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Conversation: 356-001

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Start Date: 18-Sep-1972 5:35 PM

End Date: 18-Sep-1972 6:55 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)White, Theodore H.Brock, WilliamAtkins, Oliver F. ("Ollie")Kenneth C. RietzWhite House photographerHaldeman, H. R. ("Bob")

Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building

356-001.mp3

NARA Description:

On September 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Theodore H. White, William Brock, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, Kenneth C. Rietz, White House photographer, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:35 pm to 6:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 356-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 356-1

Date: September 18, 1972
Time: 5:34 pm - 6:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Theodore H. White, William E. Brock, III, and Kenneth C. Rietz; the
White House photographer [Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins] was present at the beginning of the
meeting.

             Introductions

             Presidential gifts in the Executive Office Building [EOB] office
                 -Vietnam
                 -India
                 -Cambodia
                 -Afghanistan

             Dwight D. Eisenhower’s desk

Atkins [?] left at an unknown time before 6:55 pm.

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 5:34 pm.

             The President’s schedule
                 -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:55 pm.

Atkins [?] entered at an unknown time after 5:34 pm.

             Wristwatch

             [Photograph session]

             Wristwatch
                 -Presidential seal
                 -Attire
                                                  2

                      NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                        Tape Subject Log
                                          (rev. Oct-06)

             Refreshments

Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 5:34 pm.


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1h 4m 15s ]


Brock et al., except Haldeman, left at 6:35 pm.


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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             White
                -The President’s domestic policies

             Brock
                 -The President’s view

             Public relations
                 -Domestic policies
                      -Environment
                      -Revenue sharing
                      -Welfare reform
                 -Trip to the People's Republic of China [PRC]
                      -Henry A. Kissinger announcement
                      -Poll
                 -The President's foreign policies
                      -May 8, 1972 decision
                      -Soviet Union

             The President’s schedule
                 -Rietz
                                          3

                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                  Tape Subject Log
                                    (rev. Oct-06)

          Government reorganization
             -Cabinet officers
                 -Haldeman’s view
                 -Relationship with White House
                      -Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
             -Camp David
                 -John D. Ehrlichman’s role
                      -Drug abuse, permissiveness
                 -The President's schedule
                      -Meetings
                           -Programs
                           -Policies for future
                               -Haldeman’s view


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 40s     ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2

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          Cabinet
              -Post-election
                  -Announcement of meeting
                       -Resignation of Cabinet
                            -Timing
                            -Gifts
                            -Different jobs
                            -George P. Shultz
                                -Treasury Department
                            -John A. Volpe
                            -George W. Romney
                            -Melvin R. Laird
                            -William P. Rogers
                            -Richard G. Kleindienst
                                               4

                      NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. Oct-06)

                              -Rogers C.B. Morton
                              -Peter G. Peterson
                      -New members
                          -Haldeman’s view
                              -Opposites of previous members
                              -Previous four years experience
                              -Bryce N. Harlow's thesis
                              -White House role
                                   -Staffing
                                        -Rietz
                              -Various types of career people
                              -Cabinet officers’ role
                              -Previous programs
                      -Laird
                          -Defense budget
                              -Ehrlichman
                      -National Security Council [NSC]
                          -Kissinger
                              -Staff
                      -Defense and State Departments
                          -Various employment positions
                              -Waste

             The President’s schedule
                 -Congressional relations

             Charles W. Colson
                 -Issue

Haldeman left at 6:55 pm.