Conversation: 206-018
Prev:  206-017 Next: 206-019Start Date: 20-Aug-1972 6:25 PM
End Date: 20-Aug-1972 9:45 PM
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 21 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.