Conversation: 878-007
Prev:  878-006 Next: 878-008Start Date: 13-Mar-1973 11:35 AM
End Date: 13-Mar-1973 12:03 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On March 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:35 am to 12:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 878-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 878-7 Date: March 13, 1973 Time: 11:35 am - 12:03 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. President's schedule -Management awards -Camp David -Repetition -Cabinet member attendance -Overcrowding -Recommendation on scheduling -John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger -Haldeman’s work with Ehrlichman -10- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. July-2010) Conversation No. 878-7 (cont’d) -Ehrlichman's views -Public impressions -Efficiency in government President’s performance -Press conference -President's performance -Frequency -President's schedule -Location -Camp David -Image -Social aspects -Dinners -Trade relations -Color stories Presidential approval rating -Polls -Decline -Robert Teeter, George H. Gallup -Telephone -Opinion Research Center [ORC] -President's popularity -Vietnam War -Reasons -Prisoners of war [POWs] -Public appearances -Value -Public opinion -Informing own people -Polls -Gallup -Teeter -Low ratings -ORC -Cost of polling -Results -Taxes compared with cost of government programs -11- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. July-2010) Conversation No. 878-7 (cont’d) -President’s vetoes -Impoundment -Congress’s role -Support for President -Inflation -Albert E. Sindlinger -Teeter -Federal spending -Support for President -Effects on income taxes -Education -Senior citizens -Aid to North Vietnam -Compared with aid after World War II -Japan -Germany -Sources of funds -National security budget -Administration’s strategy -Congressional relations President's public appearances -Visibility -Prime time -Television [TV] news coverage -Press conferences -Value -Effect on public opinion -President's daily activities -Visibility -Press coverage -Public reaction -One event per day President's schedule -Management awards -Haldeman’s responsibility -Poster child -Value -12- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. July-2010) Conversation No. 878-7 (cont’d) -Reaction to blackmail -Meetings in previous years Poll results -Reaction to Watergate -Reasons for gains -Vietnam settlement -POW return -Future decline -Teeter poll -Past gains -Pre-election period -Post-election results -Gallup results -Louis P. Harris poll results President's schedule -Meetings with departing staffers -Reasons -Frequency -John F. Kennedy -White House operators State of the Union Address -Ehrlichman's prospectus -Preparation -Lee W. Huebner -Draft -Congressional relations -Type of speech -Government reform -Inspirational tone -Discussion of programs -Value -Substance of speech -Taxes -Vietnam settlement -Huebner -Domestic Council -13- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. July-2010) Conversation No. 878-7 (cont’d) -Budget -Appeal to public -Congress’s role -Letters to Congress members -Gimmick -Aid to Vietnam -Draft of speech -President’s request -Congressional relations -Bryce N. Harlow -Respect -John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts -Delivery at night -Lack of concern for writing press Polls -Value -Governing -Attitudes toward Congress -Fluctuations Press relations -Patrick J. Buchanan's analysis -Alarmism -Obviousness -Positive issues for administration -Mood -Opportunities for administration An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 11:35 am. Taxes [?] The unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:03 pm. Press relations -News magazines -L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III -14- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. July-2010) Conversation No. 878-7 (cont’d) Gray -Media articles -Watergate -Richard G. Kleindienst -John N. Mitchell -Gordon C. Strachan -Confirmation hearings -Media articles -Problems -John W. Dean III -Wallace H. Johnson -James O. Eastland -Advice -Dean testimony -Subpoena An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 11:35 am. President's meeting with recipients of Management Improvement Award -Arrival -Format -Photographs -Roy L. Ash The unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:03 pm. -Group photograph -Value Watergate -President's meeting with Dean -Subjects of discussion -Gray -Maurice H. Stans -William C. Sullivan -Testimony about Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -Timing of testimony -Gray -15- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. July-2010) Conversation No. 878-7 (cont’d) Haldeman left at 12:03 pm.