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Conversation 843-007

TapeTape 843StartFriday, January 26, 1973 at 10:11 AMEndFriday, January 26, 1973 at 10:34 AMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Recording deviceOval Office
AI Summary

President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to coordinate communication strategies regarding the 1974 federal budget and manage the President’s increasingly demanding schedule. They discussed drafting a letter to Republican members of Congress to promote the administration’s fiscal agenda and debated the logistics of high-level meetings, specifically regarding POW/MIA families and Republican leadership. Additionally, the pair touched upon the potential role of George H.W. Bush in the administration and the need to streamline presidential engagements to improve efficiency.

1974 BudgetRepublican CongressPOW/MIAPresidential ScheduleGeorge H.W. Bush
AudioNARA Description

On January 26, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:11 am and 10:34 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 843-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 843-7

Date: January 26, 1973
Time: Unknown after 10:11 am and before 10:34 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

       Mrs. Ferdinand E. Marcos
             -Henry A. Kissinger

       1974 Budget
            The President's letter to Republican Congressmen
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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                      (rev. Mar.-09)

                                                             Conversation No. 843-7 (cont’d)

                  -Raymond K. Price, Jr.
                  -Taxes
                  -Price
                  -Democrats
                         -William E. Timmons
                  -Hugh Scott

       The President's schedule
            -National League of Families of American Prisoners of War [POWs] and Missing
            In Action [MIA] in Southeast Asia

       POW list

       Ronald L. Ziegler
            -Jerry W. Friedheim

       The President's schedule
            -Length of meetings

       1974 Budget

       George H.W. Bush
            -Rose Mary Woods
            -Role

       Congressional resolution
            -Timmons

The President and H. R. Haldeman left at an unknown time before 10:34 am.
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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I thought they had... Is he recommending it?
Because the last I heard was that he said we should not allow her to request a call.
And they were trying to...
I don't mind, Henry.
Henry doesn't want you to see me.
Oh.
He doesn't?
Well, that was the last I got.
Listen, if I got no dope letter, the idea being, uh, I'll just give you this piece of paper and have Price give off the letter.
A letter should go to the, uh, the, uh, Republicans in the Congress.
A letter should, uh, uh, get something like the battle of the election beginning.
I, uh...
This budget is, as I stated in my remarks, this budget is a no-cash increase.
If I open the line, would we not only make sure
I would appreciate your consideration.
There's a copy.
Any of them.
Christ or somebody could get the damn letter.
And I would send it for all if they could get a copy of the speech.
Send it to all members of all Republican members of the House and all Republican members of the Senate with the first name in each one.
And then also send it to
I'm going to ask you.
Why don't people say that?
Bill could cover all of that, but he could just cover some of the budget classes, copy, print, speech, and the rest of the things.
And send his budget messages to Congress.
It's a serious thing.
It just doesn't have to have everybody be next to me if I have any chance.
But I think I should send a letter to the Republicans on the bill.
I don't think the desire to submit to the Congress would be that much easier.
They'll all be in the roast dog room, but only three will come in to the leadership.
You can't take the whole bunch in.
You just have to take care of the leadership.
Well, they're at least learning that it's over.
That's the main thing they need.
So it's re-marrying every day.
Well, it's been tougher until they, I don't know, until they know.
But I guess, really, they'll know tomorrow.
If they give us the list of prisoners.
Anybody that's not on the list, I guess that's it.
You're sure it's not on this file?
I'm sorry.
I'm virtually sure, yeah.
Ron said he talked to Freedon.
There has been a problem with that.
All right.
It's set on email.
to cut off the meetings.
Basically, you don't have to go to the full court.
You don't have to come here and kind of do what I've been saying in the meeting here.
They don't give certs so much.
You get a little bit shorter.
I sure do.
Everything gets a little bit shorter.
And we have there's a box down.
You just sit around.
We all get a little bit more of an opportunity to get asked.
It's basically...
I have a lot of disparity.
Disparity, right?
That is, disparity comes out every two hours.
That's it.
But he didn't begin to walk out.
I've got to go to a little committee meeting, and he'll choose me, Mr. President.
He was the first one to say, well, let's all quit.
Don't you agree?
That will not help her any good.
The budget has to get softened for consumption.
And my political pros, they can't get it, and that's not a problem.
It's a great technology.
Sample.
Exartic.
Yeah, exartic.
I don't know.
I don't know.
A, he can handle it.
B, he's got a staff up there he can put to work or he can kick out and get some good people on and get some of that taken care of.
And it builds his position.
It makes it meaningful to be the national chairman.
I'm sure of it.
They are going to have one of their own.
Lots of herders, they are.
What?
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