Conversation: 220-005
Prev:  220-004 Next: 220-006Start Date: 14-Oct-1972 4:05 PM
End Date: 14-Oct-1972 4:30 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]; Recording Device: Camp David Hard Wire
NARA Description:
On October 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 4:05 pm to 4:30 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 220-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 220-5 Date: October 14, 1972 Time: 4:05 pm - 4:30 pm Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. College football -Current ranking of teams -University of Oklahoma -University of Southern California [USC] Vietnam negotiations -Possible settlement -Previous meeting with Henry A. Kissinger -Timing of settlement -John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor -Forthcoming US election -Electorate -George S. McGovern’s supporters -Right wing -November 15, 1972 -Strategy -[Nancy S. Maginnes] -Conversation with Kissinger -Conversation with Haldeman -Unnamed man in charge of New York campaign telephone banks for the Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP] 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Calls to New York area Democrats -Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan -Support for the President -Polling techniques -American Institute for Public Opinion -Increase after McGovern's Vietnam speech -Irish ancestry of voters -Patriotism ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 54s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** Issues -Vietnam War -Peace issue -Possible risks for the Administration -Prisoners of war [POWs] -Situation -Casualties -Timing of settlement -1972 election -The President’s conversation with Kissinger -Possible cease-fire -Breaches -Type of settlement -Success -McGovern 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 12m 6s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ***************************************************************** Schedule -Bill signing ceremony -Revenue sharing signing ceremony in Philadelphia An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 5:25 pm. Congress -Telephone call to the President from Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger -Conference report The unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:30 pm. Congress -House Resolution [HR] 1 conference -Spending ceiling limitation Haldeman left at 4:30 pm.