Conversation: 882-012
Prev: 882-011 Next: 882-013Start Date: 17-Mar-1973 12:47 PM
End Date: 17-Mar-1973 2:10 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]; Dean, John W., III; White House operator; Mills, Wilbur D.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On March 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), John W. Dean, III, White House operator, and Wilbur D. Mills met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:47 pm to 2:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 882-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 882-12
Date: March 17, 1973
Time: 12:47 pm - 2:10 pm
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Conversation No. 882-12 (cont’d)
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
President’s schedule
-Telephone call [?]
Conversation with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Henry A. Kissinger
An unknown man entered at 12:47 pm.
Refreshment
The unknown man left at 12:47 pm.
Kissinger
-Conversations with Joseph C. Kraft, James B. (“Scotty”) Reston
-Vietnam War
-December 1972 bombing
-Haig
-Work with White House
Kissinger's comments on William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird in Henry Brandon's book
-Kissinger’s comment on Haldeman
-Parking of airplane
-Kissinger’s press relations
-Collaboration with Brandon
-William L. Safire's analysis of book
-President's role in foreign policy
-Kissinger's role
President's public appearances’ influence on presidential approval polls
-Speech
-Local visits
-Laos
-Chicago
-Value
-Attempt to divert attention characterized
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Conversation No. 882-12 (cont’d)
-John D. Ehrlichman's opinion
-Problems
-Public relations stunts
-People's Republic of China [PRC] trips
-Value, pitfalls
-May 8, 1972 decision
-Problem of back-firing
-Washington Technical Institute
-Protests
-Press coverage
-Youth awards
-Vietnam
-Evening at the White House
-Ray Connif singers
-Protest
-Benefits
-Merle Haggard
-Television [TV] special
-Ed Sullivan
-Patriotism
-Press relations
-Criticism of youth
-Freedom
-Background
-Prison
-Welfare
President’s schedule
-Meeting with Theodore H. (‘Teddy”) White
-Deadlines
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
-Dentist appointment
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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Conversation No. 882-12 (cont’d)
-White
-Arrival
-New York
-Treatment of administration in book
-"Frontiers of science” group
-Oklahoma high school program
-Henry Ballmon, John Jarman
-Support for President
Congressional relations
-William E. Timmons's work
-William J. (“Jack”) Edwards [?]
-Caldwell Butler
-Meetings with President
-Supporters of President
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
George H. W. Bush
-Political work
-William T. Cahill
-President’s role
-California
-Robert H. Finch
-Nelson A. Rockefeller in New York
-President’s meeting
-Responsibilities for political work
-Charles W. Colson
-Cahill
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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White House counsellor positions
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Conversation No. 882-12 (cont’d)
-Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong
-Ehrlichman's ideas
-Cabinet rank
-Republican leadership
-Senior staff meetings
-Ehrlichman
-Kissinger
-Haldeman’s presence
-Ash
-Peter M. Flannigan
-Herbert G. Klein
-Timmons
-Quality of work
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Roles in administration
-Meetings of counselors
-Ehrlichman
-Purpose
-Ash
-Ehrlichman
-Haldeman’s presence
-Armstrong
-Meetings with President
President's schedule
-State of the Union Address [?]
-Congressional leaders meeting
-Frequency
-Bipartisan meetings
-Republicans
-Cabinet
-Haldeman's role
-David N. Parker, Ehrlichman
-Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW]
-Disabled American Veterans [DAV]
-Speeches, press conferences
-Baseball opening
-Pittsburgh
-Cincinnati
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Conversation No. 882-12 (cont’d)
-American League
-National League
-Anaheim, California
-Washington Senators
-[First name unknown] Jenkins
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Capt. Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr.
-Mrs. Roberto Clemente
-Anaheim
-Advantages
-Dodgers’ stadium
-Los Angeles
-Blacks
-POW tribute
-Herman Kahn
-News summaries
-Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]
-Social events
-Wives
-Governors
-Mrs. Linwood Holton
-Conversation with President
-Golda Meir
-Round table dinners
-Guests of honor
-Problems
-Long tables
-Advantages
-Guilio Andreotti
-Lee Kwan Yew
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Telephone calls
-Jack McCarthy
-Irish parade in New York
-Television [TV] appearance
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Tax legislation
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Conversation No. 882-12 (cont’d)
-Timmons's and Richard K. Cook's recommendation
-Appearance on "Meet the Press"
-Congressional relations
-Timmons
-Problems
-Ehrlichman
-George P. Shultz
Congressional relations
-Clark MacGregor
-Work with White House
-Necessity
-1974 elections
President’s schedule
-Books
-Interviews
-White
-Safire
-Source of details
-Winston S. Churchill comparison
-News summaries
-Public relations
-Kissinger, Haldeman, Ehrlichman as sources
-Interviews
-Newbold (“Newby”) Noyes, Jr. [?]
-Domestic Council
-Cabinet
-Counsellors
-Meeting with Safire
-Meeting with Dean
-Telephone call to Mills
-Flanigan
-Shultz
John W. Dean, III entered at 1:25 pm.
Mills
-Negotiation
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Conversation No. 882-12 (cont’d)
-Congressional leaders meeting
-Flanigan
-Arkansas
-Bipartisan meeting
-Shultz
-Trade
Haldeman left at 1:25 pm.
[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation appears in RG 460, Box 173, 1-26;
SRPC, 157-160 (1-4); US vs Mitchell et al., Govt. Ex. 10, pp. 00055 - 00070.]
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 10:25 am.
Haldeman left at an unknown time before 1:42 pm.
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and
1:42 pm.
[Conversation No. 882-12A]
[See Conversation No. 37-139]
[End of telephone conversation]
The President talked with Wilbur D. Mills between 1:42 pm and 1:52 pm.
[Conversation No. 882-12B]
[See Conversation No. 37-140]
[End of telephone conversation]
Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 1:52 pm.
Haldeman left at an unknown time before 2:10 pm.
Dean left at 2:10 pm.
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Conversation No. 882-13 (cont’d)