Conversation: 344-014
Prev:  344-013 Next: 344-015Start Date: 22-Jun-1972 9:40 AM
End Date: 22-Jun-1972 11:25 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Colson, Charles W.; Strachan, Gordon C.; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:10:38
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:42:23
NARA Description:
On June 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Charles W. Colson, and Gordon C. Strachan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:40 am to 11:25 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 344-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 344-14 Date: June 22, 1972 Time: 9:40-11:25 am Location: Old Executive Office Building The President met with H. R. Haldeman. Press conference -Campaign -National Educational Association [NEA] celebration -Congressmen The President's schedule -NEA -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -The President’s view -Cabinet officers Media -Use of First Family -Patricia Nixon Cox's wedding -Performance -Celebrity value Watergate -White House involvement -Statement -Staff involvement -Haldeman's views The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 9:40 and 9:45 am [Conversation No. 344-14A] [See Conversation No. 25-114] [End of telephone conversation] Watergate break-in -Involvement of E. Howard Hunt, Jr. 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) -Work with White House The White House operator talked with the President at an unknown time between 9:40 and 9:45 am [Conversation No. 344-14B] [See Conversation No. 25-115] [End of telephone conversation] Watergate break-in -White House involvement -Former aides The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler between 9:45 and 9:50 am [Conversation No. 344-14C] [See Conversation No. 25-116] [End of telephone conversation] Watergate -Press conference -Hunt -Charles W. Colson -Ziegler's response -Coverage by press -Accuracy -Story -Aide to W. Averell Harriman -Public interest -Extent -New York Times story -Cuban involvement -Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo -Bank -Lawsuit -Jack N. Anderson -Lawsuit -Article discussed -Contents 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) -Libel -Possible suit -Civil suit -Judge Charles R.J. Richey -Democrats -Nature of suit -Richey -The President’s view -William P. Rogers -Haldeman’s view -Edward Bennett Williams -Tactics -Richey -Trial -Republican National Committee -Security -Problems -Washington Post story -Bugging -Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr. -Anderson -Papers -Pulitzer Prize -Colson -Capitol Hill -Strategy -Anderson -Bugging of Democratic National Committee -Circumstances of break-in -Cubans -Hunt -Involvement -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] knowledge -Disappearance -Evidence -Address books -Rebozo -Relationship to Cubans -[First name unknown] Suarez -Currency -Source of funds -South American money order -Cubans 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) -Involvement -White House knowledge -Press coverage -Cubans -Attitude toward George S. McGovern -Burglars -Political affiliations -G. Gordon Liddy -Removal from US -European fund-raising -James W. McCord -Detention -Scripps-Howard story -Fidel Castro -Security of campaign ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 31s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** The President's schedule -Rebozo -Schedule -Robert H. Abplanalp -Visit -Personality -Nellie L. Yates [?] The President left and re-entered at an unknown time between 9:40 and 11:25 am. -Rehoboth Beach, Delaware -Ocean City, Maryland -Florida White House -Problems -Chesapeake Bay 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) -Rogers C. B. Morton -Security -Haldeman's experiences -Problems -Chesapeake Bay -Sequoia -Swimming -Key Biscayne -Houseboat -Sequoia -Trip -Estate -San Clemente -Camp Pendleton -Oceanside, California -Pictures Preparation for press conference -Strategic Arms and Limitation Treaty [SALT] -Melvin R. Laird -Position on SALT -Trident submarine -B-1 -State Department position -President's position -Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS] -Laird -Supplemental appropriation announcement -Office of Management and Budget [OMB] and National Security Council [NSC] position -Size of appropriation -Impact on election -Alexander M. Haig, Jr's view -Henry A. Kissinger’s view Meeting with Wilbur D. Mills, Clark MacGregor, Russell B. Long, and John N. Byrnes -Debt ceiling bill -Mills -Social Security amendment -Frank F. Church -Mills's view -Mills’s view -Social Security increase 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) -Increase in funding ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 44s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ***************************************************************** Revenue sharing -House vote -Outcome -Publicity -Senate vote -Outcome US Mayor's Conference -Richard J. Daley -Pete Wilson -Role -Coverage by New York Times -Daley speech -Vietnam -Support for President -Frank L. Rizzo -Democratic support for the President -Republicans -Daley and McGovern meeting -Significance -Vietnam ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 45s ] 16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ***************************************************************** Michael J. Mansfield -The President’s previous telephone call -Health George H. Gallup Poll -Presidential popularity -Significance -Post-Soviet Union trip -New York primary -McGovern Louis P. Harris Poll -Post-Soviet Union trip -Comparison with Gallup ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 4m 9s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 ***************************************************************** The President's schedule -Frank E. Fitzsimmons Integration -Roy Wilkins -Meeting with John D. Ehrlichman -1972 campaign 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) -Busing -Welfare -View of McGovern -Motives for statement -Busing -Housing -Integration -Administration's accomplishments -Busing -Jobs -Movie The Cardinal -Catholic schools -George C. Wallace's candidacy -Busing -The President’s view -Response of blacks -Demagogues -Education -Problems -Busing -Blacks -Preparation -Genetics -Slavery -Boston Irish -Response to prejudice -Jews -Rebozo -Response to discrimination -Blacks -Development -Reason -Prejudice ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 40s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) ***************************************************************** Watergate -Maurice H. Stans -Fund raising -Caspar W. Weinberger -Business contributions -10 million dollars -Importance -[Unintelligible] -Bethlehem Steel -Business support for the President -George S. McGovern Parochial school aid -John Cardinal Krol Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 9:40 and 10:20 am. [Conversation No. 344-14D] Unidentified materials -Preparation of materials -President's signature -Delivery [End of telephone conversation] Parochial school aid -Opposition -Domestic Council -President's support -Opposition -Motives -President's position -Opposition -Weinberger -OMB letter -Ehlichman -Memorandum -Colson -Release 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) -Contents Tax reform legislation -Mills’s view -The President’s view -Merits -President's political decision Domestic Council staff -Political judgment -Busing -Parochial schools -Catholic opinion -Importance -Krol -Terence Cardinal Cooke -Support for President ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 8m 4s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9 ***************************************************************** People in the arts -The President’s view -Sumner Welles -Adlai E. Stevenson, II -Bisexuality -Extent Homosexual marriages ***************************************************************** 20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 5m 2s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10 ***************************************************************** Press conference -Foreign policy -Laird's views -Ziegler's statement Haldeman talked with an unknown person [Haig?] at an unknown time between 9:40 and 10:20 am. [Conversation No. 344-14E] The President's press conference -Vietnam -Laird's statement -President's comments -Appropriations -Laird's statement [End of telephone conversation] The President's press conference -The President's comments -Unknown person's [Haig?] advice -SALT -Phase II negotiations -Conditions -Vietnam -Costs of North Vietnamese invasion -Laird's estimate -Questions -SALT -Ziegler's comments -Questions -President's responses 21 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) -SALT -Ziegler’s possible response Ziegler's schedule -Return time Ziegler -Ability Gordon C. Strachan entered at 10:20 am. Material -Content Strachan left at 10:21 am. Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 10:21 and 11:10 am. [Conversation No. 344-14F] [See Conversation No. 25-117] [End of telephone conversation] Haldeman talked with Colson at an unknown time between 10:21 and 11:10 am [Conversation No. 344-14G] [See Conversation No. 25-117] Weinberger's letter -Revisions [End of telephone conversation] School aid -Termination -Tax credits -Weinberger's letter -Colson's analysis -Commitments -George P. Shultz 22 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) -Elliot L. Richardson -Weinberger's letter -Value Domestic Council -Staff -Size -The President’s view -Activities -Size Ziegler's capabilities -The President’s view -Herbert G. Klein -Kissinger -Ehrlichman -Support of Ziegler Kissinger -Role -Relations with press -Style -Comparison with Ziegler -Knowledge of press Press -Dwight D. Eisenhower -Press secretaries -Unknown person [James C. Hagerty?] -Ziegler ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 3m 55s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12 ***************************************************************** 23 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) Haldeman left at 11:25 am.