Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 733 › Conversation 733-011
Nixon & Sanchez on Clark MacGregor and Oval Office Operations
Wednesday, June 14, 1972 · 3:59 PM–4:02 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his personal aide, Manolo Sanchez, and an unidentified woman to discuss mundane administrative and environmental matters. The brief encounter included a discussion regarding the current weather and a review of the President’s upcoming schedule. These proceedings primarily served to coordinate the President's engagement with Clark MacGregor.
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On June 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:59 pm and 4:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 733-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 733-11
Date: June 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:59 and 4:02 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
Weather
An unknown woman entered at an unknown time after 3:59 pm.
The President’s schedule
-Clark MacGregor
The unknown woman and Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:02 pm.
Conversation No. 733-12/734-1
Date: June 14, 1972
Time: 4:02-6:03 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Clark MacGregor.
Forthcoming Congressional briefing on the Strategic Arms and Limitation Treaty [SALT]
-Attendees
-Format
-The President's opening statement
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Questions
-MacGregor
-Moderator
-Foreign Relations Committee
-Anti-ballistic missile [ABM] Treaty
-Questions
-J. William Fulbright
-Questioning by Committee
-Format
-Moderator role
-Identifying speakers
-Fulbright
-George D. Aiken
-House Foreign Affairs Committee
-William S. Maillard
-John C. Stennis
-Chairmen and ranking members
-Fulbright
-Thomas C. Korologos, MacGregor
-Kissinger
Fulbright
-Support for SALT
-John L. McClellan
-Primary in Arkansas
-David Pryor
-McClellan
-The President's call to McClellan
-William P. Rogers
Congressional briefing on SALT
-Kissinger
-Statement
-Starting time
-The President’s meeting with Luis Echeverria Alverez
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Length
-Breaks
-Importance
-Kissinger’s role
-Melvin R. Laird, Rogers
-Kissinger
-Knowledge of issues
-Transcript
-Effect on forthcoming Congressional testimony
-The President's opening statement
-Substance of the President's remarks
-Kissinger’s role
-Congressional reactions to Kissinger
-Department of State
(rev. Jan-02) Conv. No. 733-12/734-1 (cont.)
-Department of Defense
-Arms Control and Disarmament Agency [ACDA]
-Gerard C. Smith
-Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
-Richard M. Helms
-Importance of National Security Council [NSC]
-White House control
-Smith
-Rogers
-Interest
-Kissinger
Testimony before the Foreign Relations Committee
-Fulbright
-Rogers and Smith
-Laird
-Schedule
-Karl Marcy
-Laird
-Stennis
The President talked with Kissinger at an unknown time between 4:02 and 4:13 pm.
[Conversation No. 733-12A]
Forthcoming meeting with the President
[End of telephone conversation]
Kissinger
-Japan
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
Kissinger entered at 4:13 pm.
Laird's testimony before Stennis's committee
-Fulbright’s committee
-Marcy
-Rogers's testimony
-Timing
Kissinger's Congressional briefing
-Laird's and Rogers's testimony
(rev. Jan-02) Conv. No. 733-12/734-1 (cont.)
-Advantages
-Coordination
-Problems
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
-Fulbright
Senate schedule
-Robert P. Griffin
-Treaty approval
Testimony before Congress
-Laird and Rogers
-MacGregor
-Work with Congress
-Laird
-Role
-Soviet Union
-Position
Kissinger's forthcoming trip
-Schedule
-Effect on SALT
-Acapulco
-Echeverria
-Meeting with the President
-MacGregor
-The President’s recollections
Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft
-Predecessor
-Jamaica
-Possible visit by the President
-Beauty
Testimony before Congress
-Laird and Rogers
Forthcoming congressional briefing on SALT
-Format
-MacGregor
-Congressional questions
-Order of questions
-The President’s opening remarks
(rev. Jan-02) Conv. No. 733-12/734-1 (cont.)
-Kissinger’s role
-Substance
-Kissinger's role in negotiations
-Length
-Recess
-Arrival ceremony for Echeverria
-Timing
-Fulbright
-Aiken
-Kissinger's remarks
-Length
-Time for questions
Kissinger left at 4:23 pm.
-Length
-Importance
-Questions
-Congress
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 26s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Forthcoming Congressional briefing on SALT
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Chairs
Haldeman entered at 4:25 pm.
-The President’s view
-Stephen B. Bull
-Selection
-Location
(rev. Jan-02) Conv. No. 733-12/734-1 (cont.)
-State Dining Room compared with the East Room
-Head of State dinner
-The President’s view
-Staff
-Rex W. Scouten
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 7m ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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Legislation
-John H. Dent
-Support for the President on black lung bill
-Pennsylvania
-Kentucky
-Ohio
-New Jersey
*****************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 3m 25s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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Amnesty
-Administration policy
-George S. McGovern
(rev. Jan-02) Conv. No. 733-12/734-1 (cont.)
-The President’s statements
-Canada
-Service
*****************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 12m 9s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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Amnesty
-The President's position
-Widows
-Veterans
-Alternative service
-Motives of draft resisters
-Number of resisters
[Conversation No. 733-12/734-1 continues on Tape Subject Log 734]Also recorded on June 14, 1972
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- 343-018 2:18 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:18 pm to 2:40 pm.
- 025-067 2:40 PM · 1 min — Unknown person(s) talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 2:40 pm on June 14, 1972 and 5:31 pm on June 15, 1972.
- 733-009 2:53 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:53 pm and 2:54 pm.
- 733-010 2:54 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, Warren E. Burger, Manolo Sanchez, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:54 pm to 3:59 pm.
- 733-012 4:02 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, Clark MacGregor, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:02 pm to 6:03 pm.
- 734-001 4:02 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Clark MacGregor, unknown person(s), Stephen B. Bull, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:02 pm to 6:03 pm.
- 734-002 6:03 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:03 pm to 6:16 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 733-011, June 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/733-011 (accessed October 12, 2026).