Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 743 › Conversation 743-002
Nixon, Ziegler & Haldeman on Press relations and Political campaign management
Tuesday, June 27, 1972 · 9:37 AM–10:06 AM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his senior staff, including Ronald Ziegler, H. R. Haldeman, and John Ehrlichman, to coordinate press strategy and finalize his upcoming schedule. The discussion covered various administrative topics such as television audio issues, revenue sharing, and the management of high-profile political figures like Martha Mitchell. Furthermore, the group evaluated the political landscape, including campaign personnel shifts and pending legislative priorities like the debt ceiling and welfare reform.
- Press relations
- Political campaign management
- Martha Mitchell
- Legislative agenda
- Revenue sharing
- Administration scheduling
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On June 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:37 am to 10:06 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 743-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 743-2
Date: June 27, 1972
Time: 9:37-10:06 am.
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.
The President's schedule
-Forthcoming press conference
-Timing
-Congressional adjournment
-Ziegler’s comments to press
-Congressional adjournment
-Social Security bill
-Television
Ziegler’s press briefing
-Appointments
-Military Assistance Command, Vietnam [MACV]
-Gen. Frederick C. Weyand
-Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.
-Clark MacGregor
-Caspar W. Weinberger
-Debt ceiling briefing
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Raw agricultural products
-Forthcoming meeting with John D. Ehrlichman
Baseball greats list
-Hugh Casey
-The President's article
-Distribution
-Associated Press [AP]
-Radio
-Rowland Evans
-AP
-Timing of release
-AP
H. R. Haldeman entered at 9:40 am.
Television audio problems
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-American Broadcasting Company [ABC]
-National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC]
-The President's filmed statement
Stephen B. Bull entered at 9:41 am.
The President's schedule
-Meeting with Ehrlichman
Bull left at 9:42 am.
Ziegler left at 9:42 am.
Television audio problems
The President’s schedule
-Association of Counties
-Statement by the President
-Revenue sharing
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Flood
-Ehrlichman
-Size
-Relations with Administration
-Vietnam War
-Statement by the President
-Welcoming remarks
-Foreign policy compared with domestic policy
-Revenue sharing
-Vietnam
-Administration spokesman
-Meeting schedule
John N. Mitchell
-Location
-Richard A. Moore
-Martha (Beall) Mitchell
-Necessity for control
-Access to press
-Health
-Press coverage
-Jack Lynn(?)'s call to Moore
-Helen A. Thomas
-Moore’s comments to editor
-Editor’s response
-Immediate future
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/31/2022.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[743-002-w001]
[Duration: 1m 56s]
John N. Mitchell
-Martha (Beall) Mitchell
-Role in campaign
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Possible replacement for John N. Mitchell
-The President’s opinion
-Missouri
-New Jersey
-1968 states
-New York
-Ability to handle James L. Buckley
-Charles W. Colson
-Need to handle Ronald W. Reagan
-Frederic V. Malek
-Role in campaign
-Ronald W. Reagan
-Missouri
-St. Louis
-Robert H. Finch
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Harry S. Dent
-Role in campaign
-Political operator
-Importance
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Martha Mitchell
-John Mitchell
Watergate
Edward C. Nixon's schedule
-Visit to black church
-Leonard P. Garment
-The President’s previous visit in 1960
-John F. Kennedy
-Appearance at church convention
-Militants
-Edward Nixon’s remarks
Scheduling of public appearances
-Black audiences
-The President's view
-Hispanics
-Cesar E. Chavez
-The President's view
-The President's family
-Robert H. Finch
-Edward Nixon’s public activities
Henry A. Kissinger's activities
-Congress
The President's schedule
-Cost of Living Council [COLC]
Ehrlichman entered at 9:58 am.
-George W. Romney
-John A. Volpe
-George P. Shultz
-John B. Connally, Jr.
Haldeman left at 9:58 am.
-Meeting with Republican senators
-Debt ceiling
-Shultz, Caspar W. Weinberger
-Revenue sharing
-Shultz
-Ehrlichman's meeting with Jacob K. Javits
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-House formula
-House Resolution [HR] 1
-Work requirement
-Senators' philosophy
-Agreement with the President
-Russell B. Long's proposal
-Senate bill
-Administration view
-Administration's role in preparing
-Wallace F. Bennett
-Criticism
-Elliot L. Richardson and James D. Hodgson
-Cost
-Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
-Robert Meyers
-Long
-Compared to HR 1
-Office of Management and Budget [OMB]
-The President's position
-Support for legislation
Ehrlichman left at 10:06 am.Also recorded on June 27, 1972
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- 743-003 10:06 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:06 am and 10:08 am.
- 103-007 10:08 AM · 1 hr 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee, including Wallace F. Bennett, Carl T. Curtis, Jack R. Miller, Leonard B. ("Len") Jordan, Paul J. Fannin, Clifford P. Hansen, Robert P. Griffin, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, John F. Evans, Jr., Clark MacGregor, Thomas C. Korologos, Ronald L. Ziegler, and James H. Falk, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:08 am and 11:28 am.
- 103-009 11:28 AM · 5 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 11:28 am on June 27, 1972 and 10:05 am on June 30, 1972.
- 103-012 11:28 AM · 1 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 11:28 am on June 27, 1972 and 10:05 am on June 30, 1972.
- 743-004 11:28 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:28 am and 11:30 am.
- 743-005 11:30 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, Elliot L. Richardson, John S. Millis, Theodore Cooper, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Cavanaugh, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:30 am to 11:57 am.
- 743-006 11:57 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, unknown person(s), Henry A. Kissinger, Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:57 am and 1:50 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 743-002, June 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/743-002 (accessed September 30, 2026).