Conversation: 705-003
Prev: 705-002 Next: 705-004Start Date: 10-Apr-1972 9:55 AM
End Date: 10-Apr-1972 10:38 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Kissinger, Henry A.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:17:51
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:17:31
NARA Description:
On April 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:55 am to 10:38 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 705-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 705-3
Date: April 10, 1972
Time: 9:55 am - 10:38 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
The President's schedule
-Meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Draft
-Editing
Haldeman entered at 9:58 am.
International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case
-Robert C. Wilson
-Charles W. Colson and Clark MacGregor
-Dita D. Beard
-Conversation with unknown person
-Money
-San Diego convention
-Unknown person's support
Henry A. Kissinger entered at 10:00 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 705-3 (cont.)
Forthcoming remarks at signing of Biological Weapons Convention
-Drafts
-Language
-Restraint
-Aggression
-Disease
-Inadequacies
-Speech staff
-President’s view
Vietnam
-Air strikes
-I Corps
Butterfield and Kissinger left at 10:02 am.
ITT case
-San Diego convention
-Wilson
-News summary report
-William E. Timmons and Herbert G. Klein
-Location
-Statement
-Inaccuracies in news reports
-Robert H. Finch and Timmons
-Baltimore Sun
-Miami and Chicago as convention sites
-Possible other cities
-Republican convention
-Cities
-Choices
-Administration's preference
-MacGregor
-Edward J. Gurney's debate with John V. Tunney
-The President’s telephone call to Gurney
-Gurney's performance on Face the Nation
-Tunney
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 705-3 (cont.)
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Privacy]
[Duration: 6s ]
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-Tunney
-Analogy to demonstrators at Key Biscayne
-Manolo Sanchez's comments
-Female demonstrators
-Male demonstrators
-Gurney
-Appearance and posture
-Style
-Debate with Tunney
-Rapport with reporters
Congressional relations
Republican senators
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Talk with the President
-Response to Democratic criticism on Vietnam
-Press coverage
Memoranda
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Crystal’s [Surname unknown] work
Canada
-The President's trip
-Speech to Parliament
-Revisions
Memoranda to Haldeman
Domestic programs
-Ehrlichman's job
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 705-3 (cont.)
-Problems
-Public relations arrangements
-The President’s instructions
-Haldeman's work with Colson and Ehrlichman
-Mobilization of staff
-Follow-up
-Edward L. Morgan
-Colson
The President's schedule
-Portrait
-Cancellation
-Meeting with John B. Connally
-Meeting with John N. Mitchell
-Philadelphia trip
-Demonstrators
-Ottawa
-Impact on war
-John A. Volpe
-Commitment
-John Cardinal Krol
-Political benefits
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew as substitute
-Meetings
-Consumption of time
-Domestic Council
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Call from Kissinger
-Advice
-Political nature
Gridiron Dinner
-Goldwater's performance
-Rebozo and Robert H. Abplanalp
-Location
-Carl B. Albert and Warren E. Burger
-Abplanalp's account
-Clark M. Clifford
-David Kraslow
-Rebozo
-Unknown women
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 705-3 (cont.)
-Goldwater
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Quality of performance
-Assistance
-One-liners
-Paul W. Keyes
-Compared to Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
-Quality
-Robert J. Dole
-Keyes
-Goldwater
-Keyes
-Revisions
-Kissinger
-Frank F. Church
-Goldwater
-Jokes
-The President's administration
-Republicans
-Goldwater’s relationship with the President
-Compared with Humphrey
-Joke about Lyndon B. Johnson
-Johnson’s health
Wilson
-ITT case
-President’s view
-Concern
California
-Unemployment
-Figures
-George P. Shultz
-Department of Labor
-Statistics
Domestic issues
-Shultz's role
-Ehrlichman
-Statements
-George W. Romney
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 705-3 (cont.)
-Meeting with the President
-Alaskan pipeline
-Rogers C. B. Morton's meeting with the President
-Management of issues
-Ehrlichman
-The President’s instuctions
-Speeches
-Public appearances
-Concentration on big issues
-Responsibilities and duties
-Shultz
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-Shift in emphasis of Domestic Council
-Competence of personnel
-Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr., Lewis A. Engman
-Issues to be emphasized
-Use of charts
-Busing
-Property taxes
-Food prices
-Environment
-Drugs
-Marijuana
-Identification of big issues
-Administration position
-Development of positions
-Attack on Administration
-Attack on opposition
-Raising taxes
-Marijuana
-Morality
-Abortion
-The President’s beliefs
-Adminstration's aggressiveness
-Concern from the President
-Domestic Council
-Environment
-Shultz
-Attendance at Conference Board, Inc. meeting
-Conversations with economists
-Optimism about economy
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 705-3 (cont.)
-Report
-Energy
-Concern
-Proposition 9 in California
-Impact on industries and energy supplies
-Edgar F. Kaiser
-Pollution standards
-Environment
-Blame on Democrats
-Proposition 9
-Threat to jobs
-Pollution requirements
-Opposition
-Slogan on billboards
-Leader, Clem Whitaker, Jr.
Clem Whitaker, Sr. and Leonie (Smith) Baxter
-1962 California gubernatorial campaign
Gridiron Dinner
-Ronald L. Ziegler's absence
-Reasons
-Previous conversation with the President
-Lack of recognition as press secretary
-Compared with James C. Hagerty, Pierre E. G. Salinger, Klein and
Gerald L. Warren
-Introductions
Press
-Relationship with the President
-Soviet trip
-List
-Ziegler's views
-Exclusion of reporters
-Logisitics
-Precedence
-The President’s previous trip to the Soviet Union
-Enemies
-Boston Globe and Newsweek
-Logistics
-Accommodations
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 705-3 (cont.)
-People's Republic of China [PRC] trip
-Conversations with White House staff
-Friends in press
-Hugh S. Sidey
-Soviet trip
-Press pools
-Comparison to Tricia Nixon Cox’s wedding
-John F. Osborne and Sidey
-Boycott
-Ziegler
-Kissinger's contacts
-Haldeman’s view
-Rowland Evans
-Foreign policy coverage
-Sidey
-Favorable comments
-Credibility
Forthcoming remarks at signing ceremony of Biological Weapons Convention
-Drafting
-Theme
-Editing
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-William L. Safire
-Canadian Parliament speech
White House staff
-The President's speeches
-Price
-Duties
-Editing
-Research and writing
-Acceptance speech
-The President’s instructions
-Amount of time to write speech
-Klein
-Ehrlichman
-Usefulness to the Administration
-Editing
-Foreign policy
-Staff
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 705-3 (cont.)
-Philosophical orientation
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Compared with the President
-John K. Andrews, Jr.
-Problems
-Philosophical disagreements
-Importance of words
-Kissinger
-Canadian speech
-Drafts
-Lee W. Huebner
-Sentimentality
-Kissinger's responsibility for review
-References to Soviet Union and PRC in speech
-Kissinger's review on foreign policy speeches
-Soviet Union and PRC references
-Compatibility of interests
Connally
-Health
Haldeman left at 10:38 am.