Conversation: 328-023
Prev:  328-022 Next: 328-024Start Date: 29-Mar-1972 4:00 PM
End Date: 29-Mar-1972 4:48 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator; Kleindienst, Richard G.; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:09:50
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:44:57
NARA Description:
On March 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Richard G. Kleindienst met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:00 pm to 4:48 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 328-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 328-23 Date: March 29, 1972 Time: 4:00 pm - 4:48 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. [International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -John N. Mitchell -Robert C. Mardian -Wallace Johnson -ITT lawyer -An affidavit -Edwin Reinecke -Indictment of Mitchell -Johnson -A lawyer’s testimony -James O. Eastland -Call to Mardian -Hearings -Richard G. Kleindienst confirmation -Termination of hearings -Witnesses 22 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -ITT lawyer -Harold S. Geneen -Current strategy -Kleindienst confirmation -Postponement -Problems -Eastland’s weaknesses -Hugh Scott -Clark MacGregor’s analysis -Scott, Charles McC Mathias, Jr. -Roman L. Hruska and Edward J. Gurney -Birch E. Bayh, Jr. -Marlow W. Cook -Charles W. Colson’s view -Kleindienst -Peter M. Flanigan -Options -Floor vote to recommit -Committee vote -Kleindienst -Withdrawal of nomination -Statement -Timing -Colson’s strategy -John V. Tunney, Edward M. Kennedy -Press -Life magazine charges -Herbert G. Klein -Severance of issue -Problems -Goals of strategy -Hearings -Mitchell -Eastland -ITT lawyer -Testimony -Reinecke -Affidavit -Amount -Dita D. Beard -Kennedy 23 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 328-23 (cont.) -Harold S. Geneen -Testimony -Flanigan -Role in case -Testimony -Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.’s committee -Ervin’s aims -Executive privilege -Meeting -Arrangements -Letter to Hruska -Explanation -Ervin’s rejection -MacGregor’s negotiations -Ervin -Executive privilege -Investigation -Political motives -Colson and MacGregor -Eastland -Relationship with Mitchell -Mitchell and Mardian -Concern over Kleindienst -Hearings -Mitchell’s views -Problems -Mitchell’s role -Call to Mathias -Scott -Severance of issue -Problems -Gurney’s views -Termination -Executive session -Geneen -Eastland -Kleindienst -Failure of confirmation -Political implications -John B. Connally’s views -Withdrawal of nomination 24 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 328-23 (cont.) -Problems -Colson’s view -Handling -Committee hearings -Kleindienst’s statement -Filibuster -Circumstances -Likelihood -Votes to confirm -Hearings -Termination -Michael J. Mansfield -Reopening -Filibuster -Democratic strategy -Eastland -Mansfield -Removal from political campaign -Handling -Colson’s view -Need to act -Timing -Strategy -Timing -Hearings -Reopening -Mitchell -Handling of confirmation -Dealings with the White House -Bryce N. Harlow -John D. Ehrlichman -MacGregor -Meeting with President -Discussion -Haldeman -Withdrawal of nomination -Colson’s view -Meeting -MacGregor -Ehrlichman -Colson 25 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 328-23 (cont.) -Call to Kleindienst -Meeting with the President and Haldeman -Place Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:48 pm. [Conversation No. 328-23A] [See Conversation No. 22-46] [End of telephone conversation] ITT case -Hearings -Kleindienst [Haldeman talked with Kleindienst at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:48 pm] [Conversation No. 328-23B] [See Conversation No. 22-46] [End of telephone conversation] Forthcoming meeting with Kleindienst -Entrance -Walk to the White House -Haldeman’s call -Kleindiensts’s reaction The President and Haldeman left at 4:48 pm.