Conversation: 724-005
Prev: 724-004 Next: 724-006Start Date: 15-May-1972 4:54 PM
End Date: 15-May-1972 5:05 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P.; Weinberger, Caspar W. ("Cap"); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob");Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:54:28
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:06:40
NARA Description:
On May 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:54 pm to 5:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 724-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 724-5
Date: May 15, 1972
Time: 4:54 pm - 5:05 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with George P. Shultz and Caspar W. Weinberger.
Greetings
-Weinberger
George C. Wallace
-Shooting
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02) Conv. No. 724-4 (cont.)
John B. Connally
-Appointment as Secretary of Treasury
-Duration
-Reasons
-Extension
-Reasons
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 4:56 pm.
Wallace
-Shooting
-Location
-Condition
-Other victims
-Alabama state trooper
-Dora Thompson
-Weapon
-Assailant
-Race
-Age
-Apprehension
-Secret Service
-Other victims
-Secret Service agent
-Assailant
-Motive
-Background
-Attire
-Condition
-Effect on President's schedule
-Blue Room reception
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's knowledge
-Services offered by the President
-White House press release
-Preparation
Haldeman left at 4:57 pm.
Connally
-Resignation
-Announcement
-Political implications
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02) Conv. No. 724-5 (cont.)
Shultz
-Nomination as Secretary of Treasury
Weinberger
-Nomination for director of Office of Management and Budget [OMB]
-Work with Shultz
-Meeting with the President
-Time
-Delay
-Work with Shultz
-"Troika" and "Quadriad"
-Characteristics desired
Connally
-Resignation
-Loss
-Reasons
-Political work
Weinberger
-Acceptance
-Difficulty of work
-Pay
-Perquisites
-The President’s view
-Compared to Chiang Kai-shek
Budget
-Connally's appearance at hearings
-Philosophy
-Stringency
-Taxes
-Effect on OMB
-Vetoes
-Fiscal policy
-Business Council
-Herbert Stein's presentation
-Reception
-The President’s view
-Donald McI. Kendall
-The President’s view
-The President’s view
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02) Conv. No. 724-5 (cont.)
-Compared to Ivy League college presidents
-Defined
New appointees
-Weinberger
-Intentions
-Shultz
-President's and Connally's decision
-Weinberger
-President's and Connally's decision
-Decision
-Time made
-Secrecy
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Haldeman
-Unanimous choice
President's anecdote
-Leonid I. Brezhnev meeting with Henry A. Kissinger
-Opinion of elite
Goodbyes
Shultz and Weinberger left at 5:05 pm.