Conversation: 326-008
Prev:  326-007 Next: 326-009Start Date: 24-Mar-1972 9:50 AM
End Date: 24-Mar-1972 10:45 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:53:24
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:43:52
NARA Description:
On March 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:50 am to 10:45 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 326-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 326-8 Date: March 24, 1972 Time: 9:50 am - 10:45 am Location: Executive Office Building The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. Pay Board -George Meany’s resignation -Charles W. Colson’s efforts -Clark MacGregor’s possible effort -Congress -Statements by Michael J. Mansfield and Jacob K. Javits International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] -Colson’s efforts John B. Connally 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -Comments on Today -Meany’s resignation from the Pay Board -Food prices -Meat prices -Earl L. Butz -Farm prices -Retailers -Transportation costs -Meany’s resignation from the Pay Board -Meany’s attendance at Pay Board meetings -Meany’s conversation with George H. Boldt -Effect -Tone -News summary -The President’s view -Performance -Herbert G. Klein -Comments regarding Meany’s resignation from Pay Board -Interview technique -Reaction of Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman and George P. Shultz -The President’s view -Irving R. Levine [?] -Previous call to Haldeman -Jews -Arthur F. Burns, Hobart Rowan, Nathaniel Samuels -Burns -The President’s view -Edmund S. Muskie -Forthcoming call from Haldeman -Secretary Anti-Semitism -Haldeman’s view The President’s schedule -Camp David Middle East -The President’s forthcoming memorandum to Henry A. Kissinger -Soviet Union -John N. Mitchell 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 326-8 (cont.) -Kissinger’s advice in 1970 -Israel -Elections An unknown person entered and left at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:45 am. -Andrei A. Gromyko’s offer -Soviet presence in Egypt -Israel -Kissinger’s response -1972 election -Jews -Democrats -The President’s forthcoming visit with Leonid I. Brezhnev -Soviet presence in Egypt -Mediterranean -Israel -Kissinger -The President’s view -Jews -Mitchell -Max M. Fisher -Golda Meir’s statements regarding the President -Support for the President -Effect on US policy -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Soviet Union -Mediterranean -Oil -Israel -Barry M. Goldwater -US relationship with Arabs -United Arab Republic [UAR] -Oil -The President’s forthcoming visit to the Soviet Union -Opportunity to alter Us policy -Dwight D. Eisenhower -Soviet presence in the Middle East -Israeli occupation of territory -Compared to Okinawa -Japan 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 326-8 (cont.) -Pearl Harbor -The President’s forthcoming memorandum to Kissinger -Camp David Jews -Media -Haldeman’s view -Mitchell -Views regarding the President -Anti-Semitic vote Middle East -The President’s forthcoming memorandum to Kissinger -Timing -US policy Jews -President’s forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union -Pressure regarding Israel -Burns -Leonard Garment -Fisher -Support for the President News media -Television coverage of the President’s previous statement on Meany -American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC] -Ronald L. Ziegler’s expectations -ABC -Length of statement -Reaction -Consumer Price Index [CPI] Connally -Comments on Today -National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC] -Haldeman’s view -Charts -The President’s view -Schedule 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 326-8 (cont.) Federal Reserve Board -Appointments -Roles of Burns and Connally -Haldeman’s previous conversation with Shultz -Shultz’s previous conversation with Burns -Frederic V. Malek’s role -Burns’s role in approving appointments -The President’s role -Malek -Burns -Connally -Shultz Connally -The President’s view -Haldeman’s view MacGregor -House members News summary -ITT -James O. Eastland’s committee’s activities -San Diego -Haldeman’s view Media coverage of administration -The President’s view -Haldeman’s view -Sherman Adams -Harry H. Vaughn -Robert C. Wilson, Robert H. Finch, Herbert G. Klein -The President’s view -Sheraton Hotels Connally Administration’s activities -Drugs -[Pay Board] -Staff morale 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 326-8 (cont.) -The President’s previous statement regarding Meany -Haldeman’s view -Drugs Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -FBI experts compared to external experts The President’s instructions -Russell A. Kirk -Robert A. Nisbet The President’s schedule -Possible press meeting with China experts -Ziegler’s views -Soviet Union -Wives -Press conferences -Value -Timing -Camp David -Gridiron dinner -Television -The President’s forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union -Possible fireside talk on drugs -Timing -Preparation -The President’s view -Format -Telephones -Radio talks -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -Emil (“Bus”) Mosbacher, Jr.’s talk with Haldeman -Gridiron dinner Supreme Court -Mitchell The President’s schedule -Press conferences -Timing -Vacations 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 326-8 (cont.) -Democratic National Convention -Republican National Convention -Marvin L. Kalb -Kissinger -Soviet Union trip -Ziegler Kissinger’s schedule -Chicago, Houston, Dallas -Television talk shows -Connally -Texas -Houston -Dallas-Ft. Worth -Kalb -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] -Size of television audience -Treatment of the administration William P. Rogers -Kissinger -Comments regarding Arthur K. Watson Watson -Incident on airplane -Public reaction towards President -Bible Belt -Haldeman’s view -Frank F. Church’s comments -Chinese -Rogers Haldeman left at 10:45 am.