Conversation: 797-033
Prev: 797-032 Next: 797-034Start Date: 13-Oct-1972 6:15 PM
End Date: 13-Oct-1972 6:22 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob");Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On October 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:15 pm to 6:22 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 797-033 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 797-33
Date: October 13, 1972
Time: 6:15 pm - 6:22 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
Eleanor (Stegeberg) McGovern
-Health
-Possible telephone call from Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon or the President
-The President’s instructions
-Gen Walter R. Tkach
George S. McGovern
-Campaign practices
-Possibility of invitation to White House
-Harry S. Truman
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-John F. Kennedy
-The President
-Bay of Pigs
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-The President
-Hubert Humphrey
-1968 campaign compared to 1972 campaign
Eleanor McGovern
-Telephone call recommendation
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Ralph de Toledano’s recommendation to the President as Vice President
-Letter to James B. (“Scotty”) Reston’s son
-Health
-Herbert E. Kaplow
-Herbert G. Klein
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Press relations
George McGovern
-Humphrey
-Compared to McGovern’s campaign
Eleanor McGovern
-Health
-Campaigning
-South Dakota
-California
-Vietnam speech by George McGovern
Press relations
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Standards
-Allegations
-Democratic campaign practices
-Violence at rallies
-Fake tickets
Campaign practices
-Richard (“Dick”) Tuck
-Dirty tricks
-Anonymous letters
-Use
-Edmund S. Muskie
Democratic Party
-[McGovern]
-Prospects of success
Vietnam negotiations
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Settlement timing
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Johnson
-George McGovern
Haldeman left at 6:22 pm.