Conversation: 379-011
Prev:  379-010 Next: 379-012Start Date: 1-Nov-1972 10:04 AM
End Date: 1-Nov-1972 10:43 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Price, Raymond K., Jr.; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On November 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:04 am to 10:43 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 379-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 379-11 Date: November 1, 1972 Time: 10:04 am - 10:43 am Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Raymond K. Price, Jr. Greetings The President’s schedule -Request for Price to wait -Completion of work [Pause] ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] 1972 campaign -The President’s speeches -Busing -Television [TV] -Vermont Royster -Concern -Need for major speeches [End of segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** 1972 campaign -Hecklers -13- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-08) Conversation No. 379-11 (cont’d) -George S. McGovern -Compared to Britain -Shouting questions at rostrum -Tone -Organized attempts to shout speakers down -The President’s appearance at Westchester - Nassau rally, October 23, 1972 -Speech -Reasons for not delivering -Microphones ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] -Rallies -Disadvantages -Agnew -Size of crowds -McCormick Place -Astrodome -Radio speeches -Advantages -Larger audience -Live speeches -Economics, love, war -Disadvantages -Impersonality -Importance -Rally -Obsolescence -Selective audiences -Opinion-makers -College campuses -Hecklers -McGovern -Radio speeches -Format characterized -Record of administration -Hecklers -Objections -14- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-08) Conversation No. 379-11 (cont’d) -1968 campaign -Press reports -Press -The President’s record -Mass transit -Presidential speeches -Quality -Media coverage -Philosophy -Style [End segment reviewed under deed of gift ] ***************************************************************** The President’s forthcoming radio and television speech, “Look to the Future” -Length -Henry A. Kissinger's memorandum -Vietnam War -Introduction -Revisions -Peace with honor -Compared to peace with surrender -Public support -1972 election -World leaders -Kremlin, Peking, Hanoi -Settlement agreement -1972 election -Deadline -Concessions -Conditions -Prisoners of War [POWs] -Cease-fire -South Vietnam self-determination -Imposition of communist or coalition government -Status -Remaining problems -Details -Importance -15- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-08) Conversation No. 379-11 (cont’d) -1968 Bombing halt -Collapse of settlement -Permanence -Peace -Compared to armistice -1972 election -Deadline -Permanence -Peace -Compared to armistice -Progress -Timing -December 1, 1972 -Public expectations -Prospects for success -Peace with honor -Remaining problems -Continuation of war -Request for public support -Peace with honor -Compared to peace with surrender -1972 election -Deadline -World leaders -Hanoi -Revisions -World politics -Kissinger -Memorandum -Importance -Settlement agreement -Nguyen Van Thieu -Reassurance -Domestic politics -Settlement agreement -Settlement agreement -Timing -1972 election -Progress -Details -16- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-08) Conversation No. 379-11 (cont’d) -Importance -Temporary peace -Laotian settlement of 1962 -1968 bombing halt -1972 election -World leaders -Hanoi -Saigon -Permanence -Fairness -Imposition of communist or coalition government on South Vietnam -South Vietnam self-determination -Peace with honor -Compared to peace with surrender -US public support -Revisions by Price -Vietnam War -Appeal for public support -Price’s forthcoming conversation with Charles W. Colson -Albert E. Sindlinger -Louis P. Harris -1972 election -Emphasis -Six states -Negotiations -Status -Inflation -Soviet Union -Effect -Inflation -Ending -Number of words -Vietnam War -Revisions by the President -Delivery of draft -Timing -The President’s forthcoming meeting with John Cardinal Krol -Price’s forthcoming meeting with Kissinger -17- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-08) Conversation No. 379-11 (cont’d) Radio address on foreign policy, November 4, 1972 -The President’s schedule -The President’s forthcoming speech, “Look to the Future” -Delivery -Timing Radio address, “The Brightest of an American Child,” November 5, 1972 -John D. Ehrlichman -Goals -Ehrlichman’s materials -Wrap-up -Delivery -Timing -Ziegler’s view -November 4, 1972 radio -November 5, 1972 newspapers Radio address on foreign policy -Timing -Health policy -November 3, 1972 -The President’s previous statements on foreign policy -Health policy -The President’s schedule -Campaign tour Domestic policy statements -Health policy -November 3, 1972 -Substance -Style -Importance -Environment -John C. Whitaker -Foreign policy -Kissinger -Health policy -Story -November 3, 1972 -18- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-08) Conversation No. 379-11 (cont’d) Radio address on foreign policy -The President’s previous statements on foreign policy -PRC, Soviet Union -Originality -North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] -Draft completion -Choice The President’s schedule -Meeting with Price -The President’s forthcoming speech, “Look to the Future” -Delivery -Preparation -White House library -Reading -Radio address on foreign policy -Timing -November 5 and 6, 1972 -California -Price’s schedule -Secretary Price left at 10:43 am.