Date: February 3, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:30 pm and 6:15 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President dictated a memorandum for the file.
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President’s critics
-Divisiveness
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-William P. Rogers
-Cabinet meeting
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Press relations
Eisaku Sato
-Welcoming
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Camp David
-Date, time
Vietnam settlement
-Cease-fire agreement
-Paris
Dictabelt tape
Sato’s dinner
Edward R. G. Heath’s visit
-Background material
-Henry A. Kissinger’s office
-Detail
-Arthur F. Burns, George P. Shultz, Peter M. Flanigan’s contributions
Prayer breakfast
-President’s conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-President’s statement
-Notes
-Mark O. Hatfield
-John C. Stennis
Hatfield
-Hypocrisy
-Haldeman
-Honorariums
-Behavior
-Wife
President’s Inaugural speech
-Applause
-Respect
-Prayer breakfast
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-Press coverage
Mail to the President
-Lyrics
-Prayer breakfast
President’s schedule
Henry A. Kissinger
-Personality
-Vietnam settlement
-“Peace is at hand” statement
-1972 election
-Effects
-Negotiations
-US bargaining position
-December 1972 bombing
-Press briefing
-Negotiations
-North Vietnam
-Motivations
-Kissinger’s viewpoint
-New York Times
-Harry Reasoner
-Nobel Prize
-Irony
-Negotiations
-December 1972 bombing
-President’s role
-Effect on negotiations
-Mood
-Public perceptions
-Kissinger’s cable
-Files
-Interview with Marvin L. Kalb
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-President’s conversation with Ziegler
-Television [TV] ratings
-Public interest after cease-fire
Joseph C. Kraft’s meeting with Charles W. Colson
-Kissinger
-Conversation with Colson
-Colson’s knowledge of Kissinger’s call to Kraft
-Kissinger’s viewpoint
Kissinger
-Contradictory remarks
-Helmut (“Hal”) Sonnenfeldt’s conversation with Colson
Kissinger’s interview with Kalb
-Questions
-Colson and others’ viewpoints
-Answers
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Bombing
-Role of advisors in decision making
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 3:30 pm.
Call from Tricia Nixon Cox
The President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox between 5:18 pm and 5:22 pm.
[Conversation No. 241-10A]
[See Conversation No. 161-5]
[End of telephone conversation]
Kissinger
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-Morale
-Schedule
-New York
-Hockey game
-Colson’s opinion
-Kissinger’s personality
-Role of advisors in decision making
-Historical records
-Press relations
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, Colson
-Writers
-Speeches, articles
Nobel Prize
-Paul Miller
-Hugh Scott, Robert J. Dole
-Walter Annenberg
-Personality
Press relations
-Editorials
-Haldeman
White House staff
-Stephen B. Bull
-Alexander P. Butterfield
President’s meeting with Heath
-Heath’s demeanor
-Support for bombing
-Toast
-President’s role in Vietnam settlement
-Courage
-Discussions
-Content
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-Former US Presidents
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Death
-Vietnam
-Psychological toll
-Press relations
-Departure from Washington, DC
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Retirement
-Gettysburg
-Travel and leisure activities
-Golf
-Augusta
-Palm Springs
-Bridge
-Memories
-Herbert C. Hoover
-New York
-Gen. Douglas MacArthur
-World Capital
-Johnson
-Ranch
-Visibility compared to Eisenhower
-President’s visit
-1972 Democratic candidates
-George S. McGovern’s visit
-Johnson’s endorsement
-President’s call to Claudia A. (“Taylor”) (“Lady Bird”) Johnson
-Letter
-United Nations [UN] position
-Claudia Johnson’s reply
Congressional relations
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Chou En-Lai
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-Foreign policy hardliners
-Hugh Scott
Press relations
-President’s news summary
-Travel to Camp David
-Press entourage
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Dan Rather’s report
-Press conference
-Washington Post
-Vermont Royster’s column
-Coverage of Vietnam settlement
-TV
-Ziegler
-Colson
-TV
-Public opinion of news commentary
-Presidential statements
-Need for national unity
-Role of press
-Critics of administration
-Reconciliation
-Mistakes in reporting
-Support for President
Middle East
-Kissinger’ delayed actions
-Israeli elections, October 1973
-President’s strategy
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Arms
-Kissinger’s limited role
-Egypt
-Hafiz Ismail’s visit
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-Israel’s position
-US position as mediator
-Interim settlement
-Israeli compared with Egyptian, Arab positions
-US assurances of future settlement
North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
-President’s discussions with Kissinger
-Defense budget cuts
-Kissinger’s lack of comprehensive strategy
-Tactical compared with strategic approach
-Role of military planners
-US and European commitments
-Credibility with USSR
John B. Connally
-Weakness of dollar
-Trade bill
-Trade sanctions
-Energy bill
-Central Broadcasting Service [CBS]
-Series on energy, environment
-Crusade
-Effect on President
-Appointment of Richard M. Helms as Ambassador to Iran
-President’s conversation with William D. Rogers
President’s meeting with Heath, February 2, 1973
-Walk at Camp David
-Weather
-Laurel Lodge
-Secret Service escort
-Dinner, February 2, 1973
-Menu
-Conversation
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-Blacks
-Commonwealth
-Relations with Asian populations
-Asian emigration to Great Britain
-Labor issues
-Enoch Powell’s statement
-Black contributions to Great Britain
Blacks
-President’s view
-Abilities
-Strength
-Artistic talent
-Public speaking
-Hard science
-George Washington Carver
President’s conversation with Heath
-Heath’s visit to United Nations [UN]
President’s conversations with Lady Cromer
-Daughter of Viscount Rothermere
-Publisher
-Supporter
-Views of social set
-Attitudes toward Vietnam, US role
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Rose Mary Woods
-Telephone call to Roy L. Ash
-President’s reaction to news summary
-Telephone call compared with letter to supporters
-Telephone call to Coy Stennis
-Health
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-Admiration for President
Telephone calls to supporters
-Woods
-Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman
-Personal appeal
-Woods compared with staff members
Press relations
-Tex McCrary
-Letter
-Max Feldman’s article
-1972 election victory
-Camp David
-Barry M. Goldwater [?]
-Peter G. Peterson’s leak to the press
-Art Buckwald
-Cabinet reorganization
Press conferences
-Press coverage
-Timing
-Location
-TV
-Effects of Watergate
-Washington, DC biases
-Public opinion
-President’s statements
Press relations
-Kissinger’s statements to Newsweek, Time
-Ziegler
Vietnam settlement
-1972 election
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-Reactions
-Opponents of President’s war policy
-Kissinger
-Liberals
State Dinners
-Woods
-Tables
-Seating
Kissinger
-Press conference
-Transcript
-Press coverage
-Elitist viewpoint
-Kissinger’s interpersonal style
-Lady Cromer’s viewpoint
-Winston S. Churchill’s character
-President’s opinion about Churchill’s leadership style
-Colson, Haldeman’s opinion
-Kissinger’s breadth of knowledge
-Public statements
Vietnam settlement
-Cambodia, Laos
-Cease-fire
-Return of Prisoner’s of War [POWs]
-Press reaction
-US appreciation
-Le Duc Tho
-Kissinger’s reception
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Propaganda
-Signing ceremony
-Hard-line approach
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-Language
-Expert analysis
Bombing
-Opposition
-Kissinger
President’s conversation with Haldeman
-Marion Smoak
-Staff functions
-Bull
Dictabelt tape
-Purpose
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The President played back tape of dictation at an unknown time between 5:18 pm and 6:15 pm;
the tape was cut off at an unknown time before 6:15 pm.