Conversation: 773-001
Prev:  772-017 Next: 773-002Start Date: 8-Sep-1972 9:28 AM
End Date: 8-Sep-1972 10:20 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On September 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:28 am to 10:20 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 773-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 773-1 Date: September 8, 1972 Time: 9:28 am - 10:20 am Location: Oval Office The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 9m 40s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** The President's conversation with Charles W. Colson on Watergate -Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr. -Court case -Edward Bennett Williams -Depositions -Howard Johnson Motel -Location to Watergate -Indictment 1972 Presidential campaign -George S. McGovern -McGovern’s charges -Duluth, Minnesota -Story -Soviet Union grain deal -Activities of administration -Continental Grain Company 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Clarence D. Palmby -Grain deal and knowledge of farmers -Supply of grain and price of grain -Response -Tactics of McGovern's campaign -Ohio -O'Brien -The Administrations response -The President’s instructions John D. Ehrlichman's staff -O'Brien tax investigation -Amount of retainer [from Howard R. Hughes] -Murray M. Chotiner -George P. Shultz The Committee to Reelect the President [CRP] headquarters -1701 Pennsylvania Avenue -Price of meat ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 3m 36s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ***************************************************************** Watergate issue -Depositions -O'Brien -Depositions -White House staff -Burglers -Indictments -Time 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 31s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ***************************************************************** Previous presidents -Public relations -Drinking habits -Lyndon B. Johnson -Harry S Truman -The President -Dwight D. Eisenhower -John F. Kennedy -Johnson -Truman -Poker games -Johnson -Press -Press -Administration policy -The President’s view -John F. Osborne -Party for press -Executive Office Building -Osborne -Press story Watergate -CRP -Indictments -The President's attitude -Deposition 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) Wholesale Price Index -Adjusted figures -Unadjusted figures -Department of Agriculture -Meat prices -Price freeze -Donald H. Rumsfeld -Cable to retail chains -Bread prices -Price freeze -Price commission -Shultz -Date -Presidential gifts -Anniversary of August 15, 1971 economic action -Camp David -John B. Connally -Shultz -Arthur F. Burns -Herbert Stein -Four leaf clovers -Watch Council on International Economic Policy [CIEP] -Forthcoming meeting with executive committee -Peter M. Flanigan -Republican National Convention -Announcement -Henry A. Kissinger's presence -The President’s view -1972 election -Forthcoming meeting -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. James R. (“Jimmy”) Hoffa -Kissinger’s meeting with Harold J. Gibbons -Administration's reactions -White House -International Brotherhood of Teamsters -William L. Taub 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Meeting with Kissinger -Parole board -Taub -Richard G. Kleindienst -Parole restrictions -Travel restrictions -Hoffa's possible trip to North Vietnam -William P. Rogers -Passport cancellation -Haldeman’s view -Possible Hoffa press conference -The President’s view -Kissinger’s actions -Ronald L. Ziegler -Hoffa -Trip to North Vietnam -Cancellation -Pierre Salinger -Passport -Rogers -Colson -Frank E. Fitzsimmons -Kissinger's meetings with Gibbons W. Ramsey Clark Eugene J. McCarthy -Possible position -Corporation for Public Broadcasting -Thomas B. Curtis -Nicholas Johnson -Federal Communications Commission [FCC] -McCarthy -Type of position -Connally -Dean Burch -Forthcoming resignation -Appointment of Democrat or Republican -Democrat endorsement -Possible position -FCC 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Connally -Johnson -Burch -Richard E. Wiley -Republican -Role -Support of the President -Johnson -Work at FCC -The President’s view Revocation of Hoffa’s passport -Rogers -Colson -Kleindienst -Taub -Clerk in Passport Office -Call to Kleindienst -Clerk's reaction Williams -Washington lawyers -List -Democrats for Nixon -Kissinger -Meetings with people -Flanigan -Administration policy -Airlines -Georgetown lawyers -List of individuals -Bryce N. Harlow -The President’s instructions -Colson's office -Washington Democratic lawyers and lobbyists -Administration's response -Washington Redskins -Stadium -Ehrlichman -Administration's own lawyers -Clark M. Clifford's clientele 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) Administration activities for second term -1972 election -Colson -Establishing a Nixon-Washington establishment -Defense against opposition -Chotiner -The President’s view -Colson -Haldeman’s view -Internal Revenue Service [IRS] material -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] material Personnel management -Press relations -Colson -Herbert G. Klein -Counsellor title -Leonard Garment -CIEP -The President’s view -White House staff -Haldeman’s view -Domestic Council -Ehrlichman -Creation of work -Size of Kissinger's staff -The President’s view -Executive office -Size -Cabinet members -Press relations with administration -Klein -Washington Post -Individual reporters -Ziegler -Opposition to the administration -The President’s instructions to Haldeman -Lyndon K. "Mort" Allin -Patrick J. Buchanan -Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -List of Washington reporters and media people -Type -Content -Stories and predictions on Nixon-McGovern race -Joseph C. Kraft -Story on Nixon -Buchanan -Allin -Individuals on list -Vietnam War reporting -Kraft -James B. (“Scotty”) Reston -Ziegler -Defense of the President -Press conferences -Colson -Possible role -Haldeman’s role -Reactions -Location in District of Columbia [DC] -Power structure -Colson's future location Hoffa -State Department -Possible press conference -Kissinger -Cooperation -Celebrities -Call from Harvard University professors The President's schedule ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 3m 9s ] 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ***************************************************************** White House staff -Alexander P. Butterfield -Secretary to the Cabinet -Maxwell M. Rabb -Responsibilities -Cabinet meetings -Reason for meetings -Leadership for meetings -Colson -Forthcoming Cabinet meeting -Profile on Louis P. Harris poll -Strengths of the President's administration -Vietnam issue -Newspaper coverage -William E. Timmons -Butterfield -Role as coordinator -Briefing for Ziegler -Information for public Murder of Israeli athletes at Olympic Games in Munich, Germany -Administration's response -Kissinger -Haldeman staff meeting -Haldeman’s view -Foreign affairs -US position on Egypt and Lebanon -McGovern’s position -Press coverage -Specific issue dominating newspapers -Time duration -Compared to coverage on Lt. William L. Calley, Jr. -Effect on McGovern’s campaign -The President’s response -Jewish issue -Memorial service 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -The President’s attendance -Edward M. Kennedy -Jacob K. Javits -Abraham Ribicoff -Herbert Stein -Kennedy's attendance Secret Service protection for Kennedy -Robert Newbrand -Responsibilities -Type of protection -Orders -William L. Duncan -Protection orders -Newbrand Haldeman left at 10:20 am.