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Start Date: 23-Oct-1972 9:55 AM

End Date: 23-Oct-1972 10:38 AM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")

Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building

371-021.mp3

NARA Description:

On October 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:55 am to 10:38 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 371-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 371-21

Date: October 23, 1972
Time: 9:55 am - 10:38 am
Location: Executive Office Building
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. Oct-06)


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


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 16m 9s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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        The President’s schedule

        Henry A. Kissinger
           -The President’s recent meeting with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
           -Haig

        Vietnam
            -Peace settlement negotiations
                -Possible bombing halt
                -Timing compared with 1972 election
                     -John D. Erlichman’s view
                     -Haldeman’s view
                -Kissinger's itinerary
                -Possible North Vietnamese statements
                     -Prisoners of war [POWs]
                     -Coalition government
                -Coalition government
                     -North Vietnamese statements
                          -Soviet Union
                          -Victory celebrations
                     -Kissinger’s efforts
                          -Haig
                -Haig’s role
                     -Accompanying Kissinger on trips as opposed to speaking for the
                     President
                -Military compared to political problems
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                   Tape Subject Log
                                     (rev. Oct-06)

                   -Haig’s and Kissinger’s view
               -1972 Election
                   -George S. McGovern
                       -Nguyen Van Thieu

       1972 campaign
           -Public relations
               -White House role
                    -Alvin Snyder
                    -Questions of television programs
                    -Response to McGovern’s debate issue
                    -Clark K. MacGregor
                    -Instruction for Charles W. Colson
                    -Kissinger
                    -Colson
           -Vietnam
           -Magazines
           -Schedule
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 5m ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3

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       Vietnam
           -Peace settlement negotiations
               -1972 election
               -Thieu's reaction to proposed settlement
               -Patrick J. Buchanan and Raymond K. Price
                    -North Vietnamese
                        -Soviet Union
                    -Kissinger
                        -William L. Safire
                    -Public statements
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                    Tape Subject Log
                                      (rev. Oct-06)

                         -Caution
                     -Coalition government

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 11m 49s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5

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        The President's schedule
            -Radio broadcast
                -White House
                     -Camp David
                     -Kissinger
                     -Library
                          -Sound
            -Kentucky

Haldeman left at 10:38 am.