Conversation: 101-001
Prev: 100-020 Next: 101-004Start Date: 8-May-1972 12:07 PM
End Date: 8-May-1972 11:59 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Agnew, Spiro T. (Vice President); Cabinet officers; Rogers, William P.; Connally, John B.; Kleindienst, Richard G.; Morton, Rogers C. B.; Campbell, J. Philip; Hodgson, James D.; Richardson, Elliot L.; Romney, George W.; Volpe, John A.; Kennedy, David M.; Shultz, George P.; Finch, Robert H.; Rumsfeld, Donald H.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Ehrlichman, John D.; Flanigan, Peter M.; MacGregor, Clark; Scali, John A.; Klein, Herbert G.; Price, Raymond K., Jr.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Scowcroft, Brent G. (Gen.); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Colson, Charles W.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Stein, Herbert; Weinberger, Caspar W. ("Cap"); Moorer, Thomas H. (Adm.);Recording Device: Cabinet Room
NARA Description:
On May 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Richard G. Kleindienst, Rogers C. B. Morton, J. Philip Campbell, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, David M. Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, Clark MacGregor, John A. Scali, Herbert G. Klein, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, General Brent G. Scowcroft, Alexander P. Butterfield, Charles W. Colson, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Herbert Stein, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:07 pm and 11:59 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 101-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 101-1
Date: May 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:07 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Cabinet Room
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew met with William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Richard G.
Kleindienst, Rogers C. B. Morton, J. Philip Campbell, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson,
George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, David M. Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch,
Donald H. Rumsfeld, H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, Clark
MacGregor, John A. Scali, Herbert G. Klein, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, General
Brent G. Scowcroft, Alexander P. Butterfield, Charles W. Colson, General Alexander M. Haig,
Jr., Herbert Stein, Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger, and Admiral Thomas H. Moorer
[Recording begins while the news broadcast is in progress]
[Conversation No. 101-1A]
Viewing of television news broadcast
-John W. Chancellor
-Vietnam War
[End of television viewing]
The President entered at 9:28 pm
Applause
Vietnam
-The President’s May 8, 1972 speech
-Cabinet
-The President’s appreciation for meeting
-Discussion
-Advance text
-Rogers and Melvin R. Laird
-The Vice President
-Connally
-Blockade
-Cabinet
-Speeches
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
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Vietnam
[To listen to the segment (19m2s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-595.]
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The President left at 9:44 pm
[General conversation/Unintelligible]
The Vice President, et al. left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm