Conversation: 361-016
Prev: 361-015 Next: 361-017Start Date: 22-Aug-1972 10:25 AM
End Date: 22-Aug-1972 11:35 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Sanchez, Manolo; Goldwater, Barry M.; Powell, Pamela; [Unknown person(s)]; Rhodes, John J.;Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On August 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Barry M. Goldwater, Pamela Powell, unknown person(s), and John J. Rhodes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:25 am to 11:35 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 361-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 361-16
Date: August 22, 1972
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Time: 10:25 am - 11:35 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Manolo Sanchez.
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[Duration: 58s ]
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Sanchez left at 10:26 am.
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The President talked with Barry M. Goldwater between 10:26 am and 10:27 am.
[Conversation No. 361-16A]
[End of telephone conversation]
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[Duration: 5m 55s ]
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The President’s forthcoming acceptance speech
-Amnesty for draft-dodgers
-Veterans reference
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-The President’s forthcoming speech to the American Legion
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Goldwater
-Haldeman’s view
-Voter behavior
-Jews
-New York, California
-Louis P. Harris poll results
-Amnesty
-The President’s reading of the speech draft
-American Legion
-Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW]
-Haldeman’s view
-Wording of reference to veterans
-Casualties
-John K. Andrews, Jr.
-[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Tone of speech
-Possible press comment
-Haldeman’s view
-Reference to Allies
-Europe
-Asia
-Middle East
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-Latin America
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[Duration: 4m 53s ]
The President talked with Pamela Powell between 10:41 am and 10:43 am.
[Conversation No. 361-16B]
[End of telephone conversation]
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The President’s forthcoming acceptance speech
-Law and order reference
-Judges
-Polls on domestic issues
-Law and order
-Narcotics
-Busing
-Domestic Council
-Discussion of domestic policies
-Role of media
-Compared with the President’s statements on foreign policy
-Vietnam
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Soviet Union
-Foreign policy
-Negotiations
-Conclusion
-Tone
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-Vietnam
-Defense
-The President’s trip to the PRC
-The President’s trip to the Soviet Union
-The President’s reading of the speech draft
-Continuity with documentary film
-Tanya Savicheva story
-Abraham Lincoln quote
-Conclusion
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[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 4m ]
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Vietnam
-Casualty rate compared to rate in previous administration
-Defense Department view
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The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 10:43 am and 11:09
am.
[Conversation No. 361-16C]
[End of telephone conversation]
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Consumer Price Index [CPI]
-Food
-Non-food
-Change from 1971
-July 1972
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[Duration: 24m 14s ]
The President talked with John J. Rhodes between 11:09 am and 11:10 am.
[Conversation No. 361-6D]
[End of telephone conversation]
The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 11:10 am and 11:35
am.
[Conversation No. 361-16E]
[End of telephone conversation]
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General Accounting Office [GAO] report
-Phillip S. Hughes
-Leaks
-Maurice Stans
-Talks with Haldeman, Hughes
-Recording mistake
-McGovern's campaign finances
-Political conventions
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[Duration: 30s ]
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Haldeman left at 11:35 am.