Date: November 4, 1972

Time: 10:30 am – 10:33 am

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Margaret Chase Smith.

[See Conversation No. 389-11O]

Greetings

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1972 election

-Smith’s campaign

-The President’s support

-Outlook

-The President’s campaign

-Outlook

-Television [TV]

-The President’s letter

-Smith’s campaign

-Bangor Newspaper

-Opposition to Smith

-Polls

-William B. Hathaway’s lead

-Quality

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Vietnam War

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-Guidelines for Smith’s public position

-Peace with honor

-Negotiations

-Prisoners of war [POWs]

-Cease fire

-Communist coalition government in South Vietnam

-Details

-Settlement

-Pace

-McGovern’s charges

-The President’s Peoples Republic

of China [PRC] trip and Soviet Union summit

-US troop withdrawals

-Smith’s support

-Meetings

-The President’s stance on settlement agreement

-1968 bombing halt

-Maine

-Support for President

-Youth

-Amnesty

-Smith

-Senate Armed Services Committee

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1972 election

-The President’s schedule

-Visit to Maine

-First Family

-Predictions

-Jimmy (“The Greek”) Snyder

-Smith’s margin

-Bangor News

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