Conversation: 206-007
Prev: 206-006 Next: 206-008Start Date: 20-Aug-1972 9:30 AM
End Date: 20-Aug-1972 11:20 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Sanchez, Manolo; Camp David Operator; Woods, Rose Mary;Recording Device: Camp David Hard Wire
NARA Description:
On August 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Camp David operator, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 9:30 am to 11:20 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 206-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 206-7
Date: August 20, 1972
Time: 9:30 am - 11:20 am
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
The President's schedule
-Possible return to the White House
-Swimming
-The President’s previous meeting with William P. Rogers
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Information for Rogers
-Leaks
News photographs
-Picture of a dog
-George S. McGovern picture
-Content
-Swimming pool, South Dakota
-Life picture
-McGovern in undershirt
-Circumstances
-Haldeman’s view
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Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 9:30 am.
The President's schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Kissinger
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 10:00 am.
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The President talked with the Camp David operator at an unknown time between 9:30 am and
10:00 am.
[Conversation No. 206-7A]
[See Conversation No. 140-47]
[End of telephone conversation]
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Kissinger entered at 10:00 am.
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The President talked with Rose Mary Woods between 10:03 am and 10:04 am.
[Conversation No. 206-7B]
[See Conversation No. 140-48]
Sanchez entered at 10:03 am.
[End of telephone conversation]
Preparation of sauna
-Kissinger’s forthcoming use
-Bathing suit
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:20 am.
Polls
-Rogers
-Daniel Yankelovich
McGovern
-Kissinger’s view
Washington Post and New York Times stories
-McGovern's Vietnam stance
-James M. Naughton
-Possible Communist government in South Vietnam
-Kissinger’s view
-Joseph Mccarthy
-New York Times editorial
-Nguyen Van Thieu
McGovern
-Kissinger’s view
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-Frank F. Mankiewicz
-The President’s view
Republican National Convention
-Kissinger's role
-Newsmaking
-Benefits of nonpartisan policy
-Presence at convention
-Social functions
-Press
-Reporters
-Catherine Mackin
-Douglas Kiker
-Possible questions
-Kissinger’s possible response
-Foreign policy
-North Vietnamese
-Timing of appearance
-Possible interviews with the press
-[Arnold] Eric Sevaried
-Walter L. Cronkite, Jr.
-Mackin
-Kissinger’s presence at the convention
-Nominating speeches
-The President’s acceptance speech
-Kissinger’s stay in Florida
-Key Biscayne
-Doral Hotel
-Logistics
-Jeb Stuart Magruder
-Interest in Kissinger
-Compared with the President's family
-Presence at social functions
-Ronald W. Reagan invititation
-Elmer H. Bobst invitation
-Possible youth function presence
-Kissinger’s previous speech at the State Department
-Avoidance of critical remarks
-McGovern
-W. Ramsey Clark
-Pierre E.G. Salinger
-Congress
Kissinger's schedule
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-Announcement of trip to the Soviet Union
-Plans for public statements in October
-Activities at Republican convention
-Scheduled interviews
-Vietnam
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Future interviews
-Marvin L. Kalb
-Cronkite
-Plans for late September
-Possible network appearance
-Convention plans
-Response to interview requests
-Presence of senior staff with the President
-Nonconvention activities
-Possible youth function visit
-Possible television presence
-Kissinger’s view
Vietnam negotiations
-Possibility of settlement
-North Vietnamese meetings with Kissinger
-Le Duc Tho
-Kissinger’s possible televised press conference
-Negotiating record
Republican convention
-Kissinger's possible attendance
-McGovern
-New York Times
-Photograph of Kissinger’s meeting with Kakuei Tanaka
-Forthcoming announcement of Kissinger’s trip to the Soviet Union
-Youth appearance
-Interviews
-Marya McLaughlin
-Barbara Walters
-McLaughlin
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon interview
-Tone
-Stars and Stripes
-Public relations impact
-Belly dancers
-Press surmises concerning sexual life of White House staffers and of
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McGovern
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Press
-Otis Chandler
-Oil promotional activities
-Marilyn B. (“Missy”) Chandler
-Los Angeles Times
The President’s forthcoming acceptance speech
-Length
-Suggestions from staff members
-Patrick J. Buchanan's points
-Daniel P. Moynihan's input
-Upcoming education speech
-Tone
-Farmers
-Youth
-Senior citizens
-Blacks
-Catholics
-Chicanos
-Domestic Council
-Foreign policy compared to domestic policy
-McGovern's speeches
-Attention of interest groups
-Blacks
-Farmers
-Income from grain sales to Soviet Union
-Income from Japanese
-Taxes
-John D. Ehrlichman
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-Reform
-Reduction
-Property
-Foreign policy section
-Ziegler's input
-Mention of US strength
-“Begging” for peace in Vietnam
-Press reaction
-Kissinger’s schedule
-John K. Andrews, Jr.
-The President’s reading of his draft
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Introduction
-Partisanship
-Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F.
Kennedy, Johnson
-Tone
-The President’s draft compared to Andrews’s draft
-Length
-Latin America, Africa, Middle East
-Israel
-Rodney C. Campbell
-Nelson A. Rockefeller’s conversation with Kissinger
-Issues and Answers
-The President's Schedule
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-John B. Connally
-Israeli view
-Golda Meir
-The President’s reading of draft
-Political considerations
-Vietnam
-Compared to Middle East
-Israel
-Haldeman
-Amnesty for draft evaders
-Effect on foreign policy
-Johnson
-The President's trips to the People's Republic of China [PRC] and
Soviet Union
-US security
-Need to maintain defense spending
-McGovern
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-Soviet Union
-Opportunity for peace
-Domestic compared to foreign programs
-Tone of speech
-Vietnam
-Reduction of US forces in South Vietnam
-End of deployment of draftees
-Reduction of casualties
-Negotiations
-Ceasefire
-Withdrawal of US forces
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Elections
-POWs
-South Vietnam
-Domestic critics
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The President’s forthcoming acceptance speech
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew renomination
-The President’s reading of draft
-Kissinger’s view
-Efforts to combat division of US
-The President’s reading of draft
-Discrimination
-Quotas
-Intellectuals
-Speechwriters
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-"New Majority"
-New politics
-Change in US
-Liberals
-Tone of campaign
-Democratic motives
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-Unemployment, inflation, $1000-per-person welfare proposal
-The President’s reading of draft
-Unknown Rhode Islander
-McGovern
-Kissinger’s view
-Crime
-The President’s reading of draft
-Court appointments
-Supreme Court
-J. Edgar Hoover
-Subsequent appointments
-[Clark]
-Speechwriting staff
-Kissinger’s view
-Court appointments
-Clark
-Foreign policy section
-Editing
Kissinger and Haldeman left at 11:20 am.