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666–2
- President Richard M. Nixon
- Manolo Sanchez
- H. R. Haldeman
- UNKNOWN
- John D. Ehrlichman
- Rose Mary Woods
- Ronald L. Ziegler
- Stephen B. Bull
- Henry A. Kissinger
- Alejandro A. Lanusse
February 7, 1972
Conversation No. 666-2
Date: February 7, 1972
Time: Unknown before 9:32 am and 11:54 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
[Unintelligible]
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:32 am.
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 9:32 am.
Instruction
Vietnam negotiations
-Xuan Thuy
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 9:32 am.
Executive Office Building [EOB]
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 10:35 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 666-2 (cont.)
Vietnam negotiations
-Withdrawal
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Compared to October 1971
-Possible advantages
-Edmund S. Muskie’s plan
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 57m 32s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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[Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 9:32 am and 10:35 am.]
[Conversation No. 666-2A]
Request for John D. Ehrlichman to come to the Oval Office
[End of telephone conversation]
[No conversation]
Ehrlichman entered at 10:35 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 666-2 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 29s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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The President’s schedule
-Peter M. Flanigan’s memorandum
-Compared to Peter G. Peterson’s
-Forthcoming telephone call to Alejandro A. Lanusse
-Suggested conversation
[No conversation]
-Memorandum
-Forthcoming meeting with US attorneys
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Flanigan
Economic matters
-International Monetary Fund [IMF]
-Export-Import [Ex-Im] Bank
-John B. Connally
-Flanigan’s role
-Kissinger
-Political
-Connally
-Diplomacy
-Internal politics
-Lanusse
-IMF
-Flanigan
-Memorandum
-Peterson
-Complexity of job
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 666-2 (cont.)
-Example
-Pantyhose
-State Department
-Treasury Department
-Panty hose industry
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 11m 29s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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Campaign finances
-Robert L. Vesco
-Donald A. Nixon
-Securities And Exchange Commission [SEC]
-F. Donald Nixon
-J. Willard Marriott, Jr.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 14
[Privacy]
[Duration: 11s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 14
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5
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 666-2 (cont.)
-Location
-John N. Mitchell
-William J. Casey
-F. Donald Nixon
-Marriott
-Finances
-Political contribution
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 15
[Privacy]
[Duration: 10s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 15
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-Location
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 7m 4s ]
Rose Mary Woods entered at 10:59 am.
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 666-2 (cont.)
Personnel
-“Official Family”
-Kissinger
-William P. Rogers
-People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip
-Rogers
-State Department
-Foreign policy briefing
-Wives and State Department staff
-Kissinger
-Joseph J. Sisco
Cabinet and congressional leadership meeting
-Rogers
-Timing
-Press
-Kissinger
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 2m 46s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
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Roger Hull
-Death
-Presidential wreath
-Note to [Rosalie (Paschal) Hull]
-President’s instructions
Ehrlichman’s trip to California
-Leonard K. Firestone
-Foundation
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 666-2 (cont.)
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 3m 21s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
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Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 11:09 am.
The President’s schedule
PRC trip
-Press list
-Announcement
-Timing
-Hawaii
-Guam
-Departure time
-President’s instructions
-Press list
-Briefing
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Questions
-John A. Scali
-Subjects
Ziegler left at 11:12 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 666-2 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 7m 53s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9
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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:12 am.
Schedule
-Rogers
-Call to Lanusse
-Donald F. Barnes
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:24 am.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 3m 30s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10
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[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 11:12 am and
11:24 am.]
[Conversation No. 666-2B]
[See Conversation No. 20-46]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 666-2 (cont.)
Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Woods left at 11:24 am.
Kissinger and Barnes entered at 11:24 am.
The President on the line
[Barnes talked with an unknown colonel at an unknown time after 11:24 am; the President and
Kissinger can be heard in the background.]
[Conversation No. 666-2C]
Colonel on the line
Memorandum
-Connally
Georges J.R. Pompidou
-Letter to the President
-Economy
-Arthur F. Burns
[The President talked with Lanusse between 11:24 am and 11:41 am; Kissinger can be heard in
the background.]
[Conversation No. 666-2D]
[See Conversation No. 20-46]
[End of telephone conversation]
Ziegler
-Briefing
President’s appreciation
-Barnes’s translation
Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:41 am.
President’s schedule
-Ziegler
10
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 666-2 (cont.)
-Forthcoming meeting
-Film production
-Reception of diplomatic credentials
-Meeting with attorneys [drug prosecution program]
-Length
-Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Attorney General [John N. Mitchell]
-Meeting
-Attendance
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:43 am.
Mujibar Rahman
-Compared to Sukarno
-Aid to Pakistan
Ziegler entered at 11:43 am.
Haldeman’s interview on Today show, February 7, 1972
-Ziegler’s previous conversation with Haldeman
-Ziegler briefing
-Press
-Personal point of view
-Haldeman’s intent
-Critics of war
-Disunity
-Questions
-Ziegler’s talk with the President
-Possible agreement with Haldeman’s statement
-Handling
-President’s position
-Motives of critics
-Ziegler’s strategy
-Criticism
-Effect
-Peace proposal
-Possible administration response
-Muskie
Xuan Thuy
11
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 666-2 (cont.)
-Negotiations
-Acknowledgement
-Statements
-Agreement with administration
-Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu
-Election
-Military compared to political issues
-May 31, 1971 proposal
-Proposed details
-Thieu
-Election
-President’s instructions
-Rogers
-Political condition
-North Vietnamese
-Propaganda
-Negotiations
-Transcript
Ziegler left at an unknown time before 11:54 am.
Vietnam negotiations
-Military compared to political issues
-August 971
-May 31, 1971
Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:43 am.
Kleindienst
-Arrival
The President, Kissinger, and Bull left at 11:54 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Date: February 7, 1972
Time: Unknown before 9:32 am and 11:54 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
[Unintelligible]
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:32 am.
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 9:32 am.
Instruction
Vietnam negotiations
-Xuan Thuy
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 9:32 am.
Executive Office Building [EOB]
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 10:35 am.
2
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 666-2 (cont.)
Vietnam negotiations
-Withdrawal
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Compared to October 1971
-Possible advantages
-Edmund S. Muskie’s plan
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 57m 32s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
******************************************************************************
[Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 9:32 am and 10:35 am.]
[Conversation No. 666-2A]
Request for John D. Ehrlichman to come to the Oval Office
[End of telephone conversation]
[No conversation]
Ehrlichman entered at 10:35 am.
3
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 666-2 (cont.)
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 29s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
******************************************************************************
The President’s schedule
-Peter M. Flanigan’s memorandum
-Compared to Peter G. Peterson’s
-Forthcoming telephone call to Alejandro A. Lanusse
-Suggested conversation
[No conversation]
-Memorandum
-Forthcoming meeting with US attorneys
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Flanigan
Economic matters
-International Monetary Fund [IMF]
-Export-Import [Ex-Im] Bank
-John B. Connally
-Flanigan’s role
-Kissinger
-Political
-Connally
-Diplomacy
-Internal politics
-Lanusse
-IMF
-Flanigan
-Memorandum
-Peterson
-Complexity of job
4
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 666-2 (cont.)
-Example
-Pantyhose
-State Department
-Treasury Department
-Panty hose industry
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 11m 29s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
******************************************************************************
Campaign finances
-Robert L. Vesco
-Donald A. Nixon
-Securities And Exchange Commission [SEC]
-F. Donald Nixon
-J. Willard Marriott, Jr.
**************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 14
[Privacy]
[Duration: 11s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 14
**************************************************************************
5
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 666-2 (cont.)
-Location
-John N. Mitchell
-William J. Casey
-F. Donald Nixon
-Marriott
-Finances
-Political contribution
**************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 15
[Privacy]
[Duration: 10s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 15
**************************************************************************
-Location
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 7m 4s ]
Rose Mary Woods entered at 10:59 am.
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
******************************************************************************
6
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 666-2 (cont.)
Personnel
-“Official Family”
-Kissinger
-William P. Rogers
-People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip
-Rogers
-State Department
-Foreign policy briefing
-Wives and State Department staff
-Kissinger
-Joseph J. Sisco
Cabinet and congressional leadership meeting
-Rogers
-Timing
-Press
-Kissinger
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 2m 46s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
******************************************************************************
Roger Hull
-Death
-Presidential wreath
-Note to [Rosalie (Paschal) Hull]
-President’s instructions
Ehrlichman’s trip to California
-Leonard K. Firestone
-Foundation
7
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 666-2 (cont.)
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 3m 21s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
******************************************************************************
Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 11:09 am.
The President’s schedule
PRC trip
-Press list
-Announcement
-Timing
-Hawaii
-Guam
-Departure time
-President’s instructions
-Press list
-Briefing
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Questions
-John A. Scali
-Subjects
Ziegler left at 11:12 am.
8
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 666-2 (cont.)
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 7m 53s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9
******************************************************************************
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:12 am.
Schedule
-Rogers
-Call to Lanusse
-Donald F. Barnes
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:24 am.
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 3m 30s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10
******************************************************************************
[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 11:12 am and
11:24 am.]
[Conversation No. 666-2B]
[See Conversation No. 20-46]
9
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 666-2 (cont.)
Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Woods left at 11:24 am.
Kissinger and Barnes entered at 11:24 am.
The President on the line
[Barnes talked with an unknown colonel at an unknown time after 11:24 am; the President and
Kissinger can be heard in the background.]
[Conversation No. 666-2C]
Colonel on the line
Memorandum
-Connally
Georges J.R. Pompidou
-Letter to the President
-Economy
-Arthur F. Burns
[The President talked with Lanusse between 11:24 am and 11:41 am; Kissinger can be heard in
the background.]
[Conversation No. 666-2D]
[See Conversation No. 20-46]
[End of telephone conversation]
Ziegler
-Briefing
President’s appreciation
-Barnes’s translation
Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:41 am.
President’s schedule
-Ziegler
10
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 666-2 (cont.)
-Forthcoming meeting
-Film production
-Reception of diplomatic credentials
-Meeting with attorneys [drug prosecution program]
-Length
-Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Attorney General [John N. Mitchell]
-Meeting
-Attendance
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:43 am.
Mujibar Rahman
-Compared to Sukarno
-Aid to Pakistan
Ziegler entered at 11:43 am.
Haldeman’s interview on Today show, February 7, 1972
-Ziegler’s previous conversation with Haldeman
-Ziegler briefing
-Press
-Personal point of view
-Haldeman’s intent
-Critics of war
-Disunity
-Questions
-Ziegler’s talk with the President
-Possible agreement with Haldeman’s statement
-Handling
-President’s position
-Motives of critics
-Ziegler’s strategy
-Criticism
-Effect
-Peace proposal
-Possible administration response
-Muskie
Xuan Thuy
11
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 666-2 (cont.)
-Negotiations
-Acknowledgement
-Statements
-Agreement with administration
-Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu
-Election
-Military compared to political issues
-May 31, 1971 proposal
-Proposed details
-Thieu
-Election
-President’s instructions
-Rogers
-Political condition
-North Vietnamese
-Propaganda
-Negotiations
-Transcript
Ziegler left at an unknown time before 11:54 am.
Vietnam negotiations
-Military compared to political issues
-August 971
-May 31, 1971
Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:43 am.
Kleindienst
-Arrival
The President, Kissinger, and Bull left at 11:54 am.
12
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
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