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872–18
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • H. R. Haldeman
  • Stephen B. Bull
  • Ronald L. Ziegler
March 8, 1973
Conversation No. 872-18

Date: March 8, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:20 pm and 2:50 pm
Location: Oval Office

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

President's schedule
-Week’s events
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Rescheduling
-Afternoon meeting
-John D. Ehrlichman
-President’s speech on crime, drugs
-Meetings
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-2010)
Conversation No. 872-17 (cont’d)


-John N. (“Jack”) Irwin, II
-White House fellows
-Janet Johnson
-Breakfast
-Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]
-Timing

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 2:20 pm.

-Appointment with dentist
-CEA breakfast
-Timing
-Program
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Birthday
-Newbold (“Newby”) Noyes, Jr.
-Meeting with President

Bull left at an unknown time before 2:46 pm.

Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
-Meeting with President
-Performance last night
-Material
-Spiro T. Agnew
-John B. Connally

Evening at the White House
-Toasts to President
-Protocol
-Arthur M. Wood
-Maurice H. Stans
-Necessity
-Haldeman's view
-Hope
-Toasts to President
-Speakers after President
-Toasts to President
-Timing
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-2010)
Conversation No. 872-18 (cont’d)


-Singing
-Protocol, Format
-Value to guests
-Publicity for country
-Television [TV]
-Stag dinner

Lee Kuan Yew
-Visit
-Wife
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Stag dinner
-Spouses
-Women
-Anne L. Armstrong, Jewel S. La Fontaine
-Press
-Fay Wells
-Administration supporter
-Invitation

Charles W. Colson
-Return to work
-Location
-Travel
-Meeting with Haldeman's

Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Capt. Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr. and Col. Robinson Risner
-Talk with Haldeman
-Evening at the White House
-Denton and Risner's opinion of timing
-Previous visits
-Congress member
-Tour of White House
-Denton and Risner
-Talk with President
-Value to President
-President's desire for meeting
-Availability
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-2010)
Conversation No. 872-18 (cont’d)


-Scheduling
-Camp David
-Families
-Son's graduation
-Separate meetings
-Meeting with unnamed officer and enlisted man
-Denton and Risner
-Separate meetings with President
-Camp David
-Residences
-Oklahoma, Portsmith
-Desire to meet with President
-Scheduling

President's schedule
-Press conference
-Meetings
-Management Improvement Awards as type of event
-Stans
-Avoidance

Evening at the White House
-Francis A. (“Frank”) Sinatra evening
-Paul W. Keyes
-Consultant role
-Invitations
-Arrangements
-Lucy A. Winchester [?]

President's schedule
-Meeting with Denton and Risner
-Length
-Press relations
-Denton and Risner

POWs
-Denton and Risner
-Reaction to Evening at the White House
-Wives
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-2010)
Conversation No. 872-18 (cont’d)


-Invitation
-Children
-Publicity
-Announcement
-Invitations to speak, honors
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Risner
-Schools
-Denton
-Middlesex Club of Boston
-Award to President
-Charles W. Colson
-Meeting with President
-Denton and Risner
-James B. Stockdale
-Leader of POWs
-[First name unknown] Kassler [?]
-Denton and Risner
-Separate meetings
-Value
-Evening at the White House
-Letter's effectiveness in remarks by President
-Congress
-Support for President [?]


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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]

John B. Connally
-Conversation with Haldeman
-Party switch
-Decision
-Problem of timing
-Arrangements
-George Christian

[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-2010)
Conversation No. 872-18 (cont’d)




-Work with Jeb Stewart Magruder
-Commerce Department
-Watergate hearings
-Impact on Connally
-Timing
-Work with Colson
-Private basis


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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]

Connally
-Visit to Jamaica
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-POWs
-May 8, 1972 decision
-William P. Rogers
-Evening at the White House
-Letter
-Party switch
-Conversations with Haldeman
-Press conference
-Timing
-Place
-Texas
-Washington, DC
-Advantages
-Questions
-Coordination with Christian
-Other Democrats
-Opposition to George S. McGovern
-Strength of sentiment
-Support for President
Jobs

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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-2010)
Conversation No. 872-18 (cont’d)


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Leonard H. Marks
-Call from William J. Casey
-Increase in number of State Department labor and business attaches
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Abilities
-Presidential Library
-Johnson

Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library
-Preparation
-Costs
-Congress
-Land in California
-Value
-Possible opposition
-Commission
-Edward F. Hebert
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] clearances

Evening at the White House
-Tony Martin, Cyd Charisse
-Abilities
-State Dinner
-Invitations
-Liza Minelli

Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 2:46 pm.

Hope
-Jokes

Watergate
-Donald H. Segretti
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Questions from press
-Links with White House
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-2010)
Conversation No. 872-18 (cont’d)


-Ziegler's answer
-Raw files from FBI
-Release
-American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU] protests
-Ziegler's response
-FBI files
-Value
-Hearsay
-J. Edgar Hoover
-[First name unknown] Brandon [?]
-ACLU position
-Ervin Committee
-Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.

President's meeting with Newbold (“Newby”) Noyes, Jr.
-President’s speech
-President's attendance

President's schedule
-Meeting with National Press Club
-President’s press conference [?]
-Value
-Publicity
-President's meeting with Noyes
-Camp David

Ziegler and Haldeman left at 2:50 pm.
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