336–64

Conversation No. 336-64

Date: May 8, 1972
Time: 7:14 -7:25 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

Vietnam
-President’s forthcoming speech
-Soviet Summit
-Possible cancellation
-US response
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-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Kissinger’s briefing
-Handling of questions
-Soviet ships on high seas
-Blockade
-Weapons and supplies
-Air strikes
-Time
-Comparison to 1966-67
-Petroleum, oils, and lubricants [POL]
-William Yandell Elliott
-World War II
-Targets
-POL dumps
-Psychological impact
-Priority
-Railroads
-Power plants
-Destruction
-POLs and power plants
-Effectiveness to date
-Supplies on hand
-Melvin R. Laird
-Meeting with Congressional leaders
-Kissinger
-William P. Rogers
-Laird
-Kissinger’s meeting with Dobrynin
-President’s meeting with Congressional leaders
-Length
-Questions
-Rogers and Laird
-Blockade
-Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
-Position
-Gen. Creighton Abrams
-Position
-Laird
-The President’s view
-Political plans

Kissinger left at 7:25 pm.
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Conv. No. 336-64 (cont.)