David Packard served as the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense from January 1969 until his resignation in December 1971. [1, 3] During the early part of the Nixon taping period, he was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Pentagon, focusing on reforming procurement and management practices. [8] He played a key role in implementing the Nixon administration's policy of turning over the conduct of the Vietnam War to Vietnamese forces before returning to his company, Hewlett-Packard. [8]
On March 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and members of the National Security Council, including Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Richard M. Helms, Henry A. Kissinger, John B. Connally, David Packard, and Paul H. Nitze, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 10:27 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 049-012 of the White House Tapes.
On March 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Cabinet members as well as staffers, including William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, David Packard, John N. Mitchell, Winton M. ("Red") Blount, Jr., Rogers C. B. Morton, J. Philip Campbell, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George H. W. Bush, John D. Ehrlichman, Robert J. Dole, Alexander P. Butterfield, Clark MacGregor, Robert J. Brown, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., and Raymond K. Price, Jr., met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 3:06 pm to 4:00 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 050-007 of the White House Tapes.
On March 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Melvin R. Laird, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, David Packard, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:09 pm and 4:53 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 474-008 of the White House Tapes.
On April 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John C. Stennis, Margaret Chase Smith, David Packard, Henry A. Kissinger, Clark MacGregor, and Peter M. Flanigan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:50 am to 10:30 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 479-002 of the White House Tapes.
On May 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, David Packard, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:38 am to 12:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 490-014 of the White House Tapes.
On June 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and members of the National Security Council, including Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird, John B. Connally, Gen. George A. Lincoln, John N. Mitchell, David Packard, Richard M. Helms, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Gerard C. Smith, Philip J. Farley, John N. Irwin, II, Martin J. Hillenbrand, Henry A. Kissinger, Dr. K. Wayne Smith, Helmut ("Hal") Sonnenfeldt, and William Newton, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:48 am and 11:59 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 062-002 of the White House Tapes.
On August 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and staffers, including Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, Melvin R. Laird, David Packard, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Gen. John D. Ryan, Gen. William C. Westmoreland, Gen. Leonard F. Chapman, Jr., Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., Brig. Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 11:54 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 068-007 of the White House Tapes.
On August 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and members of the National Security Council, including Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, John N. Irwin, II, Melvin R. Laird, Gen. George A. Lincoln, John N. Mitchell, Richard M. Helms, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, George P. Shultz, Ronald I. Spiers, David Packard, Henry A. Kissinger, Col. Richard T. Kennedy, Dr. [First name unknown] Weinsmith, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, and Kenneth W. Dam, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:08 am and 11:57 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 069-001 of the White House Tapes.
On August 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro Agnew, and Cabinet officers, including William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, David Packard, John N. Mitchell, William T. Pecora, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, John G. Veneman, George W. Romney, David M. Kennedy, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, George P. Shultz, George H. W. Bush, John N. Irwin, II, Charls E. Walker, J. Philip Campbell, James M. Beggs, James T. Lynn, Laurence H. Silberman, Richard C. Van Dusen, Peter G. Peterson, Herbert G. Klein, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, Robert J. Brown, Paul W. McCracken, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Arthur F. Burns, General George A. Lincoln, Herbert Stein, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Frank J. Shakespeare, and Stephen B. Bull, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:10 am to 11:27 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 069-002 of the White House Tapes.
On September 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and members of the National Security Council, including Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird, John B. Connally, Gen George A. Lincoln, John N. Mitchell, Richard M. Helms, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, David Packard, John N. Irwin, II, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Col. Richard T. Kennedy, John H. Holdridge, and [Name withdrawn], met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 3:01 pm to 4:40 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 076-004 of the White House Tapes.
On September 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers met with John B. Connally, David Packard, John N. Mitchell, Rogers C. B. Morton, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, Laurence H. Silberman, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, James M. Beggs, David M. Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, George H. W. Bush, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, Peter G. Peterson, Herbert G. Klein, Arnold R. Weber, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Gerald L. Warren, Alexander P. Butterfield, Colonel Richard T. Kennedy, John N. Irwin, II, U. Alexis Johnson, Nathanial Samuels, Paul A. Volcker, Arthur F. Burns, Paul W. McCracken, Ezra Solomon, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, and unknown person(s), met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:13 am and 11:03 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 077-002 of the White House Tapes.
On December 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and members of the National Security Council, including William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird, Gen. George A. Lincoln, John N. Mitchell, Richard M. Helms, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, John N. Irwin, II, Martin J. Hillenbrand, David Packard, Philip J. Farley, Henry A. Kissinger, Col. Richard T. Kennedy, Philip A. Odeen, Helmut ("Hal") Sonnenfeldt, Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., William G. Hyland, and Lt. Col. Walter B. Ratliffe, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:57 am and 11:59 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 084-015 of the White House Tapes.
On December 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Irwin, II, David Packard, Richard M. Helms, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 4:41 pm and 4:56 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 086-001 of the White House Tapes.
On December 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, David Packard, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:19 pm to 12:36 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 635-015 of the White House Tapes.
On March 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, David Packard, James Roosevelt, John W. Byrnes, William J. Baroody, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:10 pm to 12:35 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 886-013 of the White House Tapes.
On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and David Packard talked on the telephone from 6:53 pm to 6:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-110 of the White House Tapes.
On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and David Packard met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:53 pm to 6:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 433-048 of the White House Tapes.