Conversation: 848-009
Prev: 848-008 Next: 848-010Start Date: 5-Feb-1973 10:05 AM
End Date: 5-Feb-1973 10:38 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)];Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On February 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:05 am to 10:38 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 848-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 848-9
Date: February 5, 1973
Time: 10:05 am - 10:38 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Stephen B. Bull.
The President’s schedule
-Forthcoming meeting
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
-John D. Ehrlichman
-“Troika”
-Arthur F. Burns
-Attendance
-Roy L. Ash
-Herbert Stein
-George P. Shultz
-Ehrlichman
-Arrangements
-Ash
-Counselors meeting
-Attendance
-Ash
-Shultz
-Stein
-Ehrlichman
-US News and World Report
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:26 am.
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew’s trip to Southeast Asia
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Itinerary
-Manila
-Length of visit
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct.-09)
Conversation No. 848-9 (cont’d)
-Kuala Lampur
-Golf
-Singapore
-Jakarta
-Manila
-Return to the US
-Kissinger
-Return to the US
-President's instruction
-Cable
-Cabinet meeting
-Agnew’s telephone call to Haldeman
-Coordination of meeting in California
-The President’s possible trip
-Agnew’s Lincoln Day speech
-Cabinet meeting
-Agnew's attendance
-Trip to California
-Scheduling
-Reporting from Agnew and Kissinger
-Kissinger
-Arrival in Hanoi
-Agnew in Southeast Asia
-Statements
-Lincoln Day speech in Los Angeles
-Presence in Manila
-Compared to Saigon
-Return to the US
-Scheduling
-Kissinger
-Agnew's extension of Southeast Asia trip
-Prisoners of War [POWs] return
-Manila
-Agnew’s motives
-Kissinger
-Scheduling demands
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct.-09)
Conversation No. 848-9 (cont’d)
-Telephone call to Haldeman
-Extension of trip to Manila
-Possible meeting with the President in California
-Speech
-Kissinger’s cable
-Haldeman’s conversation with Kissinger
-Cabinet meeting
-California
-The President’s telephone call
-Kissinger
-Decision
The President's trip to California
-Alternate plans
-Florida
The President’s call to Claudia A. (Taylor) (“Lady Bird”) Johnson
-Follow-up
-United Nations [UN]
Ambassadorships
-Great Britain
-Wiley T. Buchanan
-Letter to the President
-Maurice H. Stans
-John N. Mitchell
-Vincent W. de Roulet
-Sweden
-Gordon L. Allott
-Norway
Reception for Robert J. Dole
-Mai Britt [?]
-Blacks
-Bryce N. Harlow, Annie L. Armstrong, Earl L. Butz, Hugh Scott, Gerald R.
Ford, William E. Timmons
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct.-09)
Conversation No. 848-9 (cont’d)
-The President's Attendance
-Capitol Hill Club
-The President’s previous visits
-White House reception
-Republican National Committee [RNC]
-“Harlow Syndrome”
-Visits to Capitol Hill
-Dole
-Remarks
-Armstrong
-Representative
Telecommunications policy
-Meeting with Charles W. Colson and Clay T. (“Tom”) Whitehead
-Ehrlichman
-Colson’s briefing paper
-Coordination
-Domestic Council
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Legislation
-Ehrlichman’s objections
-The President’s meeting with broadcasters
-Implementation
-Meeting with Colson and Whitehead
-Attendance
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-Ehrlichman
-US News and World Report
-Timmons
-Legislation
-Budget
-Cole
-Cable television [TV] policy
-Contributions to meeting
-Ehrlichman
-Cabinet Committee
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct.-09)
Conversation No. 848-9 (cont’d)
-Cable TV policy
-License renewals bill
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Herbert G. Klein
-Cole [?]
-Colson’s memorandum
-Cable TV
-Discussion
-Decision
-Ehrlichman
-License renewals
-Other viewpoints
-Whitehead
-Haldeman’s conversation with Colson
De Roulet
-John B. Connally
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:05 am.
Kissinger's schedule
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:26 am.
De Roulet
-Haldeman’s family
-State Department
-Connally
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Report for the President
-Military release
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct.-09)
Conversation No. 848-9 (cont’d)
-Commanding officer
-Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft
-Marty Hanberger
-Scott
-Harry S. Dent
-George H. W. Bush
-Scott
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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Kissinger entered at 10:26 am.
Agnew’s trip to Southeast Asia
-Return to the US
-Scheduling
-Cabinet meeting
-Stop in the Philippines, Kuala Lumpur
-Golf
-Commander-in-Chief, Pacific [CINCPAC]
-Hawaii
-Press coverage
-Timing with Kissinger's trip to Hanoi
-Statements to the press
-CINCPAC
-Visit by Agnew
-Ziegler
-Security in Laos and Thailand
-Itinerary in South Vietnam
-Saigon
-Changes
-Actions on trips
-Hospitals, orphanages
-United Stated Secret Service [USSS]
-Economic development project
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct.-09)
Conversation No. 848-9 (cont’d)
-USSS
-Hiding
-Meetings with heads of state
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 10:26 am.
The President’s schedule
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 10:38 am.
Agnew’s trip to Southeast Asia
-Actions on trips
-Color
-Compared to President’s trips as Vice President
-Publicity
-Compared to Kissinger
-Substance
-Avoidance
-Saigon
-CINCPAC
-Rest in Hawaii
-Honolulu
-Report to the Cabinet
Meeting with Colson and Whitehead
-Telecommunications
-Cole
Agnew’s trip to Southeast Asia
-Stop in Manila
-CINCPAC
-Implications of visit
-Military overtones
-Peace mission
-Kissinger’s trip
-Manila
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct.-09)
Conversation No. 848-9 (cont’d)
-Ferdinand E. Marcos
-Stop in California
-Lincoln Day speech
-Statements
-Avoidance of military groups
-Timing with Kissinger's trip to Hanoi
-Report to the President
-California, Florida
-Delays
-Florida
-Statements
-Telegram
The President’s schedule
-Meeting with the Price Board and Pay Commission
-Telecommunications policy
-Meeting
-Colson
-Whitehead
-Questions
-Klein
-Ziegler
The President, Haldeman, and Kissinger left at 10:38 am.