Conversation: 937-005
Prev: 937-004 Next: 937-006Start Date: 12-Jun-1973 9:19 AM
End Date: 12-Jun-1973 10:00 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Harlow, Bryce N.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Bryce N. Harlow, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:19 am and 10:00 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 937-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 937-5 Date: June 12, 1973 Time: Unknown between 9:19 am and 10:00 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with Bryce N. Harlow. [Conversation No. 937-5A] [Begin telephone conversation] [See Conversation No. 40-24] [End telephone conversation] Alexander M. Haig, Jr. entered at 9:25 am. Watergate -Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson’s statement concerning forthcoming Leonid I. -9- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-2012) Conversation No. 937-5 (cont’d) Brezhnev visit -Response -Barry M. Goldwater, Hugh Scott, J. William Fulbright, Edward W. Brooke, Mark O. Hatfield, Robert J. Dole -Fulbright -Press coverage -Charles H. Percy -Resolution concerning special prosecutor -Conversation with Haig, June 12, 1973 -Support for President -President’s trip to Pekin, Illinois White House staffing -Roles of Harlow, Melvin R. Laird, and Haig -President’s relationships with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman -Ronald L. Ziegler -Sequoia cruise Vietnam negotiations -Henry A. Kissinger -Nguyen Van Thieu’s statements -Compared to December 1972 -Points of separation -Congressional briefing National economy -President’s schedule -Congressional leaders -Publicity -Financiers -Timing -William E. Timmons -Consultations -William E. Simon’s viewpoint -Cabinet -Market response -Cabinet -10- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-2012) Conversation No. 937-5 (cont’d) -George P. Shultz and Herbert Stein -Press briefing -Timing -Preparation -Haig’s conversation with Stein, June 13, 1973 -Possible freeze -Possible Congressional action -Timmons -George Meany -Stein -Vote Vietnam negotiations -Thieu -Kissinger -Thieu -Possible US Policy -Possible aid Watergate -Speech -Archibald Cox -Ervin Committee -Howard H. Baker and Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. -Daniel K. Inouye’s conversation with Peter M. Flanigan, June 12, 1973 -Forthcoming Brezhnev visit -Cessation of hearings -President’s response -John W. Dean, III -Popular reaction -Wiretaps -Joseph W. Alsop’s forthcoming column -Joseph C. Kraft’s column -John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson -Kennedy, Johnson National economy -11- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-2012) Conversation No. 937-5 (cont’d) -Views of Stein and Shultz -Opposition to President’s decisions -Paul Hall’s views -Meany’s views -Possible freeze -Duration -Need for action -Compared to waiting for statistics -Possible Congressional action -President’s response -Veto -Override -Labor leaders -Meany -Democrats Laird -Schedule Energy -Preparation of plan -Flanigan, Simon -Charles J. DiBona -Staffs of Roy L. Ash and Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. -Meeting invitations and attendance National economy -Meeting, June 11, 1973 -Ash -Seeking views compared to decision making -Arthur E. Burns -President’s economic package -Shultz -Questions -Food -Kissinger’s view -Foreign policy objectives -12- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-2012) Conversation No. 937-5 (cont’d) -India - Pakistan -Southeast Asia -Compared to domestic policy -Ash -Absence from meeting -Conversation with Haig White House staffing -Harlow -Haig’s conversation with Anne L. Armstrong -Memorandums National economy -Need for action -Possible freeze -Congress -Phase III -Follow up Haig -Roles with National Security Council [NSC] and White House staff -Productivity Watergate -New York Times and Washington Post -Ervin Committee hearings -Jeb Stuart Magruder, Dean, Haldeman, Ehrlichman -Dean -Dean -Alsop Alsop -Conversation with Haig, June 12, 1973 -Forthcoming Soviet summit -Wiretaps -Harry S. Truman -Stewart and Alsop -13- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-2012) Conversation No. 937-5 (cont’d) -Alsop -Wiretaps -Justice Department records -William C. Sullivan -Possible testimony -Dean, William E. Timmons -Plumbers -Kraft -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [National security] [Duration: 9 s ] FBI END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ***************************************************************** Alsop -Kraft’s house -Brookings Institution -Ehrlichman’s conversation with President -Haldeman -Plumbers -John F. Kennedy or Robert F. (“Bobby”) Kennedy -Sullivan -Possible testimony -Possible conversation with Joe Alsop -14- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-2012) Conversation No. 937-5 (cont’d) President’s schedule -Vietnam negotiations -Kissinger -Cancellation of meeting -New meeting -Economy, Kissinger -US-Soviet Summit briefing -Trip to Illinois -Kissinger’s possible briefings of Congressional leaders -Soviet Summit -Vietnam negotiations -Year of Europe -Republicans, Democrats -Timmons -Forthcoming Brezhnev visit -Briefing books -Kissinger -Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft -Timing of arrival and reading -Quality -Compared to one day of discussion with Kissinger in Key Biscayne Forthcoming Brezhnev State visit -Security -Watergate -Kissinger’s conversation with Anatoly F. Dobrynin -Alexei Kosygin -Possible Jews, John Birch Society demonstration in Orange County, California -Houston -San Clemente -Reasons -Work -Avoidance of security incident -Washington -15- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-2012) Conversation No. 937-5 (cont’d) -Camp David -Agreements -Kissinger’s preparation vs. State Department’s National economy -Stein, Shultz -President’s meeting with Labor-Management Committee -Shultz -President’s goals -Food prices -Possible freeze -Wages -Labor, business responses -Stock market response -Psychology -Hobart Rowen’s and economists’ possible response Vietnam negotiations -Forthcoming telephone call to Scowcroft -Possible statements in Paris -Agreement -Saigon -Kissinger -Draft -Popular opinion -South Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos -Setbacks -People’s Republic of China [PRC] Haig left at 10:00 am. -16- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-2012)