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933–8
- President Richard M. Nixon
- Melvin R. Laird
- Alexander M. Haig
- UNKNOWN
- Gerald L. Warren
- White House operator
- Stephen B. Bull
- GEORGE MEANY
June 6, 1973
Conversation No. 933-8
Date: June 6, 1973
Time: 11:05 am - 11:35 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Melvin R. Laird and Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Arrangements for photo
-Location
-Oval Office
-Gerald L. Warren
-Laird
-Meeting with media
Laird’s schedule
-Press
-Evening schedule
-Dinner
-Laird’s wife
-New Orleans [?]
-Airport
An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 11:05 am.
Warren’s location
-Meeting with President
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:08 am.
Laird’s schedule
-Wife’s arrival from Norfolk
-Congressmen
President’s schedule
-Republican Policy Committee
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2011)
Conversation No. 933-8 (cont’d)
Laird’s schedule
-Wife’s arrival
President’s schedule
-Republican Policy Committee
-Domestic policy
-Defense budget
Gerald L. Warren entered at an unknown time after 11:08 am.
Arrangements for photograph
-Action photographs
-Press questions
-Watergate
-Audio recording
Announcement of Laird’s appointment
-President’s meeting with Laird at Camp David
-Duration
Arrangements for photograph
-Press briefing
Wiretaps
-Press coverage
-Gerald L. Warren’s briefing
-President and Dwight D. Eisenhower compared to Robert F. (“Bobby”) Kennedy
-National security
-Duration
-Organized crime
Warren left at 11:11 am.
Laird
-Role on White House staff
-[Domestic Council]
-29-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2011)
Conversation No. 933-8 (cont’d)
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-Governor’s conference
-Executive Secretary
-Working relationship
-Conversation with Haig
-Role on Domestic Council
-Cole, Haig and Laird
-Cole’s speech
-Staff changes
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Haig
-Conversation with Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-Friendship
-Conversation with Gerald R. Ford and Hugh Scott
-Conversation with Mansfield
-Maureen (Hayes) Mansfield and Barbara Laird
-Location
-Relations with Congress
-Bipartisanship
-Conversations with Ford, John J. Rhodes, John W. Byrnes, William E.
Timmons
-Title
-Counselor for Domestic Affairs
-National Security Council
-Intellectual freedom
-Cole
-Congressional relations
-Roles of Timmons and Bryce N. Harlow
-Democratic and Republican Caucuses
-Samuel L. Devine, Chowder and Marching Society, S.O.S.
-Caucuses
-Social events
-Mrs. Laird
-Policy development
-Compromises
-Republican Leadership meeting
-Cabinet [?]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2011)
Conversation No. 933-8 (cont’d)
-Strategy
-Relationships with Roy L. Ash, Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-[Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) Department]
-Relationships with Cabinet Departments
-Commerce, Labor, Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development,
Transportation
-Size of staff
-Haig
-Schedule
-Cabinet meeting
-Congressional Leaders meeting
-Vietnam negotiations
-Iceland visit
-Invitation
-Role on White House staff
-National economy
-Wage and price controls
National economy
-Haig’s forthcoming meeting with William E. Simon and John T. Dunlop
-Haig’s conversation with John B. Connally
-Possible freeze
-60 day freeze
-Possible freeze
-Democratic Caucus’s view
-Relationship with labor unions
-George Meany
-Laird’s relationship
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 11:11 am and
11:35 am.
[Conversation No. 933-8A]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 39-101]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2011)
Conversation No. 933-8 (cont’d)
[End telephone conversation]
Laird
-Forthcoming conversation with Meany
-Announcement of Laird’s position
-Haig’s conversation with Cabinet
-William P. Rogers
-Defense Department
-George P. Shultz
-Announcement of Laird’s role to the Cabinet
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:11 am.
Laird’s appointment
-Calls to Cabinet members
-David N. Parker
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:35 am.
Laird
-Call to Meany
National economy
-Policy paper
-Possible freeze
-Need for action
-Possible freeze
-60 day freeze
-Harm to economy
-Psychological effect
-Possible Congressional action
-90 day freeze
-Preemptive action
-Timmons
-Laird’s review
-32-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2011)
Conversation No. 933-8 (cont’d)
The President talked with Meany at an unknown time between 11:11 am and 11:35 am. Laird
then talked with Meany.
[Conversation No. 933-8B]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 39-102]
National economy
-Possible freeze
-Wage and prices
[End telephone conversation]
Meany
-Health
-Response to Laird Announcement
-Role of Secretary of Labor
-Meany’s thoughts
-Views of Frank E. Fitzsimmons and Peter J. Brennan
-Fitzsimmons
-President’s forthcoming conversation
-Brennan
-Relationship with Laird
-1952 Republican platform
-Recognition of union shop
-William J. Green
Laird
-Schedule
-Dinner with Helmut Schmidt and George Leber in Bonn
-Willy Brandt
-Award
-Speech to command of 6th Fleet
-Charge of command
-Experience with National Security Council [NSC]
-33-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2011)
Conversation No. 933-8 (cont’d)
-Announcement of appointment
-Cole, Haig
-Congressman
-Economy
-Possible press questions
-Watergate
-Press role
-President’s role
-President’s appreciation
Watergate
-Press questioning
-Answers
-Popular opinion
-Haig’s opinion
Press relations
-Forthcoming press conference
-White House Rose Garden [?]
-Sarah McLendon
-Question selection
-Foreign policy
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Domestic policy
-Vetoes
-President’s assessment of the media
-Cattle
-Forthcoming press conference with President, Haig, and Laird
-Demeanor
Laird
-Role on White House staff
-Energy, national security, health, other domestic fields
-Laird’s experience
-President’s goal for country
Warren entered at an unknown time after 11:11 am.
-34-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2011)
Conversation No. 933-8 (cont’d)
Press conference
The President, Laird, Haig and Warren left at 11:35 am.
Conversation 933-13
Date: June 6, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:35 am and 11:37 am
Location: Oval Office
Unknown persons met.
Order
Press conference
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr. [?]
-Arrangements
-President
The unknown persons left at an unknown time before 11:37 am.
Date: June 6, 1973
Time: 11:05 am - 11:35 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Melvin R. Laird and Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Arrangements for photo
-Location
-Oval Office
-Gerald L. Warren
-Laird
-Meeting with media
Laird’s schedule
-Press
-Evening schedule
-Dinner
-Laird’s wife
-New Orleans [?]
-Airport
An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 11:05 am.
Warren’s location
-Meeting with President
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:08 am.
Laird’s schedule
-Wife’s arrival from Norfolk
-Congressmen
President’s schedule
-Republican Policy Committee
-28-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2011)
Conversation No. 933-8 (cont’d)
Laird’s schedule
-Wife’s arrival
President’s schedule
-Republican Policy Committee
-Domestic policy
-Defense budget
Gerald L. Warren entered at an unknown time after 11:08 am.
Arrangements for photograph
-Action photographs
-Press questions
-Watergate
-Audio recording
Announcement of Laird’s appointment
-President’s meeting with Laird at Camp David
-Duration
Arrangements for photograph
-Press briefing
Wiretaps
-Press coverage
-Gerald L. Warren’s briefing
-President and Dwight D. Eisenhower compared to Robert F. (“Bobby”) Kennedy
-National security
-Duration
-Organized crime
Warren left at 11:11 am.
Laird
-Role on White House staff
-[Domestic Council]
-29-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2011)
Conversation No. 933-8 (cont’d)
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-Governor’s conference
-Executive Secretary
-Working relationship
-Conversation with Haig
-Role on Domestic Council
-Cole, Haig and Laird
-Cole’s speech
-Staff changes
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Haig
-Conversation with Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-Friendship
-Conversation with Gerald R. Ford and Hugh Scott
-Conversation with Mansfield
-Maureen (Hayes) Mansfield and Barbara Laird
-Location
-Relations with Congress
-Bipartisanship
-Conversations with Ford, John J. Rhodes, John W. Byrnes, William E.
Timmons
-Title
-Counselor for Domestic Affairs
-National Security Council
-Intellectual freedom
-Cole
-Congressional relations
-Roles of Timmons and Bryce N. Harlow
-Democratic and Republican Caucuses
-Samuel L. Devine, Chowder and Marching Society, S.O.S.
-Caucuses
-Social events
-Mrs. Laird
-Policy development
-Compromises
-Republican Leadership meeting
-Cabinet [?]
-30-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2011)
Conversation No. 933-8 (cont’d)
-Strategy
-Relationships with Roy L. Ash, Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-[Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) Department]
-Relationships with Cabinet Departments
-Commerce, Labor, Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development,
Transportation
-Size of staff
-Haig
-Schedule
-Cabinet meeting
-Congressional Leaders meeting
-Vietnam negotiations
-Iceland visit
-Invitation
-Role on White House staff
-National economy
-Wage and price controls
National economy
-Haig’s forthcoming meeting with William E. Simon and John T. Dunlop
-Haig’s conversation with John B. Connally
-Possible freeze
-60 day freeze
-Possible freeze
-Democratic Caucus’s view
-Relationship with labor unions
-George Meany
-Laird’s relationship
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 11:11 am and
11:35 am.
[Conversation No. 933-8A]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 39-101]
-31-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2011)
Conversation No. 933-8 (cont’d)
[End telephone conversation]
Laird
-Forthcoming conversation with Meany
-Announcement of Laird’s position
-Haig’s conversation with Cabinet
-William P. Rogers
-Defense Department
-George P. Shultz
-Announcement of Laird’s role to the Cabinet
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:11 am.
Laird’s appointment
-Calls to Cabinet members
-David N. Parker
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:35 am.
Laird
-Call to Meany
National economy
-Policy paper
-Possible freeze
-Need for action
-Possible freeze
-60 day freeze
-Harm to economy
-Psychological effect
-Possible Congressional action
-90 day freeze
-Preemptive action
-Timmons
-Laird’s review
-32-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2011)
Conversation No. 933-8 (cont’d)
The President talked with Meany at an unknown time between 11:11 am and 11:35 am. Laird
then talked with Meany.
[Conversation No. 933-8B]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 39-102]
National economy
-Possible freeze
-Wage and prices
[End telephone conversation]
Meany
-Health
-Response to Laird Announcement
-Role of Secretary of Labor
-Meany’s thoughts
-Views of Frank E. Fitzsimmons and Peter J. Brennan
-Fitzsimmons
-President’s forthcoming conversation
-Brennan
-Relationship with Laird
-1952 Republican platform
-Recognition of union shop
-William J. Green
Laird
-Schedule
-Dinner with Helmut Schmidt and George Leber in Bonn
-Willy Brandt
-Award
-Speech to command of 6th Fleet
-Charge of command
-Experience with National Security Council [NSC]
-33-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2011)
Conversation No. 933-8 (cont’d)
-Announcement of appointment
-Cole, Haig
-Congressman
-Economy
-Possible press questions
-Watergate
-Press role
-President’s role
-President’s appreciation
Watergate
-Press questioning
-Answers
-Popular opinion
-Haig’s opinion
Press relations
-Forthcoming press conference
-White House Rose Garden [?]
-Sarah McLendon
-Question selection
-Foreign policy
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Domestic policy
-Vetoes
-President’s assessment of the media
-Cattle
-Forthcoming press conference with President, Haig, and Laird
-Demeanor
Laird
-Role on White House staff
-Energy, national security, health, other domestic fields
-Laird’s experience
-President’s goal for country
Warren entered at an unknown time after 11:11 am.
-34-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2011)
Conversation No. 933-8 (cont’d)
Press conference
The President, Laird, Haig and Warren left at 11:35 am.
Conversation 933-13
Date: June 6, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:35 am and 11:37 am
Location: Oval Office
Unknown persons met.
Order
Press conference
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr. [?]
-Arrangements
-President
The unknown persons left at an unknown time before 11:37 am.