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Start Date: 2-Aug-1972 8:32 AM

End Date: 2-Aug-1972 10:25 AM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Bull, Stephen B.Butterfield, Alexander P.White House operatorMitchell, John N.

Recording Device: Oval Office

759-002.mp3

NARA Description:

On August 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, and John N. Mitchell met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:32 am to 10:25 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 759-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 759-2

Date: August 2, 1972
Time: 8:32 am - 10:25 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

            Films on presidential actions for the Republican National Convention
                -Richard A. Moore's involvement
                -Haldeman’s concerns
                    -Content
                         -John D. Ehrlichman
                             -Domestic Council
                             -Script


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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                   Tape Subject Log
                                     (rev. Nov-03)


BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 38s     ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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          Films on presidential actions for the Republican Convention
              -Design of films
                  -Blue-collar focus
                  -Tone
              -Previous interview with the President
              -Subjects of films
                  -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
                  -“Nixon the man”
                  -The President’s time in office
              -Length of films
                  -Advantages
                       -Television
              -Film on the President’s time in office
                  -The President's televised address in the Soviet Union
                       -Tanya Savicheva story
                            -Use in film
                            -Possible use in the President’s forthcoming acceptance speech
                            -The President’s appearance in a Soviet cemetery
                  -Audience
                       -Compared to audience for the President’s forthcoming acceptance
                       speech
                       -Compared to audience for the President’s televised address in the
                       Soviet Union
                  -Images from the President’s trip to the Soviet Union
                       -Tanya
                       -Graves
                       -Flame at cemetery
                       -Tanya
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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                  Tape Subject Log
                                    (rev. Nov-03)

                       -Soviet children
                           -GUM department store
                  -The President's appearance before Congress, June 1, 1972
                  -Foreign policy
                       -The President's efforts to end the war in Vietnam
                  -The President’s appearance with US troops in South Vietnam, July 30,
                  1969
              -Color film


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 26s     ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2

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          Films on presidential actions for the Republican Convention
              -Content
                  -Edward R.F. Cox and Tricia Nixon Cox wedding footage
                       -Mrs. Nixon
              -Chou En-lai with the President
                  -Film on the President
                  -Film on Mrs. Nixon
              -Film on Mrs. Nixon
                  -Footage from wedding
                       -The President and Mrs. Nixon
                  -The President and Mrs. Nixon
                       -Beach scenes
                  -Mrs. Nixon’s previous trip to Africa
                  -Soviet Union
                  -People's Republic of China [PRC]
              -Film on “Nixon the man”
                  -Dinner honoring Edward K. (“Duke”) Ellington, April 29, 1969
                                           4

                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                  Tape Subject Log
                                    (rev. Nov-03)

                      -The President's piano playing
                  -The President’s conversation with Ehrlichman
                      -Legislation
                  -The President’s conversation with Haldeman
                      -Cabinet staffing


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 28s        ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3

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          Films on presidential actions for the Republican Convention
              -Views of the President
                  -Harry S. Dent
                  -Robert J. Brown
                  -Ehrlichman
                       -The President’s family history
                           -Hannah Milhous Nixon
              -Length
                  -Audience
                  -Possible uses
                       -Meetings
                       -Local television
              -John F. Kennedy's use of film in 1960
              -Compared to Kennedy films
                  -David L. Wolper's view
                       -Emotional impact
                       -Scarcity value of the President’s films
              -Film scenes
                  -The President’s meeting with the Cabinet Committee on International
                  Narcotics Control, March 20, 1972
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                   Tape Subject Log
                                     (rev. Nov-03)

                      -Level of heroin use
                  -The President’s trip to New York City, March 20, 1972
                      -Review of customs procedures
                  -Busing
                      -The President's statement
                          -Ehrlichman
                          -Education
              -Ehrlichman’s forthcoming review of the films


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 38s        ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4

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          The President's schedule
              -Possible trip to Thomas B. McCabe, Jr.’s residence
                  -Insects
              -Possible meeting with James O. Eastland
              -Possible trip to McCabe residence
                  -Republican National Convention
              -Forthcoming meeting with senior advisors
                  -John B. Connally
                  -John N. Mitchell
                  -Herbert Brownell
                  -Connally
                  -Clark MacGregor
                  -Robert J. Dole
                  -Bryce N. Harlow
                  -Brownell
                  -Dole
                  -Connally
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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                  Tape Subject Log
                                    (rev. Nov-03)

                  -MacGregor
                  -Haldeman
                  -Charles W. Colson
                       -Connally
              -Camp David
              -Sequoia
              -Camp David
              -Timing
              -Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation with Connally

          Haldeman’s contact with individuals
              -Connally
              -William F. (“Billy”) Graham
                  -Lawrence M. Higby


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 8m 39s     ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5

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          [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II's attendance at Republican National Convention
             -View of the Navy
                  -Secretary of the Navy
                      -John W. Warner
             -Carl A. Hatch Act
                  -The President's view of applicability to Eisenhower
             -Presence of other service personnel


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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                  Tape Subject Log
                                    (rev. Nov-03)

BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 7m 3s      ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6

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          General Accounting Office [GAO] investigation
             -Scope
                  -Expenditures
                      -Ehrlichman [?]
                      -Contributions
                      -Expenditures
                  -Time magazine report
                  -William Proxmire

          Watergate
             -Jeb Stuart Magruder testimony
             -Richard G. Kleindienst
                  -L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III
                      -Investigation
             -Magruder
                  -Plausibility of testimony
                      -Knowledge
                      -G[eorge] Gordon Liddy

          Campaign
             -Maurice H. Stans
             -Budget controls
                 -Expenses for Watergate-related activities
                 -Magruder
                 -MacGregor
                 -Need for controls
                     -Frederic V. Malek
                     -Spending
                 -Murray M. Chotiner
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                      NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. Nov-03)

                         -The President’s view
                              -Personnel expenses compared to other expenses
                                  -Advertising
                     -Budget Committee
                         -Haldeman
                         -Stans
                     -Uses of budget control
                         -Voter registration
                         -Balloons
                         -Emery boards

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 8:32 am.

             Thomas F. Eagleton
                -Photograph of son [Terry Eagleton] with the President
                    -Age of Terry Eagleton
                    -Timing of photograph
                         -The President’s trip to San Clemente
                         -Signing ceremony for Construction Safety Bill
                    -Cabinet Room
                    -The President’s autograph
                         -Rose Mary Woods
                    -Wire service photograph
                         -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
                         -Compared to White House photograph

Bull left and reentered at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 9:30 am.

                     -The President’s request for a photograph enlargement
                     -Wire service photograph compared to White House photograph
                     -Request for photograph enlargement

Bull left at an unknown time before 9:30 am.


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
[Personal returnable]
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                    Tape Subject Log
                                      (rev. Nov-03)

[Duration: 3m 54s    ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7

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            Washingtonian Article [“Sex, Power, and Politics”]
               -Patrick J. Buchanan
               -Edward M. Kennedy
               -Lyndon B. Johnson
               -John F. Kennedy
               -The President's administration
                    -Secret Service agents
                         -San Clemente
               -John Kennedy
                    -Prostitutes
                    -Incident
                         -Jacqueline (Bouvier) Kennedy
               -Johnson
                    -Secretaries


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
[Privacy]
[Duration: 3s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8

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            Washingtonian article
               -Johnson
                   -Claudia A. (Taylor) (“Lady Bird”) Johnson
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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                  Tape Subject Log
                                    (rev. Nov-03)

              -Dole
              -Frederick G. Dutton
                  -Divorce
                        -Second marriage
                  -Children by a third woman
              -Portrayal of the administration
                  -Secret Service views
              -Stories from the administration of John Kennedy
                  -Pierre E.G. Salinger
                  -Theodore C. Sorensen
                  -Kenneth P. O'donnell
                  -Florida trips
              -Buchanan’s view

          [Allegation concerning George S. McGovern]
              -Fort Wayne


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 14
[Privacy]
[Duration: 24s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 14

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          Washingtonian article
             -Randy Agnew
                 -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
                 -Activities
             -Kim Agnew


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                       NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                       Tape Subject Log
                                         (rev. Nov-03)

BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 15
[Privacy]
[Duration: 32s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 15

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              Washingtonian article
                 -View of the President
                     -John F. Kennedy
                     -Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo
                          -Key Biscayne

Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 9:30 am.

              Legislative matter [?]
                  -Schedule

Butterfield left at 9:33 am.

              Washingtonian article
                 -Administration staff
                     -Edward L. Morgan
                     -John W. Dean, III
                          -Maureen (Kane) Dean
                     -Henry A. Kissinger
                          -Unknown staff member
                              -Unknown secretary
                                    -Buchanan


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9
[Privacy]
[Duration: 20s ]
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                                   Tape Subject Log
                                     (rev. Nov-03)



END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9

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          Administration staff
             -Haldeman’s view


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 4m 24s     ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10

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          The President's schedule
              -Possible meeting with Elaine (Schwartzenburg) Edwards
                  -Edwin W. Edwards
                       -Appointment of wife as senator
                       -Previous meeting with the President
                  -Thomas C. Korologos
                  -Russell B. Long

          Press
              -The President’s request for a bibliography of works attacking the President
                  -News summary
                  -Leonard Lurie
                  -Unknown book
                  -“Underground press”
                      -Graham
                      -Attacks on Johnson
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. Nov-03)

                     -The Running of Richard Nixon
                         -Haldeman’s view
                              -Reviews
                              -Compared to hate mail
                              -Compared to pornography
                 -Coverage of the President


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 5m 26s     ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11

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Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 9:33 am and 10:25
am.

[Conversation No. 759-2A]

[See Conversation No. 28-40]

Haldeman conferred with the President.

             The President's schedule
                 -Possible meeting with Mitchell and Brownell
                 -Walkers Cay
                     -Republican National Convention

[End of conferral]

[End of telephone conversation]
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                      NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. Nov-03)

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 5m 31s     ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12

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Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:33 am.

             Telephone call for Haldeman
                 -Mitchell

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:25 am.

Haldeman talked with Mitchell at an unknown time between 9:33 am and 10:25 am.

[Conversation No. 759-2B]

[See Conversation No. 28-41]

The President conferred with Haldeman.

             The President’s schedule
                 -Forthcoming meeting with Mitchell, Brownell, Connally, and MacGregor
                     -Timing
                          -Mitchell’s schedule

[End of conferral]

[End of telephone conversation]

             Mitchell's concerns
                 -Martha (Beall) Mitchell
                      -The President’s conversation with John Mitchell, August 1, 1972
                      -Rose Mary Woods
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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                  Tape Subject Log
                                    (rev. Nov-03)

                      -Martha Mitchell’s actions with John Mitchell
                          -Watergate apartments
                  -Need for treatment
                      -New York
                      -Maine Chance
                          -Use of resort to treat alcoholism
                      -Golden Door


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 13
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 14m 59s    ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 13

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          The President's contact with media
              -Possible press conference
                  -Connally's view
                  -Scheduling
                       -Timing
                            -Use of prime time
                       -William P. Rogers
                       -Possible press conference on August 10, 1972
                            -The President’s forthcoming acceptance speech
                       -Connally
                       -Republican platform committee meeting
                  -Possibility of televised press conference
                  -Office press conference
                  -Republican platform committee meeting
                  -Office press conference
              -Revenue sharing bill signing
                  -Location
                       -East Room
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        NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                       Tape Subject Log
                         (rev. Nov-03)

        -Participants
             -Governors
             -Senators
                 -George S. McGovern
                 -Committee members
             -Mayors
             -County officers
             -Senate leadership
             -Senate committee members
        -Use of East Room
        -Participation of Connally
        -Television coverage
        -Ehrlichman
        -Nelson A. Rockefeller
        -Sense of accomplishment
        -East Room
        -Ronald L. Ziegler
        -Interviews

The President's schedule
    -Haldeman’s forthcoming call to Connally
        -Forthcoming meeting with the President
             -John Mitchell
             -Brownell
             -John Mitchell
                  -Martha Mitchell
    -The President’s forthcoming meeting with Connally, and Haldeman
        -MacGregor
        -Colson
        -Haldeman
        -Colson
    -Possible meeting on the Sequoia
    -Possible trip to the McCabe residence
        -Rebozo
        -Robert H. Abplanalp
        -Security
    -Previous reception for the Secret Service
        -Julie Nixon Eisenhower
        -Lack of alcohol
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                        Tape Subject Log
                                          (rev. Nov-03)

                         -Robert H. Taylor
                         -Agnew
                         -John T. (“Jack”) Sherwood
                         -John Kennedy assassination
                     -Refreshments
                     -Previous Johnson reception

            Secret Service
                -Capability of agents
                     -Education
                     -Demeanor
                -Travel
                     -PRC
                     -Soviet Union
                     -San Clemente
                     -Florida

            The President's schedule
                -Tricia Nixon Cox [?]
                -Possible meeting with Ehrlichman

Haldeman left at 10:25 am.