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Conversation: 714-013

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Start Date: 20-Apr-1972 12:06 PM

End Date: 20-Apr-1972 12:29 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Ziegler, Ronald L.Haig, Alexander M., Jr.

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:54:51

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:18:30

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714b.mp3

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NARA Description:

On April 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:06 pm to 12:29 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 714-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 714-13

Date: April 20, 1972
Time: 12:06 pm - 12:29 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

     Ziegler's schedule
          -Meeting with Clarence Walton’s commission

     Democrats in House of Representatives

Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked with the President between 12:07 and 12:08 pm.

     [Conversation No. 714-13A]

     [See Conversation No. 23-49]
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[End of telephone conversation]

     Vietnam
          -Bombing
               -Vote of House Democrats
                     -Floor vote
                     -Condemnation of North Vietnam
          -Democratic caucus
               -Alternatives
               -Administration rebuttal
                     -Rebuff to North Vietnamese invasion
               -Break-down of vote
                     -Previous votes
               -Opposition to resolution
          -Haig
               -Meeting with press
                     -Robert J. McCloskey
               -Observations on Vietnam
          -North Vietnam
               -State and Defense Departments
               -Term to be used
               -Instructions to Ziegler, McCloskey and Daniel Z. Henkin
          -Negotiations
               -North Vietnamese note
                     -US response
               -Current status
               -Briefing
                     -[Gerald L. Warren]
                     -Ziegler
                     -Warren
          -North Vietnamese invasion
               -Democratic resolution
                     -Response
                     -Contradictions
                     -Ineffectiveness against weapons
                           -Soviets
               -College professors' protests
                     -Washington Post story
          -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
               -Attack on Democrats
                     -Speech at American Society of Newspaper Editors [ASNE] event

     Press
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     -Coverage of panda presentation to National Zoo
     -Coverage of table tennis event
     -Chinese

John D. Ehrlichman's schedule
     -Briefings
           -Benefits

The President's schedule
     -Press conference
          -Scheduling
                 -War situation
                 -Pennsylvania primary
                 -Press coverage
                      -Length
                            -Conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
          -Troop announcement
          -Foreign policy questions

International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case
      -Richard G. Kleindienst
      -Committee action
            -Decision
                 -Schedule
            -Handling
      -Peter M. Flanigan testimony

Henry A. Kissinger's Moscow trip
    -Ziegler's knowledge
          -Warren
                -Receipt of telephone calls
    -Return from Camp David
    -Inquiries
          -Kissinger’s location
                -Answers
          -Referral to Haig
          -Telephone calls
                -National Security Council [NSC] office
    -Camp David
          -Ziegler's statement
                -Staff meeting
                      -Make-up of group
                           -Kissinger, Ehrlichman and Haldeman
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                    -Kissinger's presence
               -The President's plans
                    -ASNE
               -Senior staff members
                    -Kissinger, Ehrlichman and Haldeman
               -Kissinger's location
               -The President's schedule
               -Sunday stories
               -Build-up
                    -The President's article for U.S. News and World Report
                    -Foreign policy
                    -Taxes
                    -Legislation

Taxes
     -Non-public schools
          -Credits
               -Commitments
               -Clarence Walton
          -Constitutionality
          -Passage by Congress
               -Opposition
          -Commitments
          -Current studies
               -Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW] and Treasury
               Department
          -Major questions
          -Administration's support for credits

The President's schedule
     -Haldeman’s schedule
          -Camp David
     -Meeting with Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
          -White House Photographers Dinner
                 -Rehearsal
          -Arrangements
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                                      Tape Subject Log
                                         (rev. 7/07)



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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 4s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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         -Hope
         -Dinners
              -The President's attendance
                   -Ziegler’s talk with Haldeman
                   -White House Photographers
                         -George Tames
                   -Hope
                   -Gridiron
                   -White House Correspondents Association
                   -Women's Press Association
                   -Value
                   -White House Photographers
                   -Correspondents Association
                   -Gridiron
                   -Women's Press Association

    ASNE Dinner
       -Ziegler's evaluation
       -Women's Press Club
       -Reuben O. Askew
       -Robert C. Wilson
             -Voice
       -Slide presentation
       -John B. Connally
             -Speech
                   -Jack B. Krueger
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     ASNE White House reception
        -Ziegler's attendance
        -Cabinet members' attendance
              -Arrangement
                    -Haldeman
        -Tour of White House second floor
        -California editors
              -Meeting with Ziegler and Herbert G. Klein
                    -Blair House
        -Meeting with the President
              -Question and answer session

     The President's schedule
          -Meeting with Haig
               -Instructions to Herbert L. Porter

Ziegler left at 12:29 pm.