432–28

Conversation No. 432-28

Date: May 9, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:03 pm and 12:22 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Leonard Garment

Donald E. Santarelli

-Decision


Garment

-J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.


President’s schedule

-Cabinet meeting

-John B. Connally’s attendance


Watergate
-Special counsel

-Leonard Garment

-[First name unknown] Quinn [?]

-Bryce N. Harlow

-John W. Dean, III

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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM


Tape Subject Log

(rev. September-2011)

Conversation No. 432-28 (cont’d)

-Documents
-Possible contents
-Ronald Ziegler


Cambodia
-House of Representatives
-Vote on funding US operations in Cambodia
-President’s conversation with William E. Timmons
-Ongoing US operations

-Constitutional authority


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Cambodia

-US victory

-Support of Lon Nol regime

-House of Representatives vote


President’s schedule

-Meeting on long-term strategy

-Haig, Ziegler


Haig’s morale
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM


Tape Subject Log

(rev. September-2011)

Conversation No. 432-28 (cont’d)


President’s morale
-President’s meeting with George H. W. Bush, David K. (“Pat”) Wilson, William
E. Brock, III, Robert H. Michel

-Negativity

-Timmon’s role

-Staff encouragement

-George P. Shultz [?]


US military operations in Southeast Asia

-Prisoners of war [POWs]

-President’s policies

-Opponents
-Need for response
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger

Watergate

-Dean

-Papers

-Contents

-White House response