Conversation: 222-007
Prev:  222-006 Next: 222-008Start Date: 30-Oct-1972 9:50 AM
End Date: 30-Oct-1972 10:25 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Camp David Hard Wire
NARA Description:
On October 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 9:50 am to 10:25 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 222-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 222-7 Date: October 30, 1972 Time: 9:50 am - 10:25 am Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. Vietnam settlement -George S. McGovern’s statements -William P. Rogers’s forthcoming briefing -Re-negotiation of terms -Aid to South Vietnam -Response to McGovern -Henry A. Kissinger’s view -Charles W. Colson -John D. Ehrlichman -Prospects of peace talks -Ehrlichman’s interpretation -Kissinger’s quote -Status of talks -McGovern’s role -Rogers’s forthcoming briefing -The President’s remarks at forthcoming regional meetings -Kissinger -Rogers’s briefing -Haldeman’s view Domestic issues -The President’s veto of an aging bill -Congressional appeals -Ehrlichman -The President’s view -Aging, urban issues -Ehrlichman -The President’s view -Kissinger -The President’s vetoes 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Water bill -Ehrlichman’s view -Signing of bills -House Resolution [HR] 1 -Vetoed bills The President’s speeches -Speech on aging -Alternatives -Statement -HR 1 -Schedule -Television -Radio spot -Cancellation -Payment for radio time -TV compared with radio -Benefits -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -Television speech by Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Schedule -Radio spots Watergate -Washington Post story about Dwight L. Chapin -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] document -Chapin -Donald H. Segretti -Haldeman's denial of involvement -Washington Post retraction -Chapin story -The President’s view -Battle between media and administration -Espionage -Media charges -Chapin -Segretti -Haldeman -Direction of fund -Accuracy 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Lack of evidence -Prominence of stories News reports -Vietnam story -Time magazine -Story preparation -Chronology -1950 ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 46s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** Vietnam -Negotiations [Kissinger’s?] view Rogers forthcoming briefing on Vietnam -Notification -Colson -Kissinger -Vietnam situation -Political advantages -Public knowledge -North Vietnamese -Kissinger’s negotiation efforts -Compared with the People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Soviet Union -Hopes for peace -Prospects for talks 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -McGovern -Election strategy Presentation of position on aging Americans -Compared with release of statement ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 28s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ***************************************************************** [Unintelligible] Speech schedule -Urban speech -Price [?] -Foreign policy -Vietnam -Time -California Haldeman left at 10:25 am.