Conversation: 704-003
Prev: 704-002 Next: 704-004Start Date: 6-Apr-1972 8:58 AM
End Date: 6-Apr-1972 9:26 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:12:30
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:37:45
NARA Description:
On April 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:58 am to 9:26 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 704-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 704-3
Date: April 6, 1972
Time: 8:58 am - 9:26 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Henry A. Kissinger
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 704-3 (cont.)
-Location
-Map Room
Gen. John W. Vogt, Jr.
-Peking
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Terence Cardinal Cooke
-Conversation with Peter M. Flanigan
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 8:58 am.
First Family photograph
-Delivery to Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-The President's note
-Return to the President
Bull left at an unknown time before 9:25 am.
The President's trip to Philadelphia
-Cooke's comments
-The President's commitments
-John Cardinal Krol
-Conversation with Charles W. Colson
-Note from the President
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 704-3 (cont.)
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Economic issues
-Property tax
-Domestic Council
-Administration's position
-John N. Mitchell's views
-Property tax reform
-Wisconsin primary
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Loophole closures
-Blame on opponents
-Falseness of issue
-Tax reform
-John B. Connally's stand
-A tax bill
-Over-withholding problem
-Connally and staff
-Internal Revenue Service [IRS] form
-Problems
-Complexity
-Employers
-Increase in exemptions
-Notification
-Treasury Department
-Withholding tables
-Miscalculation
-Under-withholding
-Treasury Department
-Television ad campaign
-W-4 form
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 704-3 (cont.)
-Reforms
-Tax returns
-Return on taxes
-Problems
-Responsibility
-Confusion
-W-4 form
-George P. Shultz's comment
-Capital loss carry-over
-Property taxes
-As an issue
-Value-added tax [VAT]
-Strategy for administration
-Loopholes
-Administration's stand
-Businessmen
-Elimination of inequities
-Credit to administration
-Tax Reform Act of 1969
-Democrats
-Tax Reform Act of 1969
-Domestic Council
-Public relations sense
-Ehrlichman
-Necessity
Drug speech
Bull entered at an unknown time after 8:58 am.
The President's schedule
-Meeting with Vogt
-Kissinger
-Location
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Kissinger
-Notification of meeting
-Present meeting
Bull left at an unknown time before 9:25 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 704-3 (cont.)
Issues
-Property tax
-Emphasis on positive
-Democrats
-Private schools
-Catholics
-Concern for issue
-Ehrlichman and Edwin L. Harper
-Influence of priests and teachers
-Compared with protestant ministers
-Cooke and Krol
-Support for the President
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Request to address National Catholic Education
Association
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Vietnam peace talks
-Public relations efforts
-William P. Rogers
-Kissinger
-Rogers
-Laos and Cambodia
-Public Support
-Public relations results
-Publicity
-Rogers
-Testimony
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 704-3 (cont.)
Press conference
-Risks
-Remarks
-Patrick J. Buchanan and staff
-Vietnam
-Invasion
-Response
-Air power
-Publicity
-Risks
Vietnam
-Weather
-Kissinger's report
-News reports
Cherry Blossom Festival queens
-Tricia Nixon Cox as hostess
Bull entered at an unknown time after 8:58 am.
Tricia Nixon Cox
-Location
-Cherry Blossom Festival princesses
-Tour of Oval Office
-The President's location
Haldeman left at 9:25 am.
The President and Bull left at 9:26 am
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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