On December 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:54 am and 11:21 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 385-030 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 385-30
Date: December 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:54 am and 11:21 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Second term reorganization
-Anne L. Armstrong
-Conversation with Haldeman
-Timing
-Armstrong’s meeting with the President
-Robert H. Finch
-Conversation with Frederic V. Malek
-ACTION
-Director
-Protocol
-Texas
-Compared to agency appointment
-Management
-Visibility
-ACTION
-White House
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
(rev. July-08)
Conversation No. 385-30 (cont’d)
-Travel
-Foreign policy
-[European Economic Community]
-James D. Hodgson
-Jew [Joseph A. Greenwald]
-Departure
-State Department Passport Office
-Frances G. Knight
-Departure
-William P. Rogers
-Malek
-Ambassadorship to South Vietnam
-Graham A. Martin
-Rogers’s view
-Back channel
-Call from Henry A. Kissinger
-Rogers
The President’s schedule
-Possible meeting with Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
-Trip to the Middle East
-Presidential appointments
-Meeting with Armstrong
-Meeting with Jackson
Second term reorganization
-State Department
-Frank C. Carlucci
-Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
-Position on Communist issue
-Internal Revenue Service [IRS]
-George Webster
-Tax bar
-John H. Alexander
-Letter
-John N. Mitchell
-Tax matters
-Confirmation
-Tax bar
-Webster’s conversations
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 385-30 (cont’d)
-George P. Shultz
-Tax Department
-Tax bar
-Approval
-Charles W. Colson
-Alexander
-Note
-Tax reform
-Mudge, Rose, Guthrie and Alexander
-Johnnie M. Walters
-Support
The President’s schedule
-Meeting with Shultz
-Taxes
-Edwin S. Cohen
-Webster
-Cohen
Public relations [PR]
-Shultz
-The President’s possible conversation with John D. Ehrlichman
-Economic affairs
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Conversation with Shultz
-Remarks on economic stabilization and federal spending
-Budget ceiling
-Press relations
-Wire reports
-Radio
-John B. Connally
The President’s schedule
-Acceptance of diplomatic credentials and portfolios
-Kissinger
-Rogers
-[December 19, 1972]
-Laos
-Ecuador
-Bulgaria
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 385-30 (cont’d)
-Panama
-Greece
-Sudan
-Ecuador
-Threat to recall ambassador
-Receiving line
-Changes
-Post-1973 Inauguration
-Yemen
-Guyana
-Iceland
-Paraguay
-Sweden
-Bangladesh
-Iran
Second term reorganization
-Philip V. Sanchez
-Ambassadorship to Mexico
-South American countries
-Background
-Business
-Mexican-Americans
-President’s Science Advisory Committee [PSAC]
-The President’s schedule
-Christmas
-1973 Inauguration
-Executive Office of the President
-Assistant Secretaries
-PR
-Reception for 1972 election supporters
-Agency for International Development [AID]
-Dan Parker
-Dr. John A. Hannah
-Republican National Committee [RNC]
-Chuck Ross
-RNC Chairman in Ohio
-Background
-Law
-Interest in full-time position
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 385-30 (cont’d)
-Cabinet
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-George H. W. Bush
-Age
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Second term reorganization
-Parker
-IRS
-Webster’s confirmation
-Tax bar
-Alexander
-Shultz
-Mitchell
-Webster’s role
-Chairman of Lawyers for Nixon
-Politics
-Establishment
-Rose Mary Woods
-Submission of unknown item
-The President’s reaction
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Haldeman’s efforts
-Meeting with Haldeman
-East Wing
-Conversation with the President
-Ziegler’s possible conversation with Mrs. Nixon
-Job description
PR
-East Wing
-Christmas decorations
-1971
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 385-30 (cont’d)
-East Room
-TV show
-Constance M. (Cornell) (“Connie”) Stuart
-Press relations
-Ziegler
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-East Wing
-PR
-Conversation with the President or Haldeman
-Ziegler
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 10:54 am and
11:19 am.
[Conversation No. 385-30A]
[See Conversation No. 34-59]
Second term reorganization
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Stuart
-Departure
-Announcement
-Timing
-Christmas
-First Family’s social season
-Announcement
-Assistant to the First Lady
-Title
-Salary
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House
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 385-30 (cont’d)
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[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II’s departure from the Navy
-Report
-Career
-Congressional relations
Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr.
-Statements
-Navy
-Racial tensions
-Blacks
The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower between 11:19 am and 11:21 am.
[Conversation No. 385-30B]
[See Conversation No. 34-60]
[The recording was cut off at an unknown time before 11:21 am.]This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.