Conversation: 714-013
Prev:  714-012 Next: 714-014Start 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
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] 31 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 7/07) [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 32 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 7/07) -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 33 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 7/07) -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 34 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 7/07) ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 4s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** -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 35 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 7/07) 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.