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Tape 018, Conversation 062 (018-062)

On January 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:53 pm to 9:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-062 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. Weather in California - Weather in Washington Work on annual foreign policy report The President's meeting with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. - Fatigue - Trip to the People's Republic of China [PRC] - Taiwan, Republic of China issue - Dealings with the Chinese [Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and released 12/22/2017.] [Unintelligible] [018-062- W001] [Duration: 11s] The President's meeting with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. - Taiwan, Republic of China issue - Henry A. Kissinger's opinion Trip to the PRC - Value - Ronald L. Ziegler, John A. Scali, Haig - India- Pakistan War Bangladesh - Sheik Mujibur Rahman's arrival - British, French - US policy - Zulfikar Ali Bhutto - The PRC - New Delhi - US consular official in Dacca Haig - Chou En- Lai statement - Mujibur Rahman Bhutto - Plans - Soviet Union Soviet Union, India - Chou En- Lai's view - Haig India- Pakistan relations - Kissinger's view - Kissinger's role - Possible conflict - Indian radio broadcast, January 9, 1972 - Unknown people, Baluchistan - East Bengal - Possible military occupation - Bangladesh - Nationality groups Melvin R. Laird - Vietnam US troop withdrawal figure - Call to Kissinger Vietnam negotiations - Nguyen Van Thieu - Political prospects State of the Union message The President's schedule - Kissinger's schedule Vietnam speech - Draft - Timing - State of the Union address - Congress Hubert H. Humphrey's announcement - Vietnam - Humphrey's efforts December 1971 bombing of Vietnam - Public opinion - Troop withdrawal - Democrats India- Pakistan War as issue - Public opinion - US policy Appointments -[David] Kenneth Rush - Talk with the President - H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman - Col. Richard T. Kennedy - John N. Mitchell - Washington Special Action Group [WSAG] - Mitchell - Trustworthiness - Laird, Kissinger - Relationship - Laird - Recommendation - Conflict of interest -[Union Carbide] - Defense contracts - David Packard - Confirmation - Term as ambassador to Germany - Senate - Meeting with Laird - Effectiveness - Compared to Packard - Laird - Berlin Annual foreign policy report - Staff effort - India- Pakistan War - The President's conversation with Haldeman - The President's press conference - Date Press conference - Date of Kissinger's report Trip to the PRC - Schedule The President's schedule - Trip to Florida - Kissinger's conversation with Haig - Chou- En- Lai - February 1971 - Press conference Emilio Colombo - Schedule - Political prospects. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.

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