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Start Date: 13-Oct-1972 5:43 PM

End Date: 13-Oct-1972 6:03 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Ziegler, Ronald L.

Recording Device: Oval Office

797-030.mp3

NARA Description:

On October 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:43 pm to 6:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 797-030 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 797-30

Date: October 13, 1972
Time: 5:43 pm - 6:03 pm
Location: Oval Office


The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

        Fredrick V. Malek

        Oval Office furnishings
           -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
           -Lyndon B. Johnson
           -Mrs. Nixon

Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 5:44 pm.

        Media relations
           -Cincinnati television [TV] station
                -1972 World Series
                     -The President's schedule
                         -Non-attendance
                              -John K. Andrews, Jr.
                              -Detroit Tigers-Oakland Athletics [A’s] playoff game
                                  -TV viewed by the President
                                       -Amount of time
                     -The President’s view
                         -Cincinnati Reds hitting
                         -A’s pitching
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                       NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. Nov-03)

                           -Reds
                                -Johnny Bench
                                -Pete Rose
                           -A’s
                                -Bert Campaneris
                                -Johnny Lee (“Blue Moon”) Odom
                                -James (“Catfish”) Hunter
                                -Reggie Jackson
                           -Reds
                                -Johnny Bench
                                -Pete Rose

Ziegler left at 5:49 pm.

         Oval Office furnishings
            -Abraham Lincoln statue


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 4m 46s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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         Vietnam Negotiations
             -Henry A. Kissinger
                 -Schedule
                 -Recent conversation with the President
                      -Nguyen Van Thieu
                      -Return from Saigon
                          -Hanoi
                 -North Vietnamese
                 -Settlement timing
                      -1972 election
                      -National effect
                          -Cease-fire
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                   Tape Subject Log
                                     (rev. Nov-03)

                            -Timing
                       -US troop withdrawals
                       -Prisoners of War [POWs]
                   -The President’s schedule
                       -October 25, 1972
                            -TV speech
                            -Kissinger’s schedule
                            -Speech
                       -Announcement


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 21s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3

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       Watergate and campaign practices
          -Washington Post
          -Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP]
          -Edmund S. Muskie
               -Charles W. Colson
                   -Dirty tricks
          -Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson
               -Hubert H. Humphrey
                   -Innuendo
          -Muskie
               -Colson
                   -Columnist


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 47s ]
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. Nov-03)


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4

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Haldeman left at 6:03 pm.