On March 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:40 am to 10:25 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 414-013 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. International Conference on Vietnam - Congressional delegation - Kissinger's recommendations - William P. Rogers - Gerald R. Ford, Hugh Scott - President's statement - International recognition - Negotiations - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR], People's Republic of China [PRC], Hanoi - Prearranged documents - Morning, afternoon sessions - Paris - State Department briefings - Cease- Fire agreement - Breach - Signatory's response - Reconvention of conference - Compared with Geneva Conventions, United Nations [UN] - US response -"De- Americanize the peace" - Viet Cong - News summary - Prisoners of war [POWs] release - North Vietnam compared to South Vietnam - Timing - President's statement Leaks - Malcolm Smith's book on John F. Kennedy Kissinger - White House dinner - Farewell party - Roger Macon - Mrs. Roger Macon - Dwight Davis - Davis Cup - Frank [Marquis?] Childs - Editor of Sunday Times - Opinions of President - Conversation with Hugh S. Sidey - Article about President - Personality compared to John F. Kennedy Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 9:40 am. Food Sanchez left at an unknown time before 10:25 am. - President's foreign policy - Humaneness - National self- Determination [?] - Support The President - Joseph C. Kraft - Comparison of President to George S. McGovern - President's progressive policies - Domestic politics - Radicals as status quo - McGovern supporters - Voter participation - Shopkeepers World trends - John M. ("Jack") Lynch - Election - Left politics -1972 election in US - US foreign policy - Communist states - Respectability - Willy Brandt - Election victory - Disaster for US - US role - Statements - Ostpolitik - President's opposition -1969 election - Party politics - Results - Parliament Vietnam negotiations - Cease- Fire violations - President's statement - Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam - Kissinger's assessment - Joint Economic Commission [?] Ronald L. Ziegler entered at an unknown time after 9:40 am. Preparation for press briefing Monetary information L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III [?] Ziegler's press briefing - Rowland Evans- Robert D. Novak column - Office of Economic Opportunity -[First name unknown] Phillips - Staff - John B. Connally switching parties International Conference on Vietnam - Agreement - Paris - Signature - Timing - President's press conference POWs' release - Press reports Length of President's upcoming press conference - Frank Cormier Ziegler left at an unknown time before 10:25 am. Preparation for press conference - POWs' release - Sudan - Blackmail - Retrieving hostages - Middle East - Arms sales - Airplanes - Israel - Balance of power - Press statement - Peace - John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson - Golda Meir - Political ability - Age - Reelection - Moshe Dayan - Election - Compared with Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. - President's preference - Yitzak Rabin Social function attended by President - Jews [?] - R. Sargent Shriver [?], [First name unknown] Fischer - Jewelry - Value - President's dinner conversation with Alice Walker [?], Irving Kristol, William F. ("Billy") Graham - Meeting with Meir - Policy - Joseph W. Alsop Versailles Treaty - Retribution compared to reconciliation - Balance of power - Germany, Russia, Austro- Hungarian Empire - German rearmament - Balkanization - Russian Revolution - Britain's withdrawal - France - Maginot Line - US neutrality - Kellogg- Briand Pact Preparation for press conference - Vietnam negotiations - POWs' release - Contingencies Van Cliburn - Performance March 1, 1973 - Frederic Chopin - USSR visit President's, Kissinger's visit to Israel [?], Cairo - Reception in Israel Middle East peace negotiations - Egypt - General principles Lynch - Irish elections French elections - Run- Off election - Communist Party compared to Gaulist, Socialist parties Ambassadorial appointments - Rogers [?] - Kissinger's conversation with H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman - Ambassador to Israel - Kenneth B. Keating's appointment - President's viewpoint - Exception - John Sherman Cooper - Impairments - Ceremonial country - Robert J. McCloskey - Mrs. Yitzhak Rabin - John S. D. Eisenhower - Book - Compared with McCloskey and Keating [Previous Deed of Gift Privacy (D) rereviewed on 10/11/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Privacy] [414-013- W001] [Duration: 2s] Ambassadorial appointments - John S. D. Eisenhower - Problem Ambassadorial appointments - Israel - Tolerance - Pakistan Kissinger left at 10:25 am. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Sanchez, Manolo.
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