Secret White House Tapes

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  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • H. R. Haldeman
  • Stephen B. Bull
  • Charles W. Colson
  • Manolo Sanchez
  • Alexander P. Butterfield
September 11, 1972
Conversation No. 360-20/358-1

Date: September 11, 1972
Time: 3:15 pm - 6:11 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

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

[This recording began at an unknown time while the meeting was in progress.]

The President's schedule
-Political meeting
-Timing
-Meeting with Frank L. Rizzo
-Rogers C.B. Morton and Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Yellowstone National Park
-Time of meeting
-Advantages


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The President's schedule
-[Hussein, King of Jordan] Hussein ibn Talal
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Christmas
-Discussion of various dates
-Reasons for dates
-Reason for meeting
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)

-Timing

Kissinger and New York Times article
-US attorney on project
-Chile
-Catholic University
-Ford Foundation
-Political issue by George S. McGovern
-Newspaper article that was written by unknown reporter
-American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Newsweek
-Name of National Security Council [NSC] staff member
-Ford Foundation
-The President’s view
-NSC staff
-Department of State
-Abram F. Chayes
-India-Pakistan crisis
-R. Sargent Shriver
-Handling of embassy
-Finances, entertainment fund
-Leaks
-Pentagon Papers
-India-Pakistan crisis
-Kissinger
-The President’s view

Vietnam negotiations
-Soviet Union
-Recommendation by Kissinger

Congress

Kissinger


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Tape Subject Log
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Memorandum to John D. Ehrlichman from the President
-Conversation between the President and George P. Shultz
-Instructions from the President


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Campaign financing
-McGovern's campaign funds
-Sources
-Charles W. Colson's view
-Maurice H. Stans


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Tape Subject Log
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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:55 pm.

Colson's schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 5:25 pm.


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Colson entered at 5:25 pm.


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The Press
-Colson's trip to New York
-Visit to CBS
-Type of reception for Colson
-Colson's conversation with William S. Paley
-Paley's view
-New CBS official [Arthur R. Taylor]
-Administration action
-CBS coverage of campaign
-Watergate issue
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew

State Department
-1960 election
-Reaction
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)

Personnel
-Changes
-State Department
-Kissinger reaction
-William P. Rogers
-U. Alexis Johnson
-Curtis W. Tarr
-Frank C. Carlucci
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Promotion over other officers
-Carlucci’s conversation with Ehrlichman
-Possible job
-State Department
-Comparison to Robert C. Hill
-Department of Defense
-Type of bureaucratic organization
-Haig
-Compared to unknown Navy officer
-Comparison to situation with Dwight D. Eisenhower
-George C. Marshall
-Promotions

Colson’s schedule
-New York


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Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 5:25 pm.

Watergate
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)

-Al Capp
-Sanchez's view
-Involvement of individuals
-Actual break-in
-Type of individuals
-Pro-Fidel Castro
-Possible involvement of campaign staff
-Democratic campaign tactics

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 5:45 pm.

-Capp’s view
-Public’s view
-Comparison to International Telephone and Telegraph Company [ITT]
case
-Actual public reactions
-Media
-1972 election

Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 5:45 pm.


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Butterfield left at 5:47 pm.


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Issues
-Capp
-Reflections on campaign
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Tape Subject Log
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Watergate
-Idea of indictments
-Capp
-Question of who ordered the break-in
-Colson
-Implication of involvement
-White House staff
-Indictment
-Clark MacGregor’s statement
-McGovern's statements on Watergate
-Republican response
-News coverage
-Democratic lawsuit
-G[eorge] Gordon Liddy, E. Howard Hunt, Jr., James W. McCord, Jr.,
Hugh W. Sloan, Jr., Maurice H. Stans, John N. Mitchell and Committee to
Re-elect the President
-Charles Richey’s ruling
-Indictments
-Knowledge of break-in by public
-Coverage by networks
-Time
-MacGregor’s statement
-Wire services
-Quotes from statement
-News story on MacGregor
-Stans and Sloan
-MacGregor’s statement
-Personal defense
-Watergate defendants
-Concept of cover up
-White House investigation
-Congressional investigation
-Announcement of indictment
-Press story
-Obstruction of Justice Department investigation
-White House
-Idea of proper investigation
-Possible White House statement
-Chaired by Earl Warren
-Abe Fortas, Lee J. Rankin, and Tom C. Clark
-Proper investigation as follow up to Justice
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Tape Subject Log
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Department investigation
-Idea of independent inquiries
-Idea of normal criminal case
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Possible announcement
-John F. Kennedy
-Panel from Supreme Court
-Warren, Fortas
-Former Justices of Supreme Court
-Rankin and Warren
-Support for the President
-Handling the investigation
-Possible candidates
-Supreme Court
-Warren
-American Bar Association [ABA]
-Warren
-Democrats
-“Whitewash” charge
-Warren
-Various investigations
-Congressional investigation
-Stans
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Subcommittee on Administrative Practices
-Rankin, Fortas, Clark
-Idea of thorough investigation
-Handling of investigation
-Former Supreme Court justices
-Reasons
-Involvement in a political campaign
-Investigation
-Handling
-Warren
-The President’s view
-Kleindienst
-Post 1972 election actions
-Cover-up
-McGovern's campaign
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-Investigation
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)

-Public reaction
-Kleindienst

1972 campaign
-Youth
-Capp’s view

Haldeman and Colson left at 6:11 pm.
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