Conversation: 206-018
Prev: 206-017 Next: 206-019Start Date: Sunday, August 20, 1972 10:25 PM
End Date: Monday, August 21, 1972 1:45 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Recording Device: Camp David Hard Wire
NARA Description:
On August 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:25 pm and 9:45 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 206-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 206-18
Date: August 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:25 pm and 9:45 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Rose Mary Woods's schedule
-Marjorie P. Acker
-Laurel Lodge
-Manolo Sanchez
-Speech draft [?]
The President’s forthcoming acceptance speech
-Content
-Tanya Savicheva story
-Abraham Lincoln
-The President’s reading of draft
-US defense budget
-US negotiating stance
-Arms limitation
-Opportunity for peace
-US
-Soviet Union
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Domestic programs
-Poverty
-Cities
-Rural areas
-Environment
-Welfare reform
-Revenue sharing
-“Peace dividend”
-The President's televised speech in the Soviet Union
-Lincoln
-Religious reference
-The President’s trip to the Soviet Union
-Leningrad
-Tanya story
-“New majority”
-Haldeman’s view
-Revisions
-Lincoln quote
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev.Oct-06)
-Use by the President in 1960
-Use of passage from previous speeches
-Compared to other religious references
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-John K. Andrews, Jr.
The President's schedule
Haldeman left at an unknown time before 9:45 pm.