Conversation: 794-001
Prev: 793-017 Next: 794-002Start Date: 9-Oct-1972 9:23 AM
End Date: 9-Oct-1972 10:09 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Ziegler, Ronald L.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On October 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:23 am to 10:09 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 794-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No.794-1
Date: October 9, 1972
Time: 9:32 am - 10:09 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Stephen B. Bull.
Haldeman's schedule
The President’s schedule
Bull left at an unknown time before 9:55 am.
Vietnam
-Henry A. Kissinger’s cable
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Progress of negotiations
-Status of negotiations
-William P. Rogers
-Forthcoming press conference
-Comment
-Rogers’s forthcoming press conference
-Timing
-Statement
-On-camera
-George S. McGovern
-Timing
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 32s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
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Campaign practices
-Hecklers
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower‘s schedule
-Vermont
-Possible response
-Young people
-William R. Codus
-Responsibility
-Advance men
[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Military service
-Return
-Navy
-1972 election
-Haldeman’s possible effort
-Installation of heating system
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 21s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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-1972 election
-Public reactions
-Compared to Dwight D, Eisenhower’s return of John
S.D. Eisenhower
Speeches
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Pierre Rinfret’s work
-Peace
-Herbert Stein
-Paul W. McCracken
-Tone
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Presentation of issues
-The People's Republic of China [PRC], Soviet Union
-Rinfret
-Personnel management
-Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]
Radio Address on Federal Spending, October 7, 1972
-Charles W. Colson
-Baltimore Sun story
-News summary
-List publication
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Republican leadership meeting
-Colson
-Office of Management and Budget [OMB]
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Baltimore Sun story
-Reporter
-Ziegler
-Catherine Mackin “syndrome”
-Leads
-Taxes
-Increase
-Size
-Rinfret
-Price
-Size
-Vietnam war settlement
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
[Duration: 12m 42s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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Campaign practices
-Frank L. Rizzo
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 24s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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Ziegler entered at 9:55 am.
Press briefing
-Quadriad meeting
-Arthur F. Burns
-Weinberger
-Economic indicators
-Economic expansion
Photographs of the President’s recent address on Federal spending
-News summary
-Patrick J. Buchanan, Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
-Distribution to wire services
-Candidates
-Photographs of the President
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Types of poses
-Camp David
-Laurel lodge
-Text
-Portraits
-Skill as a photographer
Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:55 am.
The president’s schedule
-Quadriad
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:09 am.
Radio speeches
-The President's recent speech on Federal spending
-Radio and press coverage
-Colson
-Price
-Farm speech
-Veterans
-Farm speech
-Chicago
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 28 s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
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The President's schedule
Ziegler left at an unknown time before 10:09 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 29s ]
Ziegler entered at an unknown time after 9:55 am.
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
The President’s schedule
-Russell E. Train
Haldeman and Ziegler left at 10:09 am.