Conversation 153-040

TapeTape 153StartFriday, November 17, 1972 at 12:44 PMEndFriday, November 17, 1972 at 12:45 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Recording deviceCamp David Study Table

On November 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:44 pm to 12:45 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-040 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 153-40

Date: November 17, 1972
Time: 12:44 pm - 12:45 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

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

[See Conversation No. 226-7]

       Second term reorganization
            -Peter G. Peterson
                  -Haldeman’s recent conversation with Henry A. Kissinger
                        -Haldeman’s and Kissinger’s conversations with George P. Shultz
                  -New position
                        -Problems
                              -Likelihood of acceptance
                              -East-West trade responsibility
                                    -European Economic Council [EEC]
                              -EEC and North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
                               ambassadorship
                                    -Instruction for Shultz

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Yeah.
Mr. Haldeman?
Yeah.
There you are.
Hello.
One other thing that Henry raised, and we were talking with George on also, is on the Peterson point that...
A, the likelihood of his taking that isn't very good, and B, that there's no way realistically to combine an east-west trade responsibility, which has got to be based here with EEC, which has got to be based over there.
All right.
And he reopens the question of combining EEC and NATO so that you have one super ambassador in Europe.
All right.
Tell George to offer that.
Is that okay?
Tell George to offer that instead.
Right.
Okay.
Okay.