Conversation: 725-038
Prev: 725-037 Next: 725-039Start Date: 16-May-1972 5:43 PM
End Date: 16-May-1972 5:54 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Krol, John Cardinal; Bull, Stephen B.; White House photographer;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 04:57:04
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 05:12:07
NARA Description:
On May 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, John Cardinal Krol, Stephen B. Bull, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:43 pm to 5:54 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 725-038 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 725-38
Date: May 16, 1972
Time: 5:43 - 5:54 p.m.
Location: Oval Office
The President met with John Cardinal Krol and Stephen B. Bull; the White
House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.
President's schedule
-Described
-Krol's wait
[Photograph session]
-Location
Sequoia cruise
-Attendees
-William P. Rogers
-Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Photograph session
-Location
-Other famous visitors
George C. Wallace
-Assassination attempt
-Condition
-Press reports
-President's doctor's reports
Bull left at an unknown time before 5:54 pm.
-Bullet's location
-Possible operation
-Consequences
-Arthur H. Bremer
-The President’s view
-Political affiliation
-Wallace
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Young Democrats
-Motives
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
-Shooting ability
-Shooting scene
-Aim
-Call to Wallace
-Bullet locations
-Secret Service agent's wounding
Other shootings
-James Francis [Cardinal] McIntyre
-Krol's lunch with unidentified psychiatrist
-Office shooting
-Murder of new secretary
-Motive
-An unknown woman in Philadelphia
-Motive
-Letter to Krol's office
-Psychiatrist's comments
-Comparison with McIntyre shooting
President's walk to Treasury
-Occasion
-John B. Connally's resignation
-George P. Shultz
-Handshaking with White House tourists
-Reason
-New York Times editorial
-Violent society
-Television campaigns
-President's opinion
-Setting example
-Description of scene
-Presidential activities
-Climate of fear
-Balance
Protection
-President's Secret Service detail
-Wallace's detail
-Number of Secret Servicemen
-Supplements
-Alabama State Police
-Possibility of stopping killers
-Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
-Number of guards
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
-Sarajevo
Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:43 pm.
President's schedule
-Presidential car
-Availability
-Camp David trip
-Briefing books, notes, and briefcases
-Locations
-Oval Office
-Executive Office Building [EOB] office
-Lincoln Sitting Room
-Number
-President's preparation for Soviet trip
Bull left at an unknown time before 5:54 pm.
-Departure
-Time
-Soviet trip
-Importance
-Dinner discussion
-A memorandum prepared by Krol
-Bull
Krol story
-National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
-An unknown person
-Six Crises
Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:43 pm.
President's schedule
-Camp David trip
-Briefcase
Bull left at an unknown time before 5:54 pm.
Soviet Union
-President's decision to blockade
-Effect on Vietnam war
-Effect on summit
-Motivating factors
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
-Prisoners of War [POWs]
-US forces
-North Vietnam offensive
-Overrunning South Vietnam
-Tanks in Hue
-Possible cancellation of summit
-Letter to President from Polish government
-Day received
-Content
-Meaning
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Haig
-Communist mindset
-Slavs
-Assumptions
-Outlook on wars
-Goals
-Response to President's actions
-President's decision to blockade
-Difficulty
-Public support
-Support observed by Krol
-Philadelphia peace groups
-Bishop John Joseph Dougherty
-Identified
-Newark, New Jersey
-Seton College
-Pressure to sign peace statement
-Krol's advice
Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:43 am.
President's schedule
-Time
-Soviet trip
-Discussions
-Vietnam
The President, Cardinal Krol, and Bull left at 5:54 pm.