Secret White House Tapes

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878–14
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • H. R. Haldeman
  • John W. Dean
March 13, 1973
Conversation No. 878-14

Date: March 13, 1973
Time: 12:42 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Oval Office

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


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William P. Rogers’s call to Haldeman
-Ambassadorial appointments
-Thomas Vail
-Qualifications
-Paul Miller
-Job search
-Germany
-Robert Ingersoll
-[David] Kenneth Rush
-Compared to Vail
-Businessman
-Vail
-Offer of post
-Indebtedness
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Conversation No. 878-14 (cont’d)


-Kenneth B. Keating
-Age
-Abilities
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Yitzhak Rabin
-Mrs. Rabin
-Israel
-Professional diplomat
-Vail
-Intelligence
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Rogers’s opinion
-Geneva
-Businessman
-Importance of job
-Vail
-Personality
-Rogers’s motives
-Rockefeller
-Keating
-Argentina
-Haldeman’s meeting with Kissinger
-Appointments
-Complications
-Hold

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John B. Connally’s switch to Republican Party
-Haldeman’s meeting with George Christian
-Announcement
-Houston, Texas
-Profile
-Advance notice
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-Welcoming statements from Republicans
-Harry S. Dent
-Christian
-Other Democrats

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John W. Dean, III entered at an unknown time before 12:42 pm.

Prisoners of war [POWs] dinner
-Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
-Appearance at reception
-Announcement
-Press conference
-Briefing for POWs by President
-Format
-State Department
-Kissinger
-Preference for President
-Rogers
-POWs as surrogates
-Presence of press
-Text
-Presence of press
-Capt. Jeremiah Denton, Jr. and Col. Robinson Risner
-Emotional stress
-Press presence
-Wives
-Press relations
-Mingling
-Private party
-Exploitation of POWs
-Restrictions
-Justifications
-Television [TV] coverage
-Date
-Announcement
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2010)
Conversation No. 878-14 (cont’d)


-Importance of POW stories
-Control of publicity
-Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft
-Advice for POWs on dealing with press
-Requests for TV appearances
-Gridiron dinner
-Exploitation
-Prevention

President's schedule
-Baseball game
-Bowie K. Kuhn
-Denton's appearance

POWSs
-Publicity
-Importance
-Asset
-Appearance on TV shows
-Dick Cavett
-Barbara Walters
-Assistance from White House
-Defense Department
-Appearances
-Exploitation
-Need for someone in charge of public relations
-Scowcroft
-Kissinger [?]
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-David N. Parker

[A transcript of a portion of the following conversation may be found in RG 460, Box 174, p. 1-
76.]

Haldeman left at 12:55 pm.

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:55 pm.

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:00 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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Conversation No. 878-14 (cont’d)



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Paris


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Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:55 pm.

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:55 pm.

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Dean left at 2:00 pm.
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