Conversation: 765-012
Prev:  765-011 Next: 765-013Start Date: 8-Aug-1972 11:23 AM
End Date: 8-Aug-1972 12:05 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Ehrlichman, John D.; White House operator; Sanchez, Manolo; Huff, Sam; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On August 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, Manolo Sanchez, Sam Huff, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:23 am to 12:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 765-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 765-12 Date: August 8, 1972 Time: 11:23 am - 12:05 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield. The President's schedule -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's role -Responsibilities -Campaign -White House operations -Lawrence M. Higby -Butterfield -Responsibilities -Scheduling -Administrative matters -Daily schedule -Scheduling -Dwight L. Chapin -David N. Parker -Example of the President’s forthcoming meeting with Miss Teenage America -Parker -Haldeman -Parker -Chapin -Scheduling of external events -Parker -Example of the President’s forthcoming meeting with Miss Teenage America -Example of swearing-in ceremony for Dixy Lee Ray -Haldeman's role -Parker -Competence 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Possible replacement for Haldeman -Butterfield -Schedule plan -Haldeman -Chapin -Examples -Swearing-in ceremonies -Miss Teenage America -Republican leadership meeting -Floyd Patterson -Possible trips to Camp David -Haldeman -Possible revenue sharing bill signing ceremony -Haldeman, Butterfield, and Parker -Higby -Parker -Plan for President's schedule -Weekly plan -Monthly plan -Haldeman's review -Butterfield's responsibilities -Leadership and Cabinet meetings -Meetings with White House staff -Daily schedule review -Haldeman John D. Ehrlichman entered at 11:29 am. The President’s schedule -Possible daily meetings with the President -Butterfield -Parker -Haldeman -Revenue sharing bill signing ceremony -The President's forthcoming meeting with Soviet health minister [Boris V. Petrovsky] -Henry A. Kissinger -Timing -Petrovsky’s location 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -The President's forthcoming trip to Camp David -Timing -The President’s forthcoming meeting at Camp David -Briefing by White House staff -George W. Romney briefing -The President's attendance -The President’s meeting with Petrovsky -Timing -Romney briefing -Notice to William P. Rogers -Timing -Length of briefing -Cocktails -The President's meeting with Petrovsky -Kissinger -Number of attendees -Robert J. Dole -Elliot L. Richardson -Dinner with Petrovsky -Romney -Return from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania -Rogers -Transportation -Helicopters -Cars -Dwight D. Eisenhower administration -Helicopter for Eisenhower -Cars for staff -Haldeman's role Butterfield left at 11:36 am. The President's schedule -Parker's role -Haldeman -Meeting with Miss Teenage America -Swearing-in for Ray The White House operator talked with the President at an unknown time between 11:36 am and 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) 11:41 am. [Conversation No. 765-12A] [See Conversation No. 29-39] [End of telephone conversation] Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO] bill -President's position -Congressional actions -Authorization -Board of directors -Jacob K. Javits [?] -Continuing resolution -Rallying point for R. Sargent Shriver -Howard Phillips -Continuing resolution -Possible veto Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 11:36 am. Refreshments Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:41 am. OEO -Ehrlichman's previous meeting with Peter H. Dominick Unemployment -Michigan -Robert P. Griffin -Productivity of automobile industry -William G. Milliken -Work with automobile industry Airline hijacking -Ehrlichman -Penalties 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Polling -Procedures for prevention -Ehrlichman's previous meeting with airline presidents -Delta Airline -Previous hijacking incident -Airline cooperation -Sealing of stairways ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 3m 10s ] The President talked with Sam Huff between 11:41 am and 11:44 am. [Conversation No. 765-12b] [See Conversation No. 29-40; one item has been withdrawn.] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** Water quality bill -Veto prospects Butterfield entered at 11:45 am. The President's schedule -Haldeman -Possible meeting with John B. Connally -Bryce N. Harlow -Connally’s forthcoming announcement -Forthcoming Camp David meeting 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -John N. Mitchell -[Martha (Beall) Mitchell] Butterfield left at 11:47 am. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 25s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ***************************************************************** The President’s schedule -Forthcoming Camp David meeting -John Mitchell -Martha Mitchell Water quality bill -Memorandum from Howard H. Baker, Jr. -Congressional conference -Costs of bill -President's veto -Likelihood -Compared with Department of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare [HEW] bill appropriations -Edmund S. Muskie -Work in conference on costs -President's signal to Congress -Baker’s reaction -The President’s view -Black lung legislation -Caspar W. (“Cap”)Weinberger 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) Labor and HEW appropriations bill -Gerald R. Ford -Forthcoming veto End the war resolution -Hugh Scott -Memorandum for the President from William E. Timmons -News summary -William B. Saxbe -Scott -Ehrlichman’s view -Kissinger -Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson amendment -Saxbe -Criticism of White House -Scott -Alienation of Republicans Jackson amendment -Kissinger Scott -George D. Aiken amendment -Dealings with William E. Timmons and Thomas C. Korologos Unemployment issue -Herbert Stein -Weinberger -William L. Safire -Stein -Compared to Paul W. McCracken -Increase in jobs -Increase in peace time jobs -Decrease of defense related jobs -Norris Cotton -Publicity -Fact sheets -Need for slogans -Spending ceiling 16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Taxes -George S. McGovern's slogans -Need for publicity -Safires work -Ehrlichman’s view -Robert H. Finch's assistant -Patrick J. Buchanan -Negative phrases -Safire -Problems with phraseology -White House staff -Herbert G. Klein -The President’s view -Korologos -Timmons -Ronald L. Ziegler -Klein -Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. and Ehrlichman -Weinberger -Possible slogans -McGovern's proposals -Tax increases -Publicity -Use of White House resources -Use of Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP] resources Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 11:47 am. Figs -Shipment [from San Clemente] -Aircraft -Unknown military aide -Frequency Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:05 pm. White House kitchen renovation -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -Haldeman 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Herbert W. Kalmbach -Schedule ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 3m 27s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ***************************************************************** Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:47 am. The President's forthcoming meeting with Miss Teenage America and Clarence E. Miller Bull left at an unknown time before 12:05 pm. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 47s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ***************************************************************** Public relations -Slogans -Tax reform 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -George P. Shultz's paper -Ehrlichman’s view -McGovern -Property tax -Treasury Department -Need for statements -Property taxes -1969 reforms -Pre-reform figures -Use by McGovern -Possible statement by the Administration -Impact of reforms Lawrence F. O’Brien, Jr. investigation -Possible appearance for tax audit -Timing -Possible subpoena Robert D. (“Bobby”) Baker -The President’s forthcoming conversation with Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo Justice Department, Interior Department -Files -Henry L. Kimelman -John Mitchell -Shriver -White House file -Justice Department -Internal Revenue Service [IRS] -Kimelman -Interior Department investigation Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 11:47 am. Call from Tricia Nixon Cox Butterfield left at an unknown time before 12:05 pm. Ehrlichman left at 12:05 pm. 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03)