Conversation: 344-006
Prev: 344-005 Next: 344-007Start Date: 20-Jun-1972 4:35 PM
End Date: 20-Jun-1972 5:25 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob");Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:10:44
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:45:32
NARA Description:
On June 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:35 pm to 5:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 344-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 344-6
Date: June 20, 1972
Time: 4:35-5:25 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building
The President met with H. R. Haldeman.
President's schedule
-Florida
Economic advisors
-Herbert Stein
-Style of expression
-Paul W. McCracken
Watergate break-in
-John N. Mitchell
-Activities
-President's views
-Burglars
-Competence
-Transmitter
-Pictures
-Democratic National Committee
-Suit
-Described by Haldeman
-Legal aspects
-Damages
-Strategy
-Burglary
-James W. McCord, Jr.
-Retainer fee
-Closed-circuit monitors
-Cubans
-McCord
-E. Howard Hunt, Jr.
-Latin Americans
-Cubans
-Bernard L. Barker
-Bay of Pigs
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
-Charles W. McCord
-Colson
-White House
-Hunt
-Relationship with Cubans
-Colson
-Relationship with Hunt
-Colson
-Intelligence activities
-Colson's knowledge
-G. Gordon Liddy [?]
-Vernon A. Walters
-Taping system
-Locations
-Monitoring
-Locations
-Storage
-Possible aid to burglars
-Committee to Reelect the President
-Perjury charges
-Involvement of John N. Mitchell
-[UNINTELLIGIBLE]
-Mitchell
-Involvement
-Strategy
-Guilty pleas
-Rationale
-Intelligence
-McCord
-Hiring
-Hunt
-Ngu Dinh Diem
-Lucien Conein
-Colson
-Howard Johnson motel
-Surveillance
-Hunt's relationship with McCord
-Hunt
-Bay of Pigs
-Work with Barker
-Hunt
-Address book
-Check in Cuban's possession
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
-Country club bill
-McCord
-Hunt
-Possible White House link
-The President’s view
-Colson
-Committee to Re-elect the President
-Involvement
-Wiretapping
-Brookings Institution
-Laws
-Joseph A. Califano
-Depositions
-New Hampshire primary
-Activities of unknown person
-[UNINTELLIGIBLE]
-Colson
-Mitchell
-Colson
-Knowledge of break-in
-Financial committee
-Democratic National Committee
-[UNINTELLIGIBLE]
-Target of burglary
Media
-Press conference
-Format
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Vietnam
-Troop announcement
-Cuts
-Handling
-Haldeman’s view
-Date
-Time of announcement
-Draft
-Draftees in Vietnam
-Negotiations
-Bombing
-Cambodia
-1969
-Television as a medium
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
-Press conference
-Scheduling
-Political conventions
-Debates
-Equal-time provisions
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-Security
-Astrodome appearance
-Motorcade
-Security
-George S. McGovern
-Robert F. Kennedy
-Security
-Psychological aspects
The President and Haldeman left at 5:25 pm.