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Conversation: 947-007

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Start Date: 10-Jul-1973 11:22 AM

End Date: 10-Jul-1973 12:18 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haig, Alexander M., Jr.

Recording Device: Oval Office

947-007a.mp3

947-007b.mp3

NARA Description:

On July 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:22 am to 12:18 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 947-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 947-7

Date: July 10, 1973
Time: 11:22 am - 12:18 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

       Watergate
             -Democrats’ strategy       

                   -Henry A. Kissinger         

                   -[First name unknown] Evan          

                           -Meeting July 10, 1973 with Frank Manckiewicz, Thomas W.
                            Braden, W[illiam] Stuart Symington, and Stewart J. O. Alsop
                                      -12-

            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                               Tape Subject Log
                              (rev. October-2012)

                                                       Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)

              -Peaking of scandal             

              -President’s resignation            

                      -Possibility          

       -White House response           

              -President’s possible speech              

              -President’s economic package               

       -Ervin Committee Hearings               

              -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman 

       -Democrats’ strategy          

              -John W. Dean, III’s Ervin Committee testimony 

              -Dirty tricks        

              -Campaign finances               

       -Archibald Cox         

              -White House response              

       -President’s memo to Haig 

              -Republican Party structure             

                      -Kissinger         

                      -Bryce N. Harlow              

                      -Congress           


National economy
       -Federal budget        

              -President’s previous conversations with George Shultz 

              -Balanced budget         

              -Tax increase        

              -National defense        

                     -Cuts
                             -Democratic goals
                                     -Public reaction

Haig’s forthcoming speech at American Iron and Steel Institute
       -Reception
       -United States Steel Corporation
              -US, Canada         

              -John P. Roche [?]        


President’s schedule
                                       -13-

            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                Tape Subject Log
                               (rev. October-2012)

                                                               Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)

       -John A. Love
              -Adaptation to role       

                     -Ceremony         

                     -Length of meeting                

              -John B. Connally
       -Forthcoming economic meeting              

              -Melvin R. Laird, Harlow             

              -Anne L. Armstrong          

                     -Reaction

National economy
       -President’s program
               -Advisors
       -Intervention in exchange markets
               -Peter M. Flanigan
                       -International economy              

               -Shultz        

               -Haig’s assessment of situation             

               -Arthur F. Burns           

               -Europeans’ view             

                       -Dollar stability      

                                -Bail-out     


Watergate
      -Kissinger’s conversations with the President
             -Braden, Manckiewicz
      -White House staff concerns 

             -J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., Leonard Garment 

             -Leonard K. Firestone, Harlow          

             -Domestic Council           

             -Handling of press         

             -Kissinger         

                     -Democrats’ strategy
             -Democrats’ strategy
                     -Campaign financing
                     -Dirty tricks
                     -International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT], Robert L. Vesco
                                       -14-

            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                Tape Subject Log
                               (rev. October-2012)

                                                         Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)

       -White House staff concerns 

       -President’s July 9, 1973 speech in Kansas City 

              -Press coverage         

       -New York Times piece by Rutgers professor, July 10, 1973 

              -Ervin Committee witness schedule          


National economy
       -Phase IV controls
       -President’s statement
              -Shultz’s schedule         

                       -Japan      

                              -Minister’s meeting        

              -Paper on timing         


White House staff’s schedules
      -Herbert Stein
              -Trip to Japan
      -Shultz
              -Trip to Japan     

      -Peter M. Flanigan       

      -President’s forthcoming meeting with Kakuei Tanaka 

      -Shultz, Burns         

              -Asian trips

National economy
       -Phase IV controls
              -President’s statement
                     -Joint session of Congress
                              -Harlow’s recommendation
                              -Laird
                              -Congressional reaction
                              -Media reports
                     -Television [TV] speech
                              -President’s previous speeches         

                                     -June 13, 1973         

                                     -July 13, 1973        

                                             -Phase IV
                                         -15-

            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                   Tape Subject Log
                                  (rev. October-2012)

                                                            Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)

                                       -Public reaction
                                              -Television programs
                                       -David Brinkley [?]
                                       -Phase II speech
                                       -Ratings, support
                       -Complexity          

                       -Education         

                       -Press conference          

                               -Shultz
                       -Radio speech
                               -Clip of speech for TV

Public relations [PR]
        -President’s detractors

President’s July 9, 1973 visit to Kansas City
       -President’s appearances           

               -Image          

               -Chicago           

               -Venue selection          

               -Reaction compares with content          

               -Live audiences         

                       -Selectivity         

                                -Congress     


National economy
       -Announcement of President’s Phase IV program

              -TV       

              -Compared to freeze       

                    -Drama
                    -Necessity        

              -Congress       

              -Format       

                    -Incompleteness        

                    -Selective controls      

                    -“Pass through”        

              -Complexity
                                     -16-

           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                              Tape Subject Log
                             (rev. October-2012)

                                                       Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)

                     -Congress       

             -Congress         

             -Shultz        

                     -Laird, Harlow
       -Connally       

             -Meeting with Shultz        

             -Meeting with Love        

             -Meeting with Haig, President         


              -Possible grain embargo
                     -President’s assessment
                             -US foreign policy
                             -Strength of dollar
                     -Haig’s desire for greater market presence
              -Importance
              -Forthcoming trip
                     -Haig’s conversation          

                     -Economic meeting           


Watergate
      -Press’s goal
      -Democrats’ tactics
              -Dean        

      -Campaign finances           

      -Story July 9, 1973 on Precision Valve Corporation 

              -White House response         

              -Justice Department        

              -New York Jewish congressman          

              -Robert H. Abplanalp’s Jewish competitors 

              -Justice Department        

      -Possible future allegations
              -Possible reaction       

                      -American people        

                      -George H. W. Bush        

                      -Laird        

                      -Connally       

                             -Demeanor
                                     -17-

           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                               Tape Subject Log
                              (rev. October-2012)

                                                       Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)


Cabinet
       -Henry A. Kissinger
       -Earl L. Butz
       -Rogers C. B. Morton
       -Peter J. Brennan
       -Frederick B. Dent
       -Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
       -James T. Lynn
       -Elliot L. Richardson

Watergate
      -William D. Ruckelshaus reference to Watergate
      -John K. Andrews, Jr. speech
              -Conversation with Haig                 

              -White House staff reaction to press criticism

      -White House reaction             

              -President’s statements               

                      -Richardson             

                      -Kelley speech              

                      -President’s opponents’ comments         

                      -Charles W. Colson’s views           

              -Ruckelshaus            

              -White House staff            

      -William J. Baroody, Jr. 

              -Meetings with Rowland Evans and Robert D. Novak
                      -Stories regarding Frederic V. Malek and Bruce A. Kehrli
                      -Haig’s forthcoming conversation with Melvin R. Laird
              -Activities        

              -George H. W. Bush                

              -Possible removal           

                      -Laird’s reaction
                      -Meetings with Evans and Novak
                              -Haig’s forthcoming conversation with Laird
      -Justice Department           

              -Richardson          

              -Ruckelshaus            

                                     -18-

           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                               Tape Subject Log
                              (rev. October-2012)

                                                       Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)

              -Joseph T. Sneed [Deputy Attorney General] 

              -Selection of deputies        

              -Forthcoming conversation with Haig         

                      -Cox
              -Priorities of Justice Department
                      -Haig’s forthcoming conversation with Richardson

Haig’s schedule
       -Economic meeting
       -Richardson meeting
       -New York

President’s schedule
       -Love
       -Lynn
               -Meeting       

               -Cabinet meeting       

       -Brennan         

               -Length of meeting         


Justice Department
        -Zeigler
        -Kenneth W. Clawson’s forthcoming statement regarding priorities
                -Leak        

        -Richardson         

                -Permissiveness          

                       -Marijuana            

                -President’s view          

                       -Staff agreement         

                -Publications        

                       -U.S. News & World Report

                       -Unknown publication       

        -Priorities       

                -Law and order         

        -Richardson         

                -Previous appointments         

                       -President’s assessment      

                                      -19-

            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                               Tape Subject Log
                              (rev. October-2012)

                                                       Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)

                             -Defense Department
                             -HEW
                             -Liberal
             -Possible replacements         

                     -Weinberger          

                     -Lynn         

                     -Lehman [?]         

       -Ruckelshaus        

             -Press conference        

                     -Richardson
             -Richardson’s forthcoming conversation with Haig
             -Judgeship
             -Wife
                     -Liberation       

                     -Statements        

             -Experience         

                     -Washington, DC          


Watergate
      -Decisions         

             -Haldeman and Ehrlichman             

             -Good versus bad          

             -Left versus right        

      -Laird        

      -Ehrlichman           

      -Harlow         

      -Richardson           

      -Ruckelshaus            

      -Richardson           

             -Lynn            

             -Cox          

             -Decision          

                      -Allegations against President     

             -Cox          

      -Richardson           

             -Liabilities         

                                                 -20-


                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                          Tape Subject Log 

                                         (rev. October-2012)

                                                                 Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)

       President’s speech July 9, 1973 in Kansas City
              -Press relations       

                      -Television coverage        

                      -Helen A. Thomas         

                      -Substance         


Haig left at 12:18 pm.