Conversation: 751-006
Prev: 751-005 Next: 751-007Start Date: 24-Jul-1972 10:49 AM
End Date: 24-Jul-1972 11:52 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Connally, John B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On July 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:49 am to 11:52 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 751-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 751-6
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
Date: July 24, 1972
Time: 10:49 am - 11:52 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with John B. Connally.
Connally's previous conversation with Henry A. Kissinger
-Paris meetings
-Saudi Arabia
-Oil
-Messages
-Richard M. Helms
-Kissinger
-Nationalization
-Kissinger's possible conversation with John Kenneth Jamieson
-Helms
-Possible conversation with Jamieson
-Coincidence of public and private interests
-State Department
-Compared to Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-Soviet Union
-Compared to US
Connally
-Suit
-Schedule
-Today Show, July 24, 1972
-Irving R. Levine
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 7m 59s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Jake Jacobsen
-Richard G. Kleindienst's investigation
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Partner, Ray Cowan
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[Privacy]
[Duration: 12s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
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-Finances
-Investigation by Kleindienst
-Possible perjury
-Grand jury
-Connally's conversation with Kleindienst, July 24, 1972
-The President’s assurance
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 40s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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Jacobsen
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
Watergate
-Responsibility
-John N. Mitchell, H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, Charles W. Colson
-Committee to Re-elect the President
-Cubans
Jacobsen
-Finances
-Connally
-Kleindienst's investigation
-Testimony by unknown man
-Immunity
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 19m 8s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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Differences between McGovern's programs and the President's
-National defense
-US compared to Soviet Union
-Possible budget cuts
-Impact
-Institutions
-Welfare
-Spending McGovern’s $1000 per person welfare grant proposal
-Taxes
-Middle-income
-Government
-Size
-Central
-Compared to local
-Revenue sharing
-Judicial philosophies
-Conservatism
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
-Permissiveness
-Crime
-McGovern’s voting record
-McGovern’s possible appointees
-W. Ramsey Clark
-Busing, integrated housing
-Freedom of choice
-Strom Thurmond
-Role government
-Neighborhood schools
-Civil rights
-Dual school system
-View of Americans
-Social planners
-Foreign policy
-Vietnam
-US allies
-National defense
-Soviet Union
-Size of government
-Spending and taxes
-Bureaucracy
-Education
-Revenue sharing
-Unknown man's statement
-Busing
The President's actions in office
-Law enforcement
-Appointment of judges
-Amnesty
-Marijuana
-McGovern's supporters
-Importance of 1972 election
-Republican Party
-Future of US, world
-McGovern’s policies
-Economy
-Recession, taxes, unemployment
-The President's role
-Negotiations
-Japan
-Vietnam
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
-Congress
-Whistlestops
-Speaking about issues
-Non-partisan forums
-Political activities
-Official duties
-John D. Ehrlichman, Kissinger
-Haldeman
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 15m 3s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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Connally left at 11:52 am.