Conversation: 705-003
Prev:  705-002 Next: 705-004Start Date: 10-Apr-1972 9:55 AM
End Date: 10-Apr-1972 10:38 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:17:51
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:17:31
NARA Description:
On April 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:55 am to 10:38 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 705-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 705-3 Date: April 10, 1972 Time: 9:55 am - 10:38 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield. The President's schedule -Meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Draft -Editing Haldeman entered at 9:58 am. International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -Robert C. Wilson -Charles W. Colson and Clark MacGregor -Dita D. Beard -Conversation with unknown person -Money -San Diego convention -Unknown person's support Henry A. Kissinger entered at 10:00 am. 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 705-3 (cont.) Forthcoming remarks at signing of Biological Weapons Convention -Drafts -Language -Restraint -Aggression -Disease -Inadequacies -Speech staff -President’s view Vietnam -Air strikes -I Corps Butterfield and Kissinger left at 10:02 am. ITT case -San Diego convention -Wilson -News summary report -William E. Timmons and Herbert G. Klein -Location -Statement -Inaccuracies in news reports -Robert H. Finch and Timmons -Baltimore Sun -Miami and Chicago as convention sites -Possible other cities -Republican convention -Cities -Choices -Administration's preference -MacGregor -Edward J. Gurney's debate with John V. Tunney -The President’s telephone call to Gurney -Gurney's performance on Face the Nation -Tunney ***************************************************************** 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 705-3 (cont.) BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Privacy] [Duration: 6s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** -Tunney -Analogy to demonstrators at Key Biscayne -Manolo Sanchez's comments -Female demonstrators -Male demonstrators -Gurney -Appearance and posture -Style -Debate with Tunney -Rapport with reporters Congressional relations Republican senators -Barry M. Goldwater -Talk with the President -Response to Democratic criticism on Vietnam -Press coverage Memoranda -John D. Ehrlichman -Crystal’s [Surname unknown] work Canada -The President's trip -Speech to Parliament -Revisions Memoranda to Haldeman Domestic programs -Ehrlichman's job 16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 705-3 (cont.) -Problems -Public relations arrangements -The President’s instructions -Haldeman's work with Colson and Ehrlichman -Mobilization of staff -Follow-up -Edward L. Morgan -Colson The President's schedule -Portrait -Cancellation -Meeting with John B. Connally -Meeting with John N. Mitchell -Philadelphia trip -Demonstrators -Ottawa -Impact on war -John A. Volpe -Commitment -John Cardinal Krol -Political benefits -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew as substitute -Meetings -Consumption of time -Domestic Council -William F. (“Billy”) Graham -Call from Kissinger -Advice -Political nature Gridiron Dinner -Goldwater's performance -Rebozo and Robert H. Abplanalp -Location -Carl B. Albert and Warren E. Burger -Abplanalp's account -Clark M. Clifford -David Kraslow -Rebozo -Unknown women 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 705-3 (cont.) -Goldwater -Hubert H. Humphrey -Quality of performance -Assistance -One-liners -Paul W. Keyes -Compared to Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope -Quality -Robert J. Dole -Keyes -Goldwater -Keyes -Revisions -Kissinger -Frank F. Church -Goldwater -Jokes -The President's administration -Republicans -Goldwater’s relationship with the President -Compared with Humphrey -Joke about Lyndon B. Johnson -Johnson’s health Wilson -ITT case -President’s view -Concern California -Unemployment -Figures -George P. Shultz -Department of Labor -Statistics Domestic issues -Shultz's role -Ehrlichman -Statements -George W. Romney 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 705-3 (cont.) -Meeting with the President -Alaskan pipeline -Rogers C. B. Morton's meeting with the President -Management of issues -Ehrlichman -The President’s instuctions -Speeches -Public appearances -Concentration on big issues -Responsibilities and duties -Shultz -Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. -Shift in emphasis of Domestic Council -Competence of personnel -Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr., Lewis A. Engman -Issues to be emphasized -Use of charts -Busing -Property taxes -Food prices -Environment -Drugs -Marijuana -Identification of big issues -Administration position -Development of positions -Attack on Administration -Attack on opposition -Raising taxes -Marijuana -Morality -Abortion -The President’s beliefs -Adminstration's aggressiveness -Concern from the President -Domestic Council -Environment -Shultz -Attendance at Conference Board, Inc. meeting -Conversations with economists -Optimism about economy 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 705-3 (cont.) -Report -Energy -Concern -Proposition 9 in California -Impact on industries and energy supplies -Edgar F. Kaiser -Pollution standards -Environment -Blame on Democrats -Proposition 9 -Threat to jobs -Pollution requirements -Opposition -Slogan on billboards -Leader, Clem Whitaker, Jr. Clem Whitaker, Sr. and Leonie (Smith) Baxter -1962 California gubernatorial campaign Gridiron Dinner -Ronald L. Ziegler's absence -Reasons -Previous conversation with the President -Lack of recognition as press secretary -Compared with James C. Hagerty, Pierre E. G. Salinger, Klein and Gerald L. Warren -Introductions Press -Relationship with the President -Soviet trip -List -Ziegler's views -Exclusion of reporters -Logisitics -Precedence -The President’s previous trip to the Soviet Union -Enemies -Boston Globe and Newsweek -Logistics -Accommodations 20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 705-3 (cont.) -People's Republic of China [PRC] trip -Conversations with White House staff -Friends in press -Hugh S. Sidey -Soviet trip -Press pools -Comparison to Tricia Nixon Cox’s wedding -John F. Osborne and Sidey -Boycott -Ziegler -Kissinger's contacts -Haldeman’s view -Rowland Evans -Foreign policy coverage -Sidey -Favorable comments -Credibility Forthcoming remarks at signing ceremony of Biological Weapons Convention -Drafting -Theme -Editing -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -William L. Safire -Canadian Parliament speech White House staff -The President's speeches -Price -Duties -Editing -Research and writing -Acceptance speech -The President’s instructions -Amount of time to write speech -Klein -Ehrlichman -Usefulness to the Administration -Editing -Foreign policy -Staff 21 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 705-3 (cont.) -Philosophical orientation -Patrick J. Buchanan -Compared with the President -John K. Andrews, Jr. -Problems -Philosophical disagreements -Importance of words -Kissinger -Canadian speech -Drafts -Lee W. Huebner -Sentimentality -Kissinger's responsibility for review -References to Soviet Union and PRC in speech -Kissinger's review on foreign policy speeches -Soviet Union and PRC references -Compatibility of interests Connally -Health Haldeman left at 10:38 am.