Conversation 380-016

TapeTape 380StartThursday, December 28, 1972 at 12:39 PMEndThursday, December 28, 1972 at 2:20 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building

On December 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 2:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 380-016 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 380-16

Date: December 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:39 pm and 2:20 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

      Second term reorganization
           -Ambassadorships
                 -Middle East
                       -Joseph S. Farland
                       -Henry A. Kissinger
                       -Israel
                       -Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation with Peter M. Flanagan
                             -Henry J. Tasca
                             -Farland
                             -Tasca
                                   -Bureaucracy
                                   -View of Israel
                                   -Health

      Kissinger
            -Recent meeting with Charles H. Percy
                 -Percy’s recent trip to Asia
                 -Percy’s recent statement about Vietnam War
                 -Effect on loyalists
                 -Instruction for Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman
                       -Forthcoming conversation with Kissinger
            -Recent meeting with McGeorge Bundy
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                                                             Conversation No. 380-16 (cont’d)

            -Congressional, media relations

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Memorandum of all, we have not yet made financial decisions in regards to the number of ships that are identified.
Uh, when you work on the plan, it's kind of like, uh, trying to avoid, uh, having questions with the steps and follow-up with questions.
So, uh, most of your office will be able to play, uh, and it's not, uh,
Thank you.
on the other hand
All right.
All right.
All right.
Thank you.