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Conversation: 155-004

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Start Date: 19-Nov-1972 6:59 PM

End Date: 19-Nov-1972 7:05 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")

Recording Device: Camp David Study Table

155-004.mp3

NARA Description:

On November 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 6:59 pm to 7:05 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 155-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 155-4

Date: November 19, 1972
Time: 6:59 pm - 7:05 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

[See Conversation No. 227-20]


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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]

       Republican National Committee [RNC]
            -John N. Mitchell
                                 -5-

      NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                         Tape Subject Log
                           (rev. Jan.-08)

                                                  Conversation No. 155-4 (cont’d)

-Peter H. Dominick
-Robert C. (“Bob”) Wilson
-Robert J. Dole
-House of Representatives, Senate, RNC
-Chairman
      -Appointment
            -Full-time
            -Letters
            -Political consequences
                   -RNC initiative
                         -White House response
                         -Dominick
-Candidates
      -Press coverage
            -Quality
                   -Dominick
                   -Wilson
            -White House efforts
-Dominick, Wilson
      -Departure
-Chairman
      -Dole
      -Full-time, professional
      -Mitchell
            -Initiative
            -Political consequences
            -1972 election
                   -Blame
                         -House of Representatives, Senate
                         -White House reaction
      -Consensus
            -Exception
                   -Dole
                         -Departure
                         -Candidacy
      -Mitchell
      -The President’s meeting with Dole
      -Mitchell
            -Initiative
            -California, New York
                                            -6-

                 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                    Tape Subject Log
                                      (rev. Jan.-08)

                                                            Conversation No. 155-4 (cont’d)

                       -Key states
                       -Pennsylvania
                 -Dominick
                 -Wilson
                 -Bryce N. Harlow
                 -William E. Brock, III
                       -Statement
                       -Possible appointment
                 -House of Representatives
                       -Member statement
                             -Change
                 -Wilson, Dominick
                       -Responsibility
                             -Congressional defeats
                       -Departure
                 -Dole
                       -Mitchell
                       -Calls for departure
                       -Harry S. Dent

[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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      Haldeman's location

      Haldeman's schedule
           -Meeting with Elliot L. Richardson

      Press Relations
            -Life cover photograph
                   -Quality
                   -Ronald L. Ziegler
                   -The President’s meeting with photographer [Harry Benson] November 7,
                    1972
                   -Motives
                         -Life editors
                   -Ziegler’s reaction
                         -Hugh S. Sidey
                   -Protest
                                              -7-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. Jan.-08)

                                                         Conversation No. 155-4 (cont’d)

                         -Letters
                         -Telephone Calls
                               -Donald McI Kendall
                                    -George E. Shipley