Papers, 1962-1982 (bulk 1973-1982) | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Correspondence, briefing books, memoranda, notes, office files, speeches and writings, subject files, scrapbooks, photographs, and printed material, chiefly 1973-1982, documenting Haig's service as military advisor to Henry Kissinger at the National Security Council, deputy assistant to President Richard M. Nixon for national security affairs, U.S. Army chief of staff, chief of Nixon's White House staff, NATO Supreme Allied Comander Europe, and secretary of state (1981-1982) in the Reagan administration. Topics include the military and political situation in Southeast Asia and the war and negotiations for peace in Vietnam; the economy, energy crisis, corruption charges against Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew, Nixon's personal finances, relations with the Soviet Union, and other issues facing the Nixon administration; White House ramifications of the Watergate Affair and the transition period of the presidency of Gerald R. Ford; conflict between Turkey and Greece, turmoil in Iran, long term defense capabilities, and other NATO concerns; Haig's contemplation of candidacy for political office in 1979; international terrorism, hostages in Lebanon, arms sales, communist influence in Nicaragua and El Salvador, the rise of the Polish trade union Solidarity, the Falkland Islands crisis, Philip Habib's 1981 Middle East mission and Palestinian autonomy, and other aspects of Haig's State Dept. tenure