Conversation 020-123

On February 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 8:40 pm to 8:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-123 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 20-123

Date: February 29, 1972
Time: 8:40 pm - 8:47 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

The President’s schedule
     -Forthcoming trip to Florida
           -Henry A. Kissinger's schedule
                 -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin lunch
           -Use of two planes
                 -Staff plane
                       -Timing of departure
                 -President's plane
                       -Timing of departure
                       -Passengers
                             -Julie Nixon Eisenhower
                             -Rose Mary Woods
                                   -Conversation with Haldeman
                             -George P. Shultz
                             -John D. Ehrlichman
                             -Julie Nixon Eisenhower
                       -President's schedule
                             -Bill signing
                                   -Alexander P. Butterfield
                             -Richard G. Kleindienst
                             -Julie Nixon Eisenhower's view
                       -Passengers
                             -Ehrlichman
                                   -Attendance
                                   -Jeanne Ehrlichman
                             -Meeting with President
                             -Kissinger
                 -Helicopters
                 -Staff plane
                       -Timing
                             -Kissinger
                                   -Dobrynin
                 -President's plane
                       -Timing
           -President's schedule
                 -Bill signing
                 -Meeting with John B. Connally

Hugh Scott and Michael J. Mansfield remarks from leadership conference
    -Media coverage
          -Los Angeles Times
               -Editorial

                     -Robert Elegant column
                     -Ernest Ferguson's column
                          -Outlook for Soviet Union trip

     Media relations
         -General tone
         -The President’s recent trip to the People’s Republic of China [PRC]
                -Kissinger
                     -William F. Buckley, Jr.’s view
                           -Patrick J. Buchanan awareness

     Departure
         -Woods
               -Talk with Haldeman
                     -Trip
                     -Lawrence H. Higby
                     -Effect of reaction to trip
         -Timing
               -Julie Nixon Eisenhower's view
         -Camp David
         -Benefits of trip
         -President's schedule
               -Bill signing