Conversation: 892-004
Prev: 892-003 Next: 892-005Start Date: 10-Apr-1973 8:16 AM
End Date: 10-Apr-1973 8:37 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Timmons, William E.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On April 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:16 am and 8:37 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 892-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 892-4
Date: April 10, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:16 am and 8:37 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Concert by Philadelphia Orchestra
-Eugene Ormandy
-Ludwig Van Beethoven
-Symphony audiences in Washington, DC
-Tristan and Isolde
-Margaret Ormandy
-Trips to People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Doves
-Eugene Ormandy
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Conversation No. 892-4 (cont’d)
-Knowledge of music
-Talent
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[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-George H. W. Bush
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[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Harry S. Dent
-Relationship with Hugh Scott
-Bush
-Republican National Committee [RNC] chairman
-Concern for Eisenhower
-Residence in Maryland
- -[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II’s plans
-Candidacy in Pennsylvania
-Work for George A. Goodling
-Washington, DC
-Dent
-Eisenhower’s meeting
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Conversation No. 892-4 (cont’d)
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[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Goodling
-President’s meeting
-Haldeman’s telephone call to [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Bush’s advice
-Eisenhower’s work for Goodling
-President’s meeting with Goodling
-Bush’s role as intermediary
-Dent’s role
-Bush’s role
-Dent
-Scott
-Pennsylvania State Republican Chairman Clifford L. Jones
-Residency
-Washington, DC
-Cost of living
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Weather
-Possibility of snow
-President’s trip to Camp David
Watergate
-Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.
-John D. Ehrlichman [?]
-Conversation with President [?]
-Ervin Committee
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 892-4 (cont’d)
-James W. McCord, Jr.
-Haldeman, Charles Colson, Dwight L. Chapin, John W. Dean III
-Leonard Garment
-John N. Mitchell
-Money
-Sources
-Kenneth W. Parkinson
-Handling
-Dean’s role
-Mitchell
-Herbert W. Kalmbach
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Paul L. O’Brien
-William O. Bittman
-Parkinson
-Reason
-Mitchell
-Mitchell
-Cover-up
-Garment
-Jeb Stuart Magruder
-Testimony of White House staff
-Haldeman’s testimony
-Role at Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP]
-Magruder
-Haldeman’s conversation with Gordon C. Strachan
-Ehrlichman
-Negotiations with Ervin Committee
-Campaign financing
-Charges against Democrats
-White House counterattack
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-Charles Colson
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Responsibility
-Forthcoming grand jury testimony
-Chapin
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
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Conversation No. 892-4 (cont’d)
-Strachan
-Dean
-Ervin Committee hearings
-Haldeman’s forthcoming testimony
-Richard A. Moore
-Public relations
-Timing
-Statement by Haldeman
-Strachan
-Chapin
-Content
-Donald H. Segretti
-Moore, Ronald L. Ziegler
William E. Timmons entered at 8:31 am.
Haldeman’s telephone call to Eisenhower
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Haldeman left at 8:31 am.
Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-President’s previous meeting
-Thomas C. Korologos
-Possible trip to People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Participation
-PRC reaction
-Watergate
-Ervin
-Cambodia
-Montana
-Mansfield’s statement
Base closing
-Exceptions
-Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 892-4 (cont’d)
-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
-Henry L. Bellmon
-Reelection campaign
-Philadelphia
-Scott
-Frank L. Rizzo
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-Necessity of closure
President’s forthcoming energy message
-Forthcoming meeting
-Congressional committees
-Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
-Foreign Relations Committee
-Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
-Public Works Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
-Appearance
Morale of House Republicans
-President’s vetoes
-Water and sewer bill
The President left at an unknown time after 8:31 am.
[Pause]
The President entered at an unknown time before 8:37 am.
President’s schedule
-Meeting time
The President and Timmons left at 8:37 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 892-5 (cont’d)