Conversation: 820-009
Prev:  820-008 Next: 820-010Start Date: 12-Dec-1972 10:53 AM
End Date: 12-Dec-1972 11:13 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On December 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:53 am to 11:13 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 820-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 820-9 Date: December 12, 1972 Time: 10:53 am - 11:13 am Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R.(“Bob”) Haldeman. The President’s schedule -Meeting with W. Clement Stone -Fundraising -The President’s role -Commitments -White House -Dinners -John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts -Volunteerism -National Center for Voluntary Action [NCVA] -13- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 820-9 (cont’d) -Credit -Credit -Football players Second term reorganization -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Conversation with the President -Constance M. (Cornell) (“Connie”) Stuart -Retention -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon’s conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler -Ziegler’s view -Work with Stuart -White House -NCVA -Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s meeting with Lenore (LaFount) Romney, December 11, 1972 -White House -Stephen B. Bull ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] -Abilities [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** -Unknown person -Shelley A. (Scarney) Buchanan -Scheduling, events, cooperation The President’s schedule -George P. Shultz [?] -Mayor of Whittier, California [Blake Sanborn] and President of Whittier Chamber of Commerce [Donald Kemp] -Scroll -14- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 820-9 (cont’d) -Presentation to Mrs. Nixon -Nixon Library -Whittier -The President’s hometown -1972 election -Signatures -Rose Mary Woods’s involvement -Mrs. Nixon -White House staff instructions -David N. Parker -Haldeman’s role -Personal matters -Compared to meetings with associations, clubs Second term reorganization -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Mrs. Nixon -NCVA -Possible conversation with Haldeman -Value ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] -Value -Relations with White House staff [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** -Woods The President’s schedule -Cancelled meeting with Sanborn and Kemp -Whittier -Scroll -Symbolism -15- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 820-9 (cont’d) -Ziegler -Timing -The President’s foot -Executive Office Building [EOB] Second term reorganization -Julie Eisenhower -White House -Buffering role -Bull -East Wing -Meeting with veterans, Jews, blacks -Mrs. Nixon’s schedule -Mrs. Nixon’s image -Foreign policy -Claudia A. (Taylor) (“Lady Bird”) Johnson -Beautification -Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis -White House decorations -The President’s trip to the People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Alexander P. Butterfield -Dwight L. Chapin -Bull -Stuart -Press relations -Schedule -Planning -Christmas -Rose Parade -First term -Trips, dedications, blind people -Trips -Receptions -Hand-shaking -Compared to Mrs. Johnson, Mamie G. D. Eisenhower, Mrs. Kennedy -Public relations [PR] planning -Chapin -Richard A. Moore -16- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 820-9 (cont’d) ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] -Value -Personaliy [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** -White House staff -Meetings with public -East Wing -Conversation with Haldeman -The President’s schedule Haldeman left at 11:13 am.