This section contains other primary source documents which were used to create this exhibition. Sources include letters, cables, Memcons, and Memos from October 1972 - January 1973.
Date: November 22, 1972
Reference: HAK Office Files, Box 26, HAK Paris Trip TOHAK November 18 - 25, 1972
Participants: President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, H.R. ("Bob") Haldeman
Description: President Nixon voices his displeasure with the lack of progress in the negotiations.
View File: Cable: TOHAK 49 (to download right click and select save as...)
Date: November 24, 1972
Reference: HAK Office Files, Box 26, HAK Paris Trip TOHAK November 18 - 25, 1972
Participants: President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger
Description: President Nixon gives further instructions to Kissinger.
View File: Cable: HAKTO 84 (to download right click and select save as...)
Date: November 25, 1972
Reference: HAK Office Files, Box 26, HAK Paris Trip TOHAK November 18 - 25, 1972
Participants: President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger
Description: President Nixon tells Kissinger he would prefer to continue the negotiations if possible.
View File: Cable: HAKTO 94 (to download right click and select save as...)
Date: November 30, 1972
Reference: NSC Files, Box 862, CAMP DAVID MEMCOS, September – December 1972
Participants: President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger
Description: Kissinger sends along a letter from President Thieu to President Nixon.
View File: Cable: HAKTO 11-30-72 (to download right click and select save as...)
Date: December 4, 1972
Reference: HAK Office Files, Box 27, HAK Paris Trip TO HAK 1-100 December 3 – 13, 1972
Participants: President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger
Description: President Nixon instructs Kissinger to pursue Option Two.
View File: Cable: TOHAK 28 (to download right click and select save as...)
Date: December 5, 1972
Reference: HAK Office Files, Box 27, HAK Paris Trip HAKTO & Memos to Pres, etc., December 3 – 13, 1972
Participants: President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger
Description: Kissinger recommends an increase in bombing if the negotiations breakdown and for the President to address the nation.
View File: Cable: HAKTO 13 (to download right click and select save as...)
Date: December 6, 1972
Reference: HAK Office Files, Box 27, HAK Paris Trip HAKTO & Memos to Pres, etc., December 3 – 13, 1972
Participants: President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger
Description: Kissinger updates President Nixon on the status of the negotiations.
View File: Cable: HAKTO 6 (to download right click and select save as...)
Date: December 7, 1972
Reference: HAK Office Files, Box 27, HAK Paris Trip HAKTO & Memos to Pres, etc., December 3 – 13, 1972
Participants: President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger
Description: Kissinger informs the President that the negotiations have reached a critical point.
View File: Cable: HAKTO 24 (to download right click and select save as...)
Date: December 7, 1972
Reference: HAK Office Files, Box 27, HAK Paris Trip TO HAK 1-100 December 3 – 13, 1972
Participants: President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger
Description: President Nixon instructs Kissinger to push for a settlement.
View File: Cable: TOHAK 90 (to download right click and select save as...)
Date: December 7, 1972
Reference: HAK Office Files, Box 27, HAK Paris Trip TO HAK 100-192 December 3 – 13, 1972
Participants: President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger
Description: President Nixon gives Kissinger praise for his hard work in the negotiations.
View File: Cable: TOHAK 125 (to download right click and select save as...)
Date: December 12, 1972
Reference: HAK Office Files, Box 27, HAK Paris Trip TO HAK 100-192 December 3 – 13, 1972
Participants: President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger
Description: President Nixon instructs Kissinger to return on December 13 if a settlement is not reached.
View File: Cable: TOHAK 168 (to download right click and select save as...)
Date: December 12, 1972
Reference: HAK Office Files, Box 27, HAK Paris Trip TO HAK 100-192 December 3 – 13, 1972
Participants: President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger
Description: President Nixon gives Kissinger some instructions before he returns from Paris.
View File: Cable: TOHAK 173 (to download right click and select save as...)
Date: January 9, 1973
Reference: White House Special Files, President's Personal Files, Box 82, Kissinger Messages Re VN Peace Negotiations—Jan. 1973
Participants: President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger
Description: Kissinger informs the President that they have reached a major breakthrough in the negotiations.
View File: Cable: HAKTO 1-9-73 (to download right click and select save as...)
Date: December 17, 1972
Reference: White House Special Files, President's Personal Files, Box 16, Thieu, Nguyen Van
Participants: President Nixon, President Thieu
Description: President Nixon writes to warn President Thieu that the United States will sign a peace agreement without him.
View File: Letter: President Nixon to President Thieu (to download right click and select save as...)
Date: November 25, 1972
Reference: HAK Office Files, Box 26, HAK Paris Trip TOHAK November 18 - 25, 1972
Participants: President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger
Description: Kissinger updates President Nixon on the negotiations and includes the most recent draft of the proposed agreement.
View File: Memo: Kissinger to President Nixon (to download right click and select save as...)
Date: November 1972
Reference: POW/MIA Collection, Box 2, Cease-fire 1972
Participants: President Nixon, Melvin R. Laird, David Kenneth Rush, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
Description: Laird, Rush, and Moorer urge President Nixon to accept the agreement.
View File: Memo: Laird to President Nixon(to download right click and select save as...)
Date: December 1, 1972
Reference: HAK Office Files, Box 26, HAK Paris Trip TOHAK November 18 - 25, 1972
Participants: President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger
Description: President Nixon gives Kissinger his instructions for the next round of negotiations.
View File: Memo: President Nixon to Kissinger (to download right click and select save as...)
Date: December 15, 1972
Reference: White House Special Files, President's Personal Files, Box 4, Memos—December 1972
Participants: President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger
Description: President Nixon gives Kissinger instructions on what to say in his December 16, 1972 press conference.
View File: Memo: President Nixon to Kissinger (to download right click and select save as...)
Date: December 16, 1972
Reference: White House Special Files, President's Personal Files, Box 4, Memos—December 1972
Participants: President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger
Description: President Nixon gives Kissinger some final instructions for his upcoming press conference.
View File: Memo: President Nixon to Kissinger (to download right click and select save as...)
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