Secret White House Tapes

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24–153
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • H. R. Haldeman
May 16, 1972
Conversation No. 24-153

Date: May 16, 1972
Time: 3:50 pm -3:58 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

The President's schedule
-Meeting with Mexican delegates
-Length
-Haldeman’s view
-Next meeting
-Ray Bliss
-John Cardinal Krol

John B. Connally
-Departure from administration
-Meeting with the President
-Press stories
-Timing
-Speculation
-Statement to the Cabinet
-Support for the President's reelection
-The President's walk to Treasury Department
-Publicity
-Photographs
-Ronald L. Ziegler's efforts
-Publicity

Vietnam
-Vote in Senate on Robert C. Byrd amendment
-Margin
-Republican defections
-Charles H. Percy
-Richard S. Schweiker
-Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
-John Sherman Cooper
-Percy
-The President’s view
-Administration plans
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-Robert A. Taft, Jr.
-Administration support for supporters
-Polls
-Timing
-Percy
-Illinois
-Support for the President
-Taft
-Defection
-The President's telephone call
-The President's forthcoming trip to Soviet Union
-Timing of vote
-Clifford P. Case-Frank F. Church amendment
-Doves
-Support
-Administration opposition
-Supporters
-Filibuster
-Prospect for defeat

Connally's resignation
-Calls
-Cabinet
-The President's walk to Treasury Department
-Publicity
-Treasury
-George P. Shultz
-Confirmation by Senate

Senate
-Trip to New Orleans

The President's schedule
-A breakfast
-Cabinet meeting
-Timing of Soviet trip
-The President's return
-Notification
-Date

[Forename unknown] Brown
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-Press work
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