Conversation: 324-012
Prev: 324-011 Next: 324-013Start Date: 20-Mar-1972 5:21 PM
End Date: 20-Mar-1972 6:30 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]; Ziegler, Ronald L.; White House operator; Ehrlichman, John D.; Bull, Stephen B.;Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:33:25
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:26:49
NARA Description:
On March 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, White House operator, John D. Ehrlichman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:21 pm to 6:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 324-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 324-12 Date: March 20, 1972 Time: 5:21 pm - 6:30 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation No. 21-116] H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 5:30 pm. [End of telephone conversation] 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/10) Conv. No. 324-12 (cont.) International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -John N. Mitchell -Colson -John D. Ehrlichman -Herbert W. Kalmbach -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -Jack Gleason -Gleason’s employment -ITT -Kevin P. Philips -Gleason -Financing -Campaign -Milk Fund -President -Maurice H. Stans -Harry S. Dent -Kalmbach -Fundraising role -Knowledge of 1970 campaign financing -Possible danger to administration -Candidates -Story -Kalmbach -Ambassadorships -Haldeman -Congressional campaigns -Fundraising -Murray M. Chotiner -Donald H. Rumsfeld -Robert H. Finch -Haldeman’s role in 1970 campaign financing -List -Colson -Money -Purposes -John W. Mulcahy -Stans -Mulcahy -Amount 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/10) Conv. No. 324-12 (cont.) -Candidates -Finances -Reporting -Investigation -District of Columbia [DC] committees ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National Security] [Duration: 36s ] CHILE END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** -Colson -Democrats -Justice Department -Internal Revenue Service [IRS] -Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson, Hubert H. Humphrey The President’s schedule -Forthcoming press conference -Consumer Price Index [CPI] -Television -ITT -Proposed meeting with Marshall Green -Timing -The President’s forthcoming press conference -Key Biscayne -Advertising Council -Gridiron dinner -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew’s view -The President’s attendance 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/10) Conv. No. 324-12 (cont.) -Friends -Possible statement -Women’s liberation -Friends -Richard (“Dick”) Wilson -Terry Green -Roscoe Drummond -Edgar Allan Poe -Possible attendance by Agnew or the President -Agnew’s view -California -Unknown man -Wife The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 5:30 pm and 5:50 pm. [Conversation No. 324-12A] The President’s schedule -Meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler [End of telephone conversation] The President’s schedule -Gridiron dinner -Herbert G. Klein -Ziegler’s view -The President’s possible attendance -Agnew’s possible attendance -Wilson ITT case -White House strategy -Life story on convention -White House response -Department of Justice -San Diego -President’s view -Coverage of ITT antitrust case -Contribution 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/10) Conv. No. 324-12 (cont.) -Amount -San Diego -Russell B. Long -Edward M. Kennedy -John V. Tunney -Birch E. Bayh, Jr. -White House strategy -Christmas The President’s schedule -Gridiron dinner Ziegler entered at 5:50 pm. Briefing -Drugs -Life story Gridiron dinner -Agnew’s possible attendance -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Petition -Boycott -Women -William P. Rogers -Forthcoming call from Haldeman -The President -Agnew -California -Public relations judgment The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 5:56 pm. [Conversation No. 324-12B] [See Conversation No. 21-117] [End of telephone conversation] 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/10) Conv. No. 324-12 (cont.) Haldeman left at an unknown time before 5:56 pm. Drug abuse -Marijuana -Heroin -Dr. Jerome H. Jaffee -Methadone Gridiron dinner -Paul Healy -Women -Ziegler’s view -Mrs Nixon -Ziegler’s view -The President’s attendance -Agnew’s attendance -Dwight D. Eisenhower -The President’s view -White House Correspondents’ Dinner The White House operator talked with the President at 5:56 pm. [Conversation No. 324-12C] [See Conversation No. 21-118] [End of telephone conversation] ITT case -Ziegler’s questions from the press -Committee -Dita D. Beard memorandum -Justice Department -Anderson The People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip -Press coverage -John A. Scali -Ziegler -Haldeman -Rogers 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/10) Conv. No. 324-12 (cont.) -Dwight L. Chapin -Speeches -Scali -Henry A. Kissinger -Rogers -California -Kissinger Press conference -Timing -Consumer Price Index [CPI] -Food prices -Economy -Press corps -Morning briefings -Afternoon briefings -Time -Forthcoming state dinner The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman at an unknown time between 5:56 pm and 6:25 pm. [Conversation No. 324-12D] State dinner -Ziegler -Arrangements -East Room [End of telephone conversation] -Dining Room Press coverage of drug story Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 5:56 pm. Gridiron dinner -Rogers -Hawaii -Adele (Langston) Rogers 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/10) Conv. No. 324-12 (cont.) -Rogers’s view -The President’s attendance -Agnew’s possible attendance -Connally -Rogers -Administration boycott -Kissinger -ITT -PRC -Rogers’s and Agnew’s attendance at previous Gridiron dinner -Connally -Warren E. Burger -Ranking as Chief Justice -Cabinet officers -Rogers -The President’s view -Agnew -The President’s attendance -The President’s view -Women -Rogers -Agnew -Rogers’s view -Haldeman’s view -Bohemian Grove -Agnew -Cabinet officers -Kissinger -Hubert H. Humphrey -Barry M. Goldwater -Rogers -Humphrey’s attendance -Democrats -The President’s schedule -California -Florida -Forthcoming meeting with Marshall Green Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:56 pm. Item for Haldeman 16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/10) Conv. No. 324-12 (cont.) Bull left at an unknown time before 6:25 pm. The President’s schedule -Easter -The President’s attendance at the Gridiron dinner -Rogers -Poe -Agnew -Burger -Democrats -Florida -Rogers -California -Florida -Biological Weapons Convention signing ceremony -Time -Press conference -Green meeting -Duration -Rogers -Green -Rogers -Press corps -Kissinger -Taiwan, Republic of China, as a news topic -Rogers -Cabinet officer -Press conference -Rogers -Green Ziegler left at 6:25 pm. The President’s schedule -Signing ceremony for the Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of 1972 -Bull -East Room -State Dining Room -Number of guests -Drugs 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/10) Conv. No. 324-12 (cont.) -Executive Office Building [EOB] compared to the White House -Indian Treaty Room -The President’s view -Time -Forthcoming meeting with Nihat Erim -Arrival time -Television coverage -Oval Office -Guests -Number -Preachers, blacks -Gridiron dinner -The President’s attendance -Rogers -Ziegler -Press -Burger -Call from Rogers -The President’s forthcoming trip to Moscow -Possible trip to Poland -Polish Foreign Minister -Walter J. Stoessel, Jr. -The President’s forthcoming trip to Iran The President and Haldeman left at 6:30 pm.