Conversation: 339-001
Prev: 338-044 Next: 339-002Start Date: Wednesday, May 10, 1972 8:04 PM
End Date: Wednesday, May 10, 1972 9:45 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
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Dec-01)
Conv. No. 337-28/339-1 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 46s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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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
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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
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 10s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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-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
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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.