Conversation: 688-012
Prev:  688-011 Next: 688-013Start Date: 18-Mar-1972 12:15 PM
End Date: 18-Mar-1972 1:15 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:25:47
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:18:21
NARA Description:
On March 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:15 pm to 1:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 688-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 688-12 Date: March 18, 1972 Time: 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with John D. Ehrlichman. Weather Earl L. Butz 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -Farm income -Food prices -Middle man -Grace period -The President’s forthcoming press briefing -Farm income Henry A. Kissinger entered at 12:24 pm. Europe -William P. Rogers -Talk with Kissinger -Rogers’s possible forthcoming trip to Europe -Allies -Schedule -Soviet summit -Iceland -North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] Council -Staff -Publicity -White House -Announcement -Ronald L. Ziegler -State Department -Environmental conference -Stockholm -Ireland -The President -Timing -NATO -Delegation -Russell E. Train -William D. Ruckelshaus -Talk with Ehrlichman -Cabinet officers -Elliot L. Richardson -Soviet Union -Negotiations -Soviet summit -Train -State Department -Edward R.G. Heath 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 688-12 (cont.) -Georges J.R. Pompidou -Willy Brandt -The People's Republic of China [PRC] trip -Shanghai Communiqué -Mao Tse-tung -Leonid I. Brezhnev -Possible leak -The President’s possible statement -Soviet summit -Allies -State Department -Foreign Service officers Kissinger left at 12:30 pm. State Department -Reorganization -Ehrlichman's talk with John B. Connally -1972 election -Rogers -Foreign trade -Foreign economic policy -Foreign service officers -Rogers -Soviet summit Rogers -Possible resignation -Soviet summit -Campaign -Reelection of the President -New Secretary of State -Connally -Reelection of the President -Completing term The President’s forthcoming press conference -Oval Office -The President's talk with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Questions and answers [Q&A] -Radio -Television 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 688-12 (cont.) -Equal time Busing -March 16, 1972 speech -News summary coverage -Television -Democrats -Blacks -The President -Leonard Garment -Speech -Tone -Left -Michael J. Mansfield -Democratic candidates -Hubert H. Humphrey -Moratorium -Right wingers -Strom Thurmond -Media -Court ordered busing -Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW] -Harry S. Dent -Explanation to Southerners -Ziegler -Charles W. Colson -Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. -Thurmond -Dent -Mayors -Local press -Colson -Editorial comment -Ziegler -Local representatives of newspapers -Wire services -Intervention -Announcement -Richmond -Memphis -Michigan -Edward L. Morgan 16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 688-12 (cont.) -Importance -Court orders -Ehrlichman's forthcoming talk with Stewart J.O. Alsop -Explanation -Thurmond -Donald Oberdorfer, Jr. -David S. Broder -William S. White -Holmes Alexander -Conservatives -Patrick J. Buchanan -James J. Kilpatrick, Jr. -Briefings -White -Instructions -Conservative line -Clark MacGregor and his staff -Briefings for members of Congress -James O. Eastland -Leaders meeting -March 16, 1972 speech -Max Frankel articles -New York Times -Oberdorfer articles -Washington Post -Washington Post editorial -Meg Greenfield -George C. Wallace -Constitutional amendment -Television appearance -Executive order -Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson -Constitutional amendment -Senators -Congressmen -Audience reached -Children -Colson -Kenneth W. Clawson -Dita D. Beard -Calls to editors -Southern states 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 688-12 (cont.) -Trips -Key states -Virginia -Richmond -Moratorium -Tennessee -Ehrlichman's talk with Howard H. Baker, Jr. -Nashville -Memphis -Intervention in Nashville -Michigan -Intervention -Status of cases -Robert P. Griffin -March 16, 1972 speech -Left wingers -Arthur Goldberg -Parren J. Mitchell [?] -Jacob K. Javits -South -Reactions -Griffin -Moderates -Baker -William E. Brock, III -Intervention -Texas -John G. Tower -Moratorium -Federal government -Local school board -Morgan -Austin, Corpus Christi, Texas -National Broadcasting Company [NBC] -George S. McGovern -Cases -Court orders for racial balance -Press conference -Federal judges -Racial balance -Intent -Effect 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 688-12 (cont.) -Reasons for busing -End of discrimination -Racial balance -Morgan -Richardson -Press conference -Answer -Judges -Courts -Press -Morgan Ehrlichman's schedule Busing -Congress -New compared to old money -Education support -Politics -Democratic candidates -Wallace -Jackson -Congress -Vote -Moratorium -Russell B. Long's conversation with Haldeman -Haldeman's talk with Ehrlichman -Reelection -Connally -House Resolution [H.R.] 1 -Passage Social Security -Ehrlichman's talk with Connally -Connally's forthcoming meeting with the President -Percentage -Cost of living -Longshoremen strike -Pay Board -Anti-inflation stand -Possible compromise -Richardson 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 688-12 (cont.) -Arthur S. Flemming -Inflation -Taxes -The President's memorandum to George P. Shultz -Talk with the President -Old age benefits -Economic issue -Connally Longshoreman strike -Harry Bridges -Pay Board -Employers -Productivity -Choices -Effect on costs -Shultz -Lawyers William Brock [not William E. Brock III] -Letter -Football teammate of the President at Whittier College -Orthogonian Society -Political affiliation -Race -Possible position in administration -Frederic V. Malek Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:30 pm. Photostatic copy of a document -Job -Malek -Government Bull left at an unknown time before 1:15 pm. Judgeships Hiring 20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 688-12 (cont.) ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 8s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ********************************************************************** International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -Dita D. Beard memorandum -Typewriter -Ribbon -Time period used -Committee -Press -Colson -Press -Leak story -Beard -Statement -Headline in Washington Star -John V. Tunney -Richard G. Kleindienst -Edward M. Kennedy -Jack N. Anderson -Colson -Memorandum -Anderson's secretary -Beard's secretary Ehrlichman's schedule -Alsop meeting Busing -Constitutional amendment -Inferior compared to superior education -Alsop -Desegregation 21 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 688-12 (cont.) -Old cases -Ehrlichman's meeting with Alsop -Senators Ehrlichman's schedule -Vacation -Weekend -Possible speech to a federal group -Hawaii -The President's forthcoming trip to California -The President’s forthcoming trip to Florida -Time -Ehrlichman -San Francisco -Time -Christian scientists -Los Angeles -San Francisco Busing -Left wing -Washington Post editorial Ehrlichman left at 1:15 pm.