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934–11
- President Richard M. Nixon
- Alexander M. Haig
June 7, 1973
Conversation No. 934-11
Date: June 7, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:33 pm and 1:26 pm
Location: Oval Office
Alexander M. Haig, Jr. entered.
Watergate
-Senator Charles H. Percy
-Note to President
-15-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2011)
Conversation No. 934-11 (cont’d)
-Motive
-Popular opinion
-Haig’s Opinion
-Resolution concerning special prosecutor
-Effect of Elliot L. Richardson’s position
-President’s naming of a prosecutor
-Support
-Motive
National economy
-Haig’s conversation with George P. Shultz
-John B. Connally
-Leadership
-Duration
Connally
-Possible role on White House staff
-Domestic efforts
-International affairs
-Wage, price field
-Energy
-Haig’s consultation with Melvin R. Laird
-Leverage
-President’s conversation with Donald McI. Kendall
-Governmental action
National economy
-Kendall’s view
-Freeze
-Pepsi-Cola
-Tonnage
-Runaway inflation
-Shultz’s view
-Wholesale prices of foodstuffs
-Possible freeze
-Roy L. Ash’s view
-Support of freeze
-16-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2011)
Conversation No. 934-11 (cont’d)
-Shultz, Connally, Ash
-Connally
-Role on White House staff
-Energy, economy
-Shultz
-Communication skills
-Compared to Connally
-Kendall’s concern
-Responsibilities
-Tax and trade policies
-Personality
-Loyalty
-President’s programs
-Treasury Department
-William E. Simon
-Connally
Connally
-Possible role on White House staff
-Haig’s forthcoming conversation with Laird
-Caution
-Meeting on the Sequoia
-Shultz
-Position in Cabinet
-Energy czar
White House staff
-Connally and Laird
-Effect on staff
-Personalities
-Laird’s recommendations
-William E. Simon
-Relationship with Shultz
-Additional staff
-John T. Dunlop
-Talents
-Negotiations
-17-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2011)
Conversation No. 934-11 (cont’d)
-Energy czar
-Haig’s forthcoming meeting with George Shultz, John Connally, Kenneth
Cole and Interior Department
-Recruitment strategy
-Former Shell Oil president at National Aeronautics and Space
Administration [NASA]
-Beltway outsiders
-James C. Fletcher
-Role at NASA
National economy
-Preparation of package
-Announcement
-President’s possible speech
-Return from Florida
-Television [TV]
-Preparation
-Haig’s conversation with Shultz
-President’s possible speech
-Radio compared to TV
-60-day freeze
-Possible freeze
-60-day freeze
-Food and gasoline
-Exports
-Follow-up
-Phase IV
-Schedule
-Food
-Possible management
-Effects
-Mark-ups
-Possible freeze
-Effects
-Political
-Economic
-Damage
-18-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2011)
Conversation No. 934-11 (cont’d)
-Problem solving
-Shultz
-Political message
-Opposition viewpoint
Connally
-Views on economy
-Gasoline
-Role in economic matters
-Brainstorm
-Salesmanship
-Conversation with Congressmen
-Watergate
-National interests
-Gerald R. Ford
-Leslie C. Arends
-Role on White House staff
-Leadership
-Outsider status
White House staff
-Laird, Connally
-Conflict of personalities
-Energy czar
-Dunlop
-Prices
President’s schedule
-A meeting
-Possible speech
Energy
-Haig’s coordination
-Recommendations
-Legislation
-Energy Department
-Bill
-19-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2011)
Conversation No. 934-11 (cont’d)
-Production and consumption
-Crude oil
National economy
-President’s schedule
-A meeting
-Possible 60-day freeze
-Preparation of package
-A report
-Delivery of report
-Camp David
-Decision
-Refinement
-Modified package
-Shultz and Connally
President’s schedule
-Trip to Florida
-Camp David
Vietnam negotiations
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Schedule of agreements
Claudia A. (Taylor) (“Lady Bird”) Johnson
-Bicentennial Commission
-Possible appointment
-Responsibilities
-Ambassadorship
Watergate
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-Taxes
-Haig’s source at the Treasury Department
-Howard Hughes campaign contribution in 1970
-Details
-Publicity
-20-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2011)
Conversation No. 934-11 (cont’d)
-Taxes
-Status in Treasury Department
-Reporting of contribution
-Possible consultation with Philadelphia lawyer
-San Clemente case
-Hughes contribution
-Reporting of contribution
-Philadelphia lawyer
-President’s possible role
-Possible revelation in press
-Possible disposition
-Forthcoming conversations with President and Haig
-Hughes contribution
-Handling
Philadelphia lawyer
-Trustworthiness
-San Clemente case
-[Horace] Chapman (“Chappie”) Rose and Herbert W. Kalmbach
-Reliability
Watergate
-Attacks on President
-Morale
-Cabinet
-Enthusiasm
-Congress
National economy
-Need for action
-Decisive action
Energy
-Developments
Advisors
-Quality
-21-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2011)
Conversation No. 934-11 (cont’d)
US foreign policy
-Brezhnev’s forthcoming visit
-Messages of support for President
-Kissinger’s conversation with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Concerns
-National discourse
-Europe, Latin America
US economy
-Difficulties
-Positive outlook of administration
Watergate
-New York Times story
-Huston plan
-Possible release
-White House response
-Wiretaps
-Joseph A. Califano, Jr.’s call to Haig
-Publicity
-Gerald R. Ford
-Hugh Scott
-Organization changes
-Statements by Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield, William Proxmire, James
W. Symington and William J. Green
Clarence M. Kelley
-Kansas City, Missouri
-Law enforcement record
-Physical attributes
Joseph Sneed
-Future
-Appointment as judge
-Richardson’s view
-Circuit Court
-22-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2011)
Conversation No. 934-11 (cont’d)
-Richardson’s opinion
-Loyalty to President
Courts
-Richardson’s role
-Dockets
-Apprehensions
Watergate
-Rebozo
-Haig’s conversation with William E. Simon
-Possible leak from Internal Revenue Service [IRS]
-Consequences
-Hughes contribution
-Reporting
-Status
-Rebozo’s conversation with President, Haig
-Lawyer
-Status of tax problem
-Simon
-Lawyer
-Hughes contribution
-Investigation of Hughes
-Rebozo’s friend Richard Danner
-Handling
-Possible prosecution
-Effect
-Forthcoming conversation with Haig
-White House knowledge of problem
-Compared to Maurice Stans
-Robert Vesco contribution
-Veracity
-Publicity
-Rebozo
-Philadelphia lawyer
-President’s schedule
-J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.
-23-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2011)
Conversation No. 934-11 (cont’d)
-Buzhardt’s forthcoming letter to Archibald Cox
-Delay
-Cox
-Public stance
-Possible resignation
-Rebozo
-Philadelphia lawyer
-Hughes contribution
-Tax reporting
-Rebozo’s conversation with President
-Lawyer’s possible advice
-Possible conversation with President
-Hugh W. Sloan, Jr.
-Statement concerning John D. Ehrlichman
-Ehrlichman
-Knowledge of use of funds
-Conversation with Stans
Haig left at 1:26 pm.
Date: June 7, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:33 pm and 1:26 pm
Location: Oval Office
Alexander M. Haig, Jr. entered.
Watergate
-Senator Charles H. Percy
-Note to President
-15-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2011)
Conversation No. 934-11 (cont’d)
-Motive
-Popular opinion
-Haig’s Opinion
-Resolution concerning special prosecutor
-Effect of Elliot L. Richardson’s position
-President’s naming of a prosecutor
-Support
-Motive
National economy
-Haig’s conversation with George P. Shultz
-John B. Connally
-Leadership
-Duration
Connally
-Possible role on White House staff
-Domestic efforts
-International affairs
-Wage, price field
-Energy
-Haig’s consultation with Melvin R. Laird
-Leverage
-President’s conversation with Donald McI. Kendall
-Governmental action
National economy
-Kendall’s view
-Freeze
-Pepsi-Cola
-Tonnage
-Runaway inflation
-Shultz’s view
-Wholesale prices of foodstuffs
-Possible freeze
-Roy L. Ash’s view
-Support of freeze
-16-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2011)
Conversation No. 934-11 (cont’d)
-Shultz, Connally, Ash
-Connally
-Role on White House staff
-Energy, economy
-Shultz
-Communication skills
-Compared to Connally
-Kendall’s concern
-Responsibilities
-Tax and trade policies
-Personality
-Loyalty
-President’s programs
-Treasury Department
-William E. Simon
-Connally
Connally
-Possible role on White House staff
-Haig’s forthcoming conversation with Laird
-Caution
-Meeting on the Sequoia
-Shultz
-Position in Cabinet
-Energy czar
White House staff
-Connally and Laird
-Effect on staff
-Personalities
-Laird’s recommendations
-William E. Simon
-Relationship with Shultz
-Additional staff
-John T. Dunlop
-Talents
-Negotiations
-17-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2011)
Conversation No. 934-11 (cont’d)
-Energy czar
-Haig’s forthcoming meeting with George Shultz, John Connally, Kenneth
Cole and Interior Department
-Recruitment strategy
-Former Shell Oil president at National Aeronautics and Space
Administration [NASA]
-Beltway outsiders
-James C. Fletcher
-Role at NASA
National economy
-Preparation of package
-Announcement
-President’s possible speech
-Return from Florida
-Television [TV]
-Preparation
-Haig’s conversation with Shultz
-President’s possible speech
-Radio compared to TV
-60-day freeze
-Possible freeze
-60-day freeze
-Food and gasoline
-Exports
-Follow-up
-Phase IV
-Schedule
-Food
-Possible management
-Effects
-Mark-ups
-Possible freeze
-Effects
-Political
-Economic
-Damage
-18-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2011)
Conversation No. 934-11 (cont’d)
-Problem solving
-Shultz
-Political message
-Opposition viewpoint
Connally
-Views on economy
-Gasoline
-Role in economic matters
-Brainstorm
-Salesmanship
-Conversation with Congressmen
-Watergate
-National interests
-Gerald R. Ford
-Leslie C. Arends
-Role on White House staff
-Leadership
-Outsider status
White House staff
-Laird, Connally
-Conflict of personalities
-Energy czar
-Dunlop
-Prices
President’s schedule
-A meeting
-Possible speech
Energy
-Haig’s coordination
-Recommendations
-Legislation
-Energy Department
-Bill
-19-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2011)
Conversation No. 934-11 (cont’d)
-Production and consumption
-Crude oil
National economy
-President’s schedule
-A meeting
-Possible 60-day freeze
-Preparation of package
-A report
-Delivery of report
-Camp David
-Decision
-Refinement
-Modified package
-Shultz and Connally
President’s schedule
-Trip to Florida
-Camp David
Vietnam negotiations
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Schedule of agreements
Claudia A. (Taylor) (“Lady Bird”) Johnson
-Bicentennial Commission
-Possible appointment
-Responsibilities
-Ambassadorship
Watergate
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-Taxes
-Haig’s source at the Treasury Department
-Howard Hughes campaign contribution in 1970
-Details
-Publicity
-20-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2011)
Conversation No. 934-11 (cont’d)
-Taxes
-Status in Treasury Department
-Reporting of contribution
-Possible consultation with Philadelphia lawyer
-San Clemente case
-Hughes contribution
-Reporting of contribution
-Philadelphia lawyer
-President’s possible role
-Possible revelation in press
-Possible disposition
-Forthcoming conversations with President and Haig
-Hughes contribution
-Handling
Philadelphia lawyer
-Trustworthiness
-San Clemente case
-[Horace] Chapman (“Chappie”) Rose and Herbert W. Kalmbach
-Reliability
Watergate
-Attacks on President
-Morale
-Cabinet
-Enthusiasm
-Congress
National economy
-Need for action
-Decisive action
Energy
-Developments
Advisors
-Quality
-21-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2011)
Conversation No. 934-11 (cont’d)
US foreign policy
-Brezhnev’s forthcoming visit
-Messages of support for President
-Kissinger’s conversation with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Concerns
-National discourse
-Europe, Latin America
US economy
-Difficulties
-Positive outlook of administration
Watergate
-New York Times story
-Huston plan
-Possible release
-White House response
-Wiretaps
-Joseph A. Califano, Jr.’s call to Haig
-Publicity
-Gerald R. Ford
-Hugh Scott
-Organization changes
-Statements by Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield, William Proxmire, James
W. Symington and William J. Green
Clarence M. Kelley
-Kansas City, Missouri
-Law enforcement record
-Physical attributes
Joseph Sneed
-Future
-Appointment as judge
-Richardson’s view
-Circuit Court
-22-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2011)
Conversation No. 934-11 (cont’d)
-Richardson’s opinion
-Loyalty to President
Courts
-Richardson’s role
-Dockets
-Apprehensions
Watergate
-Rebozo
-Haig’s conversation with William E. Simon
-Possible leak from Internal Revenue Service [IRS]
-Consequences
-Hughes contribution
-Reporting
-Status
-Rebozo’s conversation with President, Haig
-Lawyer
-Status of tax problem
-Simon
-Lawyer
-Hughes contribution
-Investigation of Hughes
-Rebozo’s friend Richard Danner
-Handling
-Possible prosecution
-Effect
-Forthcoming conversation with Haig
-White House knowledge of problem
-Compared to Maurice Stans
-Robert Vesco contribution
-Veracity
-Publicity
-Rebozo
-Philadelphia lawyer
-President’s schedule
-J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.
-23-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2011)
Conversation No. 934-11 (cont’d)
-Buzhardt’s forthcoming letter to Archibald Cox
-Delay
-Cox
-Public stance
-Possible resignation
-Rebozo
-Philadelphia lawyer
-Hughes contribution
-Tax reporting
-Rebozo’s conversation with President
-Lawyer’s possible advice
-Possible conversation with President
-Hugh W. Sloan, Jr.
-Statement concerning John D. Ehrlichman
-Ehrlichman
-Knowledge of use of funds
-Conversation with Stans
Haig left at 1:26 pm.