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Start Date: 14-Feb-1972 2:48 PM

End Date: 14-Feb-1972 3:04 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Ziegler, Ronald L.Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:47:37

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 04:01:46

670a.mp3

670b.mp3

670c.mp3

NARA Description:

On February 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:48 pm to 3:04 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 670-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 670-16

Date: February 14, 1972
Time: 2:48 pm - 3:04 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
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                       NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                  Tape Subject Log
                                    (rev. 10/06)




Briefing for People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip
      -Movie for press
           -Haldeman’s previous conversation with Ziegler
                 -President’s instructions
                       -Narration
                             -John B. Connally
           -White House theater
                 -Possible refreshments
      -Television
           -President’s opinion

Press
        -PRC trip
             -Hawaii
                  -Presidential briefing
             -Ziegler’s role
                  -Movie
                  -Technical information
             -Trade bulletin
             -Schedule
             -Trade
             -Schedule
                  -Peking
        -Busing
        -Announcement
             -PRC trip
        -Busing
             -Press conference
                  -Timing

Busing
     -John N. Mitchell and Elliot Richardson
     -Leonard Garment
     -Need for action
     -Courts
     -Critics
     -Vietnam
           -Statements
     -Racial balance
     -Equal education
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                Tape Subject Log
                                  (rev. 10/06)
                                                          Conv. No. 670-16 (cont.)


          -Public opinion
                -Haldeman’s view
                -John D. Ehrlichman
     -Courts
          -Possible decisions
                -Howard H. Baker, Jr.
     -Quality education
          -Balance requested
     -Neighborhood schools
     -Liberals
     -Negro views
          -Polls
                -Percentage in favor of busing
                      -William F. (“Billy”) Graham
     -Liberals
     -Blacks
          -White students compared to black students
                -White students attending black schools
          -Private schools
                -Tokens
                      -Significance
                            -Ambassador to Chad
     -George S. McGovern
          -Statements
                -Switch
     -Edmund S. Muskie
          -Statements
          -William P. Rogers’s view

PRC trip
    -Leadership meeting and departure
         -Announcement
              -Timing
         -Barry M. Goldwater
         -Democrat
              -Gale W. McGee
         -Goldwater

Schedule
     -Breakfast
          -Announcement
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                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. 10/06)
                                                                 Conv. No. 670-16 (cont.)


                 -Cabinet Room
                      -Ziegler’s view
                           -Advantages
                      -Live coverage
                           -Press
                 -Henry A. Kissinger
                      -Talk with Ziegler
                           -Talking paper

Ziegler left at 3:03 pm.

     Rose Mary Woods
          -President’s instructions to Haldeman
                -Request for call

Haldeman left at 3:04 pm.