Conversation: 946-006
Prev: 946-005 Next: 946-007Start Date: 22-Jun-1973 9:45 AM
End Date: 22-Jun-1973 10:31 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Kissinger, Henry A.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On June 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:45 am to 10:31 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 946-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 946-6
Date: June 22, 1973
Time: 9:45 am - 10:31 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and Ronald L. Ziegler.
White House staff
-Review [?]
Watergate
-President’s conversation with J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., June 21, 1973
-Press coverage of John Dean
-Dean
-White House response
-Samuel Dash [?]
-Buzhardt
-Patrick J. Buchanan, Kenneth W. Clawson
-Hugh Scott’s statement, Barry M. Goldwater’s statement
-Forthcoming Ervin Committee testimony
-White House response
-William E. Timmons
-Cross-examination
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s lawyer
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. August-2011)
Conversation No. 946-6 (cont’d)
-Goldwater’s statement, June 21, 1973
-Media coverage
-Handling of funds
-Views of David and Julie Eisenhower, Ed and Tricia Cox
-Ervin Committee memoranda
-Washington Post story concerning March 21, 1973
-A memorandum
-Haldeman’s notes
-Buzhardt
-Ervin Committee
-Controversy concerning leaks
-Lowell Weicker’s relationship with Dean
-Edward Cox
-Buzhardt
-Haldeman’s possible testimony
-Controversy concerning leaks
-White House response
-Dean
-Motives
-Goldwater
-George Bush
-Senators
-Bush
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Ziegler’s conversation with Scott
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-Goldwater’s statement
-Chappaquiddick
-Bugging in 1964 campaign
-1968 bugging
-Buzhardt’s conversation with President
-J. Edgar Hoover’s conversation with President
-Goldwater
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Joseph Califano, Jr.
-George E. Christian
-William C. Sullivan
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
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Conversation No. 946-6 (cont’d)
-Cartha De Loach, Sullivan
-Dean
-March 21, 1973 conversation with President
-1968 bugging
-Hoover, LBJ, Sullivan, [first name unknown] Kendall. De
Loach
Media coverage
-Washington Post
-Leonid Brezhnev’s visit
-Supreme Court decision on obscenity
-Warren E. Burger
-Discussions with President
-Position
Watergate
-News leads
-Dean
-Handling of funds
-Dean
-Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP]
-Gordon Strachan
-Lawyer
-$350,000
-Dean, Strachan
-Frederick D. La Rue
-$120,000
-E. Howard Hunt’s payoffs
-Remainder of funds
-Dean
-Testimony
-Cross-examination
-Time’s possible story
-Newsweek
-Conversation with Ziegler, June 21, 1973
-Press coverage
-Edward Cox’s view
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
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Conversation No. 946-6 (cont’d)
-Lead stories
-Effects
-Congressmen
-Secretary of Transportation
-White House response
-Buzhardt
-Buchanan, Herman Kahn
-Clawson, Buchanan
-Congressmen
-Goldwater
-Buzhardt, Melvin Laird
-Elliot Richardson
-Conversation with Haig, June 21, 1973
-Conversation with Buzhardt
-Archibald Cox
-Tenure in office
Media coverage
-Haig’s assessment
-Substance of reports
-Brezhnev’s visit
-National economy
-Arthur F. Burns’s actions
-Interest rate guidelines
-Wall Street reaction
-Financial markets
-Psychological effect
-Dan Rather
-Content of reports
-White House response to Dean
-Buzhardt
-Headlines
-New York Times editorials
-Cooperation with Congress
J. William Fulbright
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, William E. Timmons
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
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Conversation No. 946-6 (cont’d)
-President’s schedule
-Conversations with Henry A. Kissinger and Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Timmons
-Future of staff
-Brezhnev’s toasts
-President’s assessment
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-President’s previous meeting with Kissinger
-Kissinger’s briefing
-Cambodia
-Conversation with Kissinger
-Brezhnev
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Representatives
-President’s possible conduct
-Conversation with Ziegler
-John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
-Cambodia
-Fulbright’s effect on foreign policy
Carl B. Albert
-President’s call
-Health
Brezhnev visit
-Media coverage
-Signing ceremony
-President’s demeanor
-PRC’s response
-President’s conversation with Kissinger
-President’s assessment of Kissinger
-Forthcoming agreement
-US allies’ possible reaction
-Japan, PRC, Luxembourg
Watergate
-Dean
-White House response
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
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Conversation No. 946-6 (cont’d)
-Fred D. Thompson’s cross-examination
-Haig’s forthcoming meeting with Buzhardt
-Buchanan
-Buzhardt’s approach
-Possible use of H. R. Haldeman’s notes
-Possible leak concerning handling of funds
-Buzhardt
-Falls Church Journal [Falls Church, Virginia]
-Handling of funds
-Buzhardt
-Thompson’s questioning
-Financing of trips for Dean and wife
-Buzhardt
-Conversations with President
-Supreme Court
-L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III
-Press coverage
-Dean’s March 21, 1973 conversation with President
-William O. Bittman
-John N. Mitchell
-White House staff involvement
-$1,000,000
-Haldeman’s possible statement
Brezhnev’s visit
-Agreement on the Prevention of Nuclear War
-Drafts
-Rogers
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-State Department legal officer
-Possible Congressional approval
-Signing notification
-Editing of agreement
-Rogers’s involvement
-Code of conduct
-Rogers’s conversation with Haig
-Compared to Moscow agreement
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
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Conversation No. 946-6 (cont’d)
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
-Compared with SALT
-Development of agreements
-Jackson’s involvement
-Kissinger, Rogers
-Europeans’ possible actions
-President’s strategy
-Principles of agreement
-Code of conduct
-Approval
-Rogers’s conversation with Haig
-Brezhnev’s comments
-Camp David
-Rogers
-Kissinger, Andrei A. Gromyko
-Dinner
-Courses
-Brezhnev’s toasts, conduct
-Media coverage
-Editorial content
-Cynics
Watergate
-White House response
-Aggressiveness
Congressional relations
-Spending bills
-Vetoes
-President’s schedule
-California
-President’s return
-Veto
-Cambodia, spending
-Veto
President’s schedule
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. August-2011)
Conversation No. 946-6 (cont’d)
-Congressional schedule
-California
-Haig’s opinion
-Dean
-Brezhnev
Congressional relations
-Timmons
-Laird
-Management
-Veto override
-Three bills signed by President
-President’s spending limit
-George H. Mahon
-Advantages
Watergate
-White House response
-Buzhardt, Buchanan
-Charles W. Colson’s office
-William J. Baroody, Jr.
-Dan Hanken [?]
-Ervin Committee hearings
-Colson’s possible testimony
-Buzhardt
-1968 bugging
-Robert McNamara, Califano
-Task force
-Haig’s knowledge
-Spiro T. Agnew’s telephone calls
-FBI
-Anna Chenault
-Hoover’s conversation with President
-Mitchell
-Dean
-Richardson
-Buzhardt
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
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Conversation No. 946-6 (cont’d)
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] activities under John F. Kennedy
-Possible release
-List
-Buzhardt
-Misspelled names
-[First name unknown] Peters
-Publisher
-“Scandal sheet”
-Marilyn Monroe
-John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy
-Possible leak
-Joseph W. Alsop
Kissinger entered and Ziegler left at 10:28 am.
Brezhnev’s visit
-Agreement on the Prevention of Nuclear War
-Kissinger’s briefing
-White House staff
-Submission to Congress
-Actions
-Code of conduct
-Statement of principles, communique
-Support compared with approval
-Testimony
-Cambodia, Middle East, PRC
-Briefing of Jackson
-Helmut (“Hal”) Sonnenfeldt
-Results
-Jackson’s staff
-Rogers’s possible testimony
-Laird
-Laird’s analysis
-Congressional approval
-President’s briefing
-Actions, obligations, support, advice
-Joint resolution
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. August-2011)
Conversation No. 946-6 (cont’d)
-Testimony
-Support from individuals
-Laird’s view
-White House staff view
-Briefing paper
-Location
Kissinger and Haig left at 10:31 am.