Conversation: 760-009
Prev:  760-008 Next: 760-010Start Date: 3-Aug-1972 9:12 AM
End Date: 3-Aug-1972 10:41 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Woods, Rose Mary; Ehrlichman, John D.; [Unknown person(s)]; Bull, Stephen B.; Matson, Ollie; Matson, Ollie (Mrs.); Matson, Barbara; Matson, Bruce; Chang, Marguerite S.; Cashen, Henry C., II; White House photographer; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On August 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, John D. Ehrlichman, unknown person(s), Stephen B. Bull, Ollie Matson, Mrs. Ollie Matson, Barbara Matson, Bruce Matson, Marguerite S. Chang, Henry C. Cashen, II, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:12 am to 10:41 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 760-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 760-9 Date: August 3, 1972 Time: 9:12 am - 10:41 am Location: Oval Office The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 5m 45s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** The President's schedule -Forthcoming meeting with Herbert G. Klein and his staff -Klein’s schedule -Forthcoming meeting with Elaine (Schwartzenburg) Edwards -Photograph session -Forthcoming trip to Thomas B. McCabe, Jr.’s residence -John N. Mitchell -Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo -Robert H. Abplanalp -Robert H. Finch -Speech -Forthcoming meeting on the Sequoia -Finch -Klein -Clark MacGregor -Ronald L. Ziegler -Bryce N. Harlow 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -John D. Ehrlichman -Charles W. Colson -Klein -Frederic V. Malek -California Rose Mary Woods entered at 9:22 am. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 4m 30s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** Woods left at 9:24 am. Woods -Ability to complete certain tasks -Stephen B. Bull ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 19m 3s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ***************************************************************** 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) Ehrlichman entered at 9:44 am. The President's schedule -Forthcoming meeting with Ollie Matson -Matson’s forthcoming induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame -The President’s meeting with Haldeman and Ehrlichman -Klein -Ziegler -Colson An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 9:44 am. [Forthcoming meeting on the Sequoia] -MacGregor -Ziegler The Administration’s policies -George A. Smathers -Ford Motor Company -Henry E. Ford,II The unknown person left at an unknown time before 10:00 am. -Ford -Smathers -Support for the Administration -Clark M. Clifford -Passage of the Edward W. Brooke amendment -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew’s previous conversation with the President -The President's previous conversation with Henry A. Kissinger -Vietnam negotiations -Publicity of progress -Possible effect on Brooke amendment vote -Possible effect on negotiations -Leonard Garment -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -James L. [?] Buckley 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Kissinger’s conversations with Senators -Charles H. Percy -Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. -Kissinger’s previous assistance to Senators -Agnew’s previous conversation with Kissinger -Investigative agencies -Internal Revenue Service [IRS] -Department of Justice -Investigations of the President after his terms as Vice President -Investigation of income tax returns -Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] -News stories about investigations ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 26s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ***************************************************************** Watergate -Washington Post article -Headline Government investigations -Democrats -Investigations of financial contributions -George S. McGovern -Democratic National Committee -IRS -Justice Department -Anti-trust 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Use of administration power -Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr. -Strategy -Lyndon B. Johnson -Previous investigations of the President -1952 -Harry S. Truman -1962 -1960 -The President’s previous meeting with Nikita S. Khrushchev -Dwight D. Eisenhower -Bureaucracy -Tom C. Huston -IRS -Head [Johnnie M. Walters?] -David M. Kennedy -John B. Connally -George P. Shultz -Shultz -The President’s view -Connally -Haldeman’s view -Connally’s possible possession of IRS files -Democrats -McGovern -O’Brien -IRS -Justice Department -Defense Department -Ehrlichman’s request -McGovern's service record -Carl S. Wallace -Melvin R. Laird -David R. Young, Jr. -Daniel Ellsberg -Cooperation -Laird -Shultz -Richard G. Kleindienst 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Shultz Personnel in government -Abe Fortas -Johnson -Staffing of government positions -IRS -Justice Department -Treasury Department -Johnson -Malek -Need for list of administration appointees -Phillip S. (“Sam”) Hughes -General Accounting Office [GAO] -Bureau of the Budget -Retirement -Elmer B. Staats -Harlow -IRS -Possible appointment in education position -James S. Coleman -The education establishment -The President’s view -National Education Association [NEA] -Coleman -University of California, Los Angeles [UCLA] -Elliot L. Richardson -Coleman -Need for loyalty -Unknown man from Colorado -Civil rights Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:44 am. The President's schedule -Forthcoming meeting with Matson -Photograph session Bull left at an unknown time before 10:00 am. 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) Personnel in government -Personnel in education -Coleman -David J. Armor -Harvard University -UCLA -Busing -IRS -Roger Barth -Shultz Ollie Matson, Mrs. Ollie Matson, Barbara Matson, Bruce Matson, Mamie S. Greene, and Henry C. Cashen, II entered at 10:00 am. Members of the press and the White House photographer were present at the beginning of the meeting. Football -California -Washington Redskins Introductions -Bruce Matson -Mrs. Ollie Matson -Barbara Matson -Greene The President's previous visit to Pro Football Hall of Fame Photograph -Ollie Matson -Playing weight Football -1969 Pro Bowl football -[Photograph session] -Defensive end -Gino Marchetti -Gene Brito -Washington Redskins 16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Loyola University -Ollie Matson -University of San Francisco -The President’s view -Ollie Matson’s view Ollie Matson’s residence -Los Angeles -San Francisco Presentation of gifts by the President -Cufflinks -Presidential seal -Pin -Bracelet -Tie bar -Presidential seal -Rug -Ceiling Tour of the White House The President's reminiscence -Los Angeles -High schools -Los Angeles, Manual Arts, Polytechnic, John C. Fremont -The President’s football career Ollie Matson -Possible anti-narcotics efforts Mrs. Matson -San Francisco -Matsons’ children -Additional gifts Ollie Matson et al., except for Haldeman and Ehrlichman, left at 10:09 am. The President’s meeting with Ollie Matson 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Press coverage -The President’s schedule -Additional meetings -Sports coverage -Black press Ollie Matson -The President’s view Media coverage -Black press -Stanley S. Scott’s efforts -Coverage of the President -The President’s trip to Africa in 1960 Democrats -McGovern -Use of federal agencies -Publicity The President left at an unknown time after 10:09 am. -Strategy -O'Brien-Howard R. Hughes relationship -Victor Riesel -Jack N. Anderson -Robert D. Novak -Kenneth W. Clawson -Bureaucracy -Press -William F. (“Billy”) Graham -Taxes The President entered at an unknown time before 10:40 am. -McGovern -Image -Price -Thomas F. Eagleton 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Strategy -Jack Dempsey -Louis Firpo -O'Brien International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -Investigations -Staff efforts Use of federal agencies -Ziegler -McGovern -Investigation -IRS -Colson -Shultz -Strategy -Press -Possible external tip to Shultz -O'Brien -IRS report -The President -F. Donald Nixon -Hubert H. Humphrey -Hughes Tool Company -Payments -Joseph N. Napolitan -Income -Status of O’Brien’s corporation -Napolitan -Hughes Tool payments -Timing -Payments to O’Brien and Napolitan compared to payments to Donald Nixon -Humphrey -Strategy -Dwayne O. Andreas -[First name unknown] Cellucci [sp?] -Henry L. Kimelman 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Interior Department report -Jews -Mafia -IRS -Justice Department -McGovern organization -Incorporation -John W. Dean, III -Cabinet -Reaction to Watergate -Investigations -Strategy -1970 -William O. Douglas Supreme Court -Ehrlichman’s forthcoming conversation with Warren E. Burger -Ellsberg case -Timing -Effect on 1972 election -Johnson -Foreign policy -Vietnam negotiations -Douglas -Strategy -J. Edgar Hoover Investigations -Carl L. Shipley -J. William Middendorf, II -Colson -Advertisements -Oceanographic Fund case -Edward C. Nixon -SEC investigation -William J. Casey -Anti-trust -Administration action -Lawyers 20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 6s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 ***************************************************************** The President’s meeting with Haldeman and Ehrlichman -Colson Governmental operations -Spending ceiling -Laird’s statements to the press -Haldeman’s view -McGovern -Kissinger’s efforts with Laird -Ehrlichman’s view -Ziegler -Press and Congress -Effect on defense spending -Ehrlichman’s previous Today show appearance -Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger -Previous consultation with Laird -Previous Cabinet meeting Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:09 am. The President's schedule -Forthcoming meeting with John S.D. Eisenhower -John Eisenhower’s birthday -Money clip 21 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) Bull left at an unknown time before 10:40 am. Cabinet -Laird -List of possible successors -[David] Kenneth Rush -Press reaction -Connally -Nelson A. Rockefeller -Spending ceiling -Possible statement -Kissinger -Weinberger -William P. Rogers -The President’s view -Compared to Rush -Haldeman’s view -George W. Romney -Desire to see the President -Ehrlichman's role -[Citizens for America] -Barry M. Goldwater -John W. Gardner [Common Cause] -Future -James D. Hodgson -His future in the Cabinet -Decision about second term -John A. Volpe -Post-election discussion -Personnel decisions -Romney -Ehrlichman’s previous meeting with Hodgson -Volpe -Submission of resignation by entire staff -Laird -Spending ceiling -Ehrlichman -Weinberger -Kissinger 22 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Romney -Forthcoming meeting with Ehrlichman -Cabinet reappointments Administration efforts to investigate political opponents The President's schedule -Forthcoming meeting with John Eisenhower and David R. Young, Jr. -Ehrlichman’s possible participation Ehrlichman left at 10:40 am. -Forthcoming Sequoia meeting -Finch -Klein -Ziegler -Colson -Malek -MacGregor -Robert J. Dole -MacGregor -Ehrlichman -Kissinger -Haldeman -Forthcoming Youth for Nixon event -Herbert Brownell -Mitchell -Herbert W. Kalmbach -Forthcoming trip to McCabe residence -Mitchell -Florida compared to Camp David -Golf Haldeman left at 10:41 am.