Conversation: 720-007
Prev: 720-006 Next: 720-008Start Date: Friday, May 5, 1972 3:47 PM
End Date: Friday, May 5, 1972 4:09 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)]Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:33:59
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:56:29
NARA Description:
On May 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:47 am to 12:09 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 720-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 720-7
Date: May 5, 1972
Time: 11:47 am - 12:09 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
President's schedule
-John B. Connally
-Meeting with the President
-Day
-Camp David
-Speechwriters
-William L. Safire
-Speech content
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-John K. Andrews, Jr.
-Safire
-The President’s view
-Draft
-President's efforts
-Andrews
-Kissinger's draft
-Previous speech
-Kissinger collaboration
Vietnam
-President's forthcoming speech on the blockade
-Winston Lord
-Kissinger's follow-up briefing
-Contents
-Public acceptance
-Conclusion of war
-Blockade
-Haldeman's view
-Andrews's assistance
-Safire
-Andrews's instructions
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 72-7 (cont.)
An unknown man entered and left at an unknown time before 12:09 pm.
President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board [PFIAB] meeting
-Dr. Edward Teller
-Dr. William O. Baker
-Advice on speech
-Dissent
-Ivy League college presidents
-Media
-Networks
-Los Angeles Times
-University presidents
-Religious leaders
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-John Cardinal Krol
-Press opposition
-Supporters of President's policies
-International Brotherhood of Teamsters
-Frank E. Fitzsimmons, Joseph (“Joe T.”) Trerotola
-George Meany
-Franklin D. Murphy
-Leaders of American society
-Failures
-Nelson A. Rockefeller's comments
-Murphy's comments
-Support for People's Republic of China [PRC] trip
-President of Massachussetts Institute of Technology [MIT]
-Criticism of South Vietnam policy
-Lack of criticism of North Vietnamese offensive
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 72-7 (cont.)
Vietnam
-President's forthcoming speech on the blockade
-Andrews
-Trip to Camp David
-Time
Haldeman's schedule
-Trip
-Return to Washington, Dc
-Time
Vietnam
-President's forthcoming speech on the blockade
-Kissinger
-William P. Rogers's return
-Kissinger briefing
-President's briefing of congressional leaders
-J. William Fulbright
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Rogers's briefing
-Foreign Relations Committee
-Melvin R. Laird's briefing
-Armed Services Committee
-Mansfield's schedule
-Hugh Scott
-President's briefing
-Size of group
-Relationship to speech delivery
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:47 am.
President's meeting with Delbert L. Latta
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:09 pm.
Vietnam
-Clifford P. Case-Frank F. Church Amendment
-John Sherman Cooper-Church Amendment
-Provisions
-Defeat
-Likelihood
-Possible vote
-Mansfield Amendment
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 72-7 (cont.)
-Delay by "doves"
-Negotiations breakdown
-Soviet Summit
-Possible cancellation
-"Hawks" position
-Democrats and "Doves"
-Blame for North Vietnam intransigence
-Publicity
-The President’s instructions
-Speeches
-Encouragement of enemy
-American leader class
-Murphy
-Failures
-Businessmen
-Economic concerns
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 11:47 am.
Instructions
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:09 pm.
Vietnam
-Scientists
-Soviet weapons for North Vietnam
-Quality compared with South Vietnam weapons
-American scientists refusal to work on weapons
-Contrast with Soviet scientists
-MIT
-Resolution on weapons research
-Defeat
-Grants
Haldeman's schedule
-Trip
-Time of departure
Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:47 am.
Latta
-President's meeting
-Ronald L. Ziegler’s comments
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 72-7 (cont.)
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:09 pm.
Vietnam
-President's forthcoming speech on the blockade
-Trip to Camp David
-Andrews
-Kissinger
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Rose Mary Woods
-Kissinger
Haldeman left at 12:09 pm.