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Start Date: 18-Dec-1972 11:14 AM

End Date: 18-Dec-1972 11:24 AM

Participants:

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

Recording Device: Camp David Study Desk

184-008.mp3

NARA Description:

On December 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 11:14 am to 11:24 am. The Camp David Study Desk taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 184-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 184-8

Date: December 18, 1972
Time: 11:14 am - 11:24 am
Location: Camp David Study Desk

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

       The President’s schedule
            -Meeting with Richard G. Kleindienst, John D. Ehrlichman
                  -Schedule change
                  -Timing
            -Meetings
                  -William D. Ruckelshaus
                         -Photograph session
                         -Retention
                         -Environmental policy
                         -Maurice H. Stans
                                     -8-

           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                             Tape Subject Log
                               (rev. June-08)

                                                       Conversation No. 184-8 (cont’d)

         -Diplomatic credentials
         -Surrogates reception
         -Dr. W. Kenneth Riland
         -December 20, 1972
               -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon’s schedule
                     -Volunteers Tea
               -Departure for Florida
                     -Timing
     -Camp David
         -Christmas decorations
               -William Hersch
               -Tree, garland
         -Use by Cabinet and others
               -Robert H. Finch
               -John N. Mitchell
               -Robert H. Dole
               -Melvin R. Laird
               -Stans
               -Donald H. Rumsfeld
               -Stans
                     -Kathleen (Carmody) Stans
                     -Invitations
               -Mitchell and Martha (Beall) Mitchell
               -Stans
                     -Invitations
               -Robert J. Dole
               -Clark MacGregor

Second term reorganization
     -Dole
           -Anne L. Armstrong
                 -Announcement
                      -Associated Press [AP]
                      -Renunciation
                            -Leak
           -Leaks
                 -Rogers C. B. Morton
                 -George H. W. Bush
     -Women appointees
           -Armstrong
                                             -9-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. June-08)

                                                              Conversation No. 184-8 (cont’d)

                  -Patricia R. Hitt
                        -Californians
                               -Transportation Department

       Press relations
             -The President’s conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler
             -New York Times
                    -Contact with Henry A. Kissinger
                          -[National Security Council]
                          -Vietnam War
                                -Reseeding mines
                          -William P. Rogers
             -Washington Post
                    -Alleged discrimination
                    -Local compared to national coverage
                          -Washington Star
                          -New York Times
                          -Kansas City Star
                          -San Antonio Light
                          -Nashville Banner
                          -Pool reports
                          -Wire services
                                -United Press International [UPI]
                          -White House access policy
                                -Patrick J. Buchanan
                                -William L. Safire
             -Ziegler’s press conferences
                    -Performances
                    -Backgrounders