Conversation: 039-112
Prev: 039-111 Next: 039-113Start Date: Wednesday, June 6, 1973 7:48 PM
End Date: Wednesday, June 6, 1973 7:59 PM
Participants:
White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.Recording Device: White House Telephone
NARA Description:
On June 6, 1973, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:48 pm to 3:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-112 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 39-112
Date: June 6, 1973
Time: 3:48 pm - 3:59 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
Incoming telephone call
Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked with the President.
[See also Conversation No. 443-16]
President’s schedule
-Possible meeting with Tran Kim Phuong
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. February-2011)
Conversation No. 39-112 (cont’d)
-Message from Henry A. Kissinger
Watergate
-Joseph R. Califano’s telephone call to Haig
-Wiretaps by previous administrations
-Reaction of Cyrus R. Vance and McGeorge Bundy
-Hugh Scott’s statement
-Basis
-Reaction
-Bundy
-Robert S. McNamara
-Robert F. (“Bobby”) Kennedy’s activities
-Press relations
-New York Times
-White House actions
President’s schedule
-Bipartisan Congressional leadership meeting
-Timing
-Kissinger’s message
-Delay
-Kissinger’s briefing
-Dr. James R. Schlesinger’s schedule
-Roy L. Ash
-Defense spending
-Dinner
-John B. Connally
Wage and price freeze
-Haig’s conversation with Connally
-Gas prices
-Consumer interests
-Food prices
-Embargo
-New and expired contracts
-Consultation
-Steel prices
-60-day freeze
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. February-2011)
Conversation No. 39-112 (cont’d)
-John T. Dunlop’s conversation with labor and industry leaders
-60-day freeze
-Opposition
-Pierre Rinfret
Connally
-Conversation with Haig
-Role on White House staff
-Work in private sector
-Consultant
-Schedule
-Cabinet meetings
-Attendance
-Dinner
-Sequoia
-Timing
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Haig
Watergate
-Califano’s telephone call to Haig
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-Wiretaps by previous administrations
-J. Edgar Hoover
-Political activity
-Wiretaps
-Bundy’s conversation with Kissinger
-Possible resignation
-Previous administratiosn
-National Security Council [NSC] involvement
-Names of those tapped, 1961-1964
-Liberals’ criticism
-Compared with Vietnam War
-Popular opinion
-Liberals’ reactions
-Washington Post
-Melvin R. Laird’s appointment
-Haig’s resignation from Army
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. February-2011)
Conversation No. 39-112 (cont’d)
Haig’s resignation from Army
-Liberals’ opinion
-Civil liberties
Press announcement
-Personnel appointments
-Laird, Haig