Date: October 22, 1972
Time: 9:57 am – 10:09 am
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
[See Conversation No. 223-18]
The President’s schedule
-Departure time
-The President’s forthcoming radio address
-Haldeman’s schedule
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Vietnam negotiations
-Peace settlement
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.’s previous mood
-Setback
-Nguyen Van Thieu’s rejection
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Possible trip to Hanoi
-Soviet Union
-Blame
-Leak of story
-Thieu’s reaction
-Future settlement
-Possible deal with North Vietnam
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-Thieu’s behavior
-Thieu’s survival
-Impact on US foreign policy
-Impact on forthcoming election
-Thieu’s behavior
-US right
-Publicity from Soviet Union and North Vietnam
-The President’s view
-Vietnam focus
-Haldeman’s view
-Proposals
-Possible accusations from opposing candidates
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Cambodia and Laos
-Kissinger’s efforts
-Haig’s role
-Kissinger’s possible trip to North Vietnam
-Thieu
-W. Ramsey Clark
-Election
-Chances of settlement
-Thieu’s conduct
-Possible US response
-The President’s view
-Haig’s view
-Kissinger
-The President’s view
-Kissinger’s work
-Soviet Union, Hanoi
-Kissinger’s possible trip to Hanoi
-Effect on Thieu
-Hanoi
-Newsweek story
-Complexity
-Soviet Union
-Possible deal
-Hanoi’s credibility
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