Conversation: 776-017
Prev: 776-016 Next: 776-018Start Date: 14-Sep-1972 12:52 PM
End Date: 14-Sep-1972 1:43 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob");Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On September 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:52 pm to 1:43 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 776-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 776-17
Date: September 14, 1972
Time: 12:52 pm - 1:43 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
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Haldeman’s meeting with White House staff members
-Watergate
-The President's view
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Herbert Brownell
-John D. Ehrlichman
Watergate
-John B. Connally
-Opinion on Watergate
-Commission
-Policy on dealing with charges
-Cover-up charges
-1968 Presidential election
-Parallels to Watergate
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Democrats
The President's schedule
-Trip to Camp David
-Meetings for Camp David
Frank L. Rizzo
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-Requests for aid
-Funds
Rizzo and the 1972 elections
-Joseph Alioto
-Revenue sharing bill signing cermony
-George S. McGovern
-Edward M. Kennedy
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 13s ]
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END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Rizzo
-Philadelphia
-McGovern’s previous visit
-Traffic jams
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 11m 1s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Carl B. Albert
-Incident
-Newspaper story
-Democratic Party
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 11m 9s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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White House staff
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-Cole's aid to the President
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Ronald W. Reagan
-Rizzo
-The President’s view
-Federal aid
Press coverage
-McGovern
-Philadelphia trip
-Philadelphia media coverage
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Trade agreement with Soviet Union
-Philadelphia Inquirer
-Credit for Administration
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 4m 28s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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James R. (“Jimmy”) Hoffa trip to Hanoi
-William P. Rogers
-Conversation with Haldeman
-Request to meet the President
-Kissinger
-Cancellation of Hoffa passport
-Haldeman’s handling
Foreign policy
-Briefing for Rogers
-Kissinger
-Handling of Hoffa trip
-Trip to Leningrad
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Tape Subject Log
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-Rogers’s possible reaction
-Rogers
-Possible conversation with the President
-Kissinger
-Negotiation schedule
-Press briefing
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Public speculation
-Communique
-Relations with State Department
-Rogers
-Personal style
-Rogers's reaction
-Media publicity
-Relations with the President
-Rogers's meeting with the President
-The President's schedule
-Kissinger
-Review of foreign policy
The President's schedule
-Italian Festival
-Logistics for arrival
Foreign policy
-Kissinger
-Rogers
-United Nations [UN] Security Council
-George H.W. Bush
-Jewish athlete
-Rogers's role after election
-Planning of European Security Conference
-State Department
-Kissinger
-Press
Rogers's schedule
-Briefing
-Haig
-Saturday golf date
-Briefing with Kissinger
-Telephone
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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The President's schedule
-Meeting with Kissinger
-Camp David
-Rogers
-Kissinger's return to Washington, DC
-Meetings with the President and Rogers
-The President's schedule
-Rogers's concerns over meeting
-State Department staffing
-Haldeman's possible call to Rogers
-Haldeman's schedule
Foreign policy
-Kissinger's press briefing
-Kissinger's negotiating ability
-Effect on the President's re-election
-Haig
-Lend-Lease agreement
-Peter G. Peterson
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Credit for Rogers
-White House
-Rogers's reaction to newspaper story
-Unknown person
1972 presidential election
-Cabinet
-Rogers
-Media campaign
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Charles W. Colson
-Connally
-Charts
-Maps
-Studio taping
-William H. Carruthers
-Television advertising
White House personnel action
-Ralph D. Albertazzi
-Possible retirement
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-Career advancement
-The President's view
The President and Haldeman left at 1:43 pm.