Conversation: 140-029
Prev: 140-028 Next: 140-030Start Date: 17-Aug-1972 10:32 PM
End Date: 17-Aug-1972 10:51 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob");Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On August 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:32 pm to 10:51 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-029 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 140-29 Date: August 17, 1972 Time: 10:32 pm - 10:51 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. [See Conversation No. 204-4] The President’s forthcoming acceptance speech -David R. Gergen's effort -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -Tax cut figures -Price’s figures compared to Gergen’s figures -The President’s view 27 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar-02) -Amounts compared to percentages -1964, 1948 -1969 -Council of Economic Advisers [CEA] -Impact of George S. McGovern budget on taxes -$1000 per person welfare grant proposal -Need for staff help -John K. Andrews, Jr. -Aram Bakshian -Lack of familiarity with the President, Haldeman -Philosophical approach -Price -Andrews's qualifications -Bakshian's qualifications -John D. Ehrlichman's view -Environment -Recitation of accomplishments -Tone -McGovern’s attack on US institutions -Focus of McGovern attack -Economy, foreign policy, law and order -Use of convention forum -Recitation of accomplishments -Tax cuts, inflation, Legacy of Parks -William L. Safire -Division of speech -Course -Challenge -Declaration of goals -Listing of accomplishments -Price -Ehrlichman's view of goals and accomplishments -Economy -Inflation, employment -Wealth redistribution -Question of approach -Price -Patrick E. O'Donnell [?] -Bakshian -Haldeman’s view -John B. Connally's view -Audience scope -The President’s view 28 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar-02) -Haldeman’s view -Advertising -Focus on domestic compared to foreign issues -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Soviet Union -Middle East -Africa -Plans of the President compared to McGovern -Democrats -PRC, Soviet Union -Military spending -Gergen's statistics -Tax cuts -Individuals -Price’s draft -1969