Conversation: 820-018
Prev:  820-017 Next: 820-019Start Date: 12-Dec-1972 1:58 PM
End Date: 12-Dec-1972 2:20 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On December 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:58 pm to 2:20 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 820-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 820-18 Date: December 12, 1972 Time: 1:58 pm - 2:20 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. The President’s schedule -Meeting with Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Meeting with Jewell R. Lafontant, John D. Ehrlichman -Meeting with Gordon C. Strachan, Frank J. Shakespeare Haldeman’s conversation with William F. (“Billy”) Graham -The President’s possible meeting with Graham -Graham’s trip -1972 election -Graham’s meeting with [Shah of Iran] Mohammed Reza Pahlavi -Civilization -Shah’s message for the President -Second term reorganization -Young people -1973 Inauguration worship service at White House -John Cardinal Krol -Graham -Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin -Black minister -Dr. E. V. Hill -Convictions of Christ -Effect on Jews -Ecumenical service -Evangelical reaction -Participants -52- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 820-18 (cont’d) -Black minister -Greek, Jew, Catholic, Protestant -Black Protestant -Invocation, benediction -Number -Greek -Black -1969 Inauguration -Avoiding separate service -Norman Vincent Peale -Black minister -Protestants -Hill -California Baptist Convention -Participants -Graham -Krol -Magnin -Geography -Hill -Protocol -Procession -New Majority -Washington, DC hierarchy -Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan appointment -Effect on Indian democracy An unknown person entered and left at an unknown time before 2:20 pm. Telephone call -Corinne (Claiborne) (“Lindy”) Boggs -The President’s previous call -William E. Timmons’s possible telephone call -[Pegge (Jendro) Begieh] -Memorial service for [Thomas] Hale Boggs -Carl B. Albert -Drinking -Return call -Timmons -53- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 820-18 (cont’d) -Albert’s secretary -Timmons’s possible call -Memorial service -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon’s attendance -California -Memorial service -The President’s attendance -Pressures -Presidential airplane -Allen J. Ellender funeral Second term reorganization -Moynihan -Symbolism -The President’s conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler -Changes -Press relations -Ziegler’s view -John F. Osborne -Defense Department -State Department -Justice Department -William P. Rogers -Richard G. Kleindienst -Press relations -Washington, DC -The President’s conversation with Henry A. Kissinger -1972 election -Power Press relations -New Republic -[Oriana Fallaci] story -Osborne -Return calls from Kissinger -Patrick J. Buchanan -News summary -Pravda -Osborne and Hugh S. Sidey -54- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 820-18 (cont’d) -Analyses -Osborne -Kissinger interview -Interview techniques -Washington Post -East Wing -The President’s conversation with Ziegler -Possible staff firings -Photographers -Christmas -Mrs. Nixon -Tree Watergate -Buchanan’s note -Donald H. Segretti -White House statements -Upcoming trials -Segretti case -Status -Edward M. Kennedy’s action -Congressional investigation -White House action -White House, Committee for the Re-election of the President [CRP] involvement -Second term reorganization -Post-1972 election -Trial, Kennedy investigation -The President’s possible statement -Credibility -Timing -Trial, investigation -White House “White Paper” -The President’s possible statement -Haldeman’s view -Record -White House staff involvement -The President’s meeting with Gordon C. Strachan -Dwight L. Chapin -55- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 820-18 (cont’d) -Retention or departure -Richard A. Moore’s view -L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III -Moore’s view -Haldeman’s view -Charles W. Colson -Public relations [PR] -Moore’s view -Reappointment -Timing -Christmas -Private sector job -Alexander P. Butterfield Second term reorganization -Butterfield -Secretary of the Air Force or Navy -Cronyism -Political handout -Under Secretary -State Department -Defense Department -White House -Women -Meetings -Mexican-Americans -Frederic V. Malek -Cabinet -Anne L. Armstrong -Meeting with the President -Chief of Protocol -Compared to Special Assistant to the President -Visibility -William R. Codus -Deputy Chief of Protocol -John E. Nidecker -Herbert G. Klein -Armstrong -Chief of Protocol -56- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 820-18 (cont’d) -Ambassadorship -Emil (“Bus”) Mosbacher, Jr. -Chief of Protocol -Ambassadorship to France or Britain -Jews -Ambition Call to Albert -Timmons -Instruction -John C. Stennis George P. Shultz -Conversation with Peter G. Peterson -Peterson’s trip The President and Haldeman left at 2:20 pm.