Date: October 6, 1972
Time: 10:37 am – 11:20 am
Location: Oval Office
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The President met with Pote Sarasin, Anand Panyarachun, and John H. Holdridge; the White
House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.
US-Thailand relations
-The President’s visits to Thailand
-Sarasin’s career
-Ambassador to US In 1952
-Harry S. Truman
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-The President’s visits to Thailand
-As Vice-President and private citizen
-1969
-US presence in Thailand
-Purpose
-George S. McGovern’s comments
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Vietnam
-Defense commitment
-Treaty
-Importance
-The administration’s commitment
-Intentions
-Congress
-1972 election
-Vietnam
-Treaty obligations
Vietnam
-Bases
-US-Thai interests
-Laos and Cambodia
-The President’s schedule
-Status of negotiations
-Security of Laos and Cambodia
-Consultation with Thailand
-Settlement
-Prime Minister of Thailand [Thanom Kittikachorn]
-North Vietnamese
-Incentive for settlement
-Possible offer
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-South Vietnamese
-Interest in Southeast Asia
-POWs
-South Vietnam
-Survival
-Communist government
-Cambodia and Laos
-North Vietnam
-Chances for survival
-US military activity
-South Vietnamese, Laos, and Cambodia
-Settlement
-Timing
-1972 election
-North Vietnamese bargaining position
-Status of the North and South Vietnamese
Manolo Sanchez [?] entered at an unknown time between 10:37 am and 11:20 am.
Refreshments
The President’s October 5, 1972 press conference
-Comparison to 1968
-Cease-fire, bombing halt
Vietnam
-Status of negotiations
-Effectiveness of mining and bombing
Manolo Sanchez [?] left at an unknown time between 10:37 am and 11:20 am.
-Soviet Union and Peoples Republic of China [PRC]
-Desire to end the war
-US relations
-Policy objectives
-Effect of 1972 election
-Settlement
-Consultation with Thailand
-Importance
-Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia
-Cease-fire
-1954 Geneva Accords
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-Pierre Mendes-France
-Laos
-PRC
-North Vietnam
-Recent meeting of Asian foreign ministers
-Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand
-Message from Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik
-North Vietnamese representative’s conversation with Malik in Jakarta
-Suffering
-Settlement
-Proposals
-Withdrawal
-POWs
-Political settlement
-Troop withdrawals
-Laos
-Cambodia
-PRC-Thailand relations
-Sarasin’s recent conversation with Ch’iao Kuan in New York
-Invitation of Thai table tennis team to PRC
-Chou En-lai
-Soviet Union
-Taiwan, Republic of China
-US forces
-Cambodia
-Norodom Sihanouk
-Statement
-Thailand
-Presence of US forces
-Northeastern Thailand
-Chinese in Thailand
-Assimilation
-Schools
-Diplomatic relations
-Respect
Taiwan
-Thanom
-Japan
-US defense commitment
-US diplomatic relations
-PRC
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-Normalization of relations
-US diplomatic objective
-Modus Vivendi
-PRC
US-PRC relations
-PRC interests
-The President’s trip to PRC
-Taiwan
-Vietnam
-Taiwan
-US forces
-Principle
-Timing
-US
-South Vietnam, Taiwan
-Soviet Union
-Divisions
-Developments since 1959
-India
-Relations with Soviet Union
-Pakistan
-Japan
-Economic and political contact
-Taiwan
-India
-Military conflicts
-Japanese constitution
-Economic power
-Soviet Union
-US
-Differences in philosophies
-Korean War
-PRC view of US policy
-Conquest and domination
-Japan
-South Korea
-Soviet Union
US-Soviet Union relations
-Agreements on environment, trade, science, space, arms
-Soviet motivations
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-Possible future
-US, PRC, Japan
-PRC
-Arms race
-Middle East
-Europe
-Berlin agreement
US international relations
-Negotiations with PRC
-Chou En-lai
-Mao Tse-tung
-Leonid I. Brezhnev
-Europe
-Interests
-Soviet Union
-Romania and Poland
-PRC-US relations
-Thailand
-Leadership
-South Koreans
-Malaysia
-Singapore
-Lee Kuan Yew
-Cambodia
-Laos
-US-PRC policy
-US-Soviet Union policy
-US-PRC policy
-US influence
-Korea
-Vietnam
-US conventional forces
-Navy, Air Force
-Possible PRC objectives
-Taiwan, Japan, South Korea
-Influence and survival
-US-PRC relations
-Soviet Union
-PRC expansion
-Overseas Chinese communities
-Indonesia
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-Timing
-Influence
-PRC expansion
-US withdrawal from Southeast Asia
-McGovern Proposal
-Bases in Pacific Ocean
-Japan
-US-Treaty commitment
-Possible actions
-World War II
-Soviet Union
-Rearmament
-Free Asia
-Compared to Communist Asia
-Japan
-South Korea
-Taiwan
-Philippines
-Indonesia
-Chinese
-Thailand
-Southeast Asians
-Burma
-Importance of survival
-Soviets
-PRC
-US forces in Europe
-Unilateral withdrawal
-Warsaw Pact
-US presence in Asia
-PRC
-Chou En-Lai
-Mao Tse-Tung
-Long March
-Communism
-Expansion
-Importance
-Soviet Union
-Divisions
-Fort McNair
-PRC statements
-Japan, Thailand
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-Nixon Doctrine
-Justification and philosophy
-PRC view
-US forces in Europe
-US forces in Taiwan
-Shanghai Communique
Presentation of gifts
-Cufflinks
-Presidential seal
Panyarachun and Holdridge left at 11:14 am.
Post-1972 election changes
-US ambassadors to Thailand
-Conduit
Bureaucracy
-Adm. Horacio Rivero, Jr.
-Spain
-Adm. John S. McCain, Jr.
-Commander, Pacific Fleet
-Knowledge of the area and the military situation
-Sarasin’s view
-Social manner
-Relationship with the President
-Sarasin’s view
-Kittikachorn
-Communication channel
-[Panyarachun]
-Henry A. Kissinger
1972 election
-Wish for the President’s success from Kittikachorn and Sarasin
-Trips to Thailand
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-John B. Connally
-Idanell (Brill) (“Nellie”) Connally
Presentation of gift
King Bhumibol Adulyadej
-Greetings from the President
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-Possible visit to the US
-1972 election
-Vietnam
Thailand
-US troops
-Number
-Compared to South Korea
-Behavior
-The President’s trip to Thailand
Oval Office décor
-Differences from Sarasin’s last visit
-Thomas E. Stephens
-Curtains
-Television
Sarasin left at 11:20 am.