Conversation: 342-006
Prev: 342-005 Next: 342-007Start Date: 13-Jun-1972 2:50 PM
End Date: 13-Jun-1972 4:14 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator; LaRue, Fredrick C.; Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)];Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:08:53
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:14:27
NARA Description:
On June 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Fredrick C. LaRue, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 4:14 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 342-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 342-6
Date: June 13, 1972
Time: 2:50-unknown before 4:14 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman at 2:50 pm
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[Duration: 3m 56s ]
Haldeman left at an unknown time after 2:50 pm.
Haldeman entered at an unknown time before 3:30 pm.
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The President's schedule
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Conv. No. 342-6 (cont.)
-Thursday
-The President's meeting with the president of Mexico
The President’s forthcoming press conference
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Foreign policy
-Vietnam
-Domestic issues
-Television
-Schedule
-Congressional adjournment
President's schedule
-Ziegler
-Forthcoming press conference
-Timing
-William P. Rogers press conference
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Press Club
-Meetings
-Jacob K. Javits
-Conference
Consumer Price Index [CPI]
-Release
-Problems
-Charles W. Colson
The President's forthcoming press conference
-Foreign policy
-US News and World Report article
The President's schedule
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-Kleindienst
-Personality
-John N. Mitchell
-Senate confirmation
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Domestic issues
-Cabinet meeting
-Photographs
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Conv. No. 342-6 (cont.)
-Arthur F. Burns
-Council of Economic Advisers [CEA]
-George P. Shultz
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Warren P. Burger
-John Cardinal Krol
Public relations
-Publicity
-Soviet Union trip
-Reception
-Signing ceremony
-Kiev
-Meeting with Leonid I. Brezhnev
-The President’s schedule
-Tehran
-Warsaw
-The American School
-Business community
-Peoples Republic of China [PRC] trip
-Tehran luncheon
-Leningrad
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[Duration: 1m 41s ]
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Haldeman spoke with the White House operator.
[Conversation No. 342-6A]
[See Conversation No. 25-57]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 342-6 (cont.)
[End of telephone conversation]
1972 Campaign
-Frederick C. LaRue
-Mitchell
-LaRue
-The President’s view
-Peter O'Donnell [?]
Haldeman spoke with the White House operator.
[Conversation No. 342-6B]
[See Conversation No. 25-57]
[End of telephone conversation]
[Unintelligible]
Haldeman talked with LaRue.
[Conversation No. 342-6C]
[See Conversation No. 25-57]
[End of telephone conversation]
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[Duration: 5m 22s ]
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Henry A. Kissinger entered at 3:30 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 342-6 (cont.)
President’s forthcoming press conference
-Clark MacGregor
-J. William Fulbright
-Timing
-Coverage
-MacGregor
-Transcripts
-Radio program
-State department
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-Defense Department
-White House
-Format
-MacGregor
-Master of ceremonies
-Identity of Questioner
-Radio
-Congressmen
-Kissinger
-Fulbright
-John C. Stennis
White House briefing compared with congressional hearing
-MacGregor
-Executive privilege
-New York Times
-Washington Post
-MacGregor
-Radio broadcast
-President as master of ceremonies
-Typing in press room
-Defense Department
-CIA
-Arms Control and Disarmament Agency [ACDA]
-Press Room
-Congress
-Transcripts
-Ziegler
-Timing
Haldeman left at 3:35 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
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Conv. No. 342-6 (cont.)
-President’s foreign policy efforts
-Arms control
-SALT
-William C. Foster
-Administration’s accomplishments
-John F. Kennedy
-George P. Shultz
The President's schedule
-Meeting with President of Mexico
Foreign Relations Committee compared to Armed Services Committee
Press conference
-Scheduling
-Press Club
-Kleindienst
The President talked with an unknown person.
[Conversation No. 342-6D]
Haldeman's location
[End of telephone conversation]
Press conference
Vietnam negotiations
-North Vietnam
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Moscow
-Trip to People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Effort
-Television
-May 8th decision
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-MacGregor
-Possibility of international incident
-North Vietnamese
-George S. McGovern statement
-Bombing halt
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 342-6 (cont.)
The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman,
[Conversation No. 342-6E]
[See Conversation No. 25-58]
[End of telephone conversation]
SALT
-Importance
Vietnam
-Negotiations
-William J. Porter
-Timing
-Hanoi
-PRC
-Bombing
-Weather
-The President’s previous trip to PRC
-Draftees in war
-Negotiations
-US credibility
-Hanoi
-Resolution to end the war
-Impact on negotiations
-Plenary sessions
-Dates
-Advantages
-Scheduling
-Private meeting
-Bombing
-Timing
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Cease fire
-Negotiating position
Ambassadors
-India
-Pakistan
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 342-6 (cont.)
John B. Connally
William P. Rogers
Vietnam
-Negotiations
-Domestic impact
-Impact of election
-Xuan Thuy
Camp David
Format for press conference
Kissinger left at an unknown time before 4:14 pm.