Conversation: 327-005
Prev: 327-004 Next: 327-006Start Date: 27-Mar-1972 9:25 AM
End Date: 27-Mar-1972 10:55 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob");Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:10:22
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:16:52
NARA Description:
On March 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:25 am and 10:55 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 327-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 327-5
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Date: March 27, 1972
Time: 9:25 am - unknown before 10:55 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Weather
John B. Connally
-Call from H. Ross Perot
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Desire to meet with the President
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-The President’s view
Perot
-Haldeman’s view
-Bernard M. Baruch
-Schedule
-The President
-Kissinger
-Scheme regarding POWs
-Medical supplies
-Haig’s views
-Previous call to Haldeman
-Possible meeting with the President
-Democratic presidential candidates
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Relationship with Connally
-Schedule
-Possible meeting with The President and Connally
-Haig
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
-Brent G. Scowcroft
-The President’s view
-Maj. Gen. James D. (“Don”) Hughes
-Haig
-Walters
-Secret initiatives
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 327-5 (cont.)
-The President’s knowledge
-Conversations with the President
-The President’s view
-Haldeman’s view
-Deniability
-Views
-Bureaucracy
-Schedule
-Haig
-Walters
-Paris
-Possible conversation with Haldeman
-Secret initiatives
-Ambassadors
-White House
-State Department
-Walters
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-Paris
-The President’s view
-Scowcroft
-Connally’s possible views
-Walters
-Use of staff for political purposes
-Administration’s role
-Stock market deal
-Flanigan
-Wealth
-Aid to administration
-Haldeman’s view
-Possible meeting with the President
-Haldeman’s view
-Schedule
-Possible meeting with Walters
Kissinger
-The President’s previous conversation with Haig
-News summary
-William P. Rogers
-Arthur K. Watson
-Marshall Green
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 327-5 (cont.)
-Calls from the President
-Perot
-The President’s view
-Job performance
White House gifts
-Paperweights
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-Jim Garrity [sp?]
-Possible number
-Inscriptions
-Possible distribution
-Purposes
-Good luck pieces
-Presidential seal
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Political Returnable]
[Duration: 42s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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-Oval Office
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Conv. No. 327-5 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Political Returnable]
[Duration: 48s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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-Hangers
Walters
-Confirmation
-W[illiam] Stuart Symington
-Possible appointment
-CIA
Mitchell
-Schedule
-Florida
-Martha (Beall) Mitchell
International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT]
-Dita D. Beard
-Edward M. Kennedy’s questions
-Testimony
-Call from the White House to William R. Merriam [?]
-San Diego
-Robert H. Finch, Herbert G. Klein
-Charles W. Colson
-San Diego convention
-Financing
-White House involvement
-Finch, Klein
-William E. Timmons
-Finch
-Jack Gleason
-Colson’s views
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 327-5 (cont.)
-White House contact
-Congressional hearings
-James O. Eastland
-Schedule
-Conversation with Phil Hart
-Harold S. Geneen
-Abe Fortas
-Jacob K. Javits
-Possible administration action
-Appointments in the South
-Possible reconsideration of Richard G. Kleindienst’s confirmation
-Eastland
-Kleindienst’s confirmation
-Eastland
-Confirmation
-Votes
-John N. Mitchell
-Clark MacGregor
Confirmations
-Walters
-Ambassadors
-Career Foreign Service officers
-Political appointees
-Importance
-Possible questions
-Campaign contributions
-Kleindienst confirmations
Jack N. Anderson
-60 Minutes
-News magazines
-Haldeman’s view
-Clark R. Mollenhoff
-Possible Administration action
-Colson [?]
ITT
-Beard
-Alleged call from the White House
-Financing of San Diego convention
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 327-5 (cont.)
-Alleged call from White House
-Congressional hearings
-Merriam [?]
-Geneen
-Gleason
National economy
-Food prices
-Butz
-Consumers
-Esther Peterson
-Connally’s possible meeting
-Earl L. Butz
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Colson
-Richard Lyng
-The President’s role
-Cost of Living Council [COLC]
-Colson
-Herbert Stein
-George P. Shultz
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 11m 11s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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National issues
-Busing
-Tax reform
-Unemployment
-Abortion
-Michigan
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 327-5 (cont.)
-Ballot of referendum
-Motives of proponents
-The President’s view
-Haldeman’s view
Civil rights march
-Administration response
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 52s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Administration public relations
-Marshall Green
-Television appearance
-Haig’s views
-Kissinger
-Taiwan, Republic of China
-State Department
-Knowledge of the President’s policies
-Kissinger’s conduct
-The President’s view
-The President’s previous conversation with Green
-Shanghai Communiqué
-Green’s television appearance compared with Kissinger’s
backgrounder
-Promoting the President’s policies
-Rogers
-Chicago
-Regional television
-Return from the President’s trip to the People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Busing
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 327-5 (cont.)
-The President’s statements on PRC
-Scali
-Kissinger
-Rogers
-Cabinet
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Domestic programs
-Television
-Regional television
-Cabinet
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Treatment by national media
-Speech regarding American accomplishments
-George S. McGovern
-Edmund S. Muskie
1972 campaign
-Issues
-National economy
-Taxes
-Connally’s view
-George C. Wallace
-Wisconsin
-Florida
-Busing
-Taxes
-Efforts of Democratic Senators
-Cutting spending
-Welfare
-School programs
-Food stamps
-Intercontinental ballistic missiles [ICBMs]
-Submarines
-The President’s view
-Shultz
-Ehrlichman
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Conv. No. 327-5 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 3m 29s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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Ehrlichman
-Schedule
-Visit to California
-Son
-Stanford University
-Compared to Kissinger
-Conversation with Haldeman regarding Peter Lisagor
-Lisagor’s television show
-The President’s previous press conference
The President’s previous press conference
-Newspaper coverage
-Television coverage
-The President’s view
-Ehrlichman’s views
1972 campaign
-States
Famine
The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 10:55 am.
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