269. Message From the United States to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 1039, Files for the President, Vietnam Negotiations, HAK II 1971. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. Handwritten at top of the page is, “For the October 4 Meeting, 10/11/71,” but Xuan Thuy was unavailable so Walters delivered it and the attached statement of principles to Vo Van Sung on October 11. Kissinger included the text of the eight-point proposal in White House Years, pp. 1489–1490. For an account of the North Vietnamese view of the proposal, see Luu and Nguyen, Le Duc Tho–Kissinger Negotiations in Paris, pp. 210–211.

270. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 92, Vietnam Subject Files, Sir Robert Thompson (71). Secret; Eyes Only. Sent for information. A stamped notation on the memorandum reads, “The President has seen.” Negroponte forwarded it to Kissinger under an October 12 covering memorandum indicating the NSC staff had prepared it and recommending that he send it to Nixon. Haig signed it for Kissinger.

271. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–63, SRG Meetings, Cambodian MAP, 10/18/71. Top Secret. Copies were sent to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Under Secretary of the Treasury, and the Assistant Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

272. Editorial Note

273. Conversation Among President Nixon, Secretary of State Rogers, and the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Tapes, Oval Office, Conversation 611–03. No classification marking. The transcript was prepared by the editors specifically for this volume. This exchange is part of a larger conversation from 9:32 to 10:45 a.m.

274. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 1035, Files for the President, China Materials, China, HAK’s October 1971 Visit. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. Sent for information. The memorandum is unsigned and no specific date is indicated. It is printed in full in Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, volume XVII, China, 1969–1972, Document 164.

275. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Laird to President Nixon

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 158, Vietnam Country Files, Vietnam, Nov–Dec 71. Secret; Sensitive.

276. Transcript of a Telephone Conversation Between President Nixon and his Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential materials, Kissinger Telephone Conversations, Box 12. No classification marking.

277. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 492, President’s Trip Files, Dobrynin/Kissinger, 1971, Vol. 8. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. The meeting took place at the Soviet Embassy. Kissinger forwarded a copy of the memorandum to Nixon on November 26 along with a summary of the conversation. (Ibid.) The full text of the memorandum of conversation is in Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, volume XIV, Soviet Union, October 1971–May 1972, Document 13.

278. Conversation Between President Nixon and his Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Tapes, Oval Office, Conversation 621–18. No classification marking. The transcript was prepared by the editors specifically for this volume. This exchange was part of a larger conversation from 8:45 to 10:45 a.m.

279. National Security Decision Memorandum 141

Source: Ford Library, Laird Papers, Box 39, Chemical Warfare & Biological Research, Vol. III. Secret. A copy was sent to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

280. Conversation Among President Nixon, his Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), and his Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig)

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Tapes, Oval Office, Conversation 637–3. No classification marking. This transcript was prepared by the editors specifically for this volume. The exchange is part of a larger conversation, 8:45–9:42 a.m.

281. Conversation Between President Nixon and his Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig)

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Tapes, Oval Office, Conversation 637–14. No classification marking. This transcript was prepared by the editors specifically for this volume. The exchange is part of a larger conversation, 2:10–2:31 p.m.

282. Transcript of a Telephone Conversation Between President Nixon and his Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, Kissinger Telephone Conversations, Chronological File, Box 12. No classification marking.

283. Summary of Conclusions of a Meeting of the Washington Special Actions Group

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–115, WSAG Meetings Minutes, Originals 1971. Top Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the Stuation Room of the White House.

284. Letter From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to the Ambassador to Vietnam (Bunker)

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 869, For the President’s Files, Lord, Vietnam Negotiations, Sensitive, Camp David Cables, 1–7/31/72. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only.

285. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–84, WSAG Meetings, Laos 1/3/72. Top Secret. Sent for action. Printed from an unsigned copy, which is attached as Tab A to a January 2 memorandum from Holdridge and Kennedy to Kissinger, briefing him for a WSAG meeting scheduled for January 3.

286. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Johnson) and the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Packard)

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 158, Vietnam Country Files, Vietnam, Jan–Feb 72. Secret. Odeen forwarded the memorandum to Kissinger under a December 22 covering memorandum which indicated that he had redrafted it to ask for both a near and long term study. Copies were sent to the Director of Central Intelligence, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, the Administrator of the Agency for International Development, the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, and the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for International Affairs.

287. Information Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Johnson) to Secretary of State Rogers

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, DEF 1–1 US. Top Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Sullivan.

288. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 158, Vietnam Country Files, Vietnam, Jan–Feb 72. Secret; Sensitive. Sent for information. A stamped notation on the memorandum reads, “The President has seen.”

289. Memorandum for the President’s File by the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig)

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 998, Haig Chronological Files, Memcons, Jan–Dec 1972 (3 of 3). Top Secret; Sensitive. There is an extensive tape of this conversation with Laird in which he and the President discussed what Laird should say to the press and in which they talked more generally about Vietnam than Haig’s summary account indicates. (Ibid., White House Tapes, January 13, 10:35–11:05 a.m., Conversation 647–7)

290. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 550, Country Files, Far East, Laos, Vol. 9. Secret; Sensitive. Sent for information. A stamped notation on the memorandum reads, “The President has seen.”

291. Minutes of a Meeting of the Senior Review Group

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–113, SRG Minutes, Originals, 1972–1973. Top Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the Situation Room of the White House. All brackets are in the original.

292. Transcript of a Telephone Conversation Between President Nixon and his Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, Kissinger Telephone Conversations, Chronological File. No classification marking. All omissions are in the original.

293. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 493, President’s Trip Files, Dobrynin/Kissinger 1972, Vol. IX [Pt. 2]. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. The meeting took place at the Soviet Embassy. Kissinger forwarded the memorandum of conversation to Nixon under a covering memorandum on January 28. Both memoranda have indications that Nixon saw them. The memorandum of conversation and its attachments are printed in full in Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, volume XIV, Soviet Union, October 1971–May 1972, Document 39.

294. Editorial Note

295. Message From the United States to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 1040, Files for the President, Vietnam Negotiations, Camp David 1972, May 2 to October 7, 1972. No classification marking. Walters reported that, pursuant to his instructions, he delivered the message to Vo Van Sung at 10 a.m. on January 26. Walters read the text to him in French and Vo said he would transmit it to Hanoi. Vo stated that the DRV believed that Nixon’s speech the day before was contrary to the understandings they had with Kissinger on the confidentiality of the secret talks. (Ibid., Box 872, For the President’s Files—Lord, Vietnam Negotiations, Encore Sept. 71–15 Feb. 72, President’s Speech January 25, 1972)