Conversation: 788-008
Prev: 788-007 Next: 788-009Start Date: 29-Sep-1972 12:11 PM
End Date: 29-Sep-1972 2:03 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Butterfield, Alexander P.; [Unknown person(s)];Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On September 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:11 pm to 2:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 788-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 788-8
Date: September 29, 1972
Time: 12:11 pm - 2:03 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Charles W. Colson.
Greetings
The President left and H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 12:12 pm.
The President's schedule
The President entered at an unknown time before 12:15 pm.
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 12:15 pm.
The President's schedule
-John B. Anderson
-Dinner
Butterfield left at 12:17 pm.
1972 Presidential election
-The President's election headquarters in Phoenix
-Arson
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Demonstrators
-George S. McGovern
-News summary
-Press usage
-Exploitation
-Anti-war demonstrators at Doral Hotel
-Richard Moore
-Signs
-International Telephone and Telegraph Company [ITT]
-Watergate
-Anti-Nixon rally
-Pictures
-Communist banners
-Century Plaza demonstration
-Mao Tse-tung
-George Putnam
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
-Pictures
-McGovern
-Supporters
-Century Plaza demonstrators
-Burning of headquarters
-Senate Fair Campaign Practices Committee
-Complaint filing
-Robert J. Dole
-Congress
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Clark MacGregor's statement
-Press coverage
-Surrogates
Speeches by campaign surrogates
-Quotations
-Colson
-John B. Connally
-Defense issue
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Peter H. Dominick
-William P. Rogers
-McGovern
-Defense cuts
-Melvin R. Laird
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-The President's speech to American Legion
-Use
-Defense strength
-Navy
-Aircraft carriers
-Air Force
-B-1 bomber
-Army
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 14m 2s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Watergate
-White House reaction
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 14m 49s ]
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John D. Ehrlichman’s schedule
The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time after 12:15 pm.
[Conversation No. 788-9A]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
Ehrlichman's schedule
[End of telephone conversation]
US-Soviet Union grain deal
-Ehrlichman
-Report
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] interviews
-Agriculture Department official in Japan
-Earl L. Butz
-Clarence D. Palmby
-Continental Grain Company employees
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] interviews
-Watergate
-Ehrlichman
-L.[ouis] Patrick Gray, III
-FBI investigation
-Possible violations
-Possible firing
-Department of Agriculture staff
-Palmby
-Butz position
-Bryce N. Harlow’s view
-ITT
Watergate
-Indictments
ITT
-White House staff
-Disciplinary action
US-Soviet Union grain deal
-Administration action
-Personnel
-Butz
-The President’s view
-Administration personnel
-Action by Butz
-Impropriety
-Error in judgment
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Joseph E. Kraft
-Soviet Union crop failure
-Effect
-Walter L. Cronkite, Jr.
-Subsidies
-Hurting tax payers
-Negotiations
-Soviet Union’s wheat crop
-Future trade with Soviets
-Effect
-Negotiations
-Farm prices
-Other crops
-Compared to car sales
1972 Presidential election
-US-Soviet Union grain deal
-Farm state effect
-Public feeling
-Soviet position
-Big business advantage
-Possible use as campaign issue
-McGovern
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Exit visas for Soviet Jews
-Foreign policy
-Trade with Soviet Union
-Big business
-Farmers
-Buchanan’s assessment
-Effect on campaign
-Communists
-Possible gain in support
-Lack of media opposition
-Conservative media
-Liberal media
-Jews
-American opinion on foreign policy
-The President’s view
-Support for President
Exit visas for Soviet Jews
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Effect on Americans
-The President’s view
-Israeli policy
-University of Southern California, Los Angeles [UCLA]
-Tuition rebate to medical students
US-Soviet Union grain deal
-McGovern
-Buchanan
-McGovern’s staff
-Media support
-Watergate
-US-Soviet Union grain deal
-CBS
-New York Times
-Washington Post
Watergate
-Washington Post
-Union at the Washington Post
-Colson’s view
-Katherine A. Graham
-Publishing contract disputes
-New York Herald Tribune
-Compared to New York Times
-Washington Times
-Publishing empire
-Television station owned by Washington Post [WTOP-Washington,
DC]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 11m 30s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
The President's schedule
-Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT] interim agreement
-Congressional signing
-Andrei A. Gromyko
-Monday meeting
-Tuesday signing ceremony
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 43m 16s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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The President, Haldeman and Colson left at 2:03 pm.