Conversation: 820-014
Prev: 820-013 Next: 820-015Start Date: 12-Dec-1972 12:05 PM
End Date: 12-Dec-1972 12:25 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On December 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:05 pm to 12:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 820-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 820-14
Date: December 12, 1972
Time: 12:05 pm - 12:25 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
1973 Inauguration
-Balls
-Number
-[J. Williard Marriott]
-John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts
-Number of guests
-Compared to 1969 Inauguration
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-08)
Conversation No. 820-14 (cont’d)
-Fundraising and social events
-Smithsonian Institution
-Hotels
-Smithsonian Institution
-National History Museum
-National Gallery of Art
-Hotels
-Kennedy Center
-Vice President’s reception
-The President’s attendance
-Governors’ salute
-Kennedy Center
-The President’s attendance
-Timing
-The President’s attendance
-Stars
-American music concert
-The President’s instructions
-Leonard Garment, [Nancy Hanks]
-Modern music
-Folk and country music
-Unknown dancer
-Garment
Second term reorganization
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Attempts to locate
The President’s schedule
-Mayor of Whittier, California [Blake Sanborn]
-Rose Mary Woods
-Michael J. Farrell
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-David N. Parker
-Conversation with Haldeman
-Mrs. Nixon’s schedule
-Embarrassment
-Camp David
-White House staff instructions
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-08)
Conversation No. 820-14 (cont’d)
Congressional relations
-Recommended telephone calls
-Thomas C. Korologos
-Carl B. Albert
-Attendance at services [for [Thomas] Hale Boggs]
-Mrs. Nixon
-Return call
-John C. Stennis
-Korologos
-Dr. James R. Schlesinger
-Talking paper
-Richard M. Helms
-Ambassadorship to Iran
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Helms
-Possible conversation with Haldeman
-Kissinger’s return from Paris
-Announcement
-Timing
-Korologos
-Kissinger
-View of Helms
-Haig
Second term reorganization
-James Keogh
-Herbert G. Klein
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Value
-Personality
-Shelley A. (Scarney) Buchanan
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
-Relations with White House staff
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-08)
Conversation No. 820-14 (cont’d)
-Constance M. (Cornell) (“Connie”) Stuart
-Lucy A. Winchester
-Stephen B. Bull
-Working relationship
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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-Secretarial work
-Scheduling
-White House, East Wing
-Trips, special events, women surrogates
-Coworker
-Personality
-Coworker
-Specific assignment
-William E. Timmons
-Need for backup
-John D. Ehrlichman, Haldeman, Kissinger
-Bryce N. Harlow
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:05 pm.
The President’s schedule
-Meeting with Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis and John H. Kauffmann
-Private meeting with Lewis
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:25 pm.
Second term reorganization
-Congressional relations
-Timmons
-Role as the President’s spokesperson
-Effectiveness
-Timmons’s meeting with the President
-Timmons’s assumption of job
-Timmons’s personality
-John B. Connally’s view
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-08)
Conversation No. 820-14 (cont’d)
-Haldeman, Ehrlichman
-The President’s workload
-Roy L. Ash
-Appointments and nominations
-The President’s role
-Stennis
-Schlesinger
-Nation Park Service [NPS] [George B. Hartzog, Jr.]
-Stennnis
-Haldeman
-W[illiam] Stuart Symington
-Possible meeting with the President
-Helms
-Announcement
-Timing
-Charles W. Colson’s office
-Recommendations
-Telephone calls
-Albert
-Corinne (Claiborne) (“Lindy”) Boggs
-Coordination
-Stennis
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Timmons
-Haldeman
-Peter G. Peterson, Helms
-Kissinger’s view
-News summary
-Stewart J. O. Alsop article
-John F. Osborne article
-Kissinger’s quote
Kissinger’s press relations
-Oriana Fallaci interviews
New Republic article
-Osborne
-Telephone call
1973 Inauguration
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-08)
Conversation No. 820-14 (cont’d)
-Plans
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Edward C. Nixon
Second term reorganization
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Conversation with Haldeman and the President
-Timing
-East Wing
-West Wing
George Champion, Jr.
Haldeman left at 12:25 pm.