Conversation: 685-010
Prev: 685-009 Next: 685-011Start Date: 14-Mar-1972 12:36 PM
End Date: 14-Mar-1972 1:57 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Sanchez, Manolo;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:41:02
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 05:02:22
NARA Description:
On March 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:36 pm to 1:57 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 685-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 685-10
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Date: March 14, 1972
Time: 12:36 - 1:57 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Placement of something in the Oval Office
-Clock
Central Treaty Organization [CENTO] meeting
The President's schedule
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham meeting
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:36 pm.
Refreshments
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:57 pm.
Tea
-Qualities
-Coffee
-Different kinds
-Hangchow
CENTO meeting
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Nassir Assar
-Talk with the President
-Prime Minister's assistant
-View of the President
-The President's accomplishments
-The People's Republic of China [PRC] trip
-International recognition
-White House staff
-Patrick J. Buchanan
The PRC trip
-White House staff
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 685-10 (cont.)
-Television staff
-George P. Shultz
-International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT]
-Busing
-John D. Ehrlichman’s view
-ITT and busing compared
-Press coverage
The President's schedule
-Busing speech
-Timing
-California
-News time
-South
Central Treaty Organization [CENTO] meeting
-Anecdote use
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Possible talk with Haldeman
-Haldeman's possible talk with Haig
-Campaign
ITT
-White House staff involvement
-Charles W. Colson
-Ehrlichman
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Memoranda
-John N. Mitchell
-Testimony
-Executive session
-Open session
-Mitchell
The President's memorandum
-PRC trip
-Publicity
-The President’s memorandum
-Unknown book
-James Keogh’s book [President Nixon and the Press]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 685-10 (cont.)
-Colson
-Unknown woman
ITT
-White House strategy
-Colson
-Dita D. Beard
-Statements
-Press
-Wallace F. Bennett
-Son
-Robert Bennett
-Colson
-Public relations
-Anti-trust suit
-Lyndon B. Johnson administration
-John F. Kennedy administration
-Media coverage
-Republican campaign
-Sheraton Hotel
-San Diego
-Contribution
-Reasons
-Hearsay evidence
-The President's memorandum
-Jack N. Anderson
-Editorials
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Magazines
-New York Times
-Letters to the editor
-Washington Post
-Media
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 12m 34s ]
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 685-10 (cont.)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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The President's schedule
-National Catholic Education Conference
-Philadelphia
-Parochial education
-Drugs
-International drug control group
-Cabinet Room
-Customs
-John F. Kennedy Airport
-Aircraft arrival inspection procedure
-Federal strike force
-Press
-Undercover police officers
-Narcotic court judges
-Midwest
-Chicago
-Methadone drug treatment program
-Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe
-Legislation
-Texas
-Operation Cooperation
-New York
-Philadelphia
-Environment
-Ehrlichman
-Drugs
-Busing
-Press conference
-The President’s forthcoming busing statement
-New York
-Timing
-Key Biscayne
-Press conference
-Key Biscayne
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 685-10 (cont.)
-March for Welfare, Washington, D.C.
-Press conference
-Timing
-Television opportunity
-New York
-Environment
-Key Biscayne
-The President’s possible trip to Kennedy Airport
-Environment
-Ohio
-South
-Texas
-Forthcoming dinner hosted by John B. Connally
-Timing
-Press
-Dinner
-Handshaking
-Dinner
-Press
-San Antonio
-The President's accommodations
-Timing
-The President’s forthcoming trip to Canada
-Arrival ceremony
-Timing
-Length of visit
-Arrival ceremony
-Timing
-West Germany
-Italy
-[Pierre E. Trudeau]
-Dinner
-Organization of American States [OAS] dinner
-Timing
-William P. Rogers
Rogers
-Press conference
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-State Department
-National Security Council [NSC]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 685-10 (cont.)
The President’s schedule
-Forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union
-Timing
-Ireland
-John A. (“Jack”) Mulcahy
-Dinner
-The President's accommodations
-Iceland
-Ireland
-Northern Ireland
-Azores
-Helicopter
-Portugal
-Ireland Arrival
-John M. Lynch
-Airport
-Northern Ireland
-Irish vote
-Mulcahy
-Issue
-Azores
-Time
-Switzerland
-Austria
-Vienna
-Geneva
-Privacy
-Lucerne
-Zurich
-Austria
Salzburg
-Ireland
-Mulcahy
-Austria
-Salzburg
-Switzerland
-Innsbruck
-Lucerne
-Housing facilities
-Tourism
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 685-10 (cont.)
-Weather
-Austria
-Mulcahy
-Switzerland
-Meeting with officials
-Plans
-Lucerne
-Vienna
-Accommodations
-Azores
-US military base
-Lucerne
-Drugs
-Press conference
-Questions
-Public relations
-Keogh’s book [President Nixon and the Press]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 14m 26s ]
MANOLO SANCHEZ ENTERED AT AN UNKNOWN TIME AFTER 12:36 PM.
SANCHEZ LEFT AT AN UNKNOWN TIME BEFORE 1:57 PM.
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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-Agnew
-Career opportunities
-Supreme Court
-Media
-Haldeman’s view
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 685-10 (cont.)
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
The press
-CBS
-ITT
-Dita Beard
-Danile L. Schorr
-Treatment of liberals
-Compared to treatment of Arthur K. Watson
-Wall Street Journal
-New York Times
-The President’s forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union
The President's schedule
-Meeting with American Society for Newspaper Editors [ASNE]
-White House reception
-Easter service
-Gridiron church service
-Plans
-Army chorus
-Songs
-Scriptures
-Television
-Publishers
-Herbert G. Klein
-Editors
-Possible meeting with ASNE
-Questions and answers [Q&A]
-Reception
-Speeches
-Unknown publishers’ group
-New York
-California
-Gridiron church service
-Editors
-Reception
Speech
-William L. Safire
Haldeman left at 1:57 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 685-10 (cont.)