Mr Kissinger General Haig tape December 9 1970 8 50p m jlj H General Haig extremely difficult to hear Yes sir K I just had a call from our friend First he wants to know by noon tomorro-v1 whether the Coast Guard is going to be court marshalled because if they are going to be court marshalled he can avoid all questions H No they' re not K Why not H I understand that they have decided that there was no criminal culpability involved K Well what are they going to do - reprimand them Yes Kg0f M XXX X They'll use administrative ------you K Well X Kbetter get a written report from Volpe by 10 o'clock tomorrow morning Can you get that H H Can't hear K Two he wants a massive bombing campaign in Cambodia He doesn't want to hear anything It's an order it's to be done Anything that flys on anything that moves You got that H Couldn't hear but sounded like Haig laughing to find out he wants K Thirdly now hold on to your hat He wants an inventory of every prop plane that's suitable for operations out there He wants a report on it by Saturday morning for possible movement out there H KJ Q For close air support K Yes That's actually not a bad idea operation Have you got Moorer yet H Fourthly he's now gung ho on the Yes I talked with him K Is he happier H Much I didn't go too far K No but did you tell him I talked to the President H Yes I did I told him ·• -2- K Right Including that great idea of making them all troop supplies H Yes K OK 1 Thel are quite concerned a o t i bec ui _e_ all _the plans they are doing 1nvolvel the same problem I ·-t tA -· K II i'a What if they can't airlift them with Americans ' -1-- · l' · I' 1 ---r e c - vr- c i K We will get our brains beaten out c K I am not eager to do this operation H I'm not either because I'm not sure ----------------- K Can we at least get a massive bombing attack into this area H Yes K How about B-52s H I talked to ---------------- K What does he think H He said the real problem is weather - 3- K Weather doesn't affect B-52s H Oh no no K Let him lay some in there H OK K Thank you OK