Conversation: 837-004
Prev:  837-003 Next: 837-005Start Date: 10-Jan-1973 1:20 PM
End Date: 10-Jan-1973 2:24 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On January 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 2:24 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 837-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 837-4 Date: January 10, 1973 Time: Unknown between 1:20 pm and 2:24 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman at an unknown time after 1:20 pm. Congressional relations -William E. Timmons's office -Vietnam resolution -List of President’s supporters J. Stanley Pottinger -John D. Ehrlichman -Assistant Attorney General -Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW] -Civil rights -Richard G. Kleindienst -Ehrlichman -James O. Eastland -Patrick J. Buchanan -Edward L. Morgan -Harry S. Dent -Buchanan -President’s support among academics -Irving Kristol -Sidney Hook -Jeffrey Hart -John Chamberlain -Position on civil rights -Buchanan’s memorandum -Kristol -Hook -Ehrlichman -Ehrlichman -Executive order -Universities -Equal employment opportunities -Hook -48- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 837-4 (cont’d) -Blacks, women -Buchanan -Dent -South -Affirmative action -North -Integration -Buchanan -HEW -Quotas -Enforcement -Norman Podhoretz -George S. McGovern -Columbia University -Ehrlichman -Buchanan Confirmation hearings -Ehrlichman -George D. Webster -Federal Trade Commission [FTC] -Lewis A. Engman Webster -Employment alternatives Office of Emergency Preparedness [OEP] -Ehrlichman -Engman -Charles W. Colson -Edwin L. Harper -Ehrlichman -Colson -Ehrlichman -Peter J. Brennan -Political orientation -FTC -Experience [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II -Congressional seat -49- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 837-4 (cont’d) -Dent’s analysis -George A. Goodling -Scott -Goodling -Age -Son -Dwight D. Eisenhower -Scott -Marty Hamberger -York County Republican chairman -Goodling -Political maneuvers -Republican state chairman -John Eaton -Goodling -Congressional district -Rural character -York, Pennsylvania -Southern culture -Dent’s recommendations -Goodling -President’s role -Haldeman’s role -Dent’s role -Scott -President’s role -Haldeman’s role -George H. W. Bush -Goodling's son -Employment possibility -Hamberger -Bush -Scott -Hamberger -Employment possibilities -District Court appointment -Engman ***************************************************************** -50- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 837-4 (cont’d) [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] Edward R. F. Cox -Congressional seat -Prospects -1 District and 6th District, New York st -Residence -Suffolk County -Otis G. Pike -Nelson A. Rockefeller’s candidate -Conservative Party David Eisenhower -Military release -Military aide -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Political future -Senate -Dent -Campaign fund -Bush -Scott -Bush -Hamberger -Goodling Edward C. Nixon -Congressional seat -Washington State -Earl Davenport -Republican state chairman -Ehrlichman -Henry M (“Scoop”) Jackson’s opposition -Poll -Lloyd Meeds -John Lindberg -Mayor Anderson of Everett, Washington -Foundation work -New York -Employment prospects -51- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 837-4 (cont’d) -1972 campaign work -Seattle [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** Film showing -President’s birthday -Timing -White House staff ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] Edward Nixon [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II -Timmons -Scott -Bush -Hamberger -Goodling -Age -Hamberger -Voting -Scott [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** Vietnam settlement -Henry A. Kissinger’s message -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.’s trip -Saigon -Announcement -Kissinger -Schedule -52- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 837-4 (cont’d) -Kissinger’s trip to Asia -Announcement -Announcement -North Vietnam -President’s schedule -Florida -Kissinger’s trip to Asia -1973 Inauguration -Press relations -Paris negotiations -Murrey Marder -Tone -Bombing -Kissinger -William P. Rogers -Melvin R. Laird -Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT] -May 8, 1972 decision -Moscow summit -Cambodia -News summaries -Public relations [PR] -Kissinger -“Peace is at hand” -North Vietnam -Marder -Washington Post -Schedule -Kissinger -Haig’s trip -Nguyen Van Thieu -Bombing halt -1973 Inauguration -Thieu -1972 election -Haig’s trip -Bombing halt -Kissinger -President's schedule -Florida -53- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 837-4 (cont’d) -Presidential briefing -Congressional relations -Congressional leaders meetings -Announcement -Kissinger -Haig -Kissinger’s schedule -1973 Inauguration -Inaugural speech -Thieu -Timing of announcement -Hanoi -Haig -Saigon -Col. Richard T. Kennedy -Inaugural address -“Structure of peace” -Ron L. Ziegler -Negotiations -Sensitivity -Timing of announcement -Thieu -Kissinger -US allies -Haig -Cable -Travel to Asia -Haig’s role -Saigon, Hanoi -Public perceptions -Publicity -Press relations -Kissinger -Joseph C. Kraft, James B. ("Scotty") Reston -Bombing -Congress -Campus protests -Walter L. Cronkite, Jr. -President's schedule -Haig -54- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 837-4 (cont’d) -Kennedy -Kissinger -Elliot L. Richardson Second term reorganization -Kissinger -Richardson -Jonathan Moore -Lawrence E. (“Larry”) Lynn, Jr. -Richardson -Lynn -Kissinger -National Security Council [NSC] -HEW -Moore -Charles W. Colson -Kissinger -Nelson A. Rockefeller -George W. Romney -“Dove” reputation -Kissinger -Colson -Buchanan -Kissinger -Leaks -Haig -David R. Young, Jr. -J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. -Discussion with Young -Laird Kissinger -Vindictiveness -Lynn -Bombing -Press relations -Reputation -Vietnam settlement -Bombing -Effect -55- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 837-4 (cont’d) President's trip to Florida -Haig’s trip -Kissinger -Inaugural speech -Camp David -Kissinger’s return -Paris -Haig’s trip -Saigon -Bombing halt -Announcement -Kissinger President and bugging -Kissinger -Telephone logs -Kraft ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [National security] [Duration: 11s ] [INTELLIGENCE] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ***************************************************************** Webster's nomination -Ehrlichman -Engman -1968 campaign -Revenue sharing -Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. -Lawyers for Nixon -1968 election -1972 election -56- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 837-4 (cont’d) -Charles Rhyne -Supreme Court -Rectitude -IRS -FTC -Engman -Age -Ehrlichman -Colson -President’s obligation -Office of Emergency Preparedness [OEP] -Colson -FTC -Engman -Importance of loyalty -Frederic V. Malek -Ehrlichman -Engman -Commission membership Vietnam settlement -Progress report -Haig President's trip to Florida -Kissinger President and Haldeman left at 2:24 pm.