Conversation: 730-010
Prev: 730-009 Next: 730-011Start Date: 12-Jun-1972 12:19 PM
End Date: 12-Jun-1972 1:31 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)];Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:35:57
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:48:35
NARA Description:
On June 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:19 pm to 1:31 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 730-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 730-10
Date: June 12, 1972
Time: 12:19-1:31 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. Haldeman.
Swearing-in ceremony
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Order of ceremony
-Press relations
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Warren E. Burger
-Views of the President's accomplishments
-Forthcoming meeting with the President
-Tricia and Edward Cox's wedding
-Attendees
-Spiro T. Agnew
-The President’s view
-Applause
-Caspar W. Weinberger
-George P. Shultz
-Press reactions to applause
-Dan Rather
-Handshakes
-Length
Rogers C.B. Morton
-Olaf Palme
-Swedish press
Forthcoming Cabinet meeting
-The President's memorandum to Haldeman
-Purpose
-Tone
-The President’s view
-Agenda
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Legislative leaders
Possible press conference
-Haig, Jr.
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Capitol Hill appearance
-Television coverage
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
-Marvin L. Kalb
-Camp David meeting with Haldeman
-Television appearance
Television appearances
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Comportment
The President's schedule
-Press conference
-Meeting with Luis Echeverria Alvarez
-Cabinet meeting
-John Cardinal Krol
-Golf game with the President
-Charles W. Colson
-Timing
-Cabinet meeting
-Arthur F. Burns
-Shultz
-Quadriad meeting
-Meeting with the President
-South America
-Shultz and Burns
-Meeting with the President
-Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]
-Quadriad
-Burns
-Shultz
-Attendance
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Press conference
-Kissinger
-Value
-In-office meeting
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT]
-Senate ratification
-News coverage
-Debate
The President's schedule
-Press conference
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
-In-office meeting
-Kissinger
-People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip announcement
Kissinger
-Television appearance
-William P. Rogers
-"Meet the Press"
-Rogers
-"Meet the Press" and "Face the Nation"
-Value
Press conference
-Value
-Taxes, budget
-News coverage
-Television
-Issues
-Television coverage
-The President’s view
-Foreign policy
-Interest of newsmen
-Haldeman’s view
-Domestic policy
Vietnam
-Press coverage
-North Vietnamese
-Bombing
-Hospitals
-Hue
-Napalm incident
-Photographs of little girl
-Bombs
-South Vietnamese
-Photographs
-Press coverage
-Associated Press [AP]
-Washington Star
-Baltimore Sun
-An Loc
-Press coverage
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
-Army of the Republic of South Vietnam [ARVN]
-Siege
-Relief
-News presentation
-An Loc
-Fairness
-Saigon
-North Vietnamese Army
-Possible attacks
-North Vietnamese maneuvers
-B-52 attacks
-Popular reaction to war
-Polls
-George H. Gallup and Louis P. Harris results
-Withdrawal
-Prisoners of War [POWs]
-North Vietnamese victory
-Reasons
-US ground troop withdrawals
Ehlichman's son's college graduation
-Stanford University
-"Star Spangled Banner"
-James B. (“Scotty”) Reston
-Address to graduates
-Reaction
Young Americans
-Dwight David Eisenhower II
-Edward R. F. Cox
-David Eisenhower II
-Response to the President
-Support for the President
-Scholastic goals
-U.S. News and World Report survey
-Young attitudes
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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[Duration: 5m 58 s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Possible trip to South Dakota
-John C. Whitaker analysis
-Ehlichman's analysis
-Ties to state
-The President’s view
-George S. McGovern
-Agnew
-Value
-The President’s previous trip to Mississippi
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 10s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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The President's schedule
-John N. Mitchell
-Time
-Colson
-Farm Family of the Year
-Photograph
-Arkansas
-Value
-Heart research
-Dr. John S. Millis
-Heart and Lung Institute agreement
-Soviet Union
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
-Value
The President’s trip to the Soviet Union
-Publicity
-Peter G. peterson
-Forthcoming meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Kissinger
-Apollo astronauts
-Dinner with the President
-Head of state dinner
-Echeverria
-Camp David
-Meeting with the President
-Statements
-Relationship with Soviet Union cosmonauts
-Frank Borman
-Publicity
-Benefit
-William C. Westmoreland
-Retirement
-Medal
-Leaders meeting
SALT
-Possible Presidential televised statement
-Effectiveness
-US congress
-Statement
-Length
-Press reports
-Ziegler
Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Tricia Nixon Cox’s possible trip to PRC
-David N. Parker
-The President’s view
-David Eisenhower, II
-Schedule
-Naval service
-Republican Convention
-Cox
-Law bar examination
-Tricia and Edward Cox
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Latin American trip
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Value
-Colombia
-Susan Eisenhower
-Venezuela
-Richard Nixon Library and School, Colombia
-Parents' association
-Visit as Vice President
-Commercial flight
-Colombia itinerary
-Venezuela itinerary
-Puerto Rico
-Mexico
Dinner for Echeverria
-Entertainment
-Van Cliburn
Possible PRC trip by Julie and David Eisenhower
-Value
-Rationale for trip
-Invitation
-Soviet Union trip
-Value
-Domestic significance
-Itinerary
-Peking
-Great Wall of China
-Forbidden City
-Canton
-Soviet Union trip
-Kissinger
-Public relations between PRC and US
Ronald K. Evans and Robert D. Novak article
-Poland
-Polish government
-Soviet Union
-The President's political future
-Polish-Americans
-The President's trip
-Edward Gierek
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
-Trade ties
The President's schedule
-Leaders meeting
-Press
-Kissinger
-PRC trip announcement
-Possible press conference
-Television
-East Room
-California
-Timing
-Democratic convention
-Time of day
-Reporters
-Quality of questions
-Kissinger
-PRC
-SALT
-Press conferences
-Democratic convention
-California
-Timing
-Economy
-Location
-Frequency
-Camp David visit
-Astronauts' visit
-Major trips
-Physical appearance
-Popularity
-Kissinger
-Return time
H.R. Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 12:19 and 1:31 pm.
[Conversation no. 730-10A]
Kissinger
-Time of return
[End of telephone conversation]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
The President's schedule
-Press conference
-Time
-Arrangements
-Patrick J. Buchanan
An unknown woman entered at an unknown time after 12:19 pm.
The President's schedule
-Sequoia
-Time of return
-Helicopter at Mount Vernon
-Length of cruise
-Return trip
The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 1:31 pm.
Press conferences
-Strategy
-Frequency
-Format
-Television
-Political questions
-Responses
-Timing
-Political questions
-Nature of questions
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 29s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
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The President’s schedule
-Mitchell
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
-Colson
-Rogers
Haldeman left at 1:31 pm.