Conversation 744-020

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

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.

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

                                      (rev. Feb-02)

               -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]

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    New York Times
        -Editorial conference with the President
              -Spitting incident before 1968 election
                    -Jewish reporter
                    -Compared to incident at Jewish temple in 1960

                                       (rev. Feb-02)

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          -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.

                                        (rev. Feb-02)