Conversation: 410-020
Prev: 410-019 Next: 410-021Start Date: 15-Mar-1973 3:04 PM
End Date: 15-Mar-1973 4:24 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob");Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On March 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:04 pm to 4:24 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 410-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 410-20
Date: February 15, 1973
Time: 3:04 pm - 4:24 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Amnesty
-William P. Rogers
-Statement
-Emotional tone
-Abraham Lincoln
-Reasons for opposition
-Conscientious objectors
-Draft
-Casualties
-Prisoners of war [POWs] return
-National pride
Reconstruction of Vietnam
President’s visit to Pentagon
-Press
-Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Ronald L. Ziegler
-Morale of Defense Department personnel
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Sept.10)
Conversation No. 410-20 (cont’d)
-Reaction to POW return
POWs
-Emotional impact on country
-White House cynicism
-Reaction of nation
-State Department
-Credit for the President
-Television [TV] coverage of return
President’s schedule
-Trip to Florida
-Weather
-Temperature
-Telephone call
President's visit to the Pentagon
-Morale boosting
-Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
-Assistant secretaries
-Reflection on Cabinet officer
Press relations
-Rogers
-Announcement of Cuba hijacking agreement
-Haldeman’s telephone call
-Call to Rogers
"Doves"
-Next moves
-Aid to North Vietnam
-Amnesty
-Connection
-Abraham Lincoln's policies
-Leniency for the South
-Northern deserters and draft dodgers
-Denial of amnesty
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Sept.10)
Conversation No. 410-20 (cont’d)
-Aid to Vietnam
-Link to amnesty
-Non sequitur
John B. Connally
-Haldeman's telephone call
-Devaluation
-George P. Shultz
-Trade
-Interviews
-Energy
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Saudi Arabia
-Kissinger
-Negotiations with Arabs
-Prince Fahd
-Reasonableness
-Arab leaders
-Status quo
-Inability to negotiate with Israel
-Arab options
-Communist influence
-Unification
-Philippines
-Micronesia
-United Nations [UN]
-Political plans
United States Secret Service [USSS]
-Rose Mary Woods
-Meeting with Haldeman
-Letter to Frederic C. Malek
-William L. Duncan’s service
-Edward L. Morgan
-Offer of position
-Telephone call with Haldeman
-Misunderstanding
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Sept.10)
Conversation No. 410-20 (cont’d)
-Changes in service
-Promotion chances
-Conversation with Morgan
-Conversation with Woods
-Morgan
-Resolution of problem
-Photograph with President
-Robert H. (“Bob”) Taylor
-Haldeman’s attempted telephone call
-Rumors
-Perpetrators
-Woods
-Motives
White House staffing
-Woods
-Negativity
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Leaks
-Helen P. Thomas's newspaper story
-Woods
-Party
-Cliques
-Ehrlichman
-Woods
-Complaints
-Reasons
White House social affairs
-William E. Timmons
-Haldeman’s attendance at event
-Events for contributors
-Maurice H. Stans
-Dates
-Guest list
-Dinners
-Stag dinners
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Sept.10)
Conversation No. 410-20 (cont’d)
-Evenings at the White House
-Size
-Invitees
-Jewish supporters
-Stag dinners
-Invitees
-Arrangements by Haldeman
-Invitations
Press relations
-Briefing
-Kissinger
-Scheduling
-President’s schedule
-Prince Fahd
-Congressional reception
-Television [TV] broadcast
-POWs
-Impact on President's activities
-Press conference
-Kissinger's background briefing
-Barbara Walters
-TV interview
-Kissinger’s answer preparation
-Kissinger
-Return to the US
White House social affairs
-Evenings at the White House
-Entertainment
-Repetition
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
George H. W. Bush
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Sept.10)
Conversation No. 410-20 (cont’d)
-Handling of Republican National Committee [RNC] chairmanship
-Discouragement
-Encouragement from President
-Qualities
-Fairness
-Congress members
-Luncheons
-Candidate development
-Kenneth S. Rietz
-Follow up by President
-Dinner invitations
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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White House social affairs
-Dinner for Leonid I. Brezhnev
-Invitees
-W. Clement Stone
-John Mulcahy
Official visits
-Kissinger and Rogers
-Invitation to Lee Kuan Yew
-Singapore
-Conversation with President
-Communication satellite
-Morocco [?]
-Office call during US, Great Britain visit
-Stag dinners
-William R. Tolbert
-Liberia
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Request for visit
-talk with the president
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Sept.10)
Conversation No. 410-20 (cont’d)
-Ivory Coast
-Communications satellite
-Visits from African leaders
-Tolbert
-Invitation
-President’s preferences
-Ivory Coast
-Nigeria
-Yakubu Gowon
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Lebanon
-Suleiman Franjieh
-Soviet Union visit
-Jordan
-[Shah of Iran] Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
-Invitation
-State visit to US
-Syria
-Hafez al-Assad
-Japan
-[Emperor of Japan] Hirohito
-Kakuei Tanaka
-Timing
-Thailand
-King Phumiphol Adulet
-Invitation
-Australia
-Edward Gough Whitlam
-Lee Kuan Yew
-Office call
-Austria
-Bruno Kreisky
-Invitation
-Hospitality
-Yugoslavia
-President or premier
-Josip Broz Tito
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Sept.10)
Conversation No. 410-20 (cont’d)
-Previous visits
-Kreisky
-Italy
-Giulio Andreotti
-Sinatra's appearance
-Uruguay
-Juan M. Bordaberry
-Bolivia
-Hugo Banzer Suarez
-Visits from Latin America leaders
-President’s preferences
-Uruguay, Bolivia
-Paraguay
-Alfredo Stroessner
-Reelection
-Inauguration
-Attendance by US representative
-Edward Giereck
-Type of visit
-Blair House
-Peru
-Juan Velazco Alvarado
-Number in 1973
-Distribution
-Scheduling
-Golda Meir
-Lee Kuan Yew
-Possible dinner
-Scheduling
-Press conference
-Scheduling
-Foreign Policy Advisory Study Committee
-Composition
-Executive branch representatives
-Kenneth E. BeLieu
-Curtis W. Tarr
-Helen D. Bentley
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Sept.10)
Conversation No. 410-20 (cont’d)
-Woman representative
-Public members
-Robert (“Bob”) Murphy
-Chairman
-Other members
-William J. Casey
-Tarr
-Bentley
-Background
-Maritime Commission
-Qualifications
-Anne L. Armstrong
-Law Enforcement Assistance Administration [LEAA]
-Russell W. Peterson
-Edwin Meese, III
-Richard G. Kleindienst, Ehrlichman
-Jerris Leonard
-Charles W. Colson
-Donald E. Santarelli
-Qualifications
-Problems
-Candidates
-Polish-American
-Colson, Ehrlichman
-Kleindienst
-New York trial lawyer
-Meese
-Background
-Ronald W. Reagan
-District Attorney
-Alameda County
-Unknown Polish-American candidate
-Qualifications
-Background
-Assistant US Attorney
-Erie County
-[Unintelligible name]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Sept.10)
Conversation No. 410-20 (cont’d)
-Background
-Commission executive director
-Age
-Unknown Polish-American candidate
-Other possible positions
-Santarelli
-Compared to Meese
-Colson's choice
-Political leaning
President's schedule
-South Carolina state legislature
-Florida
-President's statement to AFL-CIO
-Visit to South Carolina state legislature
-President’s appreciation for support
-President’s statement
-harry S. Dent
-Kissinger’s return from People’s Republic of China [PRC] and North Vietnam
-Dent
-South Carolina visit
-Columbia
Press conference
-Timing
-TV coverage
-California
-Thieu’s visit
Nobel Peace Prize
-Draft of letter
-Richard A. Moore
-Rogers
-President’s reaction
-Answer at press conference
-Rogers, Moore
-William L. Safire
-Raymond K. Price
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Sept.10)
Conversation No. 410-20 (cont’d)
President’s schedule
-Gridiron dinner
-President’s attendance
-Advisability
Awards for citizens
-John Ford [?]
-Location
-President’s appearance
-Cabinet officer
-East Room
-Anne L. Armstrong
-POWs [?]
-Citation reading
-Reception
President’s schedule
-Frank E. Fitzsimmons
-Ehrlichman
-Invitation to dinner
-Bonds for Israel
-Marine Corps Band
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Visit to South Carolina state legislature
-President’s appreciation for support on Vietnam
-Resolution
-President’s statement
-Length
Congress
Rodgers [?]
-Improving skills
POWs
-Impact
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Sept.10)
Conversation No. 410-20 (cont’d)
-Wives
-Support for President
-Signs
-Impact
-Arrival at Clark Air Force Base
-Plans
-Public relations [PR]
-President’s press conference
-POW leader
-Church service
-Impact on women
President's schedule
-Statement preparation
-Trip to Florida
-Weather
-Compared with California trips
-Walker Key
Press relations
-President’s isolation
-Nicholas P. Thimmesch
-Vietnam settlement
-President’s position
-December 1972 bombing
-Strain of December
-Meetings
-Second-term reorganization
-Reports from Paris
-Kissinger’s negotiations
-December 1972 bombing
-Difficult decision
Haldeman left at 4:24 pm.
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