Conversation 743-002

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

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.

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

                                        (rev. Feb-02)

      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

                                       (rev. Feb-02)

                -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

                                      (rev. Feb-02)

                     -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

                                           (rev. Feb-02)

          -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

                                        (rev. Feb-02)

                                      -Support for legislation

Ehrlichman left at 10:06 am.