Conversation: 017-018
Prev:  017-017 Next: 017-019Start Date: 24-Dec-1971 3:12 PM
End Date: 24-Dec-1971 3:37 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: White House Telephone
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:27:07
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:51:36
NARA Description:
On December 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:12 pm to 3:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 17-18 Date: December 24, 1971 Time: 3:12 pm - 3:37 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman . Christmas shopping [Unintelligible] Henry A. Kissinger -Spirit boosting [Unintelligible] William P. Rogers's press conference -North Vietnam -John D. Ehrlichman [?] -Rogers India-Pakistan War -Commitment Kissinger 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -Mood National Cancer Act of 1971 bill signing James R. (“Jimmy”) Hoffa -Situation at home ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 19s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ********************************************************************** -Rogers -Kissinger Television -News reports -Hoffa -National Cancer Act of 1971 -Rogers -Donald H. Rumsfeld's press conference -India-Pakistan War -North Vietnam bombing -Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope -Prisoners of War [POWs] release -Amount -Vietnamese children -Kissinger -POW release -Hope President’s schedule -Christmas activities -“Meet and greet” opportunities 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -St. John's church -Metropolitan Police Boys Club -Tree picture -Time conflicts -Mamie G.D. Eisenhower -Julie Nixon Eisenhower television show Kissinger -John A. Scali -Haldeman’s talk with Scali -Concern for Kissinger -Spokesman role -Reduced role for Kissinger in future -Allegations -Backgrounders -Ronald L. Ziegler -Scali -Backgrounders -Scali -Concern -Interviews -Rogers -Kissinger -Stress -Backgrounders -India-Pakistan War -State Department -Backgrounders -Press -Scali -Acrimony -Rogers's call to Scali -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer Call to Haldeman -Kissinger -Airplanes -Rogers -Moorer’s call to Rogers -State Department -Press -Kissinger 16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -Potential problem -Scali -Azores and Bermuda -California -Schedule -Florida -Rogers -Attendance at the Orange Bowl -Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Florida -California -Key West -Kissinger