Conversation: 798-003
Prev: 798-002 Next: 798-004Start Date: 14-Oct-1972 9:00 AM
End Date: 14-Oct-1972 10:01 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)]; Ehrlichman, John D.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On October 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, unknown person(s), and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:00 am to 10:01 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 798-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 798-3
Date: October 14, 1972
Time: 9:00 am - 10:01 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Radio Address on Crime and Drug Abuse, October 15, 1972
-Length
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
The President’s schedule
-John D. Ehrlichman
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:00 am.
The President's schedule
-Meeting with Henry A. Kissinger
-Meeting with doctors from the People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Time allotted on official schedule
-Translation
-Meeting with Soviet official [Timofey B. Guzhenko]
-Kissinger
Bull left at an unknown time before 9:30 am.
Congressional relations
-Adjournment
-Senate
-House of Representatives
-House Resolution [HR] 1
-Spending ceiling bill
-Conference
-Wilbur D. Mills
The President's schedule
-Radio address on Federal Spending, October 7, 1972
-Timing
Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:30 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
[Conversation No. 798-3A]
The President's schedule
-Radio Address on Federal Spending
-Length
-Purchase of radio broadcast time
[End of telephone conversation]
Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:00 am.
-Draft of Radio Address on Crime and Drug Abuse
-The President’s upcoming trip to Camp David
-John K. Andrews, Jr.
-Length
Bull left at an unknown time before 9:30 am.
-Tone
Congressional relations
-Adjournment
-Water bill
-Possible veto override
-Quorum
-Edward M. Kennedy's possible committee investigation [of Watergate]
-Sine die
-Ehrlichman
Vietnam negotiations
-Leak source
-Kissinger’s concern
-William P. Rogers
-State Department
-Settlement timing
-1972 election
-Media relations
-Tape of alleged Vietnam veteran
-George S. McGovern
-Morning shows
-American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]
-Boston talk show
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Timing
-Unknown talk show host
-Quality
-Leak source
-Kissinger’s concern
-Rogers
-North Vietnamese
-Le Duc Tho
-Sweden
-Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation with Rogers
-State Department
-Kissinger’s plan for cease-fire
-Coalition government
-State Department
-Coalition governments
-Rogers
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Haldeman’s view
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
-Kissinger
-Kissinger’s travels
-Hanoi
-Saigon
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Possible television [TV] appearance
-The President’s possible statement
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Thieu
-The President's schedule
-TV appearance
-Kissinger’s possible press briefing
-Press interpretation
Cabinet and Congressional leaders meeting
-Possible call back for meeting
-Timing
-Broadcast
-Kissinger’s briefing
Vietnam negotiations
-Haig compared to Kissinger
-Thieu
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-North Vietnam
-Position
-Readiness for settlement
The President's schedule
-Rose Mary Woods
-Camp David
-Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo
-Robert H. Abplanalp
-Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-Access to the President
-Woods’s telephone call to the President
-Alexander P. Butterfield, Bull, Dwight L. Chapin
-Tricia Nixon Cox, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Woods
-Instructions for the White House operators
The President’s family
-Kissinger, Haldeman, Woods
-Problems
-Haldeman’s possible conversation with Woods
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 33s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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-Woods
-Butterfield, Bull, Chapin
-White House operators
-Haldeman’s role
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 48s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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Stock market
-Manipulation
-Haig
-Changes
-Kissinger's Vietnam negotiations
-Jews
-Opportunities to make money
-Short-term gain
-Tax
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 6m 52s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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1972 campaign practices
-Edmund G. Muskie
-Possible suit
-Peter Lisagor
-Richard (“Dick”) Tuck
-McGovern campaign
-Corruption speech
-Seattle
-TV coverage
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Tone
-Detroit News
-Response
-White paper on Corruption
-Attack mode
-John B. Connally’s view
-Poll numbers
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Comparison
-Corruption issue
-Vietnam War issue
-Sympathy
-Party line
-Richard J. Daley
-Level of support
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Connally’s appearance at an auction
King Ranch auction
-Ehrlichman
Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:00 am.
President's schedule
-Ehrlichman
-Kissinger
-Doctors from the PRC
Bull left at an unknown time before 9:30 am.
Connally
-Auction meeting
-Politics
-Democrats for Nixon
-Idanell (Brill) (“Nellie”) Connally
Establishment
-Disassociation from McGovern
-Vietnam War peace plan
-James B. (“Scotty”) Reston, Joseph C. Kraft
-Positions
-Buchanan’s view
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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-Differences on the issues
-William S. White
Ehrlichman entered at 9:30 am.
Congressional relations
-Adjournment
-Conference on debt ceiling
-Timing
-House of Representatives version of spending limit
-Senate
-Michael J. Mansfield statement
-HR 1
-Mills
-Russell B. Long
-Conference on debt ceiling
-Senate
-Taxes
-Press coverage
-Veto possibility
-Water bill
-Veto possibility
-Senate
-Possibility of signing
-Spending ceiling
-The President’s view
Watergate
-Kennedy
-James O. Eastland
-Senate rules on investigation
-Fredrick C. LaRue
-Republicans on the sub-committee
-Roman L. Hruska
-LaRue
-Trial
-Attorney General-Senate Judiciary Committee relationship
-Investigations
-Effect on cases
-US attorney
-Publicity
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
Congressional relations
-HR 1 and water bill
-Timing of possible veto messages
-Quorum
-Pocket veto
-Absentees on Senate vote
-Loss of support
-Foreign policy issues compared to domestic issues
-B. Everett Jordan, Charles H. Percy, Jacob K. Javits, Robert W. Packwood,
Mark O. Hatfield, William B. Saxbe
-Percy
-Consumer legislation
-Recent telephone calls to Ehrichman
-Request for a meeting with the President
-Thomas C. Korologos meeting with Percy
-Cloture failure
-TV criticism of the White House
-Packwood, Hatfield, Javits
-Administration’s stance
-Percy, Javits
-Percy
-Illinois
-Thomas J. Houser
-John N. Mitchell
-Percy
-Nixon-Roman C. Pucinski bumper stickers
-Special fund expenditure
-Alderman
-Vito Marzullo
-Number
-Television
-The President's trip to Chicago
-Media coverage
-Airport
-Mrs. Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Pucinski
-Vietnam position
-1972 campaign
-1972 campaign finances
-Compared to Pucinski
-Administration support
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Primary, meeting, photograph session, letters
-Kissinger
-Fund raiser
-Nixon-Pucinski bumper stickers
-Future administration relations
-Republican National Convention
-Illinois delegation
-Leslie C. Arends
-William E. Brock, III
-The President’s view
-Clifford P. Case
-Edward W. Brooke
-Position on the President's policies
-PRC
-Case
Percy amendment
-Welfare reform
-Benefits to Illinois, New York
-Henry L. Bellmon's amendment
-Cost
-Long’s statement
-Benefits to Illinois
-Hearing
-Christian Scientist background
-Gen. Douglas MacArthur
-Consumer legislation
-Request for a meeting with the President
-White House staff
-St. Louis airport
Administration position
Missouri
-Christopher S. (“Kit”) Bond
-Richard B. Ogilvie
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 7m 52s ]
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Tape Subject Log
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END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
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The President’s schedule
-Congressional relations
-Adjournment
-Telephone calls
-Camp David
-George P. Shultz
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
Camp David
-Radio Address on Crime and Drug Abuse
-Public interest
-Absenteeism charge
US-Soviet Union maritime agreement
-Kissinger
Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:30 am.
The President's schedule
-Chinese doctors
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:01 am.
US-Soviet Union maritime agreement
-Peter G. Peterson
-Negotiations
-Possible link
-New York Times article
-Peterson
-[Timofey B. Guzhenko]
-Shipping price
-Peterson
Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:30 am.
Instruction
-Woods
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
Ehrlichman and Haldeman left at 10:01 am.