Conversation: 718-004
Prev:  718-003 Next: 718-005Start Date: 3-May-1972 10:20 AM
End Date: 3-May-1972 10:50 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:30:16
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:58:54
NARA Description:
On May 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:20 am to 10:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 718-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 718-4 Date: May 3, 1972 Time: 10:20 am - 10:50 am Location: Oval office The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. Henry A. Kissinger -Location -Washington Special Actions Group [WSAG] A meeting -Nelson A. Rockefeller's attendance -John N. Mitchell President's schedule -Meeting with Richard G. Kleindienst -Time -Announcement on L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III -Time Polls -Results 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 718-3 (cont.) President's schedule -Trip to Annapolis, Maryland -Cancellation -Arrangements -Format -Chapel ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 34s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Vietnam -George D. Aiken -J. William Fulbright’s amendment -North Vietnamese offensive -Support for President in Senate -Disenchantment over Soviet backing -Soviet Summit -Cancellation -Aiken -Kissinger’s schedule -Moscow, Paris -Kissinger's advice -Reasons -Cancellation -Impact -South Vietnamese morale -Soviet Summit -Cancellation -Impact on President's policies -Kissinger's advice -Dwight D. Eisenhower 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 718-3 (cont.) -U-2 incident -Cancellation -Domestic impact -President's reasons -Conclusion of war -Soviet propaganda -Kissinger -Worldwide reaction -Postponement -Possibilities -Disadvantages -Soviet propaganda -Effect on US foreign policy -Cost ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 8m 59s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ***************************************************************** Vietnam -Soviet Summit -Cancellation -Kissinger's advice -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Announcement -Support -Initial reaction from “hawks” -Erosion -Press criticism -Problems -Support -Duration 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 718-3 (cont.) -Erosion -Democrats' position -Kissinger's advice -Reasoning -Evaluation -Bombing -Targets -Hannoi and Haiphong harbor -Melvin R. Laird's position -The President’s view -William P. Rogers's position Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] -News leaks -Rogers -Gerard C.Smith -Bernard Gwertzman's story -Rogers's dealings with press -Credit for SALT -Rogers and Smith -President's role -Kissinger's concerns J. Edgar Hoover -Funeral President's eulogy -News coverage -Detractors -Rennie Davis, Dr. Benjamin (McLane) Spock -Press coverage -Investigation of Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -Pressure -Relation to confirmation of new director -L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III -Withdrawal of nomination as Deputy Attorney General -Timing -Kleindienst's confirmation -Wording of Ronald L. Ziegler’s statement -Gray's preferences 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 718-3 (cont.) ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 17s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ***************************************************************** Haldeman left at 10:50 am.