Conversation: 808-008
Prev: 808-007 Next: 808-009Start Date: Friday, October 27, 1972 4:59 PM
End Date: Friday, October 27, 1972 5:29 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Roberts, Gilroy; Conger, Clement C.; [Unknown person(s)]; White House operator; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Butz, Earl L.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Ehrlichman, John D.Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On October 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Gilroy Roberts, Clement C. Conger, unknown person(s), White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, Earl L. Butz, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:59 pm to 1:29 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 808-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 808-8
Date: October 27, 1972
Time: 12:59 pm -1:29 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Gilroy Roberts and Clement C. Conger.
Introductions
The President’s schedule
-Time for sketch of the President
An unknown woman entered at an unknown time after 12:59 pm.
The President's schedule
-Rose Mary Woods
The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 1:01 pm.
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 12:59 pm and
1:01 pm.
[Conversation No. 808-8A]
[See Conversation No. 32-74]
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[End of telephone conversation]
Roberts's sketch
-Techniques
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 12:59 pm.
The President's schedule
-Bill signing
Butterfield left at 1:01 pm.
The President talked with Earl L. Butz between 1:01 pm and 1:04 pm.
[Conversation No. 808-8B]
[See Conversation No. 32-75]
[End of telephone conversation]
Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 1:01 pm.
The President's schedule
-Bill signings
H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 1:04 pm.
Bill signings
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[Duration: 45s ]
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The President's schedule
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Roberts's sketch
Roberts and Conger left at 1:10 pm.
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 1:10 pm.
The President's schedule
-John D. Ehrlichman's request for meeting
-Legislation and vetoes
-Robert J. Dole
-Forthcoming appearance on Face the Nation, Meet the Press
-Charles W. Colson
-Meeting with campaign surrogates
Bull left at an unknown time before 1:15 pm.
Dole
-Work
-Colson’s view
John B. Connally
Congressional relations
-Notification of Republican leaders
-Pictures
-Possible telephone calls
-Response to news stories
Bull entered at an unknown time after 1:10 pm.
The President's schedule
-Ehrlichman
Bull left at an unknown time before 1:15 pm.
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Ehrlichman entered at 1:15 pm.
Ehrlichman's schedule
-Briefing
-Legislation
-Vetoes
-Older Americans bill
-House Resolution [HR] 1
-Bureaucracy
-Timing
-Arthur S. Flemming
-Elliot L. Richardson
-October 27, 1972 announcement of bills signed
The President’s schedule
-Ohio
-Possible statements
-Michigan
-Busing and parochial aid issues
-Robert P. Griffin
-The President’s forthcoming remarks
Ehrlichman left at 1:20 pm.
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[Duration: 4m 54s ]
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Polls
-The President's polls
-Timing
-Vietnam issue
-George H. Gallup, Louis P. Harris
-Peace settlement
-Bombing
-Approval of the President's actions
-Robert Teeter
-Announcement
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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[Duration: 1m 51s ]
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The President's schedule
-Vetoes of legislation
-Vietnam War settlement
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Routing of memorandum
-Private file
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
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[Duration: 1m 32s ]
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Haldeman left at 1:29 pm.