Conversation: 700-007
Prev:  700-006 Next: 700-008Start Date: 3-Apr-1972 10:23 AM
End Date: 3-Apr-1972 11:35 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:50:57
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:05:05
NARA Description:
On April 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:23 am to 11:35 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 700-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 700-7 Date: April 3, 1972 Time: 10:23 am - 11:35 am Location: Oval Office 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 700-6 (cont.) The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. The President's meeting with Adm. Thomas H. Moorer -Impact -[David] Kenneth Rush -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. -Orders Vietnam -Gen. Robert E. Pursley’s and Melvin R. Laird's actions -Delays -Manipulation of figures -North Vietnamese offensive -Propaganda -Henry A. Kissinger -John A. Scali -Ronald L. Ziegler -Robert J. McCloskey -Anticipated losses -Concentration of strength -Scali -Involvement -Kissinger -Meetings With Scali, Ziegler and Herbert G. Klein -Handling -Macv [Military Assistance Command, Vietnam] -Defense Department -Problems -Kissinger -Press reports -Adverse news -US response -Timing -Kissinger -William P. Rogers and Laird -Crossing of Demilitarized Zone [DMZ] -Nguyen Van Thieu -Kissinger -Public relations efforts -Cambodia 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 700-7 (cont.) -Laos -Problems -Compared with Cambodia and Laos -US losses -Public relations problems -Helicopter -Bomber -Casualties -US casualties -Significance -Vietnamization -Public relations efforts -Haldeman, Kissinger, Scali, Ziegler and Klein -Scali and Ziegler -Problems -Compared with Laos -Robert Elegant -Kissinger's participation in public relations group -Daily review -Importance of issue -Compared with meat prices issue Foreign policy -Achievements -Laos -Forthcoming Soviet trip -Announcements Vietnam -Moorer -North Vietnamese Offensive -Air strikes -Weather -Intensity -Use of tanks -Targets Easter egg roll -Attendance -Work -Army Band 20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 700-7 (cont.) -Marine Band -Weather -Importance ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 2s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** Vietnam -Public relations efforts -Cambodia -Laos -Daily review -Haldeman -Washington Special Action Group [WSAG] meetings -Kissinger -Work with Ziegler and Scali -Work with Haldeman -Press -Removal -Sense Of Crisis -North Vietnamese offensive -Diversion from other problems -George P. Shultz -Media distortions -South Vietnam -Possible settlement -Areas of strength -Delta, Saigon -Chances of peace -Kissinger's negotiations -Paris 21 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 700-7 (cont.) -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Bombing -Suspension -Kissinger's meeting with People's Republic of China [PRC] officials -Negotiation breakthrough -Kissinger -Congress -Rogers and State Department -US handling of war Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Call from Haldeman -Trip to Kentucky -Laird -Rogers Vietnam -Rogers and Laird -Possible meeting with the President -Proposals -Rogers -Bangladesh -US relations -State Department -Conflict with White House -Leak -Public opinion -Kissinger Foreign policy -Leaks -Use by administration Education -Statements for the President on Catholic education -John B. Connally -John D. Ehrlichman -Timing -Limitations -Trip to Philadelphia -Trip to Florida 22 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 700-7 (cont.) The President's schedule -Camp David -Ziegler's statement -Weather -Vietnam situation -The President's image -Control of events -Florida -California -Situation Room -Camp David -Meeting with Robert S. Ingersoll -Length -Another meeting -Kissinger's recommendation -Rogers and Marshall Green -Kissinger's trip to Japan -Rogers and Green -Kissinger's presence -Length -Vietnam problems -Meetings with ambassadors -Appointments -Earl L. Butz -Trip to Soviet Union -US agricultural exports -Meeting with the President -Problems -Food prices -Meeting with John H. Chafee -Farewell visit -John N. Mitchell's views -A primary -Call to Mitchell -Federal Reserve Board [FRB] appointment -Arthur F. Burns -Choices -Younger candidate -Advantage -Problems 23 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 700-7 (cont.) -Burns's objections -Connally -Meeting with Ingersoll -Scheduling -Japan -Kissinger -Explorer scouts -Environmental awards -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -Problems -"Peaceniks" -Vietnam -Julie Nixon Eisenhower's handling -Advisory committee -School principal and science teacher -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Handling in Oval Office -Environmentalists -Vietnam Bands on White House lawn -Audience -Number -Afternoon performance ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 34m ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 ***************************************************************** International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -Department of Justice -Mitchell, Kleindienst and Richard W. McLaren -Hard line against ITT 24 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 700-7 (cont.) -Connally, the Vice President and Peter M. Flanigan -John D. Ehrlichman -Pressure to ease off -White House -Antitrust policy -Conflict with White House -McLaren, Mitchell and Kleindienst -Connally, Stans, Peter G. Peterson, Flanigan and Ehrlichman -Opposition to antitrust action -George S. McGovern -Statement -Taxes -Problems -Staff -Edward M. Kennedy's supporters -Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] files -Candidacy Easter egg roll -Audience -Number -Children -Easter Bunny -Bands -Temperature outside The President's schedule -Executive Office Building [EOB] office -Trip to Philadelphia -Trip to Kentucky -Publicity -Agnew -EOB office Haldeman left at 11:35 am.