Conversation: 034-040
Prev:  034-039 Next: 034-041Start Date: 11-Dec-1972 11:55 AM
End Date: 11-Dec-1972 12:14 PM
Participants:
Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Connally, John B.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Connally, John B.; Recording Device: White House Telephone
NARA Description:
On December 11, 1972, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and John B. Connally talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-040 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 34-40 Date: December 11, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:55 am and 12:14 pm Location: White House Telephone -36- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec.-07) Conversation No. 34-40 (cont’d) H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with John B. Connally. [See Conversation No. 819-2H] ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] Republican National Committee [RNC] -Chairman Robert J. Dole -Resignation -Senate role -Kansas -George H. W. Bush -The President’s and Dole’s choice as new chairman -RNC election, January 19, 1973 -Texas -Full time chairman Democratic National Committee [DNC] -Robert S. Strauss statement on Meet the Press -Connally’s conversation with Strauss -Connally’s support in the party -George S. McGovern -Characterized -Party’s moral standards -“Crimes against society” -Connally’s vote for the President -Party censure -Henry C. Wallace -Strauss -Deals -Liberal opposition -Party role -Manager -South -Wallace -Governors, members of Congress -Short-term goal -37- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec.-07) Conversation No. 34-40 (cont’d) -Party unity -Leaving party -Third party -McGovern -Connally joining Republican Party -Timing [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** Connally’s schedule -Trip -Saudi Arabia -Timing -[Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia] Malik Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Saud -Notification -Iran