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Conversation 746-005

TapeTape 746StartSaturday, July 1, 1972 at 9:45 AMEndSaturday, July 1, 1972 at 10:04 AMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob");  Bull, Stephen B.Recording deviceOval Office
AI Summary

President Nixon met with H. R. Haldeman and Stephen B. Bull to coordinate the strategic response to John N. Mitchell's resignation as chairman of the Committee to Re-elect the President, specifically discussing the timing of press releases and public statements. The group also addressed administrative scheduling, including the President's attendance at Dabney Hibbert's wedding and coordination with NSC staff regarding anecdotes from his recent trip to the Soviet Union. Additionally, the President discussed budget meetings with Caspar Weinberger and communicated a preference for a saltwater swimming pool over a tennis court in response to a gift offer from Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg.

John N. MitchellCommittee to Re-elect the PresidentSoviet Union tripCaspar WeinbergerWalter H. AnnenbergWhite House administration
AudioNARA Description

On July 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 10:04 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 746-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 746-5

Date: July 1, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:45 am and 10:04 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

     John N. Mitchell’s resignation [as chairman of the Committee to Re-elect the President]
          -The President’s forthcoming statement
               -Martha (Beall) Mitchell
               -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

                                          (rev. Oct-06)

                 -Richard A. Moore
                 -Martha Mitchell
                 -Text
                      -Press coverage
                 -Charles W. Colson
                 -Release
                      -Timing
                          -Clark MacGregor
                                 -Press conference
                                       -Congressional responsibilities

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 42s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:45 am.

     List
            -Telephone calls

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:04 am.

     Press conference
          -Telephone calls to Cabinet
                -George W. Romney

     The President’s schedule
          -Dabney Hibbert's wedding
               -Julie Nixon Eisenhower
                     -Bull

     The President's conversations in Soviet Union
          -Anecdotes
               -National Security Council [NSC] staff
                      -Henry A. Kissinger

                                     (rev. Oct-06)

         -Evening at Dacha impressions
              -Winston Lord
              -John Negroponte
              -The President’s file

    Budget
        -The President’s forthcoming meeting with Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
             -George P. Shultz

    The President’s schedule
         -Airplane

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 26s      ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3

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    Walter H. Annenberg
        -Gift of pool
              -Chequers
              -Tennis court

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 16s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4

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                                        (rev. Oct-06)

                -Tennis court
                      -The President’s conversation with Gen. Walter R. Tkach
                          -Theodore Roosevelt
                          -[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson
                -Privacy
                -Salt water

Haldeman left at 10:04 am.
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Good.
Eat with a lot of that at the end.
That's good money.
You've got to think the last two billion.
That makes a lot of sense.
It makes a lot of good news.
Do you think that you really can sell?
I think maybe you're right.
That text won't be running or anything.
It wasn't.
I wouldn't think so.
We'll release it.
But I don't think that what they'll run is that they'll say it is.
It's technically run.
I don't know.
The second paragraph will run.
Yeah, that one.
I don't know.
I just have to be sure the damn thing's still on.
I think that's all.
I'm going to make sure we all know.
I don't know.
There's no need for you to join.
I asked you to call.
Okay, we're going to confirm.
We're just going to confirm.
We're not going to do it until 6 or 12 30 because Gregor has a press conference this morning wrapping up the congressional session which had been set up for us to read.
Oh, yeah.
I'm sure.
Especially if you're a candidate.
be sure to make a note.
I felt we've got to cover most of the people.
I haven't covered the others, but I just wanted to know.
Would you be sure that Abby's wedding is the wedding that I want, not the job?
I'm going to attend.
We'll be here in Washington.
I just want to be sure I'm not awful at
I got an interview with Bob, and said, hey, Julie, take care of it.
He called Steve and said that he wanted to put on his schedule.
Would you follow through with the MSC staff?
I asked them to read through all the records of my conversations around here.
My conversations.
They picked the, they picked the anecdotes out.
I mean, we had it on every single one of them.
I've got the filing.
The other thing you asked for, which was the impressions of the evening and the adoption.
Did that talk about who drank?
Well, this is the case.
You know, who drank what, not the cigarettes they smoked.
That's what I said.
Good.
So, the only purpose of this is to find out.
I don't need it.
Okay.
I don't need it.
I just want to
Another thing, I'm going to have Weinberger come out sometime next week and talk to him about the questions he has.
He's always like, come with me, but I want Weinberger to come.
Maybe I should come with both of these.
Yeah, I'll cover both of these.
Ken Berg, one last thing.
I made a decision on it.
There's no problem now about the tennis court.
I don't want you to mention this to the tennis players around here.
But at appropriate time, whenever you're talking to Walter Hamburg, say the president would not mention this to you, but he found that you could give the tennis court a chance.
I mean, that pool, he feels it would be a wonderful thing.
He would like it.
I want to work a tennis court.
And that's not that tennis court.
And the reason I'm going to say this is because you're going to find that you play the rest of the time.
But I asked, I said, Walter, how many presidents have played tennis in Japan?
You know, about this century.
And he goes, he goes, what else?
Teddy didn't fight much.
Teddy was more a hiker.
And Wilson was a golfer.
Wilson was an out-golfer.
You seldom, seldom hear of Wilson ever in a tennis court.
Not in a tennis court.
It's not for folks.
I mean, it isn't for older people.
You know what I mean?
Very new play.
So I think pool is all right.
What do you think?
And there's no problem with it.
It's a delightful play.
So you can get included.
This is good enough, but I think it can't be.
I think it can be, you know, it can be what it is.
Hold up, because the other hand can be done, which you might want to do.
If we start from scratch, just make it a saltwater pool.
I didn't know that.
It would have cost a fortune to ship this old saltwater.
I think you can do that.
I may not be able to keep a saltwater pool.
Anyway, go up.
Okay.
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