Conversation 742-011

Audio for this conversation has not yet been released by the National Archives.

On June 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry Cabot Lodge, Charles W. Colson, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:07 am to 11:30 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 742-011 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 742-11

Date: June 26, 1972
Time: 11:07 am -11:30 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Henry Cabot Lodge and Charles W. Colson.

     The President’s schedule
          -Henry A. Kissinger
          -Press photograph

     The President's statement on return from trip to the Soviet Union
          -Lodge’s view
               -US News and World Report article

Henry A. Kissinger entered at an unknown time after 11:07 am.

     Washington Post article comparing George S. McGovern's national
     security policy with Dwight D. Eisenhower's
          -The President’s view

     Photograph opportunity

     Vatican
          -Lodge’s previous visit
          -Frank Stevenson from the State Department
          -Giovanni Battista Motini [Pope Paul VI]
               -Feelings toward the President
                     -Lodge’s assessment
               -American bishops

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         -Structure of Lodge's office
               -Archbishop Spinnelli (?)
               -Foreign service officer's role in Pope's attitude toward Joseph Cardinal
               Mindszenty
                    -US embassy in Rome
               -Lodge's schedule
               -Kissinger’s view
               -Oral Roberts
               -Vietnam
                    -Prisoners of war [POWs]
               -Staffing
               -Lodge's title
                    -Bryce N. Harlow
                    -Pope's brother
               -Visitors to Vatican
         -Terrance Cardinal Cooke
         -John Cardinal Krol
               -Support for the President
         -Timothy Cardinal Manning
         -James F.A. Cardinal McIntyre
         -John Cardinal Cody
         -Cardinal in St. Louis
         -Cardinal in Detroit
         -White House efforts
               -Cardinals
         -Cardinal Cooke
               -Lodge's visit
         -Cardinal Manning
         -Colson’s role
         -Lodge's visits
               -Aid to education bill

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 27s     ]

                                         (rev. Feb-02)

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      Lodge's official roles
          -Diplomatic appointments
          -Lodge's family
          -Paris
          -Diplomatic assignments
          -Spain
                 -George Lodge's family
                 -Lodge
                 -Possible appointees
                       -Robert C. Hill
                       -Horatio Rivero
                       -John D. Lodge
                 -Political future
                       -Argentina
                            -John Lodge
                       -Gen. Francisco Franco
                       -Lopez Bravo
                       -Current Vice President of Spain
                 -Linguistic ability
                       -Lodge
                            -Germany
                 -State Department
          -Relationship with Pope
                 -Maltese ambassador

      Lodge's family

      Washington Post article
          -Colson

Lodge, et al., left at 11:31 am.

                                         (rev. Feb-02)