Conversation: 730-003
Prev:  730-002 Next: 730-004Start Date: 12-Jun-1972 9:09 AM
End Date: 12-Jun-1972 10:57 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator; Lukash, William M.; [Unknown person(s)]; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:33:24
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:13:06
NARA Description:
On June 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, William M. Lukash, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:09 am and 10:57 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 730-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 730-3 Date: June 12, 1972 Time: Unknown between 9:09 - 10:57 am. Location: Oval Office The President met with H.R. Haldeman. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 34m 47s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** George C. Wallace -Health -Visits -Ethel (Skakel) Kennedy -Health -Condition -Democratic National Convention 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) -Medical report -Condition -Dr. William M. Lukash The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 9:09 and 9:56 am. [Conversation No. 730-3A.] [See Conversation No. 25-45.] [End of telephone conversation] Wallace -Medical condition statement -Contents ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 22s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ***************************************************************** US economic policies -Arthur F. Burns -Suggestion -Bonds -Interest -Taxes -George P. Shultz -John B. Connally -Shultz -National economy -Infusion of cash The President talked with Lukash between 9:56 and 9:58 am . 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) [Conversation no. 730-3B.] [See Conversation No. 25-46.] [End of telephone conversation] Wallace -Physical condition -Democratic National Convention ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 29s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 ***************************************************************** An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 9:58 am. Virginia Sherwood -American Broadcasting Company [ABC] correspondent -son's death -The President's note of condolence Barbara Walters -The President's note -National Broadcasting Company [NBC] -Delivery Unknown person left at an unknown time before 10:57 am. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9 [Personal returnable] 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) [Duration: 2m 22s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9 ***************************************************************** Telephone recordings -Instrument -Problems The President's schedule -The President’s trip to the Soviet Union -Note taking by the President Documentation of historic meetings -Henry A. Kissinger -Head of State dinner -Winston Churchill's account -Franklin D. Roosevelt -Josef V. Stalin -Yalta conference -Kissinger's recollections -William L. Safire -Details of meetings -Kissinger -Notes of meetings 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 47s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10 ***************************************************************** The Democratic Ideal in America by Irving Kristol -Copies The President talked with unknown person at an unknown time between 9:58 and 10:57 am. [Conversation No. 730-3C.] Copies of the Kristol book [End of telephone conversation] Irving Kristol -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -Political philosophy -Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan -Lionel Trilling -Will Dofsky (sp?) -Robert A. Nisbet [?] -Political philosophy The President's philosophy -Conservatives -Compatibility with the President -Patrick J. Buchanan -William F. Buckley, Jr. -Neal Freeman [?] -Human Events -National Review -Hearst corporation -King Features Syndicate 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) -Conservatives -John Birch Society -Attitudes toward the President -General attitudes -Contacts with intellectuals -Motives -Price -Buchanan -LeonardGarment -Moynihan -George P. Shultz -Qualities -Buchanan -Ronald Berman [?] -Literature compared to philosophy -Kristol -Analysis of book -The President’s view -Richard E. Neustadt -Moynihan -Qualities -Compared with other liberal intellectuals -Legacy -Family Assistance Plan Urban problems -Moynihan's analysis -Riots -Riot control -Advertisement -Martin Luther King's death -Riots -Washington -Cambodia -Riots -Kent State killings -Significance -Demonstrations White House staff -Soviet Union -Kissinger -Expertise 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) -Kremlinologists -Discussions -News summary material -Buchanan's readings -Biases -Domestic Council -Biases -John D. Ehrlichman -Political leanings -“Left” compared with the “right” -Views for the President -Kristol book -The President's perusal -White House staff -Ehrlichman -Censorship -Price American mores -Movies -Profanity -Haldeman's daughter -Reaction -Haldeman's son -Sexual presentation -Public displays -Movies -Homosexuality -Depictions -Permissiveness -Impact on literature and art -Steward at Camp David -Movies -Quality -Jews in publishing and motion pictures industries 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 4m 49s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11 ***************************************************************** Authors on the Presidency -David S. Broder -Hugh S. Sidey -Views -Theodore H. White -James MacGregor Burns -Sidey -Broder -Views -Method of writing ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 6m 34s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12 ***************************************************************** [Apparent discontinuity in the recording for an unknown length of time.] Yitzhak Rabin -Public statement -Issue of Israel 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 14 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 8m 27s ] [Apparent discontinutiy in the recording for an unknown length of time.] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 14 ***************************************************************** Schedule -Kissinger -Press conference -Timing Television coverage of Tricia and Edward Cox's wedding -National Broadcasting Company [NBC] -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] -American Broadcasting Company [ABC] -Quality The President's schedule -Reception ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 15 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 4m 53s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 15 ***************************************************************** H.R. Haldeman left at 10:57 am. 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02)