Conversation: 872-018
Prev: 872-017 Next: 872-019Start Date: 8-Mar-1973 2:20 PM
End Date: 8-Mar-1973 2:50 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Ziegler, Ronald L.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On March 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:50 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 872-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 872-18
Date: March 8, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:20 pm and 2:50 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
President's schedule
-Week’s events
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Rescheduling
-Afternoon meeting
-John D. Ehrlichman
-President’s speech on crime, drugs
-Meetings
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
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Conversation No. 872-17 (cont’d)
-John N. (“Jack”) Irwin, II
-White House fellows
-Janet Johnson
-Breakfast
-Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]
-Timing
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 2:20 pm.
-Appointment with dentist
-CEA breakfast
-Timing
-Program
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Birthday
-Newbold (“Newby”) Noyes, Jr.
-Meeting with President
Bull left at an unknown time before 2:46 pm.
Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
-Meeting with President
-Performance last night
-Material
-Spiro T. Agnew
-John B. Connally
Evening at the White House
-Toasts to President
-Protocol
-Arthur M. Wood
-Maurice H. Stans
-Necessity
-Haldeman's view
-Hope
-Toasts to President
-Speakers after President
-Toasts to President
-Timing
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 872-18 (cont’d)
-Singing
-Protocol, Format
-Value to guests
-Publicity for country
-Television [TV]
-Stag dinner
Lee Kuan Yew
-Visit
-Wife
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Stag dinner
-Spouses
-Women
-Anne L. Armstrong, Jewel S. La Fontaine
-Press
-Fay Wells
-Administration supporter
-Invitation
Charles W. Colson
-Return to work
-Location
-Travel
-Meeting with Haldeman's
Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Capt. Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr. and Col. Robinson Risner
-Talk with Haldeman
-Evening at the White House
-Denton and Risner's opinion of timing
-Previous visits
-Congress member
-Tour of White House
-Denton and Risner
-Talk with President
-Value to President
-President's desire for meeting
-Availability
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 872-18 (cont’d)
-Scheduling
-Camp David
-Families
-Son's graduation
-Separate meetings
-Meeting with unnamed officer and enlisted man
-Denton and Risner
-Separate meetings with President
-Camp David
-Residences
-Oklahoma, Portsmith
-Desire to meet with President
-Scheduling
President's schedule
-Press conference
-Meetings
-Management Improvement Awards as type of event
-Stans
-Avoidance
Evening at the White House
-Francis A. (“Frank”) Sinatra evening
-Paul W. Keyes
-Consultant role
-Invitations
-Arrangements
-Lucy A. Winchester [?]
President's schedule
-Meeting with Denton and Risner
-Length
-Press relations
-Denton and Risner
POWs
-Denton and Risner
-Reaction to Evening at the White House
-Wives
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 872-18 (cont’d)
-Invitation
-Children
-Publicity
-Announcement
-Invitations to speak, honors
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Risner
-Schools
-Denton
-Middlesex Club of Boston
-Award to President
-Charles W. Colson
-Meeting with President
-Denton and Risner
-James B. Stockdale
-Leader of POWs
-[First name unknown] Kassler [?]
-Denton and Risner
-Separate meetings
-Value
-Evening at the White House
-Letter's effectiveness in remarks by President
-Congress
-Support for President [?]
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
John B. Connally
-Conversation with Haldeman
-Party switch
-Decision
-Problem of timing
-Arrangements
-George Christian
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 872-18 (cont’d)
-Work with Jeb Stewart Magruder
-Commerce Department
-Watergate hearings
-Impact on Connally
-Timing
-Work with Colson
-Private basis
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
Connally
-Visit to Jamaica
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-POWs
-May 8, 1972 decision
-William P. Rogers
-Evening at the White House
-Letter
-Party switch
-Conversations with Haldeman
-Press conference
-Timing
-Place
-Texas
-Washington, DC
-Advantages
-Questions
-Coordination with Christian
-Other Democrats
-Opposition to George S. McGovern
-Strength of sentiment
-Support for President
Jobs
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 872-18 (cont’d)
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Leonard H. Marks
-Call from William J. Casey
-Increase in number of State Department labor and business attaches
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Abilities
-Presidential Library
-Johnson
Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library
-Preparation
-Costs
-Congress
-Land in California
-Value
-Possible opposition
-Commission
-Edward F. Hebert
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] clearances
Evening at the White House
-Tony Martin, Cyd Charisse
-Abilities
-State Dinner
-Invitations
-Liza Minelli
Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 2:46 pm.
Hope
-Jokes
Watergate
-Donald H. Segretti
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Questions from press
-Links with White House
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 872-18 (cont’d)
-Ziegler's answer
-Raw files from FBI
-Release
-American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU] protests
-Ziegler's response
-FBI files
-Value
-Hearsay
-J. Edgar Hoover
-[First name unknown] Brandon [?]
-ACLU position
-Ervin Committee
-Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
President's meeting with Newbold (“Newby”) Noyes, Jr.
-President’s speech
-President's attendance
President's schedule
-Meeting with National Press Club
-President’s press conference [?]
-Value
-Publicity
-President's meeting with Noyes
-Camp David
Ziegler and Haldeman left at 2:50 pm.