Conversation: 642-027
Prev: 642-026 Next: 642-028Start Date: 3-Jan-1972 11:15 AM
End Date: 3-Jan-1972 11:42 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); MacGregor, Clark; Smith, Jody; Sanchez, Manolo;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 04:18:58
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 04:43:16
NARA Description:
On January 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Clark MacGregor, Jody Smith, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:15 am to 11:42 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 642-027 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 642-27
Date: January 3, 1972
Time: 11:15 am - 11:42 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Clark MacGregor.
Greetings
Weather
MacGregor's schedule
-Activities
The President's State of the Union message
-Date
-Congress
-Content
-Presentation of vision
-The President's stature compared to that of opponents
MacGregor's schedule
-Meeting with Anna C. Chennault
-Barbara MacGregor
-Chennault's previous meetings with Nguyen Van Thieu, Park Chung Hee and
Ferdinand E. Marcos, December 1971
-Possible summit
-Thailand, South Vietnam, Philippines, Taiwan, Republic of China
and South Korea
-State Department
-Chennault
-Possible location
-Bangkok, Manila
-Timing
-The President's forthcoming trip to People's Republic of China
[PRC]
-Possible meeting with the President
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 642-27 (cont.)
-Timing
-Australia and New Zealand
-Possible result
[The President talked with Jody Smith between 11:20 am and 11:21 am.]
[Conversation No. 642-27A]
[See Conversation No. 18-5]
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's call to Smith
-Smith's age
-Selection as Iowa delegate to Republican National Convention
MacGregor’s meeting with Chennault
-Possible summit
-Reply
-Timing
-Timing
-The President's view of Asian leaders
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Health
-Chennault
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Chennault
-Age
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 642-27 (cont.)
-Marriage to Claire L. Chennault
-Age
-MacGregor
-Burma
-Age
-MacGregor
Pending legislation
-Revenue-sharing, health and welfare reform
-Views of William E. Timmons, Richard K. Cook and Tom C. Korologos
-Title Four on family assistance
-Probable Senate action
-Desired effect for the President
-The President’s view
-Experimental program
-Risk
-Democratic congressmen
-Support for the President
-Robert C. Byrd, Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Carl B. Albert, [Thomas] Hale Boggs,
George H. Mahon and F. Edward Hebert
-Republicans
-Possible duration
-Trade legislation
-Handling
-Delay
The President's record
-Outlook
-Liberals' view
-Clark and Barbara MacGregor’s schedule
-Mel Elfin of Newsweek
-Martin Z. Agronsky
-Conversation with MacGregor
-New Year's Eve party
-Leonard and Grace (Albert) Garment
-William L. and Helena (Julius) Safire
-John Kenneth Galbraith
-Katharine L. Graham
-The President’s leadership
-The President's leadership
-Vietnam
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 642-27 (cont.)
-Bombing strike
-Forthcoming PRC trip
-India-Pakistan
-US handling
-News media
-Public opinion
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The President's interview with Dan Rather, January 2, 1972
-Question on the President's charisma
-Compared with John F. Kennedy
-Kennedy's performance
-Media
-Response the President received from teenage girls at Capitol
-Armed Services Committee
-Celebrities
-Photograph of girl
MacGregor
-Attitude
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 642-27 (cont.)
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The President's interview with Rather
-The President's response regarding foreign policy
-Long-term view
-Youth
-PRC
-Korea
-Vietnam
-Nuclear war
-View of MacGregor's daughter
-Clark and Barbara MacGregor
-Question on George C. Wallace
-Content and tone
-The President's response
MacGregor’s gratitude toward President
Attorney General position
-MacGregor
-Rumor regarding position
-MacGregor's conversation with Richard G. Kleindienst
-Source of stories
-Kleindienst’s response to press questions
-John N. Mitchell
-Kleindienst's response
-MacGregor's request
-Story on MacGregor's intentions
-MacGregor’s conversation with Mitchell
-Retraction
-Current position
-Importance
-1972 election
-Post-campaign possibilities
-Cabinet
-Mitchell
Mitchell
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
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Conv. No. 642-27 (cont.)
-Retention
-Confirmation fight for future Attorney General candidate
-Future political work as Attorney General
-Robert F. Kennedy's example
Cabinet officers
-Honor
-Elliot L. Richardson
MacGregor's health
-Back
The President's schedule
-California
-Forthcoming meetings with Eisaku Sato
-Previous meetings with Georges J.R. Pompidou, Edward R.G. Heath and Willy
Brandt
-Reaction
The President's effectiveness
Manolo Sanchez entered and MacGregor left at 11:36 am.
Misplaced papers
-Sanchez's search
-The President's suit worn previous evening
-The President's sport coat in Executive Office Building [EOB] office
-The President's office
-Sport coat in EOB office
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:42 am.