Conversation: 140-027
Prev:  140-026 Next: 140-028Start Date: 17-Aug-1972 3:06 PM
End Date: 17-Aug-1972 3:21 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On August 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:06 pm to 3:21 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-027 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 140-27 Date: August 17, 1972 Time: 3:06 pm - 3:21 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The Camp David operator talked with the President. Call from Ronald L. Ziegler Ziegler talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 203-22] 24 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar-02) Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] interview with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -Marya McLaughlin -Ziegler’s conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Transcript -Ziegler’s review -Use of edited sections -Future use -Ziegler's view of questions -Ziegler's view of Mrs. Nixon's performance -Mrs. Nixon’s demeanor -Objective of questions -Hanoi trips by celebrities -Mrs. Nixon's rebuttal -Impact of war on South Vietnam -The President's instructions -McLaughlin -Barbara Walters -Virginia Sherwood -American Broadcasting Company [ABC] -McLaughlin -Republican National Convention -Contact with the President’s family -Timothy G. Elbourne -Press relations -The President’s family -Advisability -White House -Overall impact ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 41s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** 25 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar-02) Vietnam -Actions by George S. McGovern representatives -Comparison to 1968 election -Richard V. (“Dick”) Allen -W[illiam] Averell Harriman -George Logan Act violation -Press reaction -Future responses by the Administration -Rejection of briefings by McGovern -Benefit to McGovern -Pierre E.G. Salinger’s trip to Paris -Statements by McGovern -Youngstown, Ohio -Retraction ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 5m 33s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** Marvin L. Kalb’s possible interview with Henry A. Kissinger -CBS -Other possible Kissinger interviews -Kissinger’s schedule Salinger visit to Paris -W. Ramsey Clark -Future use by administration -Press reaction -Questions to McGovern -Wire service reports -McGovern justification of Salinger trip -Compared to trips by Kissinger -Questions to Ziegler -Negotiations 26 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar-02) -Use of war as issue -Ziegler's possible answers to questions -Haldeman -Ziegler’s recent press conference -Requirements of foreign policy CBS interview of Mrs. Nixon -McLaughlin -Forthcoming call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower by Ziegler