June 17, 1973

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The President's day began at Key Biscayne, Florida

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• Telephone Conversation With the Commander of the Skylab 1 Crew.

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Vol. XLII, Vietnam: The Kissinger-Le Duc Tho Negotiations

Attempting To Implement the Accords, February 1973-December 1973

• 67. Memorandum of Conversation, Paris, June 17, 1973, noon-1:15 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 124, Country Files, Far East, Vietnam Negotiations, Camp David Memcons, Joint Communique May–June 1973 [3 of 3]. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. The meeting took place at 108 Avenue du Général Leclerc in Gif-sur-Yvette. All brackets are in the original. The tabs are attached but not printed.
  
  As in the earlier negotiations on the January Peace Accords, South Vietnam refused to accept the draft communiqué on implementing the Accords. The United States began to pressure South Vietnam to accept the draft in the immediate aftermath of the May meetings. During the June round of meetings, South Vietnam continued to resist the U.S. pressure, which culminated in a June 12 letter from President Nixon to President Thieu that reads in part:
  
  “If you refuse to accept these results and continue to decline to instruct your representative to sign the communiqué, you will have repudiated my entire policy of constant support for you, your government, and your country.
  
  “If you choose this course, Mr. President, you will have determined the future of my administration’s policy with respect to Viet-Nam. I will be forced to follow American congressional and public opinion by supporting only marginal humanitarian necessities with respect to your people and will be able, with justice, to forego all the hard decisions and tasks which would have been involved in the military and economic programs we discussed in San Clemente [when Thieu visited Nixon in early April]. Needless to say, it will be the end of our effort elsewhere in Indochina. I will regard such a choice as being directed at my personal judgement and my personal commitments.” (Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, vol. X, Vietnam, January 1973–July 1975, Document 81) For a detailed documentary account of the campaign to obtain Thieu’s agreement to the communiqué, beginning in late May, see ibid., Documents 60–82.
  
  This U.S. campaign to obtain Thieu’s agreement succeeded, and representatives of the four entities, including South Vietnam, signed the communiqué on the afternoon of June 13. Kissinger and Le Duc Tho signed the two-party communiqué later that day.
  
  On Kissinger’s return to Washington, Nixon congratulated him for successfully negotiating the communiqué: “I told Al [Haig] last night, of all the things you’ve done, it was the toughest, because you had no cards. I mean, you went to this thing with a broken flush. And the other thing, you were looking, and, and you were looking at a—basically at, at four aces. And you knew damn well he had four aces. And, by golly, you, you pulled it off. I don’t know how you did it.” (Ibid., Document 84)

Vol. E-3, Documents on Global Issues, 1973-1976

Terrorism

• 210. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rogers to President Nixon, Washington, June 17, 1973

  Rogers presented an update on efforts to combat terrorism since January.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 310, Subject Files, Cabinet Committee on Terrorism, September 72–July 73, 1 of 1. Confidential.

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Roll WHPO-E1006 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1006-, Russian hydrofoil boat, originally named Bonra 70, given to President Nixon by soviet Union. 6/17/1973, unknown unknown.

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• WHCA-SR-P-730607
  Remarks by President Nixon to Skylab astronauts from Key Biscayne. (6/17/1973)
  
  Runtime: 1:41
  
  Keywords: NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, space program, astronauts
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

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• WHCA-6367
  "Meet The Press". U.S. Conference of Mayor's
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:05:56
• WHCA-6368
  "Face The Nation" AND "Issues And Answers".
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 00:59:25
• WHCA-6369
  The Watergate Year (Special).
  CBS
  Runtime: 00:59:47
• WHCA-6377
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  29. Utley: President Nixon and Kissinger in Key Biscayne, Florida. Time Code Start: 65:06. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, Nixon trips, domesic, residences, homes. Network: NBC.
  
  30. Utley/Nesson: Brezhnev at Andrews Air Force Base. Time Code Start: 66:44. Keywords: President Nixon, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, leaders, travel, trips, military, airports, airfields, air bases. Network: NBC.
  
  31. Utley/Hagger: Brezhnev and the Russian people. Time Code Start: 69:49. Keywords: Heads of State, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, population. Network: NBC.
  
  32. Utley/Valeriani: Agreement with Russia [related terms: USSR, Soviet Union]. Time Code Start: 73:31. Keywords: Soviet Union, USSR,. Network: NBC.
  
  33. Utley/Graham: Jewish demonstration in Washington, D.C.. Time Code Start: 75:46. Keywords: Arabian, Arabs, Middle East, Mideast, Jews, Jewish, Israel, American, demonstrations, rally, protests, protesters, demonstraters, demonstrators, anti-war. Network: NBC.

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