Conversation: 687-003
Prev: 687-002 Next: 687-004Start Date: 17-Mar-1972 12:19 PM
End Date: 17-Mar-1972 1:14 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Ehrlichman, John D.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:37:25
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:07:47
NARA Description:
On March 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:19 pm to 1:14 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 687-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 687-3 Date: March 17, 1972 Time: 12:19 - 1:14 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Stephen B. Bull. [Discontinuities appear on the original tape. See Conversation No. 686-12.] The President's schedule Bull left at an unknown time after 12:19 pm. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 3m 38s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** Henry A. Kissinger entered at 12:36 pm. Arthur K. Watson -Recent episode on airline flight -Nelson A. Rockefeller -Unknown Woman -Money -Shoes -State Department -The President’s view -Secret Service -Health -Rockefeller -Visits by Kissinger -The President's trips to France 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 687-3 (cont.) Foreign policy -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Cambodia -Vietnam -Offensive -Timing -The President’s forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union -Melvin R. Laird -Peter G. Peterson -Earl L. Butz John D. Ehrlichman entered at 12:42 pm. -State Department -Rogers's memorandum -Monetary affairs -John B. Connally -Azores -Rogers Kissinger's schedule -Acapulco -Timing -Lyndon B. Johnson -Carl W. Renstrom -Property ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Privacy] [Duration: 1m 14s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ********************************************************************** Domestic issues Foreign policy -The President’s forthcoming Soviet trip 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 687-3 (cont.) -Reading files Kissinger's schedule -Forthcoming meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Map Room Kissinger left at 12:55 pm. Kissinger -Schedule -The President’s view Briefings -Ehrlichman’s role -George P. Shultz -Elliot L. Richardson -Richard G. Kleindienst -Congressmen -Busing -Left -Right -Length -Attendance Ehrlichman's schedule -California -San Francisco Busing -Michael J. Mansfield proposal -Press coverage -Congress -Courts -Robert P. Griffin statements -Possible bill -Justice Department -Constitutional amendment -Leaders -William M. McCulloch -Jacob K. Javits -The President's statement 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 687-3 (cont.) -James O. Eastland -Courts -Constitutional amendment -The President -Congress -Leaders meeting -Ehrlichman's conversation with Javits and Albert H. Quie -Moratorium -Press conference -The President's statement -Griffin -George C. Wallace -Lawyers -Constitutional amendment -Legislative approach -Shultz -Press -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -Work on the message to Congress -Moratorium -Busing orders -Significance -Public opinion -Television coverage -The President’s previous meeting with the Citizen’s Advisory Council on the Status of Women -Discussion of the PRC trip -Haldeman’s previous meeting with White House Fellows -Busing compared to the PRC trip -Ehrlichman’s meeting with group Social Security and welfare reform -Domestic issue -Connally -Talk with Ehrlichman -Cabinet meeting -Forthcoming meeting with Ehrlichman Busing -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew’s statements -Constitutional amendment -Federal aid 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 687-3 (cont.) -Moratorium -Blacks -Speech -Patrick J. Buchanan -Edward L. Morgan -Shultz -Agnew -The President’s view -National Security Council [NSC] meeting -Talk with Haldeman -Domestic issues -Compensatory education -Daniel P (“Pat”) Moynihan -Rockefeller -Caspar W. (“Cap”)Weinberger -Conversation with Ronald W. Reagan -Linwood Holton -Israel -Drafts of speech -William L. Safire -Buchanan -Speech -Charles W. ("Chuck") Bailey -Delivery -Wallace -Edmund S. Muskie -Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson -John V. Lindsay -Hubert H. Humphrey -Television -Chance for American citizens to compare the President with the Democratic candidates -Racism -Neighborhood schools -Social planners -Buchanan -Press briefing -Judges -Rulings -Racial balance -Examples -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 687-3 (cont.) -Morgan The President’s schedule -Forthcoming meeting with Dobrynin Briefings -Ehrlichman -Tone -Senate -Leaders meeting -The President's note -Chairman of the Cabinet Committee The President’s forthcoming meeting with Dobrynin -Haldeman The President, Haldeman and Ehrlichman left at 1:14 pm.