Conversation: 356-001
Prev: 355-024 Next: 356-002Start Date: Monday, September 18, 1972 9:35 PM
End Date: Monday, September 18, 1972 10:55 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); White, Theodore H.; Brock, William; Atkins, Oliver F. ("Ollie"); Kenneth C. Rietz; White House photographer; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On September 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Theodore H. White, William Brock, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, Kenneth C. Rietz, White House photographer, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:35 pm to 6:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 356-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 356-1
Date: September 18, 1972
Time: 5:34 pm - 6:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Theodore H. White, William E. Brock, III, and Kenneth C. Rietz; the
White House photographer [Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins] was present at the beginning of the
meeting.
Introductions
Presidential gifts in the Executive Office Building [EOB] office
-Vietnam
-India
-Cambodia
-Afghanistan
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s desk
Atkins [?] left at an unknown time before 6:55 pm.
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 5:34 pm.
The President’s schedule
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:55 pm.
Atkins [?] entered at an unknown time after 5:34 pm.
Wristwatch
[Photograph session]
Wristwatch
-Presidential seal
-Attire
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
Refreshments
Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 5:34 pm.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1h 4m 15s ]
Brock et al., except Haldeman, left at 6:35 pm.
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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White
-The President’s domestic policies
Brock
-The President’s view
Public relations
-Domestic policies
-Environment
-Revenue sharing
-Welfare reform
-Trip to the People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Henry A. Kissinger announcement
-Poll
-The President's foreign policies
-May 8, 1972 decision
-Soviet Union
The President’s schedule
-Rietz
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
Government reorganization
-Cabinet officers
-Haldeman’s view
-Relationship with White House
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-Camp David
-John D. Ehrlichman’s role
-Drug abuse, permissiveness
-The President's schedule
-Meetings
-Programs
-Policies for future
-Haldeman’s view
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 40s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Cabinet
-Post-election
-Announcement of meeting
-Resignation of Cabinet
-Timing
-Gifts
-Different jobs
-George P. Shultz
-Treasury Department
-John A. Volpe
-George W. Romney
-Melvin R. Laird
-William P. Rogers
-Richard G. Kleindienst
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Rogers C.B. Morton
-Peter G. Peterson
-New members
-Haldeman’s view
-Opposites of previous members
-Previous four years experience
-Bryce N. Harlow's thesis
-White House role
-Staffing
-Rietz
-Various types of career people
-Cabinet officers’ role
-Previous programs
-Laird
-Defense budget
-Ehrlichman
-National Security Council [NSC]
-Kissinger
-Staff
-Defense and State Departments
-Various employment positions
-Waste
The President’s schedule
-Congressional relations
Charles W. Colson
-Issue
Haldeman left at 6:55 pm.