Conversation: 358-001
Prev: 357-015 Next: 358-002Start Date: 11-Sep-1972 3:15 PM
End Date: 11-Sep-1972 6:11 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Colson, Charles W.; Sanchez, Manolo; Butterfield, Alexander P.;Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On September 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Charles W. Colson, Manolo Sanchez, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:15 pm to 6:11 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 358-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 360-20/358-1
Date: September 11, 1972
Time: 3:15 pm - 6:11 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
[This recording began at an unknown time while the meeting was in progress.]
The President's schedule
-Political meeting
-Timing
-Meeting with Frank L. Rizzo
-Rogers C.B. Morton and Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Yellowstone National Park
-Time of meeting
-Advantages
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The President's schedule
-[Hussein, King of Jordan] Hussein ibn Talal
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Christmas
-Discussion of various dates
-Reasons for dates
-Reason for meeting
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Tape Subject Log
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-Timing
Kissinger and New York Times article
-US attorney on project
-Chile
-Catholic University
-Ford Foundation
-Political issue by George S. McGovern
-Newspaper article that was written by unknown reporter
-American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Newsweek
-Name of National Security Council [NSC] staff member
-Ford Foundation
-The President’s view
-NSC staff
-Department of State
-Abram F. Chayes
-India-Pakistan crisis
-R. Sargent Shriver
-Handling of embassy
-Finances, entertainment fund
-Leaks
-Pentagon Papers
-India-Pakistan crisis
-Kissinger
-The President’s view
Vietnam negotiations
-Soviet Union
-Recommendation by Kissinger
Congress
Kissinger
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Memorandum to John D. Ehrlichman from the President
-Conversation between the President and George P. Shultz
-Instructions from the President
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Campaign financing
-McGovern's campaign funds
-Sources
-Charles W. Colson's view
-Maurice H. Stans
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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:55 pm.
Colson's schedule
Bull left at an unknown time before 5:25 pm.
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Colson entered at 5:25 pm.
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The Press
-Colson's trip to New York
-Visit to CBS
-Type of reception for Colson
-Colson's conversation with William S. Paley
-Paley's view
-New CBS official [Arthur R. Taylor]
-Administration action
-CBS coverage of campaign
-Watergate issue
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
State Department
-1960 election
-Reaction
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Tape Subject Log
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Personnel
-Changes
-State Department
-Kissinger reaction
-William P. Rogers
-U. Alexis Johnson
-Curtis W. Tarr
-Frank C. Carlucci
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Promotion over other officers
-Carlucci’s conversation with Ehrlichman
-Possible job
-State Department
-Comparison to Robert C. Hill
-Department of Defense
-Type of bureaucratic organization
-Haig
-Compared to unknown Navy officer
-Comparison to situation with Dwight D. Eisenhower
-George C. Marshall
-Promotions
Colson’s schedule
-New York
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Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 5:25 pm.
Watergate
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-Al Capp
-Sanchez's view
-Involvement of individuals
-Actual break-in
-Type of individuals
-Pro-Fidel Castro
-Possible involvement of campaign staff
-Democratic campaign tactics
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 5:45 pm.
-Capp’s view
-Public’s view
-Comparison to International Telephone and Telegraph Company [ITT]
case
-Actual public reactions
-Media
-1972 election
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 5:45 pm.
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Butterfield left at 5:47 pm.
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Issues
-Capp
-Reflections on campaign
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Watergate
-Idea of indictments
-Capp
-Question of who ordered the break-in
-Colson
-Implication of involvement
-White House staff
-Indictment
-Clark MacGregor’s statement
-McGovern's statements on Watergate
-Republican response
-News coverage
-Democratic lawsuit
-G[eorge] Gordon Liddy, E. Howard Hunt, Jr., James W. McCord, Jr.,
Hugh W. Sloan, Jr., Maurice H. Stans, John N. Mitchell and Committee to
Re-elect the President
-Charles Richey’s ruling
-Indictments
-Knowledge of break-in by public
-Coverage by networks
-Time
-MacGregor’s statement
-Wire services
-Quotes from statement
-News story on MacGregor
-Stans and Sloan
-MacGregor’s statement
-Personal defense
-Watergate defendants
-Concept of cover up
-White House investigation
-Congressional investigation
-Announcement of indictment
-Press story
-Obstruction of Justice Department investigation
-White House
-Idea of proper investigation
-Possible White House statement
-Chaired by Earl Warren
-Abe Fortas, Lee J. Rankin, and Tom C. Clark
-Proper investigation as follow up to Justice
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Department investigation
-Idea of independent inquiries
-Idea of normal criminal case
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Possible announcement
-John F. Kennedy
-Panel from Supreme Court
-Warren, Fortas
-Former Justices of Supreme Court
-Rankin and Warren
-Support for the President
-Handling the investigation
-Possible candidates
-Supreme Court
-Warren
-American Bar Association [ABA]
-Warren
-Democrats
-“Whitewash” charge
-Warren
-Various investigations
-Congressional investigation
-Stans
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Subcommittee on Administrative Practices
-Rankin, Fortas, Clark
-Idea of thorough investigation
-Handling of investigation
-Former Supreme Court justices
-Reasons
-Involvement in a political campaign
-Investigation
-Handling
-Warren
-The President’s view
-Kleindienst
-Post 1972 election actions
-Cover-up
-McGovern's campaign
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-Investigation
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-Public reaction
-Kleindienst
1972 campaign
-Youth
-Capp’s view
Haldeman and Colson left at 6:11 pm.