Conversation: 785-002
Prev:  785-001 Next: 785-003Start Date: 22-Sep-1972 8:58 AM
End Date: 22-Sep-1972 9:08 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Colson, Charles W.; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On September 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:58 am to 9:08 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 785-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 785-2 Date: September 22, 1972 Time: 8:58 am - 9:08 am Location: Oval Office The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Charles W. Colson. The President's schedule for September 22, 1972 -Trip to Texas -Helicopter passengers -John G. Tower -White House staff, senators, congressmen -Tower -Dinner at John B. Connally's ranch -Harlingen to San Antonio flight -Republican meeting -Meeting an airplane George S. McGovern -Patrick J. Buchanan's analysis Vietnam War -Media coverage -War casualties 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Networks -Washington Post, New York Times -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 36s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 8:58 am. The President's schedule Bull left at an unknown time before 9:08 am. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 48s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** McGovern's campaign -Vietnam War as issue -Media coverage -Buchanan -Democratic Party nomination 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) 1972 election -Effects of US-Soviet Union grain deal -Iowa farmers' concern -Poll analysis -Grain prices -Robert J. Dole -Economy -Consumer Price Index [CPI] -Report on personal incomes -Improvements in take home pay -Durable good orders -Milton Pitts, White House barber -Louis P. Harris poll US-Soviet Union trade deal -1972 election -Jews -Israel -Political conditions -Public relations -Henry A. Kissinger’s talk with Yitzhak Rabin -Max M. Fisher -US public opinion -Liberal -Burundi deaths -Troop movement in Middle East -McGovern 1972 election -McGovern campaign -Aid to parochial schools -Strategy -Vietnam War as an issue -Media coverage -Colson’s conversation with the President, September 22, 1972 -September 20, 1972 incident -The President's campaign -Connally -National defense -William P. Rogers -Foreign policy 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Andrei A. Gromyko's visit -Signing of Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT] agreement and SALT II announcement -Trade deals -Media coverage -Tax reform bill -Vietnam War The President's schedule -Ku Klux Klan [KKK] -Masons -Colson -[Wendell B. Colson] -Patricia (Hughes) Colson -Catholicism Haldeman and Colson left at 9:08 am.