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Start Date: 20-May-1973 2:55 PM

End Date: 20-May-1973 3:07 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haig, Alexander M., Jr.

Recording Device: Camp David Study Table

167-016.mp3

NARA Description:

On May 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:55 pm to 3:07 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 167-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 167-16

Date: May 20, 1973
Time: 2:55pm - 3:07 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.


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       Watergate      

            -White House response           

                  -Forthcoming White Paper          

                        -Preparation          

                               -Bryce N. Harlow         

                                      -Forthcoming meeting with Haig                     

                        -Content and wording          

                               -National security       

            -Lie detector tests for leaks 

            -White House response           

                  -Forthcoming White Paper
                        -Content and wording
            -Haig’s conversation with Elliot L. Richardson
                  -Confirmation
                        -Archibald Cox’s confirmation
                               -Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
            -Cox
            -Henry A. Kissinger
                  -Morality of wiretaps
                  -Conversations with Haig
                        -Wiretaps
                        -Possible press conference
                               -Effect of leaks
            -Wiretaps        

                  -Washington Post story 

                  -President’s responsibility      

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             NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                Tape Subject Log
                                (rev. March-2011)

                                                       Conversation No. 167-16 (cont’d)

           -Robert F. (“Bobby”) Kennedy’s activity 

           -Foreign policy       

     -White House response         

           -Forthcoming White Paper        

                 -President’s schedule      

                 -Preparation        

                 -National security      

     -National security      

           -President’s conversation with Henry E. Petersen 


Kissinger
      -Report on communiqué

National economy
     -Haig’s meeting
           -George P. Shultz, Roy L. Ash, William E. Simon, Arthur F. Burns and
            Herbert G. Stein
     -Economics compared with politics
           -August 15, 1971 decision
     -Shultz’s views
           -Simon’s opinion
     -Simon’s views          

           -Phase II       

           -Wage and price freeze      

           -Controls        

           -Energy       


Energy
     -John B. Connally
     -Spiro T. Agnew
     -Connally

Haig’s schedule

Watergate
     -White House response
     -President’s conversation with Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
           -Resignation and impeachment         

                 -Effect     

                       -Soviet Union      

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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                     Tape Subject Log 

                                     (rev. March-2011)

                                                             Conversation No. 167-16 (cont’d)

                              -World       

                              -US public      

                  -White House response         

           -White House response         

                  -Congress        

                        -John C. Stennis and Barry M. Goldwater 

           -Stennis       

           -J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. 

           -White House response         

                  -Possible release of memorandum