -Future -The President’s view -MBFR -Conference -Possible announcement at the Soviet summit -Vietnam -Importance -Soviet understanding -US bombing -Continuation -Understandings of 1968
12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Implementation -US casualties -Bombing -Negotiations -North Vietnamese invasion -Soviet pressure to cease -Possible settlement -Impact of summit -1972 election -North Vietnamese perceptions of outcome -Polls -Negotiations -North Vietnamese willingness -Relation to 1972 election -Polls -Present period -Importance -US domestic politics -North Vietnamese perceptions -1968 election -Johnson -W[illiam] Averell Harriman -Nguyen Van Thieu -The President’s possible position in polls
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Vietnam -The President’s handling -Kissinger’s view -South Vietnam
13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Survival -US support -Thieu -Laird -Haig’s report -Military Region Three -North Vietnam US-Soviet Union relations -Kissinger’s meeting with Soviet leaders -Brezhnev -Thrust of talks Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:27 pm. The President's schedule -Meeting with Riland -Kissinger -Place -Executive Office Building [EOB] -Time -Riland's meeting with Kissinger -Barber -Meeting at Camp David -Barber -Timing -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox -Arrangements Bull left at an unknown time before 4:41 pm. -Call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Rogers The President talked with Haldeman at an unknown time between 3:27 and 4:41 pm. [Conversation No. 713-1C] The President's schedule -Meeting with Haig -Haldeman's schedule -Meeting with the President
14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Sequoia cruise -Time Kissinger's trip to Moscow -Trip to Florida [End of telephone conversation] An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 3:27 pm. Manolo Sanchez -Location Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:27 pm. Briefcase -Lincoln Sitting Room Refreshment The unknown man and Bull left at an unknown time before 4:41 pm. Kissinger's secret trip to Moscow -Plans to maintain secrecy -Trip to Camp David -Disadvantages -Haldeman's opinion -Trip to Florida -Press -Itinerary -Problems Haldeman entered at 4:41 pm. -The President's schedule -Mrs. Nixon's schedule -Camp David -Problems -Compared with Florida -Press coverage -Arrangements -314 House
15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Telephone calls -Coleman Hicks -Secretary -Florida -Problems -Telephone calls -Haldeman and Ronald L. Ziegler -Camp David -Advantages -Security -Kissinger's presence -Kissinger's itinerary -Katharine L. Graham dinner -John D. Ehrlichman -Kissinger's staff -Florida -Kissinger's presence -Press coverage -Investigation efforts -Camp David -Telephone calls -Ziegler -Warren -Kissinger -Cover trip -Florida -Press -Jerrold L. Schecter -Disadvantages -Telephone calls -Press -Compared to telephone calls received at Camp David -Shultz and Connally -Presence -Ziegler's opinion -Florida -Camp David -Advantages -Air strike -Publicity -Secrecy of trip
16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-The President’s view -Ziegler's handling of questions -Camp David -Itinerary -American Society of Newspaper Editors [ASNE] -Explanation -Staff meetings -Kissinger, Ehrlichman and Haldeman -Helmut Sonnenfeldt -Peter W. Rodman An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 4:41 pm. The unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:58 pm. Kissinger's secret trip to Moscow -Camp David trip -Scheduling -Kissinger's return trip -Meetings in Moscow -Forthcoming message -Visit to Camp David -Return to Washington -Press conference -Time -Necessity -The President’s view -Possible announcement by the Soviet Union -The President's announcement -Timing -Troop announcement -Press expectations -Announcement -Wording -Plenary session -Review of international situation -Preparations for summit -Rogers -Soviet announcement -Timing with primaries -Troop announcement -Secrecy of trip
17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Credibility issue -Ehrlichman and Ziegler -The President’s [January] 25, 1972 speech -The President’s view -Motives -Press hostility -Motives -The President’s view -Announcement -Ziegler -Warren -The President’s view -Handling -Warren and Ziegler’s knowledge of secret trip -Press officer -Ziegler -Haldeman’s plan -Camp David trip -The President’s previous plans -Announcement -Possible coordination with Soviets -Timing -Television coverage -Time of day -Primaries -Timing -Message to allies -Press conference -Troop announcement -Time -Negotiations with Soviets -US posturing -Plenary session An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 4:41 pm. Delivery to the residence The unknown person left at an unknown time before 4:58 pm. Kissinger’s trip to Moscow -Announcement
18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
-Time of day -The President’s view -Plenary session -Postponement -Conditions -End of North Vietnamese offensive The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 4:41 and 4:58 pm. [Conversation No. 713-1D] [See Conversation No. 23-40] [End of telephone conversation] Meeting with Riland -Scheduling Kissinger left at 4:58 pm. Kissinger's secret trip to Moscow -Florida trip -Secrecy Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:58 pm. The President's schedule -Meeting with Riland -Riland's location Bull left at an unknown time before 5:01 pm. The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 4:58 an 5:01 pm. [Conversation No. 713-1E] [See Conversation No. 23-41] [End of telephone conversation]
19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
Kissinger's secret trip to Moscow -Maintaining secrecy -Itinerary -Florida trip -Disadvantages -Press questions -Kissinger's location -314 House -Staff -Sonnenfeldt -Camp David -Advantages -Dealings with press -Ziegler -The President’s view -Explanation -The President's meeting with Kissinger, Ehrlichman and Haldeman Haldeman left at 5:01 pm.
Conversation No. 713-2 Date: April 19, 1972 Time: 5:01 pm - 5:02 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox. [See Conversation No. 23-42; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation.]
Conversation No. 713-3 Date: April 19, 1972 Time: 5:02 pm - 5:03 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Rose Mary Woods.
20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 8/07)
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Woods left at 5:03 pm.
Conversation No. 713-4 Date: April 19, 1972 Time: Unknown between 5:05 pm and 11:59 pm Location: Oval Office Unknown persons [Secret Service agents] met. Telephone call The President’s schedule -The President’s location -Executive Office Building [EOB] [Unintelligible] The unknown persons left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.