Conversation: 232-003
Prev:  232-002 Next: 232-004Start Date: 28-Nov-1972 6:50 PM
End Date: 29-Nov-1972 8:40 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo; Recording Device: Camp David Hard Wire
NARA Description:
President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:50 pm on November 28, 1972 and 8:40 am on November 29, 1972. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 232-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 232-3 Date: November 28 or 29, 1972 Time: Unknown between 6:50 pm, November 28, 1972 and 8:40 am, November 29, 1972 Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President dictated a memorandum to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. Disposition -3- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-08) Conversation No. 232-3 (cont’d) -File -Copy for Haldeman Public relations [PR] -Personal aspects of the Presidency -The President’s previous memorandum -Review -1972 election -Effect -The President’s address to the nation, “Look to the Future,” November 2, 1972 -Television [TV] -Effect -William P. Rogers’s reaction -Press relations -Tone -Effect -Public interest -The President’s remarks on [1972] election eve, November 6, 1972 -Length -Effect -Public interest -Discourse -Mail -The President’s public appearance -Effect -Raymond K. Price, Jr.’s analysis -Tone -Effect -Second term goals -Second term -Vietnam War -Conclusion -Significant events -Ronald L. Ziegler -Reorganization and Cabinet appointments -Announcements -Ziegler -Washington, DC -The President’s conversation with John D. Ehrlichman -Ehrlichman’s view -4- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-08) Conversation No. 232-3 (cont’d) -Compared to the President’s -Office of Management and Budget [OMB] -Establishment and appointment of George P. Shultz -New York Times and Washington Post -Public recognition -The President’s public appearances -The President’s remarks on 1972 election eve -Effect -Voters -Anticlimax -Shoreham Hotel -Oval Office -1972 campaign -White House staff analysis -The President’s remarks on election eve -Press relations -Tone -Intellectuals -Price -Demonstrators -Motorcades -Greensboro, North Carolina -Los Angeles -Rally -Timing -Effect -Administration actions -Effect -Political scientists -Public interest -Ehrlichman’s view -Announcements -Possible locations -Junior high schools, supermarkets -Announcements -Effect The President replayed a portion of the memorandum. [Pause] -5- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-08) Conversation No. 232-3 (cont’d) The President resumed dictating the memorandum to Haldeman. Disposition -Copy for Haldeman -Tape two -File 1970 campaign -John B. Connally’s view -Press relations -San Jose incident, October 29, 1970 -The President’s remarks in Phoenix, October 31, 1970 -Al Capp’s view -Charles W. Colson -Broadcasts -Phoenix speech -Effect -Letter -Timing -Harry S. Truman PR -The President’s trip to New York, November 24-26, 1972 -Rockefeller Center -Meeting with Israeli [Moshe Harel] and Egyptian [Ismail El Shamawany] -TV coverage -Ziegler’s opposition -The President’s reception on Wall Street -Necessity -Henry A. Kissinger’s schedule -Demonstrators -White House staff -Political chemistry -Understanding -The President’s visit with Prisoners of War [POW] wives -Ehrlichman’s analysis -Media relations -Crowd reaction -6- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-08) Conversation No. 232-3 (cont’d) -Conflicts with the President’s style -Spontaneity -Contact with the peoplew -Speeches -Junior Chamber of Commerce -Appearance of contrivance -Overcaution -Foreign policy -Ehrlichman and William L. Safire -The President’s public appearances -1972 campaign -The President’s nomination acceptance speech, August 23, 1972 -Audience -TV -Crowd - -Applause -Effect -The President’s remarks to young voters rally, Miami, August 22, 1972 -White House staff -Spontaneity -Demagoguery -Personal tone -Sammy Davis, Jr. -Speechwriters -Planning -White House staff -Recruitment -Meetings with the President in Oval Office -Stephen B. Bull -Relations with people -Compared to Alexander P. Butterfield -John E. Nidecker -Dorothy Cox -The President’s experience as Congressman -Pete Provincio -The President’s experience as Vice President -Letters of commendations -Relations with people -Rose Mary Woods -7- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-08) Conversation No. 232-3 (cont’d) -Relations with people Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 6:50 pm, November 28, 1972. -Last paragraph -Digression -Review -Necessity -1972 election Sanchez left at an unknown time before 8:40 am, November 29, 1972.