Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 730 › Conversation 730-014
Nixon, Mitchell & Haldeman on Foreign Policy and Domestic Strategy
Monday, June 12, 1972 · 4:09 PM–5:40 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon met with John Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman, and Henry Kissinger in the Oval Office to address critical administrative and foreign policy matters. The discussion prioritized strategic coordination among top advisors regarding ongoing domestic issues and international diplomatic initiatives. This meeting served to align the President's key inner circle on sensitive executive priorities during a period of intense political and global pressure.
- Foreign Policy
- Domestic Strategy
- Executive Coordination
- Nixon Administration
- Diplomacy
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On June 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:09 pm to 5:40 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 730-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 730-14
Date: June 12, 1972
Time: 4:09-5:40 pm.
Location: Oval Office
The President met with John N. Mitchell.
Greetings
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 4:09 pm.
Documents to sign
Richard G. Kleindienst's confirmation
-Kleindienst
-Difficulties
-Senate filibuster
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 4:40 pm.
-Disclosure
-Chappaquiddick issue
-Press handling
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Support
-Robert C. Byrd
-Philip A. Hart
-Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.
-Richard W. McLaren
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 3m 1s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:09 pm.
The President's schedule
-H.R. Haldeman
-Phone call
Bull left at an unknown time before 4:40 pm.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 15s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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John B. Connally
-Public office
-Previous conversation with Mitchell
-Presidency
-Vice presidency
-Presidency
-Qualifications
-The President’s view
-Public office
-Secretary of State
-The President's second term
-Problems
-Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
-Second term duties
Connally
-Future position
-Secretary of State
-Secretary of Defense
-Treasury role
-Secretary of State
-William P. Rogers
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 3m 49s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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Vice presidency
-Role
-Vietnam policy
-National Security Council [NSC]
-Relationship with the President
-The President’s view
-First term
-Problems
-Intergovernmental relations
-Domestic policies
-Welfare programs
-Changes
-House Resolution [HR] 1
-Elliot L. Richardson
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 3m 38s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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Spiro T. Agnew
-Salary
-Vice presidential residence
-Purpose
-The President’s view
-Timing
-Other official residences
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 3m 39s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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Agnew
-Future plans
-Supreme Court appointment
-Popularity
-Financial standing
-Residence
Haldeman entered at 4:40 pm.
Supreme Court
-Warren E. Burger
-William H. Rehnquist
-William O. Douglas
-William J. Brennan, Jr.
-Thurgood Marshall
-Performance
-Decision
-Private clubs
-Vote
-Potter Stewart
-Byron R. (“Whizzer”) White
-The President's appointments
-Rehnquist
-Burger's opinion
-The President's view
-Douglas
-Qualities
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-Legal approach
-Burger
-Rehnquist's opinions
-Douglas
-Successors
-Nixon's nominees
-Powell
-Harry A. Blackmun
-Burger
-Work load
-Blackmun
-Burger
-View of 1972 campaign
Unknown letter
-Location
Kleindienst
-Confirmation
Spending program
-John D. Ehrlichman
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 26s ]
Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:40 pm.
Bull entered at an unknown before 5:39 pm.
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
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Burger
-The President's accomplishments
-Communists
-Supreme Court decisions
-Criminal cases
-Busing decision
-Timing
-1972 election
-The President's view
Busing
-Constitutional amendment
-The President's view
-Michael P. Balzano and Donald F. Rodgers
-Public sentiment
-Detroit
-Pittsburgh
-Need for public relations
-Michigan
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 3m 39s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
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Busing
-Higher education bill
-The President's veto
-Patrick J. Buchanan's counterattack
-Language
-The administration’s position
-Rodgers
-The President's position
-Constitutional amendment
-Problems
-Congressional action
-Political issue
-Democrats
-Timing
-The President's action
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 44s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
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Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:40 pm.
The President’s schedule
Bull left at an unknown time before 5:39 pm.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 12m 33s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9
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An unknown person [Bull?] entered at an unknown time after 4:40 pm.
Delivery of u unknown item
The unknown person [Bull?] left at an unknown time before 5:39 pm.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 14m 46s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10
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Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:40 pm.
The President's schedule
-Kissinger
-Japan
Bull left at an unknown time before 5:39 pm.
George C. Wallace
-Health
-Dr. William M. Lukash
-Treatment
-Time
-Return to Alabama
-Doctors
-Successor in Alabama
-Legal requirements
-California requirements
-Health
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 14m 43s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12
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Kissinger entered at 5:39 pm.
Greetings
Tricia Nixon Cox's wedding anniversary
Mitchell
-Travel to Ohio
Haldeman and Mitchell left at 5:40 pm.
Kissinger's schedule
-Travel
An unknown man entered at an unknown time.
Refreshment
Unknown man left at an unknown time.
[An unknown portion of the conversation was not recorded at this time while the tape was
changed.]
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- 730-012 3:24 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:24 pm and 3:30 pm.
- 730-013 3:30 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Donald F. Rodgers, Michael P. Balzano, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:30 pm to 4:09 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 730-014, June 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/730-014 (accessed October 18, 2026).