Conversation: 756-003
Prev: 756-002 Next: 756-004Start Date: Friday, July 28, 1972 2:03 PM
End Date: Friday, July 28, 1972 3:04 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)]; Bull, Stephen B.; Ziegler, Ronald L.Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On July 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), Stephen B. Bull, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:03 am to 11:04 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 756-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 756-3
Date: July 28, 1972
Time: 10:03 am - 11:04 am
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
The President's schedule
-Allen J. Ellender's funeral
-Wives of officials
-Accommodations on plane
-Very important person [VIP] section
-William E. Timmons, Thomas C. Korologos
-Richard K. Cook
-Bryce N. Harlow
-John D. Ehrlichman
Henry A. Kissinger entered at 10:04 am.
Vietnam
-Study on bombing dikes in North Vietnam
-Forthcoming State Department briefing
-Photographs
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-The President’s recent statement
-William P. Rogers
-U. Alexis Johnson, William H. Sullivan
-Rogers's views
-Defense Department
-Controversy
-Compared to possible Defense Department briefing
-Rogers
-Meeting with the President
-Possible telephone call
-Facts
-The President’s recent statement
-Compared to possible Defense Department briefing
Kissinger left at 10:06 am.
State Department
-Dispute with Defense Department
-Rogers
Rogers
-Conflict handling
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
The President's schedule
-Ellender's funeral
-Politicking
The President's recent press conference, July 27, 1972
-Subjects
-Foreign policy and politics
-Domestic topics
-Busing
-Environment
-Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]
-Child care
-Legal services
-Veto strategy
-National economy
Thomas Eagleton
-Forthcoming press conference
-Continuance on ticket
-Jack N. Anderson
-George S. McGovern's statement
-Public attitude
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 20s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Senate
Anderson
-Story about Eagleton
-White House response
-Haldeman’s possible conversation with Herbert G. Klein
-Story
-The President’s recent conversation with [Thomas] Hale
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
Boggs and Gerald R. Ford
-Purpose
-Anderson papers
-Veracity
-Washington Post
-Radio broadcast
Los Angeles Newspaper Guild
-Endorsement of McGovern
-George Putnam’s possible action
Alexander M. Haig, Jr.'s forthcoming briefings
-George C. Wallace
-Nelson A. Rockefeller, Ronald W. Reagan
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 13s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Wallace’s health
-Health
-Unknown person
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 49s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
Space shuttle
-Contract
-Notifications
-Peter M. Flanigan’s role
-The President's conversations
-John N. Mitchell
-Ehrlichman
-Rockefeller
-Politically subtle projects
-Ehrlichman
-Computers
-Mitchell
Flanigan
-Usefulness in political matters
-Soviet grain deal, trade
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 4m 35s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 10:06 am.
New York Times, Washington Post
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 10:35 am.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 51s ]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
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An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 10:06 am.
Newspapers
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 10:35 am.
Newspaper coverage
-Eagleton
-Photograph
-The President’s recent press conference
-New York liberals
-Kurt Waldheim
-Eagleton
-Photograph
-Herbert L. (“Herblock”) Block
-[Washington Post story]
-Yolanda Gomez
-Financial aid
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 53s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
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Watergate
-Grand jury
-Henry E. Petersen's conversation with John W. Dean III
-Forthcoming indictments
-Timing
-Forthcoming indictments
-E. Howard Hunt, G[eorge] Gordon Liddy
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
-Possible statement
An unknown person entered and left at an unknown time before 10:35 am.
-Timing of trials
-1972 election
-Timing
-Dean's view
-Effect
-Republican National Convention
-Television coverage
The President's schedule
-Ellender's funeral
-Timing
-Departure
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:06 am.
Request for a meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:35 am.
The President's schedule
-Ellender's funeral
-Transportation
-Planes
-Boeing 707
-New Orleans
-Helicopter
-Length
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 10:06 am.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 3s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 10:35 am.
The President's schedule
-Ellender's funeral
-Transportation
-Helicopter
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Attendance
-Richard B. Russell
Ziegler entered at 10:35 am.
Ellender's funeral
-Ziegler's forthcoming announcement
-The President’s attendance
-Senate leadership
-Transportation
-Michael J. Mansfield, Boggs
-Russell’s funeral
-President Pro Tem
-The President’s frienship with Ellender[?]
-Ellender's luncheons
-The President’s attendance
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Soviet Union trip
-Quote
-Louisiana’s power
-Russell B. Long, Otto E. Passman, F. Edward Herbert, Mansfield, Hugh
Scott, Joe D. Waggonner, Jr., Boggs
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 37s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
The President's schedule
-Press conferences
-Patrick J. Buchanan's views
-Points on foreign policy, politics
-Jerrold L. Schecter's conversation with Ziegler
-Tone in Oval Office
-Garnett D. (“Jack”) Horner's conversation with Ziegler
-Horner
-Travel with the President
-Florida, California, Hawaii
-Washington Star's finances
Horner
-Age
-Health and lifestyle
Newsmen
-Health and lifestyle
-Frank Cormier
-John F. Osborne
-California
-Merriman Smith
-Work
-Work
-Cormier
-Horner
-Dictation from notes
The President's press conferences
-Newsmen
-Methods of work
-Wire service news leads
-Dictation from notes
-Typing
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 3m 32s ]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12
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An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 10:35 am.
The President's schedule
-Meeting with Ehrlichman
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:00 am.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 13
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 34s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 13
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The President’s recent press conference
-Vietnam
-Bombing of dikes
-State Department
-Conventional compared to nuclear power
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 14
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 6m 23s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 14
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar-02)
The President's recent press conference
-Absence of cameras
-Network mention
-Photographs
-Absence
-Future occasions
-Wire services
Ziegler left at 11:00 am.
Watergate
-Grand jury
-Forthcoming indictments
-Hunt, Liddy and burglars
-Timing of trials
-1972 election
-Civil suit
-Timing
-Status
-Possible trials
-Timing
-1972 election
-Pleas
-Hunt
-Possible leaks
-Justice Department, Federal Bureau of Investigations [FBI]
-Cover-up
Weather
-The President's schedule
Haldeman left at 11:04 am.