Conversation: 342-009
Prev: 342-008 Next: 342-010Start Date: 13-Jun-1972 4:17 PM
End Date: 13-Jun-1972 5:38 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Sanchez, Manolo;Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:15:35
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:33:22
NARA Description:
On June 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:17 pm to 5:38 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 342-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 342-9
Date: June 13, 1972
Time: 4:17-5:38 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Charles W. Colson.
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Vietnam
-George S. McGovern
-Statement
-North Vietnam
-Washington Post
-Press conferences
-Televised coverage
-The President's previous meeting with Leonid I. Brezhnev
-Private Talks
-John C. Stennis
-US position
-Nickolai V. Podgorny's trip to Hanoi
-Purpose
-Outcome
Henry A. Kissinger
-Peking Trip
-Forthcoming announcement
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Conv. No. 342-9 (cont.)
-Meeting with Chou En-lai
Vietnam
-Negotiations
-US position
-Bombing, mining
-Impact
-North Vietnamese offensive
-An Loc
-US public opinion
-Support for the President’s policies
-Negotiations
-Timing
-Democratic Convention
-Platform
-Negotiations
-Public opinion poll
-Effect on Democrats
-Television appearance by President
-Timing
-Michael J. Mansfield’s statements
-The President’s view
Arms control
-Kissinger's briefing
-Trip to Peking
-Vietnam
-Timing
-Armed Services Committee
-Foreign Relations Committee
-State Department
-Defense Department
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-Kissinger’s role
-William P. Rogers
-Melvin R. Laird
-Gerald C. Smith
-Disarmament
-Kissinger’s briefing
-Clark MacGregor
-Question session
-Length
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Conv. No. 342-9 (cont.)
-President's schedule
-Mexican President Luis Alvarez Echeverria
-Kissinger’s briefing
-Credit for arms agreement
-White House
-State Department
-Arms Control Agency
-Congressional reaction
Stennis
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
-J. William Fulbright
-Jackson
-Hugh Scott
-Media reaction
-Television cameras
-Networks
-Kissinger
-Length of briefing
-Wire stories
-Colson’s view
-Arrangements
-Camera work
-Options for setting
-President
Use of administration officials
-The President’s view
-Haldeman
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Press conference
-John N. Mitchell
-Kleindienst
-The President’s view
-Public statements
-Busing
-Law and order issue
Discrimination and private clubs
-Blacks
-Jews
-Hillcrest Country Club, Los Angeles
-Woodmont Club
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Conv. No. 342-9 (cont.)
-Italians
-Poles
-Knights of Columbus
-Masons
-Kiwanis Clubs
-Masons
Role of Kleindienst
-Public statements
-Bar associations
-Appearances
-Busing
-Ohio
-Pittsburgh
-Higher education bill
-Moratorium
-Boston
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew's schedule
-Republican fund raisers
-Ethnic groups
-Michael P. Balzano
-Italians
-Poles
-Lithuanians
-Poles
-Arrangement
-Commentary on busing
Busing
-John D. Ehrlichman's speeches
-Televised formats
-Presentation of administration position
Major issues
-International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case
Vietnam
-McGovern
-Vietnam policy
-Amnesty
-The President’s view
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Conv. No. 342-9 (cont.)
-Raymond A. Gallagher
-Concerned Veterans Committee
-Letter
-Funding
-Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW]
-Activities
-Funding
-Vietnam policy
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Jay Rosenman [sp?]
-Al Barkan
-Publicity of McGovern's opponent
-Accusations
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Mitchell
-Robert H. Finch
-Agnew
-Robert C. Dole
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Positions
-Republican response
-Amnesty
-Letters
-North Vietnamese
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-Campaign practices
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Speeches
-McGovern
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Conv. No. 342-9 (cont.)
- Robert [Surname unintelligible]
-Mitchell
-Unions
-Balzano
-Labor support
-Mitchell
-Haldeman
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Congressional leaders
-Gerald R. Ford
-Robert C. (“Bob”) Wilson
-Everett M. Dirksen
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Dirksen
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Personnel
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Conv. No. 342-9 (cont.)
-Jeb Stuart Magruder
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Leadership needs
-Murray M. Chotiner
-Magruder
-Robert C. Odle, Jr.
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-Kenneth W. Clawson
-Mitchell
-Decision-making
-Robert S. McNamara
-Mitchell
-Philosophy
-McGovern watch
-Secret service
-Victor Lasky
-Theodore H. White
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Conv. No. 342-9 (cont.)
-Republican campaign funds reporting
-Mitchell
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Colson
-Bob [Surname unknown]
-Dwayne O. Andreas
-Jeno F. Paulucci
-[Forename unknown] Ellsworth
-Sources
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-Issues of McGovern's campaign
-Defense
-Amnesty
-POWs
-Amnesty
-Abraham Lincoln
-Policy
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Conv. No. 342-9 (cont.)
The President's veto of legislation
-Buchanan
-Water bill
-Cost
-Mitchell's support
-Cost
-Jobs
Congressional spending
-Limits
-Social Security
-Water bill
-Veto
-Education bill
-Veto
-Welfare
-House Resolution [H R] 1
-The President's veto
-Elliot L. Richardson
-The President’s view
The President talked with Haldeman.
[Conversation No. 342-9A]
[See Conversation No. 25-61]
[End of telephone conversation]
Congress
-Fulbright
-Jackson
-Welfare bill
-President's veto
-Herman E. Talmadge amendments
-Los Angeles
-George P. Shultz
-Position
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Conv. No. 342-9 (cont.)
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-Organization
-Magruder
-Haldeman
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 4:17 pm.
The President's schedule
-Briefcase
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 5:38 pm.
1972 Campaign
-Organization
-Problems
-Reliability
Rogers
-Kissinger
Press conference
The President and Colson left at 5:38 pm.
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