Conversation: 867-016
Prev: 867-015 Next: 867-017Start Date: 2-Mar-1973 1:00 PM
End Date: 2-Mar-1973 1:27 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On March 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:00 pm to 1:27 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 867-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 867-16
Date: March 2, 1973
Time: 1:00 pm and 1:27 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
William E. Timmons
-Checking with Senators, Congressmen
-Invitations to travel with President
-People's Republic of China [PRC], Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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Conversation No. 867-16 (cont’d)
[USSR]
Congressional relations
-Presence at Paris peace signing
-Invitations
-Problems
-Henry A. Kissinger's reaction
-Precedent
-Justification for presence
-Timmons
-Work with Kissinger
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 1:00 pm.
Copies of Irving Kristol's remarks
-Distribution
-Attendees at Golda Meir dinner
Bull left at an unknown time before 1:27 pm.
Kissinger
-President's dealings with
-Appointments
-Problems
-Ambassadors
-Assistant secretaries
-Joseph J. Sisco
-Middle East, Pakistan
-David D. Newsom's position as assistant secretary for African affairs
-Robert C. Hill
-Ambassador to Canada
-Loyalty
-Mexico
-El Salvador
Ambassadors
-[First name unknown] Granderson [?]
-Importance of a post
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Conversation No. 867-16 (cont’d)
-Robert H. Finch
-Embarrassment
-President
-Jim [Last name unknown
-Appointment
-Finch
-Appointment
-[First name unknown] Reynolds
Chief of Protocol
-Emil and Patricia R. Mosbacher
-Escort of Golda Meir
-Oval Office
-Duties
-Dealings with visiting heads of state
-Blair House
-Mosbachers
-Accompanying foreign guests
Ambassador
-Israel
-Candidates
-Kenneth B. Keating
-Age
-Haldeman's conversation with John N. Mitchell
-Link with Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Loyalty
-Abilities
-Reception in Israel
-Rockefeller’s support
-Appointment
-Haldeman’s call to Rockefeller
-Kissinger
-Mitchell’s recommendation
Watergate
-Financial activities
-John W. Dean, III's investigation
-Dean's work with Mitchell via Thomas A. Pappas
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Conversation No. 867-16 (cont’d)
-Money for Watergate defendants
-Pappas
-Henry J. Tasca in Greece
-Money for Watergate defendants
-Pappas
-Fund raising
-Sale of company
-J[ean] Paul Getty
-Cash
George P. Shultz
-George D. Webster
Charles W. Colson
-Return from trip
-Work with Michael P. Balzano, Jr., Peter J. Brennan, Webster
Webster appointment
-Press reports
-Colson
-Failure to recruit Webster
-Appointment
-Treasury Department, ambassadorship
-Shultz
Robert H. (“Bob”) Taylor
-Rose Mary Woods
-Haldeman’s conversation with Woods
-Taylor's visit with President
-Acquaintance with Taylor
United States Secret Service [USSS]
-Taylor controversy
-Handling by Edward L. Morgan
-Compared with Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Patricia R. Hitt
-Morgan
-Intrigue
-Amount
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 867-16 (cont’d)
-Compared with Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI], Central Intelligence
Agency [CIA]
President's statement
-Problems
-Approval of Congressional entourage to International Conference on Vietnam
-Signing ceremony
Ambassadors
-Keating
-Hill
-Mexico
-Abilities
-William P. Rogers
-Objectives
Congressional meeting with President
-Reasons
-Hugh Scott and Gerald R. Ford's request
-Meeting on veto strategy
-President's concerns
-Timmons
-Number of meetings
-Scott
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Attendance
-Leslie C. Arends, Robert P. Griffin
-Leadership, Scott, Ford
-Time, scheduling
-Stephen B. Bull
-Ehrlichman, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Roy L. Ash
-Attendance
Weather
-Washington
-Compared with Florida, California
-Golf
People's Republic of China [PRC]
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Conversation No. 867-16 (cont’d)
-Kissinger
-Eugene Ormandy tour of china
-Van Cliburn
-Cliburn
-Performance in the USSR
-Effect on PRC’s opinion
Watergate
-Dean
-Intelligence
-Judgment
-Confidence
-Honesty
-Investigation
-Complexity
-Dealings with people
-Mitchell
-Watergate burglars
-Maureen Dean
-Colson
-Discussions on Watergate
-Contacts with Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Dean
-President's contact solely with Dean
-Dean
-Contact man on Watergate
-Legal background
-Gray
-Testimony before Ervin Committee
-Maurice H. Stans
-Testimony before Ervin Committee
-Questions on contributions
-Robert L. Vesco problem
-Receipt of cash
-Press reports
-Harry L. Sears
-Ignorance of Vesco
-Mitchell
-Political campaign contributions
-George S. McGovern
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 867-16 (cont’d)
-Sources
-Vesco contribution
-Returned to Vesco
-Donald A. Nixon
-Present activities
-Ehrlichman
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
Family members
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Michael Gill
-Mamie G. D. Eisenhower
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Sam Houston Johnson
-Vesco
Diplomatic reception
-Change of clothes
Trip to Camp David
-Scheduling
-Days off for President
-Relaxation
-Eisenhower’s pattern with golf
Golf
-[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Burning Tree County Club
-Dress
-Dinner
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 867-16 (cont’d)
The President and Haldeman left at 1:27 pm.