Conversation: 672-007
Prev: 672-006 Next: 672-008Start Date: Tuesday, February 15, 1972 5:56 PM
End Date: Tuesday, February 15, 1972 6:30 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Sanchez, Manolo; Woods, Rose Mary; Butterfield, Alexander P.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:52:28
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 04:25:40
NARA Description:
On February 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Rose Mary Woods, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:56 pm to 1:30 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 672-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 672-7
Date: February 15, 1972
Time: 12:56 pm - 1:30 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Manolo Sanchez.
Book
-Placement
Food
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:20 pm.
Richard G. Kleindienst
-Meeting with the President
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Timing
-Necessity
-Possible telephone call
-Dinner
-Ehrlichman
-Call to Kleindienst
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 672-7 (cont.)
People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip
-Dr. W. Kenneth Riland
-Weather
-Evenings
-Dinner
-Rogers
-Masseurs
-Flight
-Length
-Chou En-lai
-Meetings
Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:56 pm.
Refreshments
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:20 pm.
PRC trip
-Riland
-Arrival
-Sessions
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Assistance
-Rose Mary Woods
-Assistance
Sanchez entered and left at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:20 pm.
“Vickie”
PRC trip
-Schedule
-Rest
-Meetings
-Timing
-Mornings
-Great Wall visit
-Timing
-Meeting
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 672-7 (cont.)
-Banquet
-Chou En-Lai
-Mao Tse-tung
-Opera
-Gymnastic exhibition
-Great Wall
-Forbidden City
-Length of tour
-Meetings
-Time
-Flexibility
-Chou En-lai
-Evenings
-Morning
-Report to the nation
-Preparation
-Meetings
-Cabinet
-Scheduling
-Domestic advisors
-Busing
-Wage Board
-John B. Connally
-Timing
-John N. Mitchell
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
-Location for meeting
-Businessmen, Scouts
-Ehrlichman
-Leaders
-Cabinet
The President’s schedule
-Florida
-Timing
-Cabinet meeting
-Florida
-Timing
-Key Biscayne
-Length of stay
-The President’s appearances
48
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 672-7 (cont.)
-Timing
-US public reaction
-California
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Arrival time
-Florida
-Timing
-San Clemente
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Talking points
-First draft
-Information on PRC for Mrs. Nixon
-Hawaii
-Quality
-Compared to State Department, Kissinger’s office,
[National Security Council [NSC]]
-Tone
-Suggested answers and guidelines
-Simplified reports
-Rita R. Di Santis
PRC trip
-Return
-Commitments
The President’s schedule
-Key Biscayne
-New Hampshire
-Traveling
George Meany
-Stance towards Democrats
-Stance toward Administration
-Economy
-Vietnam
-Economy
-Hard hats
-Supporters
Edmund S. Muskie
-Charles W. Colson’s report
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 672-7 (cont.)
-John Loeb
“Moscow Muskie”
-Press treatment
-Abraham Lincoln
-Vacillation
-Press
-Vietnam
-Stance
US public’s memory
-The Pentagon papers
-The [Jack N.] Anderson papers
-India-Pakistan War
-Bangladesh
-US recognition
-Timing
-PRC trip return
-Biafra
-Ibo tribe
-Andre Malraux
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Forthcoming press conference
-Lt. William L. Calley, Jr.
Haldeman’s children
-Calls
-President’s Vietnam peace proposal speech, January 25, 1972
-University of California, Los Angeles [UCLA]
-Politics
-Haldeman’s Today show interview, February 7, 1972
-Professors
-School
-Discussion
-McCarthyism
-Lack of understanding
-Douglas L. Hallett
-Buchanan
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Students
-President’s January 25, 1972 speech
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 672-7 (cont.)
[Unintelligible]
Woods entered at 1:20 pm.
The President’s schedule
-PRC trip
-Mrs. Nixon
-Photographs
-Formal thank you
-Gifts
-Watches
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
-Chou En-lai
-Mao Tse-tung
-Autographs
-Gifts
-Framing
Woods left at 1:24 pm.
Dinners
-[Malraux] February 14, 1972
-The President’s schedule
-Lyndon B. Johnson
The President’s schedule
-PRC trip
-Moscow trip
-Traveling in US
-Question and answer [Q&A] session
-Haldeman’s forthcoming call to Connally [?]
-Leaders meeting
-Timing
-Historic significance
-Clark MacGregor
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Carl B. Albert
-Timing
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 1:24 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 672-7 (cont.)
-Timing
The President, Haldeman, and Butterfield left at 1:30 pm.