Conversation: 744-020
Prev: 744-019 Next: 744-021Start Date: 30-Jun-1972 12:17 PM
End Date: 30-Jun-1972 12:44 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Colson, Charles W.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:03:23
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:30:38
NARA Description:
On June 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:17 pm to 12:44 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 744-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 744-20
Date: June 30, 1972
Time: 12:17-12:44 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
The President's schedule
-Meeting with candidates
The President's previous press conference
-James D. Hodgson's opinion
-The President's style
-Hodgson's opinion
Charles W. Colson entered at 12:21 pm.
White House relations with the press
-The President's style
-Cost of Living Council [COLC]
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Factual errors
-Press bias
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Ronald W. Reagan
-White House staff
-John D. Ehrlichman, Haldeman, Colson
-1952 campaign
-Antagonism to the President
-Cambodia and Laos
-1962 campaign
-Factual errors
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Feb-02)
Conv. No. 744-20 (cont.)
-Need for response
-Ehrlichman
-Press questions
-Anthony Lewis
-Mailing of articles
-Attribution
-James Keogh
-New York Times article
-Organization to send letters
-Media bias
-Financing
-John A. Scali's memorandum
The President's previous press conference
-Questions
-The President’s preparation
-Number of questions
-Topics
-The President's style
-1960 debates
-John F. Kennedy's press conferences
-Colson’s view
-Television pool camera
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 16s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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New York Times
-Editorial conference with the President
-Spitting incident before 1968 election
-Jewish reporter
-Compared to incident at Jewish temple in 1960
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Feb-02)
Conv. No. 744-20 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 24s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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-Max Frankel
-Incumbent's advantage
-Date for Vietnam negotiations
-George Sherman of the Washington Star
-George S. McGovern's interview on Associated Press [AP]
-Bombing in Indochina
-Adolf Hitler
-Administration's response
-Frank Borman
-Press coverage on McGovern’s "begging" statement
-Kennedy’s comments in Oregon
-Labor vote
-Wire services
-United Press International [UPI]
-National Broadcasting Company [NBC]
-Delegates
-New York Daily News
-Washington Star
Personnel
-Anecdote
-Abraham Lincoln
The President's previous press conference
-Robert Pierpoint's statement
The President, Haldeman, and Colson left at 12:44 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Feb-02)
Conv. No. 744-20 (cont.)