Conversation: 933-008
Prev: 933-007 Next: 933-009Start Date: Wednesday, June 6, 1973 3:05 PM
End Date: Wednesday, June 6, 1973 3:35 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Laird, Melvin R.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; [Unknown person(s)]; Warren, Gerald L.; White House operator; Bull, Stephen B.; Meany, GeorgeRecording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On June 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Melvin R. Laird, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., unknown person(s), Gerald L. Warren, White House operator, Stephen B. Bull, and George Meany met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:05 am to 11:35 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 933-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 933-8
Date: June 6, 1973
Time: 11:05 am - 11:35 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Melvin R. Laird and Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Arrangements for photo
-Location
-Oval Office
-Gerald L. Warren
-Laird
-Meeting with media
Laird’s schedule
-Press
-Evening schedule
-Dinner
-Laird’s wife
-New Orleans [?]
-Airport
An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 11:05 am.
Warren’s location
-Meeting with President
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:08 am.
Laird’s schedule
-Wife’s arrival from Norfolk
-Congressmen
President’s schedule
-Republican Policy Committee
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
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Conversation No. 933-8 (cont’d)
Laird’s schedule
-Wife’s arrival
President’s schedule
-Republican Policy Committee
-Domestic policy
-Defense budget
Gerald L. Warren entered at an unknown time after 11:08 am.
Arrangements for photograph
-Action photographs
-Press questions
-Watergate
-Audio recording
Announcement of Laird’s appointment
-President’s meeting with Laird at Camp David
-Duration
Arrangements for photograph
-Press briefing
Wiretaps
-Press coverage
-Gerald L. Warren’s briefing
-President and Dwight D. Eisenhower compared to Robert F. (“Bobby”) Kennedy
-National security
-Duration
-Organized crime
Warren left at 11:11 am.
Laird
-Role on White House staff
-[Domestic Council]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
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Conversation No. 933-8 (cont’d)
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-Governor’s conference
-Executive Secretary
-Working relationship
-Conversation with Haig
-Role on Domestic Council
-Cole, Haig and Laird
-Cole’s speech
-Staff changes
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Haig
-Conversation with Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-Friendship
-Conversation with Gerald R. Ford and Hugh Scott
-Conversation with Mansfield
-Maureen (Hayes) Mansfield and Barbara Laird
-Location
-Relations with Congress
-Bipartisanship
-Conversations with Ford, John J. Rhodes, John W. Byrnes, William E.
Timmons
-Title
-Counselor for Domestic Affairs
-National Security Council
-Intellectual freedom
-Cole
-Congressional relations
-Roles of Timmons and Bryce N. Harlow
-Democratic and Republican Caucuses
-Samuel L. Devine, Chowder and Marching Society, S.O.S.
-Caucuses
-Social events
-Mrs. Laird
-Policy development
-Compromises
-Republican Leadership meeting
-Cabinet [?]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
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Conversation No. 933-8 (cont’d)
-Strategy
-Relationships with Roy L. Ash, Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-[Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) Department]
-Relationships with Cabinet Departments
-Commerce, Labor, Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development,
Transportation
-Size of staff
-Haig
-Schedule
-Cabinet meeting
-Congressional Leaders meeting
-Vietnam negotiations
-Iceland visit
-Invitation
-Role on White House staff
-National economy
-Wage and price controls
National economy
-Haig’s forthcoming meeting with William E. Simon and John T. Dunlop
-Haig’s conversation with John B. Connally
-Possible freeze
-60 day freeze
-Possible freeze
-Democratic Caucus’s view
-Relationship with labor unions
-George Meany
-Laird’s relationship
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 11:11 am and
11:35 am.
[Conversation No. 933-8A]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 39-101]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
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Conversation No. 933-8 (cont’d)
[End telephone conversation]
Laird
-Forthcoming conversation with Meany
-Announcement of Laird’s position
-Haig’s conversation with Cabinet
-William P. Rogers
-Defense Department
-George P. Shultz
-Announcement of Laird’s role to the Cabinet
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:11 am.
Laird’s appointment
-Calls to Cabinet members
-David N. Parker
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:35 am.
Laird
-Call to Meany
National economy
-Policy paper
-Possible freeze
-Need for action
-Possible freeze
-60 day freeze
-Harm to economy
-Psychological effect
-Possible Congressional action
-90 day freeze
-Preemptive action
-Timmons
-Laird’s review
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
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Conversation No. 933-8 (cont’d)
The President talked with Meany at an unknown time between 11:11 am and 11:35 am. Laird
then talked with Meany.
[Conversation No. 933-8B]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 39-102]
National economy
-Possible freeze
-Wage and prices
[End telephone conversation]
Meany
-Health
-Response to Laird Announcement
-Role of Secretary of Labor
-Meany’s thoughts
-Views of Frank E. Fitzsimmons and Peter J. Brennan
-Fitzsimmons
-President’s forthcoming conversation
-Brennan
-Relationship with Laird
-1952 Republican platform
-Recognition of union shop
-William J. Green
Laird
-Schedule
-Dinner with Helmut Schmidt and George Leber in Bonn
-Willy Brandt
-Award
-Speech to command of 6th Fleet
-Charge of command
-Experience with National Security Council [NSC]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
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Conversation No. 933-8 (cont’d)
-Announcement of appointment
-Cole, Haig
-Congressman
-Economy
-Possible press questions
-Watergate
-Press role
-President’s role
-President’s appreciation
Watergate
-Press questioning
-Answers
-Popular opinion
-Haig’s opinion
Press relations
-Forthcoming press conference
-White House Rose Garden [?]
-Sarah McLendon
-Question selection
-Foreign policy
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Domestic policy
-Vetoes
-President’s assessment of the media
-Cattle
-Forthcoming press conference with President, Haig, and Laird
-Demeanor
Laird
-Role on White House staff
-Energy, national security, health, other domestic fields
-Laird’s experience
-President’s goal for country
Warren entered at an unknown time after 11:11 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2011)
Conversation No. 933-8 (cont’d)
Press conference
The President, Laird, Haig and Warren left at 11:35 am.
Conversation 933-13
Date: June 6, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:35 am and 11:37 am
Location: Oval Office
Unknown persons met.
Order
Press conference
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr. [?]
-Arrangements
-President
The unknown persons left at an unknown time before 11:37 am.