Conversation: 345-010
Prev: 345-009 Next: 345-011Start Date: 29-Jun-1972 2:40 PM
End Date: 29-Jun-1972 3:50 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)];Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:14:58
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:21:00
NARA Description:
On June 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:40 pm to 3:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 345-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 345-10
Date: June 29, 1972
Time: 2:40-3:50 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Weather
President's schedule
-Camp David visit
-Value
-Press conference
-The President’s responses to questions
-White House staff
-President's efforts
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[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 14s ]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 345-10 (cont.)
-Foreign trips
-Press conferences
-President's preparation
-William L. Safire
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[Duration: 3m 1s ]
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-Charles W. Colson's intelligence reports
-George S. McGovern
-Democratic National Convention
-Nomination
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[Duration: 2m 55s ]
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Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 2:50 pm.
A draft of unidentified item
Butterfield left at 2:52 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 345-10 (cont.)
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[Duration: 5m 32s ]
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John N. Mitchell
-Conversation with Haldeman
-Watergate break-in
-Resignation as campaign manager
Henry A. Kissinger entered at 3:00 pm.
Greetings
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[Duration: 6m ]
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Vietnam
-Preparation for President's forthcoming press conference
-Troop withdrawal
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Draftees
-Navy
-Melvin R. Laird
-Prisoners of war[POWs]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 345-10 (cont.)
-Criticism
-Assistance to South Vietnam
-Jane Fonda
-May 8, 1972 proposal
-Response
-North Vietnamese Army
-Demilitarized zone [DMZ]
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Troop withdrawal
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Edmund S. Muskie
-US Army
-Military advisors
-Laos
-The President’s possible response
-Joseph C. Kraft
-Invitation to Hanoi
-North Vietnam intentions
-Anthony Lewis
-John D. Lavelle
-Margaret Chase Smith
-Leo Cherne
-Harold J. Gibbons
-Colson's suggestion
-Diplomatic mission
-Kissinger’s view
-Committee for Peace and Freedom
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 51s ]
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Kissinger's announcement on the draft
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 345-10 (cont.)
-Press reports
-Laird
-Effects on public
Kissinger left at 3:20 pm.
Mitchell
-Watergate break-in
-Martha (Beall) Mitchell
-Health
-Knowledge of Watergate break-in
-Health
-Support for the President
-Emotional state
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[Privacy]
[Duration: 10s ]
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-Blame for Administration's activities
-Martha's opinion
-Watergate
-Role in campaign
-Resignation
-Previous conversation with Haldeman
-Timing
-Public relations
-Mail
-Reporters at Westchester Country Club
-Martha Mitchell
-Possible course of action by husband
-Press reaction
-Role
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 345-10 (cont.)
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-New Jersey scandal
-William T. Cahill
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Mitchell
-Alleged payoff
-Cahill
-Secretary of state
-Attorney General
-Resignation
-Martha Mitchell
-Move to New York
-Impact
-Future role in campaign
-Possible question at press conference
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 4m 57s ]
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Watergate break-in
-Effects of Mitchell's resignation
-Martha Mitchell
-John Mitchell's knowledge
-Break-in
-G. Gordon Liddy
-Firing
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] investigation
-Effects
-Possible resignation statement by Mitchell
-Effects of Mitchell's resignation
-Frank Dale
-Effect of Mitchell’s reorganization
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 345-10 (cont.)
-Clark MacGregor and Frederic V. Malek
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 26s ]
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Congress's schedule
President's schedule
-Trip to California
-Timing
-Congress's schedule
-Carl B. Albert
-Leslie C. Arends
Pending legislation
-Social Security increase
-Provisions
-House Resolution [HR] 1
-Impact
-1972 election
Hiring of East Wing employees
-Unknown woman
-Constance M. Stuart
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon’s view
-David N. Parker
-Advance staff
-Scheduling
-Schedule planner
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Tricia Nixon Cox
-Parker
-Mrs. Nixon
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 345-10 (cont.)
-Unknown woman
Tricia Cox’s schedule
-California
-Mexico
-Merv Griffin show
Mitchell's role
-Comparison with John B. Connally
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[Duration: 35s ]
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An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 3:20 pm.
Delivery of an item [?]
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 3:50 pm.
President's schedule
-Mark I. Goode
President's forthcoming press conference
-Clothing
-The President’s view
-The President’s previous television appearance in the Soviet Union
-Make-up
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 345-10 (cont.)
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 15s ]
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Haldeman left at 3:50 pm.