Conversation: 689-002
Prev: 689-001 Next: 689-003Start Date: 20-Mar-1972 9:18 AM
End Date: 20-Mar-1972 9:51 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)];Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On March 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:18 am to 9:51 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 689-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 689-2
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Date: March 20, 1972
Time: 9:18 am - 9:51 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
The President's schedule
-House guests
-Jack and Helene (Colesie) Drown
-Meeting with Gerard C. Smith
-Henry A. Kissinger
Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 9:18 and 9:42 am.
[Conversation No. 689-2A]
The President's schedule
-Meeting with Smith
-Timing
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's schedule
-Smith
-Time of meeting
-Meeting with the Cabinet Committee on International Narcotics Control
-Follow up to forthcoming New York City trip
-Treaty signing
-Biological weapons convention
-Soviets
-Date
-Meeting with Smith
-Arrival ceremony for Nihat Erim
-"Honor America" individuals
-Timing
International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case
-Life magazine article
-Justice Department
-Leaks
-Reporter
-Facts
-C. Arnholt Smith
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 689-2 (cont.)
-Innuendo
-Unknown man
-Mayor [Unknown name and city]
-Democrat
-Associated Press [AP] story
-National Republican Convention
-San Diego
-The President
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Talk with James W. Gallagher
-Robert J. Dole
-Chicago
-Herbert G. Klein and Robert H. Finch
-San Diego
-Involvement
-Life, Time
-Clifford Irving
Campaign financing
-Time magazine
-Herbert W. Kalmback story
-Frank DeMarco
-Contributions
-Tax deductible
-Legal rulings
-News summary
Pentagon papers
-John D. Ehrlichman's role
-Staff
-Talk with Haldeman
Arthur K. Watson
-Frank F. Church
-State Department files
-Congressmen and Senators
-Behavior abroad
-Airplane
-Investigation
-Haldeman's role
-Victor Lasky's possible role
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 689-2 (cont.)
Weather
[No conversation]
ITT case
-Contributions
-Taxes
-White House
-Jack N. Anderson
-Justice Department
-Dita D. Beard's testimony
-Beard's health
-Committee
-Charles W. Colson
-Compared to Alger Hiss case
-Reporters
-Typewriter analysis
-Pearl L. Tytell
-Secretary
-Beard's testimony
-McGraw-Hill
-Irving
-Anderson
-Richard W. McLaren
-Work on case
-Harold S. Geneen
-[Forename unknown] Grinell
-The Hartford settlement
-White House investigation
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Strategy
-Patrick J. Buchanan
[No conversation]
Busing
-Status
-Public opinion
-Liberals
-Ehrlichman
-Southerners
-Strom Thurmond
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 689-2 (cont.)
-George C. Wallace
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Intervention
-Roll-back
-Constitutional issue
-Staff meeting
-Ehrlichman
-National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP]
-Clarence Mitchell
-News summary
-The President's role
-Courts
-Ehrlichman
-Emmanuel Celler
-Television
-Speech
-Media coverage
-Black lawyers
-Ehrlichman
-Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.
-Constitution
-South
-Northern protection bill
-Senate
-Democrats
-Equal time
-Possible column
-View of speech
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Thomas G. Wicker
-Segregation
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 22s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 689-2 (cont.)
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Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 9:42 am.
The President's schedule
-Helicopter
Butterfield left at 9:45 am.
White House staff
-Media problem
The President's schedule
-Press conference
-Office
-Television
Domestic issues
-John B. Connally
-George P. Shultz
-Ehrlichman
The People's Republic of China [PRC] trip
-Pubic reaction
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-William P. Rogers
Media
-Treatment of administration
-ITT
-Busing
-White House staff
-Poll
-ITT
-Beard
-Pentagon papers
-Confidence in administration
-PRC
-Foreign policy question
-Drugs
Haldeman’s previous dinner with Connally
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 689-2 (cont.)
Russell B. Long
-Ehrlichman
-Conversation concerning House Resolution [HR] 1
-Statement
-Reelection of the President
The President and Haldeman left at 9:52 am.