Date: November 18, 1972
Time: 12:15 pm – 12:20 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.
Vietnam negotiations
-Settlement agreement
-Message to Ellsworth F. Bunker
-The President’s directions
-Dealings with South Vietnamese
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Thieu’s attitudes
-The President’s previous letter
-South Vietnam
-Possible emissary to the President
-Paris negotiations
-Further messages
-Bunker
-The President’s response on South Vietnam bargaining
Position
-The President’s previous letter
-Pressure on US
-South Vietnam position
-Changes in negotiating points
-Problems
-Le Duc Tho’s possible response
-Previous Changes
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.’s recent trip
-Comments
-Impact on agreement
-Withdrawal of forces
-US and North Vietnamese
-Bunker
-Emissary to South Vietnam
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-Haig
-John B. Connally
-North Vietnam reaction to US proposals
-Agreement quality
-South Vietnam
-US bargaining position
-Bunker
Peter G. Peterson
-New appointment
-Foreign policy
-Expertise
-Commerce Department
-George P. Shultz
-Access to White House