Conversation: 778-020
Prev: 778-019 Next: 778-021Start Date: 15-Sep-1972 11:26 AM
End Date: 15-Sep-1972 11:48 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Finch, Robert H.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On September 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Robert H. Finch, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:26 am to 11:48 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 778-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 778-20
Date: September 15, 1972
Time: 11:26 am - 11:48 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Robert H. Finch.
Greetings
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Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 11:26 am.
The President's schedule
-H.R. ("Bob") Haldeman
-Finch
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 11:48 am.
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Tape Subject Log
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Watergate
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-Possible Indictments
-New report of bugging
-Public handling of issue
1972 presidential campaign
-Foreign policy
-The President's point at recent breakfast meeting
-World travel
-George S. McGovern's lack of experience
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Comparisons to the President
-Vice Presidential experience
-The President's travel as a private citizen
-Economic issues
-Vietnam issue
-US peace proposals
-Return of Prisoners of War [POWs]
-Compared to Korean War
Vietnam War
-McGovern
-Peace proposal
-Finch's view
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Tape Subject Log
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[Duration: 9m 19s ]
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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:26 am.
The President's schedule
-Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] Commander
Finch's schedule
-Plane to Syracuse
Haldeman
-Copy of John B. Connally speech
Parting remarks
Finch and Bull left at 11:48 am.