Conversation: 774-003
Prev: 774-002 Next: 774-004Start Date: 11-Sep-1972 9:40 AM
End Date: 11-Sep-1972 9:59 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator; [Unknown person(s)]; Bull, Stephen B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On September 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:40 am to 9:59 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 774-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 774-3
Date: September 11, 1972
Time: 9:40 am - 9:59 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
The President’s schedule
-Camp David
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 9:40 am.
Refreshments
The unknown person left an unknown time before 9:59 am.
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time beteween 9:40 am and
9:59 am.
[Conversation No. 774-3A]
Telephone call to Chris Schenkel
-American Broadcasting Company [ABC] sports
-Munich, Germany
[End of telephone conversation]
1972 Olympic Games in Munich
-US – Soviet Union basketball game
-Boxing
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-Diving
-Haldeman’s view
-Wrestling
-Rifle event
-US and Soviet Union basketball game
-Controversy in last minute of game
-Timing of last field goal
-Fouling
-Time calling
-Comparison to other programs
-Sports announcers view of controversy
-Frank Gifford
-Wilt Chamberlain
-Coverage
-Howard Cosell
-Boxing
-Ray Seales
-Bobby G. Seale
-Black community
-American patriotism
-National Anthem
-Standing for American flag
-American athletes
-Shirley Povich
-Howard K. Smith
-Importance of national pride
-Swimming event example
-Life magazine
-Mark Spitz
-Position
-The President's attempted call
-Possible visit to the White House
-Henry C. Cashen, II
-Charles W. Colson
-Spitz’s coach
-Donald Schollander
-Spitz’s coach
-Miss America [Terry Anne Meeuwsen]
-Haldeman’s view
-Pageant
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-Jews
Watergate
-Washington Post
-Source
-Martha (Beall) Mitchell
-Guard's involvement
-Knowledge
-Question of accuracy of story
-Grand jury investigation of Watergate
-Letter involved
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-White House staff possible involvement
-Grand jury indictment
-White House public relations strategy
-Clark MacGregor
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Democrats' role
-White House involvement
-Policy line development
-John W. Dean III,
-Colson
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Investigation
-Civil suit
-Congressional inquiry
-William Proxmire
-Edward M. Kennedy
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 46s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Watergate story in Washington Post
-Information from defendent
-Dean's report
-Testimony before grand jury
-James W. McCord, Jr.
Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 9:40 am and 9:59 am.
[Conversation No. 774-3B]
Dean's report
-Determination of source
-Alfred C. Baldwin
[End of telephone conversation]
Watergate defendants
-Baldwin
-Mitchell
-Grand jury testimony
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:40 am.
The President's schedule
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Meeting with Council on International Economic Policy [CIEP]
Bull left at an unknown time before 9:59 am.
White House staff
-The President’s view
-Staff cuts
-Domestic Council
-Size
-Henry A. Kissinger's staff
-The President’s view
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-State Department
-Frank C. Carlucci
-Possible position
-Kissinger
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-John C. Whitaker
-National Park Service position
-The President’s view
-Motivation of staff members
-Washington DC environment
George S. McGovern’s allegation
-News summary
-Secret campaign funds
-Cover-up
-US – Soviet Union grain deal
-Press involvement
-International Telephone and Telegraph Company [ITT] analogy
-Teapot Dome analogy
-Press reaction
-Washington Post, New York Times
-Earl L. Butz
The President's schedule
-Camp David
-Republican National Committee meetings
-Vacation time
-Sequoia
-Camp David
Congressional committees
-Investigations
-Taxes
-Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr.
-Ehrlichman
-Robert D. (“Bobby”) Baker
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 42s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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The President's trip to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
-Ehrlichman
Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:40 am.
The President’s schedule
-Flanigan
Bull left at an unknown time before 9:59 am.
The President's trip to Wilkes-Barre
-Ehrlichman
-Public relations
-Color press stories
-Beer drinker [Frank Vivian]
-Wedding [Catherine Pickering and David Conte]
-Picnic [Jill Garrett]
-Presentation of check [Wilkes College]
-Carlucci
-Call to Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Press coverage
-The President's previous inspection of devastated area
-Press reporting
-Milton J. Shapp
-McGovern
-George W. Romney
Watergate investigation
-Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation with Dean
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Haldeman left at 9:59 am.