Conversation: 022-142
Prev: 022-141 Next: 022-143Start Date: 16-Apr-1972 10:55 AM
End Date: 16-Apr-1972 2:25 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob");Recording Device: White House Telephone
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 05:20:02
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 05:38:52
NARA Description:
On April 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 2:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-142 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 22-142 Date: April 16, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:55 am and 2:25 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. [See Conversation No. 329-66] Church 114 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 7s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ****************************************************************************** Vietnam -Air strikes -Effectiveness -Pentagon -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. -Visual method -Extent of damage -Haiphong -Truck parks -Oil storage -Naval bombardment -Shore batteries -Cessation -Henry A. Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to Moscow -Duration -Secrecy -William P. Rogers -Defense in testimony -Strategy toward critics -Critics -Hubert H. Humphrey -Call for the President to convene the United Nations [UN] Security Council -People’s Republic of China [PRC] and Soviet Union -Veto The President’s schedule -Forthcoming trip to Camp David 115 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -Departure time -Return to Washington -Forthcoming luncheon for William M. Colmer -Forthcoming meeting with John B. Connally -Future call from Haldeman -Camp David Connally -Possible resignation -Timing -Forthcoming US-Soviet summit -The President’s forthcoming trip to Texas -Forthcoming US-Soviet Summit The President’s schedule -Free time -Duration -Cabinet meeting -Value -The President’s attendance -Briefings on Vietnam -Kissinger -William P. Rogers -Melvin R. Laird -The President’s attendance -Value -Value -Substitute for meeting -Briefing on military situation -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer and Laird -Previous briefing of Congressmen and Senators -Location -Pentagon -Cabinet and sub-Cabinet -Selling points -Kissinger -Laird -Timing -Rogers’s forthcoming testimony -Congressional leaders meeting -Congressional retirees dinner -Cabinet meeting 116 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -Decision Vietnam -Public support -Charles W. Colson and staff -Clark MacGregor -John D. Ehrlichman -Haldeman’s previous talk with Colson and MacGregor -Attacks on critics -Advertisements -Colson’s ideas and projects -Colson Richard G. Kleindienst -Decision on nomination -Upcoming Haldeman talk with John N. Mitchell -Colson, MacGregor and Ehrlichman views -International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] hearings -Jack Gleason testimony -Timing -James O. Eastland -Possible absence -Motives -1970 contributors -Lawyer -Relation with the White House -Peter M. Flanigan testimony -Ehrlichman’s views -White House conditions -Gleason testimony -Committee decision -Ehrlichman’s, William E. Timmons’s, Herbert G. Klein’s and Robert H. Finch’s testimony -Flanigan testimony -White House strategy -Restrictions -Withdrawal of Kleindienst’s name -Halt of Gleason testimony -Upcoming Haldeman talk with Mitchell -Time -Colson talk with Mitchell -Mitchell’s concerns 117 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -Flanigan deal -Gleason -Kleindienst -Public response -Restrictions -Reasons for Kleindienst investigation -Richard W. McLaren -Involvement -Flanigan deal -Ehrlichman’s views -Executive privilege -Cover up -White House strategy -Options -Gleason -Talk with Maurice H. Stans -Testimony -Perjury -ITT cash contributions to 1970 Congressional campaign -Gleason’s knowledge -ITT settlement -Flanigan deal -Executive privilege -Mitchell -Call from Haldeman -White House approval -Announcement -Television time -Timing -Gleason testimony -Flanigan -ITT case -Overshadowed by war reports -Nomination -Flanigan deal -White House doubts -Russell B. Long -Flanigan testimony -News summaries -Democrats -Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. -Timing 118 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -Public relations -Preparations of offer -Ehrlichman -Colson and MacGregor -Timing -Kleindienst’s withdrawal -Gleason testimony -Cessation of hearings -MacGregor’s views -Reason for hearings