Conversation: 331-010
Prev:  331-009 Next: 331-011Start Date: 17-Apr-1972 3:55 PM
End Date: 17-Apr-1972 4:48 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Sanchez, Manolo; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:40:36
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:10:34
NARA Description:
On April 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:55 pm to 4:48 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 331-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 331-10 Date: April 17, 1972 Time: 3:55 pm - 4:48 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler and Manolo Sanchez. Refreshment Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:00 pm. Vietnam -Ziegler’s recent press conference -William P. Rogers -Talks with the President -Melvin R. Laird -Meeting with the President -An announcement -Testimony -Rogers's testimony -Press reaction to Ziegler's statements -Negotiations with North Vietnam -January 25, 1972 proposal -Xuan Thuy -Negotiations -Ziegler's statements H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 4:00 pm. -A resolution -Condemnation of North Vietnam -Message to Soviet Union -Release of US and Soviet texts -Henry A. Kissinger's and Rogers's advice -The President's approval -Timing -Rogers's television appearance -Newspapers -Contents -US air attacks on North Vietnam -Anti-aircraft fire 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 331-10 (cont.) -Hanoi and Haiphong -Ziegler’s talk with Robert J. McCloskey -Release of texts -Timing -Richard G. Kleindienst -Confirmation hearings -Congress -A resolution -Democrats -Press conference -Ziegler's handling of questions about the President's policies -North Vietnam -Nature of US air attacks -Targeting -Hanoi, Haiphong -Antiwar Democrats -Patriotism -Charges of supporting North Vietnam -Rogers’s comments -Press conference -Invasion -Responsibility -Vietcong [VC] -Enemy troop build-up Rogers's statements -Television coverage Ziegler left at 4:10 pm. Vietnam -Congress -Republicans -Resolution to condemn North Vietnam -The President's conversation with Kissinger -Charles W. Colson and Clark Macgregor -News story -Edmund S. Muskie -Democratic support -House of Representatives -F. Edward Hebert -Democratic support for the President 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 331-10 (cont.) -Resolution against North Vietnam -MacGregor -William E. Timmons -Gerald R. Ford -Muskie resolution -Location in congress -Foreign Relations Committee -Congressional resolution -Colson -Hebert -The President -Nelson A. Rockefeller -Ronald W. Reagan -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Democratic resolution -Partisanship -Congressional resolution -John B. Connally -American Society of Newspaper Editors [ASNE], April 22, 1972 meeting -Wording -Agnew -Patrick J. Buchanan -Rogers -North Vietnamese invasion -Soviet Union -South Vietnam -Soviets -North Vietnamese invasion -Communists -Senators -South Vietnam -George P. Shultz -Statements Ziegler -State Department Kissinger -Work with Administration -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin Vietnam 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 331-10 (cont.) -Soviet summit -Congress -Senate Connally -Testimony -Possible resignation -Timing -Soviet summit -Vietnam Secretary of the Treasury -Confirmation -Acting Secretary -World economy -Confidence -Possible nominations -Connally’s staff -[William P. Pannill?] -Wallace H. Johnson -The President's schedule -Trip -Texas -A dinner Connally -Possible resignation -Timing -Soviet summit -Timing -Democratic National Convention -Delays -Shultz -Summit -Tour -Democratic Nomination Vietnam -Summit The President's schedule -Trip to Florida 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 331-10 (cont.) -Dinner for retiring congressmen -Time International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] hearings -Conclusion -Schedule -Vietnam War issue -Written interrogatories -House of Representatives -Busing -Jay Lovestone -Texas ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 14s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ***************************************************************** Rogers's schedule -Television The President and Haldeman left at 4:48 pm.