Date: April 20, 1973
Time: 11:43 am – 12:02 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
Kissinger’s forthcoming speech in New York
-Summary of President’s actions
-Atlantic world relations
-President’s schedule
-Trip to Europe
-Preparations
-Meetings
-“Big Four”
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
-Response
-Europe’s leaders
-Associated Press [AP] publishers
-New York
-Questions and answers [Q & A]
-Vietnam, Laos
Vietnam
-Bombing
-Memorandum from Elliot L. Richardson
-Kissinger’s request for contingency plans
-Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS]
-Attack on Laos
-Attack on Demilitarized Zone [DMZ]
-Attack on both sides of DMZ
-Richardson’s view
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-Kissinger’s view
-National Security Council, [NSC] meeting
-Bombing contingencies
-Kissinger’s recommendation
-Laos
-Khe Sanh
-South Vietnam
-North Vietnam
-“Out of control”
-US actions
-Mines [?]
-Economic commissioner
-Reconnaissance mission
-North Vietnam’s reaction
-Caution
-Statements
Kissinger’s schedule
-Egypt message
-Meeting in Europe
-Soviet Union
-Le Duc Tho, Hafey Ismail
-Absence
-Vietnam settlement
-Moscow
-Soviet summit
-Vietnam settlement communication
-Brent G. Scowcroft
-Decision making
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Kissinger’s alter-ego
Kissinger’s schedule
-Trip to Soviet Union
President’s schedule
-Florida
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-Kissinger
-Ronald L. Ziegler
Camp David
-Kissinger’s invitation
President’s schedule
-Florida
-Reflection
Watergate
-Decision making
-Personal
-National
-Cien Fuegos
-Jordan
-Cambodia
-President’s position
-Full disclosure
-Press reaction
-John N. Mitchell
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman
-Departures from White House staff
-Manner and timing
-Effect
-Haldeman’s possible departure
-Replacement
-Leonard Garment
-Roy L. Ash
-Bureaucracy
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-President’s conversation with Henry E. Petersen
-Corroboration
-Jeb Stuart Magruder
-Halderman and Ehrlichman
-Evidence
-President’s activities
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-Comparison with Harry S. Truman and Lyndon B. Johnson
-Effect on individuals
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Mitchell
-Appearances on television [TV]
-Responsibility
-Charles W. Colson’s role in campaign
-Haldeman
-President’s responsibilities
-Haldeman’s White House functions
-President’s knowledge
-President’s action
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Bureaucracy
-Comparison with political campaign
Vietnam
-NSC meeting
-George P. Shultz
-Attendance
-Economic matters compared with military matters
-Statnatory members
-Attorney General
Kissinger left at 12:02 pm