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Conversation 280-008

TapeTape 280StartThursday, September 23, 1971 at 10:38 AMEndThursday, September 23, 1971 at 11:15 AMTape start time01:15:06Tape end time01:28:57ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building
AudioNARA Description

On September 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:38 am and 11:15 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 280-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 280-8

Date: September 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:38 am and 11:15 am
Location: Executive Office Building

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

     The President's schedule
          -Meeting
               -Dates
               -Time
               -Unknown person
                      -Testimony
               -Henry A. Kissinger
                      -John B. Connally
                      -Arthur F. Burns
          -Japanese

     -Meeting
          -Length
     -Detroit Economic Club
          -Attendance
          -The President's appearance
                -National television coverage

Negotiations between Japan and the United States
    -Charles W. Colson
    -Henry A. Kissinger
    -John N. Mitchell
    -George W. Ball
           -Representation of Japanese
                -Publicity
           -Textile negotiations
                -Edwin O. Reischauer
                      -Wife
                      -Activities
           -Colson
           -Columnist, member of Congress

The President's schedule
     -Appearance
          -Television coverage
     -Consumer representatives meeting on September 21, 1971
          -Attorney General of Arizona [Gary K. Nelson]
                 -Check on party affiliation
     -The President's appearance
          -Live coverage

Handling of press stories
    -Newspapers
          -Treatment of stories
                -Color
                       -Coordination between Ronald L. Ziegler, Richard A. Moore
                            -California Angels
                                  -Announcement
                                  -Sportswriters

The President's schedule
     -Baseball game

                 -Schedule arrangements
                      -California Angels

     Baseball
          -National story
               -Washington Senators
                     -Departure
                          -US Senators reaction

     Staff morale
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Well, what's the good news today?
Oh.
No.
No.
How about having it Monday?
No.
I can't do it Monday.
I can't do it Monday.
No.
I think Saturday morning could be a very good possibility.
It's going to be a hell of a long day.
Do you see?
All right.
See you tomorrow.
Oh, hell, I don't care.
I don't care.
Do it at 9.
Do it at 9.
What time does Tom Hanson catch up on that?
Oh, why don't we have it early in the morning?
I'll just get up early.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Why don't we just start the thing?
Let's do it.
Let's have the meeting at 9, rather than 8.30.
How's that?
They should make it 9. 9.
Well, how does that meet the WAC, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the,
Well, no, whenever the captain has to get going, that's my kind of response.
In other words, as I was saying, it's only a half hour meeting, you know, we're not going to have a long public review.
Yeah.
Right.
Yeah.
Well, yeah.
Okay.
Okay.
Incidentally, don't take any makeup fellow out there today.
I mean, since we're not going to be on national television, I don't want to work around with some fellow running around out there.
One thing that occurred to me, I'll give a direct remark to Colston.
Henry pointed out that George, in the initial discussion, said that George was all-perv, and that's all I can tell you.
I think we were talking about this in front of you, but anyway, it's well-known, it's not heard before.
And, uh, I think that, uh, get a picture of Goldstein and try to get that out.
He was, uh, bitching around about the, you know, the death of a decent person.
And Reichardt was married to a decent person.
I think that this is a very good way to really stick it in the ball and put the, uh, he represented, find out what the situation is, what he represents, and get it out to some columnists.
Because it's not familiar to the elements.
And as I understand it, we believe in the Saturday affair without knowledge.
If you allow me to cover it.
You're trying to get out of there and tell me you don't even have a federal report.
The Republic is good.
Maybe the Republic is true.
I wouldn't do it before.
I DON'T KNOW.
That isn't all that big of a problem.
This thing not being carried live is a hell of a lot of work.
That idea of the angels
logical, more and more, you know, and, uh, and it shouldn't be just handled as a sort of dry announcement, you know, by the press secretary.
It's your name, and I can take it.
And so we really ought to use him more, and I think he, you know, he's sort of the main reason we call him out as a sports writer for a long time, because, you know, he's my friend.
And whether they can either, whether they can arrange a game, whether they can arrange it with any one in a way, or whether they can just skip and run along with it.
But we don't care about the consequences of that.
And so, yeah, and if the final thing comes up, if you don't do it there, maybe I'm sure the game will grow.
Or maybe you don't do it at all.
But, yeah.
Yeah.
Good.
Well, I think there's a boundary.
I mean, this is a Washington story, but it's a national story, too, moving Washington and giving up the senators.
Now you've got some senators raising hell about it, which is good.
Yeah.
Okay, fine, fine.
I'll just leave the trooper around.
Yeah.
Okay.
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