Conversation: 372-024
Prev: 372-023 Next: 372-025Start Date: Wednesday, October 25, 1972 3:18 PM
End Date: Wednesday, October 25, 1972 4:00 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Kissinger, Henry A.Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On October 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:18 am to 12:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 372-024 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 372-24
Date: October 25, 1972
Time: 11:18 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Bill signings
1972 election campaign
-October 25, Washington Post story on Haldeman and campaign espionage
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Forthcoming George McGovern television [TV] appearance
-Administration response
-Press conference by Clark MacGregor and Robert J. Dole
-Timing of conference
-Watergate allegations
-John N. Mitchell
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Vietnam issue
-MacGregor’s statement
-Paul C. Warnke
-McGovern's position compared to the President’s position
-“Peace with surrender” compared “peace with honor”
-Emphasis in press
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Possible trip to Hanoi
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-MacGregor’s statement
-McGovern’s position on peace settlement negotiations
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Communist government in South Vietnam
Watergate
-News story on Haldeman
-Veracity
-Authority
-Secret fund allegation
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] inquiry
-Hugh W. Sloan, Jr.,
-Response
-Ziegler
-Henry E. Peterson
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-MacGregor
-Richard A. Moore
-Impact on public opinion
-Sherman Adams
-Impact on press
-Washington Post
-John B. Connally’s statement
-Charles W. Colson’s staff
-Loyalty
-White House staff loyalty
-Rose Mary Woods
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-John P. Sears
-Woods
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Privacy]
[Duration: 17s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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-Chapin
-Memorandum
-Location
-Haldeman
-Donald H. Segretti
-Chapin's secretary
-Nellie L. Yates
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Unknown person
-FBI document
-Segretti
-Arthur H. Bremer
-Chapin
-Haldeman's knowledge
-Chapin
-Washington Post
-Libel case
-Chapin, Haldeman
-Maurice H. Stans
-John W. Dean, III
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 3m 33s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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Ziegler entered at 11:33 am.
Vietnam negotiations
-Postponement of statement
-Kissinger’s view
Ziegler left at 11:34 am.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 5m 23s ]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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The President’s forthcoming radio message on vetoes
-Nature of message
-Time
-TV
-Buying air time
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 8m 45s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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Amnesty issue
-McGovern’s position
-Vietnam War
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 3m 14s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
Kissinger entered at 11:55 am.
Vietnam peace settlement negotiations
-William F. Buckley, Jr.’s forthcoming column
-Kissinger’s recent conversation with Buckley
-US proposal
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Gen. John W. Vogt
-Support for the President
-US negotiating strategy
-North Vietnamese message
-(Madame) Nguyen This Binh’s statement
-Cease-Fire
-Nguyen Van Thieu’s response
-North Vietnamese
-Le Duc Tho
-US stance
-Issue of coalition government
-Issue of coalition government
-Treaty Wording
-[National Council of National Reconciliation and Concord]
-Messages
-Paris
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Public record
-Settlement
-Timing
-Verification
-Settlement
-Timing
-1972 election
-Howard K. Smith
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Charles W. Colson
-Richard (“Dick”) Wilson
-William S. White
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-The President’s position
October 25, Washington Post story on Haldeman and campaign espionage
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Haldeman’s photograph
-Kissinger’s view
-Haldeman’s control over secret fund
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 35s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
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Haldeman and Kissinger left at 12:00 pm.