Conversation: 873-003
Prev: 873-002 Next: 873-004Start Date: 8-Mar-1973 5:55 PM
End Date: 8-Mar-1973 6:22 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob");Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On March 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 6:22 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 873-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 873-3
Date: March 8, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:55 pm and 6:22 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-2010)
Conversation No. 873-3 (cont’d)
Malcolm E. Smith
-Talk with Haldeman
-Age
-Residence
-Occupation
-Candidacy for Congress
-Otis G. Pike
-Visit with President
-Conservatism
-Criticism of President’s of Family Assistance Program [FAP]
-Haldeman’s telephone call
-Smith's book on John F. Kennedy
-Publication difficulties
-Advertisements [Ads]
-Response from Crown Publishing
-Distribution
-Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination
-Victory Lasky
-Copies for Haldeman
-Republication
-[Unintelligible name] Robert H. Abplanalp
-Research
-Errors
-Copper in Chile
-Current activities
-Conservative citizens' lobby
-John N. Gardner
-Book on John F. Kennedy
-Acquisition
-Reprinting
-Editing
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-Clement W. Stone
-Publishing
-Lewis
-Editing
-Criticism by Pike in election campaign
-Federal prosecution
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 873-3 (cont’d)
-Advertisements
-Federal Trade Commission [FTC]
-Political office
-Mayor of Misinquoag [?]
-Residence
-Support for President
-1970 election
-Pike’s response
-Long Island
Newbold (“Newby”) Noyes, Jr.
-President’s meeting
-Haldeman’s viewpoint
-Compared to Buchanan’s theory [of electoral possibilities]
-Letters to President
-Assessment of President’s administration
-Vindictiveness, meanness
-Concern
-1972 election victory
-Public perception
-Inside Washington, DC
-Nationwide
Melvin R. Laird [?]
-Vacation
-Mexico
-Residence
-Washington, DC
-Wolf Trap Concert
-Chairmanship
-David Packard
-C. R. Smith
-Packard's investment
-Kay Shouts [?]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 873-3 (cont’d)
David Packard
-Qualities for office
-Governorship
-Haldeman’s telephone call
-Meeting
-Robert H. Finch
-President’s encouragement to run for governor
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-John B. Connally
-Deal with People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Governorship
Congressional relations
-Congressmen’s meetings with White House staff
-Impression of authority
-Administrative assistants
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Jerry Persons
-Clark MacGregor
-William E. Timmons
-Thomas C. Korologos
-Problem
-Timmons
-Talking paper
-Compared to MacGregor
House of Representatives’ Freshmen Republicans
-Strengths
-Support for President’s policies
-John B. Conlan
-Leadership ambition
-Votes for President’s policies
-Dependence on President
-President’s 1972 landslide victory
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 873-3 (cont’d)
-Donald E. Young’s victory in Alaska special election
-Credit to President’s policies
-Telegram
-President’s telephone call
-Telegram’s content
-Donald W. Riegle, Jr.
-Democrats [?]
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Connally
-Change of political party affiliation
-Press conference
-George Christian
-Location
-Washington, DC compared to Texas
-Network story
-National attention
-Stature in politics
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House of Representatives’ Freshmen Republican meeting
-Introduction, photographs
-Value
-Topics covered
-Trade bill, aid to North Vietnam, budget
-Strength of group
-Conlan
-Timidity [?]
-Age
-Robert C. (“Bob”) Wilson
-Conlan
-Qualities as leader
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
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Conversation No. 873-3 (cont’d)
Economy
-Wholesale prices
-Food and non-food prices
-Meeting
-[Unintelligible name]
-George P. Shultz’s attendance
President's meeting with Noyes
-Value
-Noyes’s strong feelings
-Support for administration
-Weaknesses of administration
-Coldness, indifference
-Sammy Davis, Jr.
-Management skills
-Image of dullness, lack of charisma
-Claude Brinegar
President’s meeting with Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Capt. Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr.
-Private
Presentation of President's policies and philosophy
-President’s meeting with Freshmen Republicans
-Conlon’s speech
-Big picture compared to particular votes
-White House staff
-Weaknesses
-Speechwriters
-Domestic Council
-Programmatic approach
-Image
-Television [TV]
-Image making
Haldeman
-Newsweek article
-Criticism
-New York
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 873-3 (cont’d)
-Criticism
-Requirements of job
-Henry Trewhitt
-Concerns
-Information and research
-Results
-Search for bad information
-Past article
-Time
-Newsweek article
-Rejection
-Trewhitt
President's pubic image
-Meeting with Noyes
-Show of concern
-President's press conference
-Question
-Blacks
-Appearance of answer in press conference
-Transcript
-Crosby S. Noyes
-Agreement with Newbold Noyes
-Newbold Noyes's concern
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Compassion
-President's use of gimmicks
-John D. Ehrlichman's suggestions
-Black students
-High school, trade school
-Nursing homes, homes for incurables
-Press coverage [?]
-Dick Barkette [?]
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Constance M. (Cornell) (“Connie”) Stuart
-President compared with John F. Kennedy and Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Role of press in image making
-John F. Kennedy
-Relations with Blacks
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
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Conversation No. 873-3 (cont’d)
-President's attitude toward Blacks compared to Lyndon B. Johnson
-President’s experience in school, sports
-White House servants’ opinion
-Political constituency
-Buchanan’s viewpoint
-Press interviews
-Show of concern [?]
-Human interest stories
-Hard news
-Compared to John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
-Staff release of stories
Coat [?]
Haldeman left at 6:22 pm.
Conversation no. 873-4
Date: March 8, 1973
Time: Unknown after 6:22 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
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Return of someone
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The unknown person left at an unknown time after 6:22 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 873-4 (cont’d)