Conversation: 779-002
Prev: 779-001 Next: 779-003Start Date: Friday, September 15, 1972 8:49 PM
End Date: Friday, September 15, 1972 10:17 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Dean, John W., III; Bull, Stephen B.; MacGregor, ClarkRecording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On September 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John W. Dean, III, Stephen B. Bull, and Clark MacGregor met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:49 pm and 6:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 779-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 779-2
Date: September 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:49 pm and 6:17 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
[Transcripts of the following conversation may be found in RG 460, Box 171, pp. 1-43; RG 460,
Box 58 pp. 1-3; SI, Bk. II, pp. 594-636 (1-43); SI, Bk. VIII, pp. 288-330 (1-43); SI, BK. III, pt.
1, pp. 370-71 (1, 17); 8 RPC, pp. 1-18.
John W. Dean, III entered at 5:27 pm during the transcribed portion.
[Transcripts of the following portion of the conversation may be found in SRPC, pp. 55-75 (1-
21) and US vs. Mitchell, Exhibit 4, pp. 00018-00047 (1-30).]
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:27 pm during the transcribed portion.
Bull left at an unknown time before 5:36 pm during the transcribed portion.
The President talked with Clark MacGregor between 5:36 pm and 5:38 pm during the
transcribed portion.
[Conversation No. 779-2A]
[End of telephone conversation]
[A transcript of the following portion of the conversation may be found in RG 460; Box 172, 2nd
installment, pp. 1-14.]
[End of transcribed portion]
Education
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Tape Subject Log
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-Effect on people
-Upper-class
-Britain
-US
Hard-hats
-War heroes
Upper-class of society
-Republicans compared to Democrats
-Effects of media
-Frank L. Rizzo
-George S. McGovern's Philadelphia trip
-White House response to demonstrators
Transformation of colleges
-Effect
-World Wars I and II effects
-British upper classes
-Death of society's leaders
-Loss of officers
-Australians
-College graduates as leaders
-Compared to US
Draft dodgers
-Jail terms
Legislation
-William M. Colmer
-House Resolution [HR] 2
-F. Edward Hebert
-Establishment of military medical school
-Secretary of Defense
Parting remarks
The President, Haldeman, and Dean left at 6:17 pm.
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)