400–14

Conversation No. 400-14

Date: January 22, 1973
Time: 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Raymond K. Price, Jr.

The President’s schedule
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

The President’s speech on Vietnam settlement
-Democrats
-Length
-Congressional leaders briefing

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 5:00 pm.

Food order

The President's schedule
-Haldeman

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 5:10 pm.

The President’s speech on Vietnam settlement
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Conversation No. 400-14 (cont’d)

-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Plans
-Television [TV] coverage
-California
-Congressional relations
-Bipartisan leadership
-Committee chairmen
-Timing
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Meeting with Nguyen Van Thieu
-Bipartisan support appeal by the President
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Republicans, Democrats
-TV coverage
-Content
-Suggestions
-Bipartisan agreement
-Additions
-Congressional relations
-The President's consultation
-Points to make
-Public support [?]
-Congressional relations
-Negotiations
-Expectations
-Public support
-Public statements
-Ground rules for discussion
-Negotiations
-Sensitivity
-Bombing of North Vietnam
-Bipartisan leaders
-The President’s responsibility
-Complete disclosure
-World War II
-Ending

Haldeman entered at 5:10 pm.

-Congressional relations
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-Speech length
-Turnout
-Cooperation
-\"Peace With Honor\"
-TV coverage
-International cooperation
-European security conference
-World peace
-Concerns
-1972 election
-Negotiating terms
-Timing
-TV coverage
-Compared to 1972 Moscow Summit
-Congressional relations
-Buchanan
-Haldeman’s call to Haig
-Agreement
-Initialing
-Paris
-Signing
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Congressional relations
-Importance
-Revisions
-Tone
-Defensiveness
-Reaction [?]
-Public sector
-Private sector
-Republicans
-Thieu [?]
-Negotiations
-Propaganda
-Public reaction
-Congressional audience
-Home audience
-Congressional relations
-Difficulties
-Points to make
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Conversation No. 400-14 (cont’d)

-Congressional relations

Unknown person’s schedule

Washington National Cathedral
-Francis Sayre
-The President's possible attendance
-Harry S. Truman’s memorial service

The President’s speech on Vietnam settlement
-Johnson [?]
-Doubts
-Revisions
-First part
-Haldeman’s suggestions
-Allies
-George S. McGovern’s statements
-Prisoners of War [POWs] [?]
-Buchanan
-Agreement
-Value

Johnson’s health [?]
-Protocol [?]
-US politics
-Herbert C. Hoover
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-William H. Taft
-Warren G. Harding
-Death in Office
-[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson
-Theodore Roosevelt
-Death
-Death
-Timing
-Past recoveries [?]

The President’s speech on Vietnam settlement
-The President's appearance before Congress
-Symbolism
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-End of war
-Congress’ responsibility
-Maintenance of peace
-Aid to South Vietnam
-Aid to North Vietnam
-Future developments
-Cambodia
-TV coverage
-Congressional relations
-Briefing
-Leadership
-Confidentiality
-House of Representatives
-Bryce Harlow
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Clark MacGregor
-William E. Timmons

Stephen B. Bull entered at 5:55 pm.

-Johnson’s health
-Aircraft
-Possible death
-Change in the President’s schedule
-Congress
-Hospital

Bull left at an unknown time before 6:00 pm.

-Possible death
-Reaction
-Doctors

Past President’s health
-Harry S. Truman
-Kennedy
-Eisenhower
-Concerns
-Heart attacks
-Johnson
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Conversation No. 400-14 (cont’d)

-Concerns

Haldeman talked with Gen. Walter R. Tkach at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 6:19 pm.

[Conversation No. 400-14A]

[See Conversation No. 36-49]

[End of telephone conversation]

Johnson’s health
-Condition
-Tkach [?]


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The President’s speech on Vietnam settlement
-William P. Rogers [?]
-Press relations [?]
-The President’s error
-Revisions
-Public statements about negotiations
-Military activity
-Haig [?]
-Obligation
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Conversation No. 400-14 (cont’d)

Tkach talked with Haldeman between 5:55 pm and 6:19 pm.

[Conversation No. 400-14B]

[See Conversation No. 36-50]

[End of telephone conversation]

Johnson’s health
-Air shuttle
-Condition

[The above part of the office conversation took place simultaneously with Conversation No. 400-
14B.]

-Lack of doctor at Johnson ranch
-Trip to hospital
-Tkach's information
-[First name unknown] Vogel

The President’s speech on Vietnam settlement
-Prisoners of War [POWs]
-Johnson

Tkach talked with Haldeman at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 6:19 pm.

[Conversation No. 400-14C]

[See Conversation No. 36-51]

[End of telephone conversation]

Johnson's heath
-Revival
-Airplane
-Death
-Announcement
-Effect
-Meeting
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Conversation No. 400-14 (cont’d)

The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and
6:19 pm.

[Conversation No. 400-14D]

[See Conversation No. 36-52]

[End of telephone conversation]

The President's schedule
-The President’s speech on Vietnam settlement
-Postponement

Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 5:55 pm.

-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Dinner

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:19 pm.

The President's speech on Vietnam settlement
-Timing
-Content
-The President’s suggestions
-Haig's review of draft

The President talked with Haig between 6:19 pm and 6:22 pm.

[Conversation No. 400-14E]

[See Conversation No. 36-53]

[End of telephone conversation]

Johnson's death
-Burial
-Lying in state at Capitol
-Washington National Cathedral
-Possible memorial service
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Conversation No. 400-14 (cont’d)

The President's speech on Vietnam settlement
-The President's schedule

The President's statement on Johnson's death

The President's speech on Vietnam settlement
-Content
-Length
-Accomplishments

The President, et al., left at 6:30 pm.