Conversation: 339-001
Prev:  338-044 Next: 339-002Start Date: 10-May-1972 4:04 PM
End Date: 10-May-1972 5:45 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:00:20
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:23:53
NARA Description:
On May 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:04 pm to 5:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 339-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 337-28/339-1 Date: May 10, 1972 Time: 4:04-5:45 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. [Continued from EOB 337-28] [An unknown portion of the conversation was not recorded while the tape was changed] Dinner for Duke Law School classmates -President’s lifestyle -Compared with unknown person(s) -President’s habits -President’s appearance -Compared to Lyndon B. Johnson -Age process -Drinking habits -Working habits -Classmates -Age -Suitability for Supreme Court -Compared with Lewis F. Powell, Jr. -Dean Joseph T. Sneed -Supreme Court justice possibility -The President’s view -Texas -John D. Ehrlichman's comments -Public relations advantages -Charles S. Rhyne -Female classmates -Seating -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -JoAnne (Horton) Haldeman -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s view -Classmates -Reaction -Supreme Court justices -[David] Kenneth Rush -An unknown female classmate -Appearance 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 337-28/339-1 (cont.) ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 46s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Forthcoming election -Henry A. Kissinger's stake in Vietnam blockade -President's stakes in decision to blockade in Vietnam -Compared with Johnson -Johnson -Importance of Vietnam for reelection -Haldeman’s view -John B. Connally’s view -William P. Rogers’s view -The President’s view -George S. McGovern -Hubert H. Humphrey -McGovern -Connally’s view -McGovern's and George C. Wallace's appeal -Leadership -Busing -Constitutional Amendment Vietnam -Support for President's actions -Telegrams and letters -Liberals -Compared with John F. Kennedy and Cuban missile crisis and media liberals -A Vietnam War veteran -A Korean War veteran -A Vietnam War veteran -Stephen Page -A military wife 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 337-28/339-1 (cont.) -Prisoners of War [POWs] and Missing in Action [MIA] -Young man from Massachusetts -Presbyterians -A Vietnamese War veteran -A soldier -A family of a deceased Vietnam veteran -Julie Nixon Eisenhower ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 10s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** -Comments -Spanish-American Business Association -A Democrat -Joseph [surname unknown], Lima, Ohio -Young Americans for Freedom -Silent Majority -Phil and Moiya Lear -American Security Council -Robert W. Galvin -John Fisher -Hawks -Polls -Percentage -Jesse Bush, Jr. -Disabled American Veterans -Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company -Russell DeYoung -Business Council member -Total of wires and letters -Percent of support -Polls -Publicity 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 337-28/339-1 (cont.) -Ronald L. Ziegler -Democrats -The President’s view -Polls -Charles H. Percy -Jacob K. Javits Haldeman left at 5:45 pm.