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Start Date: 18-May-1972 10:58 AM

End Date: 18-May-1972 11:08 AM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")

Recording Device: Camp David Study Table

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:02:03

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:11:50

131a.mp3

131b.mp3

NARA Description:

On May 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:58 am to 11:08 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 131-027 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 131-27

Date: May 18, 1972
Time: 10:58 am - 11:08 am
Location: Camp David Study Table

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

[See also Conversation No. 191-5]

     George C. Wallace
         -Telephone call from President
         -Visit from President
               -John B. Connally's advice


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                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. 10/06)
                                                               Conv. No. 131-27 (cont.)


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         -Visit from President
               -Walter Reed Hospital
               -Holy Cross Hospital
                    -Condition
                    -Logistics
                          -Helicopter landing
                          -Walter Reed Hospital
                          -Driving time
                          -Walter Reed Hospital
               -Press coverage
                    -Landing
                    -Visit to wounded Secret Service agent
               -Secrecy

    President's schedule
         -Meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
                -The President’s view
                -Length
                -Soviet Summit
                -Henry A. Kissinger
         -Soviet Summit
                -Preparation
                -Briefing with congressional leaders
                      -Time
                      -Day
         -Reception for press
                -Time
                -Pictures
                -Handshaking
                -Remarks
                -Questions
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               NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                           Tape Subject Log
                             (rev. 10/06)
                                                    Conv. No. 131-27 (cont.)


-Meeting with John D. Ehrlichman
      -Agenda
-Trip to Soviet Union
      -Details
            -Number of stops
            -Silverware
            -Food
            -Philosophy
      -Gifts
            -People's Republic of China [PRC]
            -Mementos
                  -Invitation and menu
            -Cadillac
                  -Logistics
                  -Considerations
                  -Government exchange
            -Hydrofoil
                  -The President
            -Cadillac
                  -Leonid I. Brezhnev
            -Hydrofoil
            -Cadillac
            -Use
            -French car for Brezhnev
            -John A. Scali
            -Costs
                  -Hydrofoil versus Cadillac
            -Pandas, musk oxen
            -Interest in pandas
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                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. 10/06)