Conversation: 204-001
Prev:  203-030 Next: 204-002Start Date: 17-Aug-1972 6:26 PM
End Date: 17-Aug-1972 7:35 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Camp David Hard Wire
NARA Description:
On August 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:26 pm and 7:35 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 204-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 204-1 Date: August 17, 1972 Time: Unknown between 6:26 pm and 7:35 pm Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. The President's forthcoming acceptance speech -Summary of materials -Richard A. Moore [?] -Patrick J. Buchanan -Letters from relatives of Vietnam War casualties -Answers to the President’s questions -The Administration’s accomplishments -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -The President’s view -Buchanan -Foreign policy -Supreme Court -Haldeman’s conversation with William F. (“Billy”) Graham -1968 campaign -Possible duration -Buchanan’s suggestions -Issues -Contrast with George S. McGovern -Defense -Amnesty for draft evaders -Permissiveness -Welfare -Foreign policy -Isolationism -Taxes -Spending -American society -Harvard University -Yale University -Notre Dame University -Graham’s view -Tone of speech -Accomplishments -Thomas E. Dewey complex -John B. Connally 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar-02) -Mention of McGovern -Welfare state -McGovern -Length of speech Graham’s visit with Lyndon B. Johnson -Johnson's endorsement -Sale of television station -Johnson's health -Los Angeles Times -Gift of house -National Park Service ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 5m 9s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Polls -Public approval of the President -George H. Gallup -Support for the President -Conservatives and liberals -Public exposure -The public’s perception of support for the President -McGovern -Media coverage of politics The President's schedule -Forthcoming meeting with Ronald W. Reagan -Duration -Possible report -California -Effect of Reagan’s support on the President -Democrats 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar-02) -Franklyn C. (“Lyn”) Nofziger -Timing of meeting The President's forthcoming acceptance speech -Buchanan’s view -Ivy League -Intellectual elite -The President’s recent talk with Tricia Nixon Cox -Format -Strategy -Mention of McGovern -Introduction -"New majority" -Economics -Law and order -Foreign policy -Defense -Offer of choice -Buchanan -Beliefs of the Administration -Welfare reform -$1000-per-person proposal -Defense -Gallup -Debate -Polls -Speechwriters -The President’s view -Content -Haldeman’s view -"New majority" -Offer of choice -Contrast with McGovern -Economy, personal safety, world peace -Format -Foreign policy -Peace -Domestic issues -Environment, Women, youth, farmers, Indians -Issues -Economy Inflation -McGovern’s speech 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar-02) -The President’s progress in drafting the speech -Reagan -Compared to Nelson A. Rockefeller -The President’s view Public relations -McGovern -Crowds in Racine, Wisconsin -Julie Nixon Eisenhower's conversation with the President -Advance work -Compared to Hubert H. Humphrey -McGovern’s possible reaction -Haldeman’s view -Press reaction -The President -Crowds -Compared to McGovern -Ohio State University appearance -Television -Estimates of size -Los Angeles -El Toro The President's forthcoming acceptance speech -State of US in 1968 -Buchanan -Strategy -Haldeman’s view -Tone -Speechwriters -Price -William L. Safire -Buchanan -John K. Andrews, Jr. -Aram Bakshian -Knowledge of issues -Andrews’s draft -McGovern -1972 Democratic Party platform -“New majority” -Partisanship -Price -The President's accomplishments 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar-02) -Bakshian’s draft -Vietnam -Inflation -Cities -Environment -Price’s draft -Mamie G.D. Eisenhower -Progress since 1952 -Workers income -Americans in poverty -Increase in college education -End of segregation -Output of goods and services -Decrease of work week -Wages -Home ownership -Technology -Leisure -Environment -Aid to poor and elderly -Unemployment -Cost of living -Crime -Drug abuse -Tax cuts -World peace -Offer of choices -McGovern -Increase in welfare rolls -Franklin D. Roosevelt -Thomas Jefferson -Harry S. Truman -John F. Kennedy -US traditions -Trials of former presidents -Adlai E. Stevenson, II -The President’s view -Recounting of administration achievements -Public reaction -Compared with State of the Union address -Efficacy of speech -Content -Major topics 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar-02) -Taxes -Inflation -Taxes -Spending -Economy -Inflation -Need for positive tone -Differences between the candidates -Reaction of listeners -The President's beliefs -Politics -Recounting of the President’s accomplishments -Audience -Context of speech -Other speakers Haldeman's forthcoming call to John D. Ehrlichman The President and Haldeman left at an unknown time before 7:40 pm.