Conversation: 845-012
Prev:  845-011 Next: 845-013Start Date: 31-Jan-1973 4:52 PM
End Date: 31-Jan-1973 6:13 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Connally, John B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On January 31, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:52 pm and 6:13 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 845-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 845-12 Date: January 31, 1973 Time: Unknown between 4:52 and 6:13 pm. Location: Oval Office The President met with Stephen B. Bull. The President's schedule -Arrangements for dinner -Eisaku Sato -Toast -Reception Bull left at an unknown time before 6:13 pm. John B. Connally entered at an unknown time after 4:52 pm. Charles Bluhdorn -Gulf and Western -Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company -Acquisition -Hartford Foundation -Huntington Hartford -Possible injunction by the Justice Department -[First name not known] Crawford -Father, -Dean of Law School, University of Michigan -Richard Easton -Father Dean of Law School, University of Texas -22- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 845-12 (cont’d) International trade -Congressional relations -Carl Albert -Domestic considerations -Lyndon B. Johnson years -Foreign affairs -The President’s accomplishments -Possible priority for the President -Financial situation -Stability of the dollar -European markets Japan -Trade surplus Canada -Trade surplus Issues -John F. Kennedy -Trade, energy Energy -US companies -Japan -Great Britain -Eric William -British Petroleum -Conversation with Connally -Capability, technology -Crude oil -International considerations -Government involvement -Domestic economic considerations -Europe -Moral decay -Japan -Domestic economic considerations -Moral problem of US -New Left -23- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 845-12 (cont’d) -Intellectual leadership -Great Britain -France -Europe -Character -Will to resist -Soviet Union -Peoples’ Republic of China [PRC] -Soviet Union -Armament -Character Trade -Kennedy round of General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs [GATT] -Possible protectionist considerations -Japan -Export of radios -Import restrictions -Canada -Edward R.G. Heath -Monetary concerns -Deficits -Dollar -The President’s possible initiatives -Congress Energy -Heating -Oil companies -Scapegoats -Federal Power Commission -Dwight D. Eisenhower’s policy -George P. Shultz -Secretary of Labor -Task force on oil imports -Independent oil companies -Canada -Opposition to protectionism -Wage and price controls -Richard M. Helms -24- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 845-12 (cont’d) -James M. Schlesinger -Ambassador to Iran -Regional responsibilities -Other ambassadors -Oil -Principalities -Saudi Arabia -Expertise ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [National security] [Duration: 7s ] [MIDDLE EAST POLICY] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ***************************************************************** -Regional responsibilities -Iran to Algeria -Travel -Meeting with Connally -Other ambassadors -Experience -National Security Council [NSC] -Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] -Oil companies ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 13 [National security] [Duration: 11s ] [IRAN] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 13 -25- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 845-12 (cont’d) ***************************************************************** -Connally’s role -Intermediary with oil companies -Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger -President's schedule -San Clemente meeting -Shultz, Ehrlichman -Kissinger -Patrick J. Buchanan -Israel -Ehrlichman -Domestic Council -Shultz -Kissinger -Schedule -Vietnam settlement -Soviet Union, PRC -North Vietnam -South Vietnam -The President's schedule -California Soviet Union -Col. Richard T. Kennedy -Trade agreement -Connally’s schedule -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Foreign policy implications -Kissinger -PRC -US needs -Kissinger -PRC, Japan -Dobrynin -26- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 845-12 (cont’d) -Kissinger’s schedule Helms -Meeting with Connally -Loyalty -Responsibilities as ambassador ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [National security] [Duration: 21s ] [MIDDLE EAST POLICY] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ***************************************************************** -Toughness, honor, experience -State Department -Compared to businessmen -Saudi Arabia -Oil -Experience -CIA -Analysis ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 14 [National security] [Duration: 15s ] [HELMS] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 14 ***************************************************************** -27- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 845-12 (cont’d) -Strength -Kissinger -President’s letter -CIA -Departure -Staff rotation -Responsibilities as ambassador -Meeting with Connally -Breadth -Oil companies Connally -Esso -General Counsel -Standard Oil of New Jersey -John ("Ken") Jameson -Peter M. Flanigan -Schedule -Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson -Meeting with the President -Energy -The President’s meeting with Congressional leaders -Work with oil companies -Senate -Vincent de Roulet -Ambassador to Jamaica -Patriotism -Richard S. Reynolds, Jr. -Possible future appointments -Europe -Great Britain -Walter H. Annenberg -France -John N. Irwin, II -Germany -Italy -John A. Volpe -State Department -Possible confirmation -J. William Fulbright -28- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 845-12 (cont’d) -DeRoulet Connally’s meeting with [Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia] Malik Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz al- Saud -Letter -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Israel -[Fahd, King of Saudi Arabia] Fahn bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud -Communism -Zionism -Visit with Fahd -Friendship with US -Arab leaders -Israel Press relations -TV morning show -Charles W. Colson, Haldeman, Kissinger -Vietnam settlement -Claudia A. (“Lady Bird”) Johnson -White House Press Office -Conversation between President and Lyndon Johnson -Health -Vietnam negotiations -Bombing -Kissinger -Schedule -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Nguyen Van Thieu -Kissinger -Aid cut off -The President's instructions to Haldeman -Lyndon Johnson -Bombing in Vietnam -Kissinger -Lyndon Johnson’s knowledge ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] -29- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 845-12 (cont’d) -Politics -William D. Ruckelshaus -John B. Connally -1976 Republican Nomination -Jules Witcover -Peter Lisagor -The President’s support -1974 Congressional elections -Vietnam settlement -Voter registration -Spiro T. Agnew -Nelson A. Rockefeller -Connally’s party status -Agnew -Possibility of Nomination -Electability -Rockefeller -Possibility of nomination -Age -Ronald W. Reagan -Melvin R. Laird -Charles H. Percy [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** Vietnam -The President's conversation with Eisaku Sato -Opposition to President -Compared to Lyndon Johnson -Press relations -Intellectuals -Demonstrations -Kakuei Tanaka -US reliability as an ally -South Vietnam -Japan -Great Britain -France -30- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 845-12 (cont’d) -Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy -Possibility of earlier settlement -South Vietnam -Communist government -Prisoners of War [POWs] -Communist victory -Tanaka -Gough Whitlam -Australian Prime Minister -Heath -Europe -Japan -Soviet Union, PRC -Leadership of free world Politics -1976 Presidential election -Possibility of a liberal democrat -Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy -Walter F. Mondale -Economic implications -National security -PRC, Soviet Union -Europe -US alliance ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] -Connally’s future -The President’s conversations with Haldeman, Colson -Kissinger -Rockefeller -Connally’s conversations with associates -George Christian -Larry Temple -Connally’s political affiliation -Democrat Party -Republican Party -31- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 845-12 (cont’d) -Connally’s conversation with Richard G. Kleindienst -Colson -Possible announcement of party change -“Today Show” -Possibility of Connally’s changing parties -Timing -Lyndon Johnson’s death -Texas [End of segment reviewed under deed of gift.] ***************************************************************** Lyndon Johnson's death -The President's speech on Vietnam settlement -The President's presence at funeral services -Claudia A. (“Lady Bird”) Johnson ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift.] Politics -Colson -Connally’s future [End segment reviewed under deed of gift.] ***************************************************************** Connally left at 6:13 pm.