Conversation: 744-020
Prev:  744-019 Next: 744-021Start Date: 30-Jun-1972 12:17 PM
End Date: 30-Jun-1972 12:44 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Colson, Charles W.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:03:23
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:30:38
NARA Description:
On June 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:17 pm to 12:44 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 744-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 744-20 Date: June 30, 1972 Time: 12:17-12:44 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. The President's schedule -Meeting with candidates The President's previous press conference -James D. Hodgson's opinion -The President's style -Hodgson's opinion Charles W. Colson entered at 12:21 pm. White House relations with the press -The President's style -Cost of Living Council [COLC] -Donald H. Rumsfeld -Factual errors -Press bias -Spiro T. Agnew -Ronald W. Reagan -White House staff -John D. Ehrlichman, Haldeman, Colson -1952 campaign -Antagonism to the President -Cambodia and Laos -1962 campaign -Factual errors 21 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-02) Conv. No. 744-20 (cont.) -Need for response -Ehrlichman -Press questions -Anthony Lewis -Mailing of articles -Attribution -James Keogh -New York Times article -Organization to send letters -Media bias -Financing -John A. Scali's memorandum The President's previous press conference -Questions -The President’s preparation -Number of questions -Topics -The President's style -1960 debates -John F. Kennedy's press conferences -Colson’s view -Television pool camera -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 16s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** New York Times -Editorial conference with the President -Spitting incident before 1968 election -Jewish reporter -Compared to incident at Jewish temple in 1960 22 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-02) Conv. No. 744-20 (cont.) ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 24s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** -Max Frankel -Incumbent's advantage -Date for Vietnam negotiations -George Sherman of the Washington Star -George S. McGovern's interview on Associated Press [AP] -Bombing in Indochina -Adolf Hitler -Administration's response -Frank Borman -Press coverage on McGovern’s "begging" statement -Kennedy’s comments in Oregon -Labor vote -Wire services -United Press International [UPI] -National Broadcasting Company [NBC] -Delegates -New York Daily News -Washington Star Personnel -Anecdote -Abraham Lincoln The President's previous press conference -Robert Pierpoint's statement The President, Haldeman, and Colson left at 12:44 pm. 23 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-02) Conv. No. 744-20 (cont.)