Conversation: 700-010
Prev: 700-009 Next: 700-012Start Date: Monday, April 3, 1972 9:32 PM
End Date: Monday, April 3, 1972 10:36 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Ehrlichman, John D.; Sanchez, Manolo; Bull, Stephen B.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:10:36
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 04:14:27
NARA Description:
On April 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, John D. Ehrlichman, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:32 pm to 5:36 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 700-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 700-10
Date: April 3, 1972
Time: 4:32 pm - 5:36 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
John D. Ehrlichman
-Preparations for meeting with Henry A. Kissinger
-Speech
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Speech
-Price
-Discussion with John B. Connally
-The President's trip to Philadelphia
-Tax reform proposal
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Speech at National Cathedral School
The President's schedule
-Price
-Appointments
-Vietnam
-Speech draft
-Work
Education representative, Sidney P. Marland, Jr.
-Speech to convention
-The President's greetings
Book by Russell Kirk
-The President's memorandum
-A Program for Conservatives
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 700-10 (cont.)
-[Dwight] David Eisenhower, IIand Julie Nixon Eisenhower
The Conservative Mind
-Publication
-Cover
-Title
-Problems
-Copies
-Staff members
-Patricia H. Alsop
-Mix-up
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Drug speech
-Further work by the President
-Hotline
-Television
-Radio delivery
-Television delivery
-Problems
-Radio speech
-Value
-Drafting
-Problem of drugs
-John R. (“Tex”) McCrary, Richard A> Moore and Dwight L. Chapin
-Personification
-Myles J. Ambrose
-Compared with J. Edgar Hoover
-John N. Mitchell
-Ambrose
-Presence at arrests
-McCrary
-Announcements
-New penalties
-Hotline
-Phone company
-Notification
-Radio speech
Press conference
-McCrary
-Office
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 700-10 (cont.)
-Photograph pool
-Need for more film
-Television
-Problems
-Timing
-Meeting with editors
The President's schedule
-Open weeks
-Vietnam
-Bombing
-Weather breaks
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 3m 14s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 4:41 pm.
Ehrlichman
-Meeting with the President
Butterfield left at 4:42 pm.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 3m 17s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 700-10 (cont.)
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Polls
-ITT case
-Impact
-Dita D. Beard
-Busing
-Food prices
-Negative impact
Busing
-Ehrlichman
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 11s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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Media relations
-Story on young men in administration
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Winston Lord
-Life
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 700-10 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 9s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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John D. Ehrlichman entered at 4:52 pm.
Greetings
Ehrlichman’s schedule
Haldeman left at 4:53 pm.
Busing
-Ehrlichman's role in issue
-Charles W. Colson
-Clark MacGregor
-Meeting with southern congressmen
-Edward L. Morgan
-Administration's position
-Publicity in Michigan
-Fifty cities
-Visits
-Moratorium strategy
-Work with Congress
-Jacob K. Javits
-Need to counteract
-Votes in conference
-Morgan
-Impact in California
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 4:53 pm.
Refreshment
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 700-10 (cont.)
The President left at an unknown time before 5:36 pm.
Refreshments
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 5:36 pm.
[No conversation]
The President entered at an unknown time after 4:53 pm.
Busing
-California
-Administration's statement
-Television
-California
-Ehrlichman's visits
Ehrlichman's visit to California
-St. Helena
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 27s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
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-Busing issue
-Interest
-Blacks
-Support for the President
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 700-10 (cont.)
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 44s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
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Busing
-Constitutional amendment
-Racial division
-Alienation of poor blacks
-Los Angeles Times
-Wine growers in Napa Valley
-Los Angeles Times colloquy
-Ehrlichman's meeting
-Davis
-[Unknown person]
-Richard Burkholtz
-Carl [?] [Surname unknown]
-Tony Day
-Burkholtz
-Administration position
-Opposition to court ordered busing
-Distinction from voluntary busing
-State of the Union speech
-Democratic principles
-David Eisenhower
-Polls
-Ehrlichman’s talks with Haldeman
-Questions on popular perceptions
-Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin
-Media
-Confusion of issues
-Editorial writers
-Publicity for administration's opposition
-Busing
-[First name unknown] Mitchell
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 700-10 (cont.)
-Marion W. Edelman
-National Broadcasting Company [NBC] special
-Edelman
-Howard H. Baker, jr.
-Abraham A. Ribicoff
-Busing in north
-Administration's opposition
-Congress
-Strom Thurmond
-Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 26s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
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Bay of Pigs files
-Orders for Department of Defense
-David Young
-J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.
-Lucien E. Conein
-White House involvement
-Richard M. Helms
-John A. McCone
-Allan W. Dulles
-Helms
-Involvement in Bay of Pigs incident
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 700-10 (cont.)
Pentagon Papers
-J. William Fulbright hearings
-Release of "Kennedy papers"
-Fulbright's intentions
-Vietnam
-Files on assassinations
-Television documentary
-Kennedy allies
-Life
Victor L. Marchetti
-Publication of story on CIA
-Helms's concern
-Reasons for concern
-Harm to CIA
-Law suit against Marchetti
-Breach of contract
-Criminal suit
-Injunction
Population Commission
-Ehrlichman's meetings with John D. Rockefeller III
-Nelson A. Rockefeller's calls to Ehrlichman
-Proposals for the President
-Treatment
-Abortion
-Compared with Marijuana commission
-Administration's disagreement
-The President’s population message
-Handling
-Patrick J. Buchanan’s view
-Effect on Nelson Rockefeller
-Abortion issue
-Political opposition
-Support
-Control of blacks and Puerto Ricans
-Vasectomies
-White House approval
-Statement on abortion
-Consideration of other proposals
-John Rockefeller
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 700-10 (cont.)
-Talk with Ehrlichman
-Personal conscience
-Support for population control
-John Rockefeller
-Social classes
-Upper classes
-Lower classes
-Lack of control
-San Francisco
-Black population growth
-Blacks
-Low standard of living
-Migration to cities
-Administration's dealings with commission
-William W. Scranton
-Meeting with John Rockefeller
-John Rockefeller's staff director
-Length of meeting
-Meeting with John Rockefeller
-Call from Nelson Rockefeller
-Vietnam
Declassification of secret documents
-John S. D. Eisenhower
-Executive Order
-Timing
-Review procedure
-Disputes
-Resolution
-John Eisenhower appointment
-John Eisenhower
-Author of a book
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 700-10 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 6s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9
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-Submission of name for position
US Postal Service [USPS]
-Ehrlichman's meeting with Elmer T. (“Ted”) Klassen
-Rate raise
-Klassen's opposition
-Parcel post
-Damage rate
-Competition from United Parcel Service [UPS]
-Reform
-Cuts in work force
-Low productivity
-Overstaffing
-Personnel
-Turn-over
-Cuts in work force
-Problems
-Election year
-Freeze on hiring
-Congressional hearings
-Firings
-Rate increase compared to overstaffing
-Conflicts
-Hiring of youths
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Costs
-Youth
-Defense Department
-Alternative jobs
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 700-10 (cont.)
-Civil Service Commission, Agnew and Office of Management and
Budget [OMB]
-Freeze
-Jennings Randolph
-Complaints
-Firings
-Top people
ITT case
-George S. McGovern
-Staff
-Frank F. Mankiewicz
-Links with Edward M. Kennedy
-Comments on corporation taxes
-Inaccuracies
-San Diego incident
-Press criticism
-Colson
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-John F. Kennedy
-Falsehood of statement
-Question on panel Issues and Answers
-Payment of taxes
-Annual report
-Security and Exchange Commission [SEC] files
-Public record
-Hubert H. Humphrey
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 700-10 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 21s ]
STEPHEN B. BULL ENTERED AT AN UNKNOWN TIME AFTER 4:52 PM.
BULL LEFT AT AN UNKNOWN TIME BEFORE 5:36 PM.
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10
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ITT Case
-Beard's charges
-Vance Hartke
-Use of airplane
-The President's experience
-Robert C. (“Bob”) Wilson
-Use of ITT support
-Ties with ITT
-Antitrust suit
-Richard W. McLaren
-Harold S. Geneen
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Agnew
-Wilson [?]
-John B. Connally
-Peter G. Peterson
-Pressures to drop suit
-Flanigan
-Geneen
-Acquaintance with the President
-Meeting with Ehrlichman and Colson
-Memorandum to Ehrlichman
-Acquaintance with the President
-Memorandum
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 700-10 (cont.)
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Staff secretary
-Haldeman
-Dealings with Flanigan
-Memorandum to Ehrlichman
-Antitrust suit
-John N. Mitchell
-Importance of case
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Problems
-Contributions
-Flanigan's knowledge
-Discussion
-Antitrust suit
-Geneen's comments
-Memorandum to Ehrlichman
-Mitchell and Kleindienst
-Meeting with Geneen
-Letter to [Forename unknown] O'Brien
-Denial
White House staff
-Ehrlichman’s schedule
-Necessity to relax
-Ehrlichman, Colson, Haldeman and Kissinger
-Use of Camp David
-Facilities
-President’s trip to the Soviet Union
Ehrlichman left at 5:36 pm.