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Conversation: 740-003

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Start Date: 22-Jun-1972 3:44 PM

End Date: 22-Jun-1972 4:06 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Ziegler, Ronald L.

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:44:39

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:02:12

NARA Description:

On June 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:44 pm to 4:06 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 740-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 740-3

Date: June 22, 1972
Time: 3:44-4:06 pm.
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Ronald L. Ziegler.

     The President's previous press conference
          -Oval Office
                -Value
          -Questions
                -Wiretapping
                      -Supreme Court decision
                      -John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
                -Tax reform
                -Welfare reform
                -Offensive weapons
                -Watergate controversy
                      -Lawrence F. O’Brien, Jr.
                -Gen. John D. Lavelle
                -Campaign contributions
                                       3

               NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                               Tape Subject Log
                                 (rev. Feb-02)


           -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
                 -Melvin R. Laird
           -Helen A. Thomas
     -The President's schedule
     -Questions
           -Busing
           -House Resolution [H.R.] 1
     -Sarah McClendon

The President's schedule
     -Meeting with Republican Congressmen and Senators
           -Gifts
     -Broadcasters meeting
           -Herbert G. Klein
           -Value

The President's previous press conference
     -Questions
           -Tax reform
           -Quality
                 -Humor
                     -Quality of press questions
           -Tax reform
                 -Current tax laws
                     -Complexity
                            -President’s view
     -Length
     -News value
           -Campaign contributions
           -Watergate break-in
     -Questions
           -Debate between candidates
                 -1964 Michael J. Mansfield Amendment
                     -Barry M. Goldwater, Johnson
                     -Hubert H. Humphrey, Edmund S. Muskie, George S.
                      McGovern
                            -Vote for amendment
                     -Johnson
           -SALT negotiations
                 -Laird
                 -Necessity
                 -Middle East
     -Patrick J. Buchanan
                                              4

                      NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. Feb-02)


                  -Busing issue
            -Sports
                  -Houston, Texas
                  -The President's analogy
            -Questions
                  -Republican Convention
                       -Security
                  -Wilbur D. Mills
            -John R. “Tex” McCrary
                  -Newspapers compared with television
                       -Impact
            -Radio
                  -Impact
                  -Detroit stations
            -Busing issue
                  -Buchanan
                  -Detroit case
                       -The President's statement
                  -Racial balance
                  -Quality of education
                  -Congressional action
                       -Moratorium
                       -Constitutional amendment

Stephen B. Bull entered at 4:03 pm.

The President's schedule
     -Meeting with John Cardinal Krol


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     Krol
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                        NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. Feb-02)


           -Meeting with the President
           -Philadelphia
           -Photographs
                 -Broadcasters meeting

Haldeman and Ziegler left and Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 4:04 pm.

      The President's schedule
           -Meeting with Krol
           -Forthcoming Breakfast on June 23
                 -[Thomas] Hale Boggs
                 -Gerald R. Ford
                 -Importance

Butterfield left at 4:06 pm.