Conversation: 683-009
Prev:  683-008 Next: 683-010Start Date: 13-Mar-1972 1:10 PM
End Date: 13-Mar-1972 2:02 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]; MacGregor, Clark; Sanchez, Manolo; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:46:11
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 04:37:12
NARA Description:
On March 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Clark MacGregor, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:10 pm to 2:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 683-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 683-9 Date: March 13, 1972 Time: 1:10 pm - 2:02 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. Ronald S. Berman -Leonard Garment -The President’s view -Intellectuals James Keogh’s book [President Nixon and the Press] -Autographed copy for the President -Possible sales -The President -Speech writing -Historical material -Thomas Jefferson quote -White House staff -The press -Edith Efron’s book [The News Twisters] -Jefferson -Letter to James Monroe -James K. Polk -Emissary to Mexico -Press -Abraham Lincoln -The President’s relationship with the press -The President as Vice President -Alger Hiss case -John Adams 36 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug-01) Conv. No. 683-9 (cont.) -Television -Cambodia -Campus unrest -Donald H. Rumsfeld -Drew Pearson -John N. Mitchell -Herbert G. Klein -Breakfast in the Jungle chapter -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -The President’s November 3, 1969 speech -Network commentary -Agnew’s previous speech in Des Moines The President’s schedule -Gridiron dinner -White House correspondents dinner -Haldeman’s previous conversation with John B. Connally -The President’s possible trip to Texas -California -Texas -Rotary -Possible event in San Angelo -The President’s forthcoming trip to Canada Berman -The People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip Campaign finances -Law requirements -Ronald L. Ziegler -Maurice H. Stans -List of contributors -Edmund S. Muskie ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 37s ] 37 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug-01) Conv. No. 683-9 (cont.) END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -Clark MacGregor’s meeting with the President Polls -Muskie An unknown woman entered at an unknown time after 1:10 pm. MacGregor’s location The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 1:26 pm. Henry A. Kissinger -William P. Rogers -Jack N. Anderson papers -Kissinger’s threatened resignation -India-Pakistan situation -State Department -Rogers The President’s schedule -Gridiron dinner -Cabinet officers -Rogers’s attendance -California -Agnew MacGregor entered at 1:26 pm. MacGregor’s health -Robert H. Finch’s health -The President Rogers and Kissinger -Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting with congressmen -Thomas E. (“Doc”) Morgan -Richard K. Cook 38 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug-01) Conv. No. 683-9 (cont.) -MacGregor’s forthcoming talk with Morgan -[Thomas] Hale Boggs and Gerald R. Ford -State Department representative -Dinner -Kissinger and the Foreign Relations Committee members -Blair House -Prior occasions -J. William Fulbright -John Sherman Cooper -David M. Abshire -MacGregor’s talk with Rogers -Rogers’s role as Secretary of State -Kissinger’s previous conversation with MacGregor -Key Biscayne -Rogers’s comments -Rogers -Stewart J.O. Alsop’s article in Newsweek -The possibility of Kissinger as Secretary of State -MacGregor’s proposed meeting with Kissinger and Rogers -Timing -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Scheduling -Rogers’s comments -State Department representative -Congressmen -Senators -War powers issue -MacGregor’s dinner -Clement J. Zablocki -Wayne L. Hays -Cooper -W[illiam] Stuart Symington -Blair House -Rogers’s comments -Seating -Zablocki comments -Barbara MacGregor -Rescheduling -Abshire -Rogers -Press coverage of Kissinger -India-Pakistan war 39 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug-01) Conv. No. 683-9 (cont.) -State Department -MacGregor’s dinner -Rogers’s comments -Barbara MacGregor -Experience in Washington, DC -Political gossip -Conflict -Public interest -Washington, DC -Minneapolis -Whittier, California -Alsop column -Social circles -Alsop column -Diplomats -MacGregor’s dinner -George D. and Lola Aiken -John and Lorraine Cooper -William Meyer -Meeting with congressmen -Rescheduling -Morgan -MacGregor’s forthcoming statement -Boggs, Carl B. Albert, Ford -Partisans -Republican attendance -Foreign Affairs Committee -War powers issue ITT case -Stock decrease -Announcement date -Harold S. Geneen -Richard W. McLaren -Erwin N. Griswold -Contributions -Justice Department -Settlement -Hearings -MacGregor’s role -James O. Eastland -Meeting with MacGregor 40 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug-01) Conv. No. 683-9 (cont.) -Mitchell -Witnesses MacGregor’s health ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 4m 41s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ****************************************************************************** MacGregor’s health MacGregor left at 1:49 pm. MacGregor ITT case -Status -Mitchell -Richard G. Kleindienst -Confirmation -Attorney General -Withdrawal -Effect on hearings Rogers -Previous dinner with MacGregor -Conversation with Zablocki -Interviews -Foreign policy Keogh’s book [President Nixon and the Press] -Request for copies -[Dwight] David and Julie Eisenhower 41 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug-01) Conv. No. 683-9 (cont.) -Edward R.F. and Tricia Nixon Cox -Commentary -The President’s speech -Agnew’s speech The President’s schedule -Public television programs -Press conference -Speech -Question and answer sessions -Coverage -Detroit -The President’s use of television Rogers -MacGregor -Rescheduling meeting -State Department Marina von N. Whitman [?] -Robert Whitman Haldeman left and Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 1:49 pm. Instructions -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon The President’s schedule -Charles W. Colson -Kenneth W. Clawson Sanchez left at 2:02 pm.