Date: January 19, 1973

Time: Unknown between 4:12 pm and 4:29 pm

Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

[Conversation No. 398-3A]

Vietnam settlement

-Current situation

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President’s Inaugural speech

-Peace reference

-Broader context

-US allies

-Compared to friendships

-Israel

-Europe

-Latin America

-Peking and Moscow references

-Length

Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

-Report from Bangkok

Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 4:15 pm.

Vietnam settlement

-Nguyen Van Thieu

-Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.

-Timing

-Consequences

-Barry M. Goldwater

[End of telephone conversation]

President’s Inaugural speech

-Final draft

-Release

-Preliminary notes and outline

-Timing

-William E. Timmons

-Raymond K. Price, Jr.

-Hugh Scott

-Gerald R. Ford

-Character

-Price

-Final draft

-Release

-Embargo

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-Timmons

-Press relations

-Scott and Ford

-Timmons

-Copies

-Ziegler’s time commitment to wire services

Vietnam settlement

-Announcement

-Historical significance

-Library

-Haig’s report

Press relations

-Press questions

-Press conference

-Date

-Signing

1973 Inauguration events

-Announcement

-Concerts

-Ziegler’s wife

-Frank Sinatra

-Christmas

President’s schedule

-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Ziegler left at 4:29 pm.