Conversation: 346-008
Prev: 346-007 Next: 346-009Start Date: 28-Jun-1972 11:16 AM
End Date: 28-Jun-1972 1:55 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Colson, Charles W.; [Unknown person(s)]; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Sanchez, Manolo; White House operator;Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:10:43
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:37:55
NARA Description:
On June 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:16 am to 1:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 346-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 346-8
Date: June 28, 1972
Time: 11:16 am - 1:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
John N. Mitchell
-Conversation with Frederick C. LaRue
-Martha (Beall) Mitchell
-Popular perception
Charles W. Colson entered at 11:18 am.
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John Mitchell
-Martha Mitchell
-George S. McGovern's remark
-Press coverage
-Martha Mitchell’s comments
-Haldeman’s view
-Political divorces
-John V. Tunney, Paul N. (“Pete)” McCloskey, Jr. Robert J.
Dole
-Press coverage
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Colson’s view
-The President’s view
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New establishment
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-Media
-Comparisons
-John W. Chancellor
-Walter L. Cronkite, Jr.
-George Putnam
-Herbert E. Kaplow
-Dan Rather
-Columnist supporters
Press relations
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Herbert G. Klein
-Kissinger
-Contacts with press
-Haldeman’s efforts
-Chancellor
-Joseph C. Kraft
-Howard K. Smith
-Louie Martin
-Chalmers Roberts
-Kraft
-Rowland Evans
-Contacts with Senators
-Effectiveness
-Colson’s view
-Haldeman’s view
Press
-Coverage of House of Represenatatives vote
-Melvin R. Laird
-Newspapers and networks
-Washington Post article comparing McGovern's policies with Dwight D.
Eisenhower's
-Count officials support of the President
-Wire services
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Washington Post story
-Kissinger and Laird
-House of Representatives votes
-Coverage
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Amnesty
-Abraham Lincoln
-Research
-The President’s instructions
-Kinds of amnesty
-The President’s view
-Chieu Hoy program
-Lincoln’s policies
-Need for public relations effort
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Foreign policy
-Walter H. Judd
-President's People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-Soviet Union
-Global strategy
-The President’s policies
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Former Philippine ambassador Ernesto V. Lagdemeo
-Visit to the US
-Campaign contribution
-Anna C. Chennault
-Lagdemeo
-Henry Kearns
-Feelings for President
-California
-Filipinos
-Note from the President to Lagdemeo
-Colson
-Clark MacGregor
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Colson left at 12:50 pm.
The President's forthcoming press conference
-Timing
-Ronald L. Ziegler’s view
-Television
-Texas
-California
-Haldeman’s view
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 12:50 pm.
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Refreshment
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:00 pm.
The President’s forthcoming press conference
-Questions
-Timing
-Networks
-Audience
-Questions
-Timing
-Local option time
-Coverage
-Number of press conferences
-Frequency
-Questions
-Briefing book
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Watergate break-in
-Martha Mitchell
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Policies
-Watergate break-in
Ziegler entered at 1:00 pm.
Baseball greats list
-Dissemination to Associated Press [AP]
-Jim Konstanty
-Elroy Face
-Unknown player
-Larry Doby
-Reggie Jackson
-Bill White
-Roy White
-New York Yankees
-Conclusion
-President's article
-Timing of release
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-Copy to [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Stars and Stripes
-Wire services
-AP
-United Press International [UPI]
-Sports Illustrated
-Sporting News
President's forthcoming press conference
-Timing
-Length
Ziegler left at 1:05 pm.
President's article on baseball greats
-Press coverage
-The President’s instructions
-Ziegler
-Ted Williams
President's schedule
-Trip to California
Social Security legislation
-MacGregor's prediction
-Possible provisions
John Mitchell
-Future role
President's schedule
-Camp David
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 1:05 pm.
Removal of unidentified items
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:55 pm.
President's schedule
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-California
-Camp David
-Terry L. Decker
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 1:05 pm.
Instructions
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:55 pm.
White House staff
-Decker
-Secretaries
-Skills
-Secretaries for Camp David
-Beverly Kaye
-Patricia B. McKee
-Nellie L. Yates
-Marjorie P. Acker
-Kathy [Surname unknown]
-White House operators
President's schedule
-Colson's suggestions
-Vida Blue
-Possible telephone calls
-President's previous call to Frank L. Rizzo
-Value
White House secretaries
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-Yates's husband
-Rose Mary Woods
-Acker
-Husband
-Unnamed secretary [Sally Inge?]
-Trips
-Comparison with Shelley A. (Scarney) Buchanan
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-Cliques
-Avoidance
-The President’s forthcoming trip to California
-Secretarial assistance
-Reward
-MacGregor's office secretary
-East Wing secretary
-Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin
-Secretary
-President's activities
-Yates
-Kissinger's office
-Haldeman’s office
-Woods's office
-MacGregor's office
-John D. Ehrlichman's office
-Rewards for top secretaries
-Comparison with Cabinet officers
-McKee
-Movie attendance
-Decker
-Shelley Buchanan
-Assignments
-The President’s view
John N. Mitchell
-Martha Mitchell
-Watergate break-in
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-Administration's containment efforts
-Answer for next press conference on Mitchell's involvement
-Cubans
-White House involvement and responsibility
-Bugging of President
-Kevin R. Phillips
-Telephone call in New Mexico
-Martha Mitchell
-Mitchell's future role
-Public relations
-Nelson A. Rockefeller, Ronald W. Reagan, James L. Buckley
-Work in Missouri
-Reorganization
-Frederic V. Malek
-1968 campaign compared to 1972 campaign
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Delegates
-Peter M. Flanigan
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Pennsylvania
-Milton J. Shapp
-Comments about the President
-Rizzo’s response
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Mitchell
-LaRue
-Mitchell’s resignation
-Failures
-Press accounts
-G. Harrold Carswell
-Daniel J. and Phillip F. Berrigan trial
-Angela Y. Davis trial
-Daniel Ellsberg case
-Watergate break-in
-International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case
-Martha Mitchell
-Future role with President
-MacGregor
-Advisor
-Malek
-Role
-Personnel changes
-Watergate break-in
-Robert C. Mardian
-Role
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The President's forthcoming press conference
-Political questions
-The President’s view
-Haldeman’s view
Pending legislation
-Public broadcasting
-Size of appropriation
-Possible veto
-The President’s view
-Administration control of Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting
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July 4 holiday
-President's statement
-Timing
-Radio audience
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The President talked with the White House operator.
[Conversation No. 346-8A]
The President's call to an unknown person.
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's schedule
-Haircut
Abraham Lincoln
-Amnesty
-Quotation
-Prosecution of Civil War
-Mythology
-Compared to 1960 campaign
-Edward M. Kennedy
The President and Haldeman left at 1:55 pm.