Conversation: 797-030
Prev: 797-029 Next: 797-031Start Date: Friday, October 13, 1972 9:43 PM
End Date: Friday, October 13, 1972 10:03 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Ziegler, Ronald L.Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On October 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:43 pm to 6:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 797-030 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 797-30
Date: October 13, 1972
Time: 5:43 pm - 6:03 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Fredrick V. Malek
Oval Office furnishings
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Mrs. Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 5:44 pm.
Media relations
-Cincinnati television [TV] station
-1972 World Series
-The President's schedule
-Non-attendance
-John K. Andrews, Jr.
-Detroit Tigers-Oakland Athletics [A’s] playoff game
-TV viewed by the President
-Amount of time
-The President’s view
-Cincinnati Reds hitting
-A’s pitching
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-Reds
-Johnny Bench
-Pete Rose
-A’s
-Bert Campaneris
-Johnny Lee (“Blue Moon”) Odom
-James (“Catfish”) Hunter
-Reggie Jackson
-Reds
-Johnny Bench
-Pete Rose
Ziegler left at 5:49 pm.
Oval Office furnishings
-Abraham Lincoln statue
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 4m 46s ]
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Vietnam Negotiations
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Schedule
-Recent conversation with the President
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Return from Saigon
-Hanoi
-North Vietnamese
-Settlement timing
-1972 election
-National effect
-Cease-fire
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-Timing
-US troop withdrawals
-Prisoners of War [POWs]
-The President’s schedule
-October 25, 1972
-TV speech
-Kissinger’s schedule
-Speech
-Announcement
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 21s ]
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Watergate and campaign practices
-Washington Post
-Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP]
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Charles W. Colson
-Dirty tricks
-Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Innuendo
-Muskie
-Colson
-Columnist
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 47s ]
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END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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Haldeman left at 6:03 pm.