Conversation: 705-018
Prev:  705-017 Next: 705-019Start Date: 10-Apr-1972 4:46 PM
End Date: 10-Apr-1972 5:01 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 04:40:40
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 04:55:11
NARA Description:
On April 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:46 pm to 5:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 705-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 705-18 Date: April 10, 1972 Time: 4:46 pm - 5:01 pm 50 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 705-17 (cont.) Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. Henry A. Kissinger Food prices Vietnam -US policies -Domestic politics -Possible demonstrations -Staff meeting -The President’s instructions to Haldeman -Kissinger -Article in New York Times by Robert B. Semple, Jr. -White House contact -Identity -1972 election -Peace efforts -William J. Porter statement -Negotiations -Outcome -Press hostility -Press -Hostility to the President -Reasons -Foreign policy -Press -John F. Osborne and Hugh S. Sidey -Opposition -Cambodia, Laos and demonstrations -Criticism -Support on People's Republic of China [PRC] matter The President's schedule -Meetings with Cabinet members -Herbert Stein -George P. Shultz -Free time -Mornings 51 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 705-18 (cont.) -Afternoons White House staff -Cambodia and Laos -Stakes in Vietnam Vietnam -Press -Areas of support for policies -Stakes in war -US defeat -Aggression -US casualties -Memorandum Domestic issues -National Alliance of Businessmen [NAB] reception -Value -NAB programs -Minority hiring -Costs -Concept of volunteerism -Haldeman’s view -National Center for Voluntary Action -Local and national levels -Great Society programs -Legal aid -Lawyers -Government interference -Radicals -Costs -Impact Jews -Kissinger's parents -Number in world -Percentage in New York City -Other minorities -Number -Political influence -Compared with Indonesians, Indians, Americans, Soviets, Japanese and 52 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 705-18 (cont.) Germans Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:46 pm. The President's schedule -NAB reception Bull left at an unknown time before 4:59 pm. Jews -Ultraliberalism -Adolph Hitler -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -Franklin D. Roosevelt -Republicanism -Influence before 1932 -Economic status -Private enterprise -Blacks -Democratic loyalties -Kissinger Foreign policy -Kissinger -State Department -Tactical issues -Crisis handling -Jordan -India -Cambodia -Laos -Vietnam -Policy advice -PRC initiative -Soviets Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 4:59 pm. The President's schedule Butterfield left at 5:00 pm. 53 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 705-18 (cont.) Unknown persons [Jews?] -Actions The President’s schedule The President and Haldeman left at 5:01 pm.