Secret White House Tapes

220–5

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220–5
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • H. R. Haldeman
  • UNKNOWN
October 14, 1972
Conversation No. 220-5

Date: October 14, 1972
Time: 4:05 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

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

College football
-Current ranking of teams
-University of Oklahoma
-University of Southern California [USC]

Vietnam negotiations
-Possible settlement
-Previous meeting with Henry A. Kissinger
-Timing of settlement
-John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor
-Forthcoming US election
-Electorate
-George S. McGovern’s supporters
-Right wing
-November 15, 1972
-Strategy
-[Nancy S. Maginnes]
-Conversation with Kissinger
-Conversation with Haldeman
-Unnamed man in charge of New York campaign telephone
banks for the Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP]
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-Calls to New York area Democrats
-Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan
-Support for the President
-Polling techniques
-American Institute for Public
Opinion
-Increase after McGovern's
Vietnam speech
-Irish ancestry of voters
-Patriotism


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[Duration: 54s ]


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Issues
-Vietnam War
-Peace issue
-Possible risks for the Administration
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Situation
-Casualties
-Timing of settlement
-1972 election
-The President’s conversation with Kissinger
-Possible cease-fire
-Breaches
-Type of settlement
-Success
-McGovern
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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[Duration: 12m 6s ]


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Schedule
-Bill signing ceremony
-Revenue sharing signing ceremony in Philadelphia

An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 5:25 pm.

Congress
-Telephone call to the President from Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Conference report

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:30 pm.

Congress
-House Resolution [HR] 1 conference
-Spending ceiling limitation

Haldeman left at 4:30 pm.
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