Conversation: 769-001
Prev:  768-024 Next: 769-002Start Date: 14-Aug-1972 1:47 PM
End Date: 14-Aug-1972 2:48 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Moynihan, Daniel P.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On August 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Daniel P. Moynihan met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:47 pm and 2:48 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 769-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 768-24/769-1 Date: August 14, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:47 pm and 2:48 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Daniel P. ("Pat") Moynihan. [An unknown portion of this conversation was not recorded while the tape was being changed.] Intellectuals and the Presidents administration -The Administration's search for writing talent -Adequate nature of current speech writing staff -Irving Kristol -The President's abilities -[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson -Openness to discussion -Experience -View of foreign and domestic policy -Interaction between intellectuals and the President Possible national coalition -The President's possible role as a force for unity -Issue of current campaign compared to issues of previous campaigns -Franklin D. Roosevelt -Wendell L. Willkie -Thomas E. Dewey -Harry S. Truman -Dewey -Dwight D. Eisenhower -Adlai E. Stevenson, II -John F. Kennedy -The President -Lyndon B. Johnson -Barry M. Goldwater -Similar views of opponents in previous campaigns -Bipartisan foreign policy -Goldwater 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -US economic system -Differences between views of opponents in current campaign -US role in the world -US economic policy -Moderate Democrats -Stevenson -George S. McGovern -The Administration's moderate course -Criticism by the right wing -John Birch Society -The President's role in Jewish conspiracy -California -Polarization of politics -The Administration as an alternative -Majority of US citizens -Progress -Democratic support for the President -John B. Connally -The Administration's openness to people regardless of party affiliation Watergate -Haldeman -The President's joke -Moynihan's view -The President's view -Democratic National Committee -Republican National Committee Framed copy of education bill -Allen J. Ellender -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Ellender -Service as Senate President pro tempore Moynihan and Haldeman left at 2:48 pm. 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03)