Conversation: 334-007
Prev:  334-006 Next: 334-008Start Date: 25-Apr-1972 4:28 PM
End Date: 25-Apr-1972 4:55 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; [Unknown person(s)]; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:44:25
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:07:47
NARA Description:
On April 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Ronald L. Ziegler, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:28 pm to 4:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 334-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 334-7 Date: April 25, 1972 Time: 4:28 pm - 4:55 pm 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Location: Executive Office Building The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. Ronald W. Reagan -Reaction to briefing Congress -Briefing Vietnam -Bombing halt -A study -Tom C. Huston -Haldeman' note from Kenneth L. Khachigian [?] -North Vietnamese communications to Lyndon B.Johnson via William Averell Harriman -Analysis -Publication of documents -Harriman -Timing -Arrangements -Henry A. Kissinger -Documents -Huston -Official release -Kissinger -Publication -Value of story The President’s schedule -Forthcoming speech -Networks -Helicopter -Time Vietnam -Hawks -Reaction to Administration's policies -Reasons -Soviets -Settlement 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 334-7 (cont.) -Revelations to press on Kissinger's trip -Kissinger's briefing -William P. Rogers ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 40s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** The President's schedule -Meeting -Time -Rogers -Meeting with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister [Kim Yong-Shik] -Troops in South Vietnam Vietnam -The President's speech -Speechwriter -John K. Andrews, Jr. -Abilities -Contributions to text and tone -Youth Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 4:35 pm. The President's schedule -Dinner for retiring congressmen Butterfield left at 4:37 pm. -Timing -Value 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 334-7 (cont.) The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler between 4:43 and 4:45 pm. [Conversation No. 334-7A] [See Conversation No. 23-75] [End of telephone conversation] Press -Reaction to Kissinger's trip to Moscow -Credibility -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Public reaction Kissinger's trip to Moscow -Public reaction -Katherine L. Graham -Washington Post -Letters to editor -Press reaction -Hostility Press -Administration's reactions The President's schedule -Trip to Florida -Meeting with Gerard C. Smith and verification panel -Press conference -Foreign policy Vietnam issue -Congress -Madame Nguyen Thi Binh's letter -Robert J. Dole -Effect on congressional elections -The President’s defeat of Jerry Voorhis in 1946 -Congressional reaction The President's dinner -Col. Albert Shoepper -Butterfield 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 334-7 (cont.) -Gerald R. Ford -Carl B. Albert Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 4:37 and 4:55 pm. [Conversation No. 334-7B] The President's dinner -Ford -Albert -Frank T. Bow [End of telephone conversation] The President's schedule -Stephen B. Bull -Barber Shoepper Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 4:37 and 4:55 pm. [Conversation No. 334-7C] The President's dinner -Preparations -Bull -Barber -Appointment [End of telephone conversation] Haldeman left at 4:55 pm.