Conversation: 744-001
Prev:  743-007 Next: 744-002Start Date: 30-Jun-1972 8:06 AM
End Date: 30-Jun-1972 8:50 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:04:46
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:00:45
NARA Description:
On June 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:06 am to 8:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 744-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 744-1 Date: June 30, 1972 Time: 8:06-8:50 am Location: Oval Office The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. [This recording began at an unknown time while the conversation was in progress] The President's schedule -Meeting with unknown man [John N. Mitchell?] -Tailor ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 3m 43s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** The President's previous press conference -Robert Pierpoint -The President's quips -Helen Thomas, Mrs. Douglas B. Cornell -Dan Rather 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-02) Conv. No. 744-1 (cont.) ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 6m 36s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** News leads -Death penalty -George S. McGovern -Food prices -Administration action -Timing of press conferences -McGovern, George C. Wallace ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 22s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ***************************************************************** -The President's conversation with Paul Keyes -Tom Brokaw -McGovern -The President’s comments to press The President's previous press conference -Pierpoint's question -Frequency of press conferences -Patrick J. Buchanan 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-02) Conv. No. 744-1 (cont.) -Henry A. Kissinger -International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] -The President's style of answering questions -Haldeman’s view -Questions -Vice Presidency -Spiro T. Agnew -John B. Connally -The President’s comments -Death penalty -Supreme Court's decision -Opinions -William O. Douglas, Potter Stewart, Byron R. White -Kidnapping, hijacking -The public -Rape, assassination -Stewart -The President’s position -John D. Ehrlichman -Popular opposition -Warren E. Burger -Killing of policemen -Life in prison -Cruelty, cost, parole -Haldeman’s view -Recidivism -Format -Sammy Davis, Jr.’s call -Ronald L. Ziegler -Opinion of the President's performance -French missing in action [MIAs] in Indochina -Arms control -Soviet Union's military expenses -Anti-ballistic missiles [ABM], B-1 bombers, submarines -Costs -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] -US position in world -The President's style -Length of answers -Length -The President’s response -The President’s view 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-02) Conv. No. 744-1 (cont.) -Frank Cormier -Troop withdrawal from Vietnam -Press conference format -The President's activities in foreign policy -Questions -Draftees in Vietnam -Food prices and domestic issues -Buchanan -Welfare -Child care -Social security -Agnew -Unemployment -British pound -Vietnam -Agnew -The economy -Unemployment -Inflation -The President's style -The President’s view -Domestic Council -National Security Council [NSC] -Haldeman’s view -Questions -The President’s responses -Effect -The public -Delores Higby -Lawrence M. Higby -Charles W. Colson -Pierpoint -Thomas (Mrs. Cornell) -Quip -Knowledge of reporters' names -Rather -Quips -Relations with press -Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Buchanan -Attacks by others -Colson, Kenneth W. Clawson, Buchanan -Factual accuracy 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-02) Conv. No. 744-1 (cont.) -Richard A. Moore -The President's answer to Pierpoint -Commentary -Donald Oberdorfer, Jr. -Vietnam -The President’s comments -Advisors' feeling toward press -Relations with press -John A. Scali's memorandum -Press's opinion -Attacks on media -Buchanan, Agnew, Ehrlichman, Colson, Clawson -Press fear of McGovern -Washington Post -Comparisons -Chicago Tribune -Orlando Sentinal -Support for the President -Santa Monica Outlook -Copley Chain -Nashville Banner -Frank van der Linden -Support for the President -Haldeman’s view -The President's style -Agnew -Ronald W. Reagan -The President's 1962 statement -Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1964 statement at convention -The President's supporters -Scali 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-02) Conv. No. 744-1 (cont.) ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 59s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ***************************************************************** The President's previous press conference -Terence F. Smith -Press comment -Podium Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 8:06 am and 8:50 am. [Conversation No. 744-1A] Haldeman’s briefcase [End of telephone conversation] Julie Nixon Eisenhower's speech -Press coverage -The President's coverage as Vice President -Compared to Tricia Nixon Cox ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 40s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 ***************************************************************** 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-02) Conv. No. 744-1 (cont.) Colson William L. Safire -Meatloaf comments -Meat prices The President's private office McGovern -Statement on bombing in Vietnam -Adolf Hitler -Buchanan's response for Agnew Alexander P. Butterfield [?] entered at an unknown time after 8:06 am. Document for the President’s signature Public broadcasting appropriation -Instructions for Ehrlichman -Possible veto -Peter M. Flanigan -Sander Vanocur's salary The President, Haldeman and Butterfield left for the President's private office at 8:50 am.