332–30

Conversation No. 332-30

Date: April 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:45 am and 10:50 am
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President resumed dictation of notes for a speech draft.

Vietnam
-1972 election
-Winning the election at the price of losing the war
-Impact on presidency and US foreign policy
-Review of US uses of power
-Defeat of US
-Consequences
-The President's trips to People's Republic of China [PRC] and Soviet Union
-Respect for the Presidency
-Henry A. Kissinger’s report
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-Necessity to maintain credibility
-US defeat
-Impact
-Loss of credibility
-Danger to peace