Conversation: 768-008
Prev:  768-007 Next: 768-009Start Date: 14-Aug-1972 11:14 AM
End Date: 14-Aug-1972 11:28 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Keating, Kenneth B.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On August 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Kenneth B. Keating, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:14 am to 11:28 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 768-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 768-8 Date: August 14, 1972 Time: 11:14 am - 11:28 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Kenneth B. Keating and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Greetings Indira Gandhi -The President’s view -Women -Keating’s cable to the President -The President’s view -Jawaharlal Nehru -Political support -Right-wing communists -Left-wing communists -Gandhi’s previous conversation with Keating -Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI-(M)] Keating's schedule -State Department -Debriefing -New York -Republican National Convention -New York delegation -Honorary delegates -[Nelson A. Rockefeller] -State officials -Blacks -Women -Youth Composition of the President’s staff -Quota system -Council of Economic Advisors [CEA] -Herbert Stein -Federal Reserve Board [FRB] 23 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -National Security Council [NSC] -Effect of hypothetical quota system -Firing of staff members -Henry A. Kissinger The President’s image -Golda Meir -Jewish leaders -New York Foreign policy -Israel -George S. McGovern’s pledge to provide troops -McGovern’s plan to reduce naval forces -Aircraft carriers -McGovern’s plan to reduce aid to Greece -Syria -Jordan -Threat of US-Soviet Union mutual annihilation -John Foster Dulles -Massive retaliation -US strength compared to the Soviet Union -Current equivalence of US and Soviet Union forces -Sixth Fleet -North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 29s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ***************************************************************** 24 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) US foreign relations -Israel -Support of US forces -[McGovern] -Support of US deterrence of the Soviet Union -McGovern -The President’s reliability -Remarks by Meir ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 39 ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ***************************************************************** Keating’s experience as ambassador to India -India-Pakistan conflict -India-US relations -William P. Rogers Keating’s forthcoming public statements -Issues -Jews -The President’s previous trip to Poland -Reception by Polish people -Economics -Redistribution of wealth -Permissiveness -Keating’s experience as a judge -Audience -Italians -Other urban groups -W. Ramsey Clark 25 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Actions in Hanoi -Possible director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations [FBI] -Judicial appointments -Police -Civil rights -Police -Previous support of Keating Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:14 am. Presentation of Presidential gift -Watch -Presidential seal -[Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia] Malik Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Saud 1972 election -The President’s role -Keating’s view -Keating -Forthcoming speeches on foreign policy Bull, Keating, and Haig left at 11:28 am.