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Start Date: 10-Jan-1973 4:11 PM

End Date: 10-Jan-1973 4:30 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")

Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building

395-013.mp3

NARA Description:

On January 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:11 pm and 4:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 395-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 395-13

Date: January 10, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:11 pm and 4:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
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            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                               Tape Subject Log
                                 (rev. Dec.-09)

                                                   Conversation No. 395-13 (cont’d)


The President's schedule
     -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
     -John D. Ehrlichman
           -Haldeman's call

Second term reorganization
     -Justice Department
            -Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. [?]
            -James O. Eastland
            -J. Stanley Pottinger
                   -The President's acquaintance

Quotas
     -Controversy
     -Civil rights community
     -Universities
           -Professors
                  -Opposition
           -Executive Order
                  -The President’s opposition
                  -University of California
                        -Hiring
                        -Blacks
                  -Ehrlichman’s recommendation
                        -Pottinger
                  -Change
                  -Origin
                        -1972 campaign
                        -The President’s role

Second term reorganization
     -Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
           -Elliot L. Richardson
           -Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger

Vietnam settlement
     -State Department
     -Prospects
     -Henry A. Kissinger’s schedule
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           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                             Tape Subject Log
                               (rev. Dec.-09)

                                                      Conversation No. 395-13 (cont’d)

          -Trip to Hanoi
          -Meeting with the President at Camp David
     -Announcement
          -1973 Inauguration
          -Benefits
          -Haig
          -Kissinger’s attendance
     -Agreement
          -Initialing
                 -Kissinger
          -Announcement by the President
                 -Timing

Second-term reorganization
     -Ehrlichman's concerns
     -Donald A. Webster
     -Lewis Engman
     -Webster
           -Job offers
                 -Justice Department
                 -Office of Emergency Preparedness [OEP]
           -Experience
           -Charles W. Colson
           -Possible jobs
                 -Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
                 -OEP
                 -Colson
     -Engman
           -Ehrlichman
           -Age
           -Civil rights position
                 -Pottinger

Vietnam settlement
     -Saigon
     -Nguyen Van Thieu [?]

Second term reorganization
     -Haldeman's forthcoming talk with Colson
     -Webster
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. Dec.-09)

                                                             Conversation No. 395-13 (cont’d)

                   -OEP
                          -National Security Council [NSC]
                          -Lyndon B. Johnson
                          -Price Daniel
                                -Political work

Haldeman left at an unknown time before 4:30 pm.