Conversation: 948-014
Prev:  948-013 Next: 948-015Start Date: 11-Jul-1973 4:24 PM
End Date: 11-Jul-1973 5:05 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On July 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:24 pm to 5:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 948-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 948-14 Date: July 11, 1973 Time: 4:24 pm - 5:05 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Haig’s trip John B. Connally -Previous meeting with President -Connally’s schedule -Possible trip to Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -John A. Love -Connally’s assessment -Watergate -Popular opinion -Announcement -Law firm, trip to USSR -Coordination with Haig, Ronald L. Ziegler -Meeting with [Shah of Iran] Mohammed Reza Pahlavi -35- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. November-2012) Conversation No. 948-14 (cont’d) Haig’s speech to American Iron and Steel Institute [?] in New York, July 10, 1973 -Standing ovation -Jacob K. Javits’s comments -American Iron and Steel Institute National economy -President’s package -Haig’s concerns -Balanced budget provision -Possible vetoes -Bryce N. Harlow’s view -Benefit -Administration’s performance -Impoundments, vetoes -Advisability, timing -President’s commitment -Connally’s views -Balanced budget provision -Phase IV, 60-day freeze -Compared with Arthur F. Burns’ views -Effect on farmers -Hogs -Credibility -Haig’s meeting -Phase IV -Balanced budget -President’s paper -Announcement -Phase IV -Export controls -Strict fiscal policy -Congress -Haig’s view -Compared with views of Melvin R. Laird, Harlow, and George P. Shultz -Papers for President’s review -36- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. November-2012) Conversation No. 948-14 (cont’d) -Phase IV -Balanced budget -Vetoes -Layoffs -President’s presentation -Announcement -Congress -President’s experience contrasted with Harlow, Laird -Balanced budget -Political climate -Possible vetoes -Possible reaction -Ceiling -Watergate -Possibility of distraction -Forthcoming Ervin Committee testimony of John N. Mitchell, H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, and John D. Ehrlichman -Haig’s conversation with Ziegler, July 10 -Possible briefings -Congressional committees, chairman -Businessmen, labor leaders, governors -Congressman, Senators -East Room -Phase IV -Balanced budget -Balanced budget -President’s disinclination -Fiscal policy -Spending -Future possibility -Harlow -Laird’s view -Announcement -Format -Possible briefings -Businessmen, elites -37- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. November-2012) Conversation No. 948-14 (cont’d) -Contrasted with State of Union address -Congressmen, Supreme Court members -Business, labor, political leaders -Governors -Question-and-answer session -Press coverage -Duration -Harlow, Laird’s view -Phase IV -Possible popular reaction -Reassurance of businessmen, public -President’s previous budget policy -Previous vetoes -Impoundment -Balanced budget -President’s reluctance -Possible criticism -Announcement -Phase IV, balanced budget -Possible effects -Inflation, dollar, stock market -Format -Television [TV], Congress -Advisors’ viewpoint -Contrasted with President’s viewpoint -National press conference -Haig’s view -Possible briefings -Leaders of labor, business, Congress -East Room -Speech -Phase IV -TV -Timing -Evening news cycle -Timing -John T. Dunlop -38- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. November-2012) Conversation No. 948-14 (cont’d) -Need for preparation -President’s schedule -Cabinet meeting -National Security Council [NSC] meeting -Announcement -Donald McI. Kendall -Duration -President’s, Haig’s assessment -Pierre Rinfret -Controls, taxes -Taxes -Burns -Charles H. Percy -Wilbur D. Mills -Production controls, incentives -Rinfret -Support for President -President’s package -Garnering support -Shultz -Laird -Production controls, need for legislation -Harlow -Kendall -Price -Business Watergate -White House response -Haig’s conversation with [First name unknown] Liebman [sp?], July 10, 1973 -[Horace] Chapman (“Chappie”) Rose -J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. -Size of counsel’s staff -Recommendations -President’s concerns -Haig’s conversation with Liebman -39- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. November-2012) Conversation No. 948-14 (cont’d) -President’s possible statement -Connally’s view -Henry A. Kissinger -Democrats’ strategy -Robert H. Abplanalp -Democrats’ role -Anti-trust suit -Elliot L. Richardson -Conversation with Haig -Richardson’s meeting with Archibald Cox, July 10, 1973 -Spokesman’s role -Compared with Cox’s role -Ervin Committee hearings -Witness list -John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, Charles W. Colson -Plumbers [Watergate burglars] -Colson -Conversation with Haig, July 10, 1973 -Colson’s mood -Telephone call to Rose Mary Woods -Mitchell’s Ervin Committee testimony -Reaction -George McGovern -Ervin Committee hearings -New articles -Witness list -Witness list -Notification -Cox -Wiretaps -Elliot L. Richardson -Robert F. (“Bobby”) Kennedy -President’s schedule -Possible meeting with Clarence M. Kelley, Haig -Timing -Instructions -40- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. November-2012) Conversation No. 948-14 (cont’d) President’s schedule -Joints Chiefs of Staff [JCS] -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer [?] -Dr. James R. Schlesinger -Laird National economy -President’s package -Development meetings -Harlow, Haig -President’s schedule -William E. Timmons, Peter M. Flanigan -Roy L. Ash, Laird, Harlow, Anne M/ Armstrong -Armstrong -Sequoia -Balanced budget -Laird -Announcement -Congress -Format -Briefings -Leaders of business, labor, Congress -Governors’ conference -Question-and-answer period -Press briefing -Speech -Timing -Press coverage -TV -Primetime -Public reaction -Balanced budget -President’s concern -Cost of living Shultz -Tenure in office -41- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. November-2012) Conversation No. 948-14 (cont’d) -President’s reaction -Schedule -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Henry A. Kissinger’s reaction Watergate -Richardson -Connally’s view -Investigations -President’s supporters -Internal Revenue Service [IRS] -Cox -Richardson -President’s assessment -Haig’s assessment -Views regarding Cox -Cox’s support for Richardson’s election -Cox -Democrat -Harvard University -President compared to George S. McGovern Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] -Russell E. Train’s appointment -William D. Ruckelshaus National economy -President’s package -Congress -Roy L. Ash -Balanced budget -Announcement -Phase IV -East Room -Briefings -Leaders of business, labor, Congress -Connally’s view -42- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. November-2012) Conversation No. 948-14 (cont’d) The President and Haig left at 5:05 pm.