Conversation: 949-014
Prev:  949-013 Next: 949-015Start Date: 12-Jul-1973 8:22 PM
End Date: 12-Jul-1973 8:44 PM
Participants:
Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)]; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On July 12, 1973, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, President Richard M. Nixon, and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:44 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 949-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 949-14 Date: July 12, 1973 Time: Unknown between 8:22 pm and 8:44 pm Location: Oval Office Henry A. Kissinger met with an unknown man. President’s schedule -Departure Alexander M. Haig, Jr. entered at an unknown time after 8:22 pm. President’s health -President’s schedule -Departure -Bethesda Naval Medical Center -Earlier trip -Zulfikar Ali Bhutto -Spiro T. Agnew, Kissinger -Thelma C. (“Pat”) (Ryan) Nixon -Planning -Announcement Ronald L. Ziegler entered at an unknown time after 8:22 pm. Announcement -49- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. October-2012) Conversation No. 949-14 (cont’d) -Timing -Length -President’s health Ziegler left at an unknown time before 8:44 pm. The President entered at an unknown time after 8:22 pm. President’s health -Rest The President talked with the White House operator at 8:33 pm. [Conversation No. 949-14A] [Begin telephone conversation] [See Conversation No. 41-68] [End telephone conversation] ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] President’s health -Treatment [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** President’s schedule -Bhutto’s state visit -Cancellation -Agnew -Rome -50- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. October-2012) Conversation No. 949-14 (cont’d) -William P. Rogers -Compared to Congress members -President’s support -Delay -Agnew -Thelma C. (“Pat”) (Ryan) Nixon -Hospital -Cancellation -Humiliation -President’s support -Compared to Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. -Compared to John C. Stennis -Confrontation -Hospital -Cancellation -Signature -Haig -Staff and family -Bhutto -Compared to Ervn -Kissinger’s forthcoming telephone call to Pakistani ambassador -Hospital -Duration Ronald L. Ziegler entered at an unknown time after 8:33 pm. President’s health -Announcement Ziegler left at an unknown time before 8:44 pm. President’s health -Announcement -Dr. Walter Tkach’s diagnosis -Effect on American people -President’s schedule -Effect on Ervin and Archibald Cox -51- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. October-2012) Conversation No. 949-14 (cont’d) Watergate -President’s conversation with Ervin -Ervin’s goal -Leaks -Ervin Committee -John N. Mitchell’s testimony -Richard A. Moore’s testimony -John W. Dean, III’s testimony -John D. Ehrlichman’s possible testimony -Gordon C. Strachan -Possible Ervin Committee testimony -Immunity -Effect President’s meeting with Walter Scheel President’s foreign policy accomplishments -Year of Europe -Summit -Vietnam War Watergate -President’s opponents -Rowland Evans President’s health -Ziegler’s announcement -White House press corps -President’s schedule -Kissinger Haig’s schedule Ziegler’s location Kissinger and Haig left at an unknown time before 8:44 pm. -52- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. October-2012) Conversation No. 949-17 (cont’d)