Conversation: 406-022
Prev:  406-021 Next: 406-023Start Date: 30-Jan-1973 6:15 PM
End Date: 30-Jan-1973 6:45 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On January 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:15 pm and 6:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 406-022 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 406-22 Date: January 30, 1973 Time: 6:15 pm - 6:45 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. Press relations -Henry A. Kissinger -Mood -Conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler -Conversation with Haldeman -White House plans -Memorandum -Transcript -James B. (“Scotty”) Reston -Leaks -President's response -Motives of foreign governments -Distortions -Quote on bombing -Loyalty -Quote on bombing -16- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 406-22 (cont’d) -Peter Lisagor -President's opponents -Ziegler -"Peace is at hand" press conference -References to President -December 1972 press conference -References to President -Motives -January 23, 1973 press conference -Vietnam settlement -References to President -Nguyen Van Thieu -Negotiations -Concerns -Washington Post -Purpose of Haldeman's conversation -Reston -Joseph C. Kraft -Relations with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -January 23, 1973 press conference -"Peace with honor" -Vietnam settlement -Relations to President's policy -Reston -Kraft -John F. Osborne -George S. McGovern -Statements on President's policy -Reston -Bombing -Conversation with Haldeman -Public relations -Stories on relations between President and Kissinger An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 6:15 pm. Delivery The unknown person left at an unknown time before 6:45 pm. -17- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 406-22 (cont’d) -Bombing and negotiations -Stories on Vietnam settlement -Effectiveness -Cost -Stories on President's role -Kissinger's role -Jerrold L. Schecter -Bombing -Communications with political left -Motives -Bernard Gwertzman -Reston -Conversation with Haldeman -President's role in peace process -Kissinger's role -President's role in Vietnamization -1968 campaign statements -Melvin R. Laird -Defense Department -President's role in PRC trip -Writing -President’s views on Soviet Union -President's decisions -November 3, 1969 -Cambodia, Laos -May 8, 1972 -December 1972 -Kissinger's role -Future statements by Kissinger -Hanoi trip -"Peace with honor" -Liberal establishment -Destruction -President’s critics -US as world power -"Peace with honor" -Results -US credibility -18- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 406-22 (cont’d) -President's role in peace process -Congress, the media -Courage -Wisdom -President's decisions -November 3, 1969 -Cambodia, Laos -May 8, 1972 -December 1972 bombing -Consequences of premature US withdrawal -“Bloodbath” -Communist takeover -December 1972 bombing -Results, justifications -President's and Kissinger's roles -Targets -“Terror bombing” -Liberal establishment's credibility -President's achievements -Bureaucracy, Congress, opinion leaders -Liberal establishment -Consequences of views -Vietnam, allies, enemies -Statements -Television [TV] -Vietnam settlement -Defense -January 23, 1973 press conference -President’s role -Press contacts -Reston -White House PR plan -Haldeman’s conversation with Ziegler -Kissinger -Evaluation of TV appearances -Press reaction -President's role in December 1972 bombing -Negotiations -Announcement -19- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 406-22 (cont’d) -Importance -Kissinger's dissemination of story -Trip to Hanoi -POWs return -Kissinger -January 23, 1973 press conference -Amnesty -President's conversation with Kissinger -Sweden -Canada -Possible penalty -Peace Corps -Domestic Council -Moral issue -Kissinger -Conversation with Haldeman -Purpose -Ziegler -Memorandum -Kissinger -Conversation with Haldeman -John A. Scali, William P. Rogers -Kissinger -Motives -"Georgetown Set" -Choices Haldeman left at 6:45 pm.