Conversation: 836-006
Prev: 836-005 Next: 836-007Start Date: 9-Jan-1973 9:34 AM
End Date: 9-Jan-1973 10:05 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Woods, Rose Mary; Bull, Stephen B.; McFall, John J.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On January 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, Stephen B. Bull, and John J. McFall met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:34 am to 10:05 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 836-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 836-6
Date: January 9, 1973
Time: 9:34 am - 10:05 am
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar.-09)
Conversation No. 836-6 (cont’d)
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Birthday greetings
Press relations
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Herbert G. Klein story
Rose Mary Woods entered at 9:40 am.
Gift
-Cost
-Jade
Dictation machine
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-Purchase
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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-Transcription machine
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Costs
-White House purchase
-Sony
-Rebozo
-White House Communications Agency [WHCA]
-Location
-Camp David
-Florida
-California
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar.-09)
Conversation No. 836-6 (cont’d)
-Oval Office
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
-Residence
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Transcription machine
-Rebozo
-Music
-Recording of dinner conversations
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Rose Mary Woods left at 9:42 am.
Klein
-Story
-Ziegler
-Kenneth W. Clawson
-Charles W. Colson
-Director of Communications
-Staffing patterns
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Motives
-Retention
-New York Time
-Abilities
-Ehrlichman
-Counselor
-Anne L. Armstrong
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
-Roving assignment
-Assistant
-Intelligence
-Possible duties
-Meetings
-Cabinet, National Security Council [NSC]
-Congressional leaders briefings
-Ziegler
-Counselor for Communications
-Time-Life
-Scripps-Howard
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar.-09)
Conversation No. 836-6 (cont’d)
-Possible resignation
-Post-administration employment
-Compared to the President
-Age
-Likeability
-Armstrong
60th birthday interview
-Recording
-Age
-Youth
-Helen Thomas
-Fran Lewine
-Ziegler
Taping system
-Control
-Transcription
-Knowledge of existence
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Haldeman
-Technician
-Stephen B. Bull
-Quality
-Purpose
-Writing history
-Locations
-Oval Office
-Cabinet Room
-EOB
-Camp David
-Note taking
-John B. Connally
-Sony
-Sensitivity of microphone
-Placement
-Notes
-Woods
The President's birthday interview
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar.-09)
Conversation No. 836-6 (cont’d)
-Ziegler
-Thomas
-Notes
-Bull
-Archives
Klein
-Job responsibilities
-Counselor of Communications
-Prestige
-Cabinet rank
-EOB
-Salary
Congressional confirmations
-Cabinet
-1973 Inauguration
-Subcabinet
-Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.
-Watergate
-White House legal operations
-William E. Simon
-Senate Finance Committee
-Watergate
-Krogh
-Knowledge
-Leaks
-Testimony
-Krogh
-Qualifications
-Transportation Department
The President’s birthday interview
-Age and leadership
Press relations
-Ziegler
-Ehrlichman
-Domestic programs
-Meet the Press
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar.-09)
Conversation No. 836-6 (cont’d)
-Press conferences
-Questions
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Vietnam settlement
-Focus
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:42 am.
Telephone call
-John J. McFall
The President talked with McFall between 10:02 am and 10:03 am.
[Conversation No. 836-6A]
[See Conversation No. 35-103]
[End of telephone conversation]
Cultivation of Congress
-McFall
-Press relations
Haldeman left at 10:05 am.