Conversation: 385-014
Prev: 385-013 Next: 385-015Start Date: Monday, December 11, 1972 10:14 PM
End Date: Monday, December 11, 1972 10:37 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Eisenhower, Julie NixonRecording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On December 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:14 pm to 5:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 385-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 385-14
Date: December 11, 1972
Time: 5:14 pm - 5:37 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Charles W. Colson.
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The President’s foot
Republican Party
-George H. W. Bush
-Harry S. Dent
-Statement
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-08)
Conversation No. 385-14 (cont’d)
-Gerald R. Ford
-Robert J. Dole
-Clark MacGregor
-Public relations [PR]
-Dole
-Speech
-Bush
-Republican National Committee [RNC] Chairman
-Appointment
-Public reaction
-Wire services
-Popularity
-Dole
-Temperment
-John B. Connally
-Democratic National Committee [DNC] Chairman
-Robert S. Strauss
-Democratic Party
-Presidential nomination
-Third party
-Constituency
-Independents, Republicans
-“Nixon Party”
-Republican Party name
-Connotations
-Big business
-Minority party
-Elitism
-Elderly
-Youth
-Switching parties
-Republican Independent Party
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 5:20 pm.
-James B. (“Scotty”) Reston
-Public statements
-Dent
-Ford
-Hugh Scott
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-08)
Conversation No. 385-14 (cont’d)
-MacGregor
-John N. Mitchell
-Press coverage
-Dole
-PR
-Cabinet change
-Party change
-Connally
-New coalition
-Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
-Timing
-Strauss
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked with the President between 5:21 pm and 5:29 pm.
[Conversation No. 385-14A]
[See Conversation No. 34-45]
[End of telephone conversation]
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
Republican Party
-PR
-Opposition
-Ford
-Secretary of State
-Scott
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-08)
Conversation No. 385-14 (cont’d)
Second term reorganization
-Peter J. Brennan
-Under Secretary of Labor
-Work with John D. Ehrlichman
-Labor policy
-Commerce Department
-George P. Shultz
-The President’s decisions
-Shultz
-J[ames] Curtis Counts
-Shultz’s and Colson’s view
-Loyalty
-Labor support
-Issues
-Conversation with Colson
-New York
-Issues
-Business
-Interest in job
Julie Nixon Eisenhower entered at 5:30 pm.
The President's schedule
Julie Nixon Eisenhower left at an unknown time before 5:35 pm.
Second term reorganization
-Under Secretary of Labor
-Brennan
-Colson’s conversation with Shultz
-Michael J. Farrell
-Retention
Colson left at 5:35 pm.
Second term reorganization
-Farrell
-Frederic V. Malek
-John E. Nidecker
-John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-08)
Conversation No. 385-14 (cont’d)
-Managerial staff
-Farrell
-Conversation with Haldeman
-[Patrick H. Price]
-Under Secretary of Labor
-Counts
-Brennan
-Jews
-Loyalty
-Qualifications
-[Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service]
Haldeman left at an unknown time before 5:37 pm.