Conversation: 381-017
Prev:  381-016 Next: 381-018Start Date: 18-Dec-1972 1:43 PM
End Date: 18-Dec-1972 2:05 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On December 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:43 pm to 2:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 381-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 381-17 Date: December 18, 1972 Time: 1:43 pm – 2:05 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. The President’s schedule -Meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler Ziegler’s press conferences -30- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 381-17 (cont’d) -Ziegler’s handling -Emotions -Henry A. Kissinger -December 18, 1972 -Counsellors to the President -Robert H. Finch -Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan -Ziegler’s demeanor -Post-1972 election -“Cockiness” -Performance -December 18, 1972 -Press relations -Washington Post -White House social events -Christmas tree lighting -Pool Vietnam War -US bombing north of 20th Parallel -Kissinger’s concern -The President’s conversation with Kissinger -The President’s possible television [TV] statement -Kissinger’s conversation with Haldeman -Kissinger’s cables -Effect -“Hawks” -Cause and effect -Domestic crisis -Vietnam negotiations -Press relations -Ziegler’s view -Credibility -“Peace is at hand” statement, October 26, 1972 -“Peace is at hand” -The President’s view -Kissinger’s mood -Support The President’s schedule -31- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 381-17 (cont’d) -Possible meeting -Kissinger -John D. Ehrlichman -Timing Congressional relations -Ambassador-at-large -John Sherman Cooper -Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson’s recommendation -Defense, foreign policy votes -Haldeman’s conversation with Thomas C. Korologos, Willliam E. Timmons -Office -Debt -State Department Second term reorganization -Maurice H. Stans -Ambassadorship to Cambodia -Health The President’s schedule -Guest lists -Duplication -Charles W. Colson -Reception -Christmas tree lighting -Church services -Colson -Rose Mary Woods -1973 Inauguration -Colson Item for the President’s signature -Ehrlichman The President’s schedule -Guest lists -Duplication -Woods -32- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 381-17 (cont’d) -Colson -Handling -Groups -Political -Stans -Republican National Committee [RNC] -Robert J. Dole -Church service -Stans -Church service -Haldeman’s conversation with Woods -Cabinet -Church services, dinner -Heads of state -Receptions -Public relations [PR] -New Majority -Recognition of supporters -1972 election -Christmas events -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -Supporters -Hard hats, Republicans -Italian-Americans -American Legion hat -Disabled American Veterans head [Jack O. Hicks] -Flag lapel pin -Republicans -Social events -Cabinet dinner -Josephine (Brickell) Brennan -Toasts -William P. Rogers -Anne L. Armstrong -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Rogers’s toast -Mrs. Nixon -Armstrong -Agnew -Rogers’s toast -33- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 381-17 (cont’d) -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s schedule -New York Vietnam negotiations -Kissinger’s “peace is at hand” statement -Effect -1972 election -Polls The President’s schedule -White House staff’s schedule -Vietnam War -US bombing north of 20th Parallel -Kissinger’s schedule -Christmas -New York -California -Children -Florida -Criticism -Crisis -Public relations [PR] -Haldeman’s telephone call to Mrs. Nixon -Private dinner party [?] -Kissinger -Telephone call from the President Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 1:43 pm. The President’s schedule -Richard G. Kleindienst Golf [?] -Hole-in-one -Unknown woman Haldeman and Bull left at 2:05 pm. -34- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08)