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- President Richard M. Nixon
- Bryce N. Harlow
- Alexander M. Haig
June 12, 1973
Conversation No. 937-5
Date: June 12, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:19 am and 10:00 am
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with Bryce N. Harlow.
[Conversation No. 937-5A]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 40-24]
[End telephone conversation]
Alexander M. Haig, Jr. entered at 9:25 am.
Watergate
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson’s statement concerning forthcoming Leonid I.
-9-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2012)
Conversation No. 937-5 (cont’d)
Brezhnev visit
-Response
-Barry M. Goldwater, Hugh Scott, J. William Fulbright, Edward W.
Brooke, Mark O. Hatfield, Robert J. Dole
-Fulbright
-Press coverage
-Charles H. Percy
-Resolution concerning special prosecutor
-Conversation with Haig, June 12, 1973
-Support for President
-President’s trip to Pekin, Illinois
White House staffing
-Roles of Harlow, Melvin R. Laird, and Haig
-President’s relationships with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Sequoia cruise
Vietnam negotiations
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Nguyen Van Thieu’s statements
-Compared to December 1972
-Points of separation
-Congressional briefing
National economy
-President’s schedule
-Congressional leaders
-Publicity
-Financiers
-Timing
-William E. Timmons
-Consultations
-William E. Simon’s viewpoint
-Cabinet
-Market response
-Cabinet
-10-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2012)
Conversation No. 937-5 (cont’d)
-George P. Shultz and Herbert Stein
-Press briefing
-Timing
-Preparation
-Haig’s conversation with Stein, June 13, 1973
-Possible freeze
-Possible Congressional action
-Timmons
-George Meany
-Stein
-Vote
Vietnam negotiations
-Thieu
-Kissinger
-Thieu
-Possible US Policy
-Possible aid
Watergate
-Speech
-Archibald Cox
-Ervin Committee
-Howard H. Baker and Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.
-Daniel K. Inouye’s conversation with Peter M. Flanigan, June 12, 1973
-Forthcoming Brezhnev visit
-Cessation of hearings
-President’s response
-John W. Dean, III
-Popular reaction
-Wiretaps
-Joseph W. Alsop’s forthcoming column
-Joseph C. Kraft’s column
-John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
-Kennedy, Johnson
National economy
-11-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2012)
Conversation No. 937-5 (cont’d)
-Views of Stein and Shultz
-Opposition to President’s decisions
-Paul Hall’s views
-Meany’s views
-Possible freeze
-Duration
-Need for action
-Compared to waiting for statistics
-Possible Congressional action
-President’s response
-Veto
-Override
-Labor leaders
-Meany
-Democrats
Laird
-Schedule
Energy
-Preparation of plan
-Flanigan, Simon
-Charles J. DiBona
-Staffs of Roy L. Ash and Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-Meeting invitations and attendance
National economy
-Meeting, June 11, 1973
-Ash
-Seeking views compared to decision making
-Arthur E. Burns
-President’s economic package
-Shultz
-Questions
-Food
-Kissinger’s view
-Foreign policy objectives
-12-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2012)
Conversation No. 937-5 (cont’d)
-India - Pakistan
-Southeast Asia
-Compared to domestic policy
-Ash
-Absence from meeting
-Conversation with Haig
White House staffing
-Harlow
-Haig’s conversation with Anne L. Armstrong
-Memorandums
National economy
-Need for action
-Possible freeze
-Congress
-Phase III
-Follow up
Haig
-Roles with National Security Council [NSC] and White House staff
-Productivity
Watergate
-New York Times and Washington Post
-Ervin Committee hearings
-Jeb Stuart Magruder, Dean, Haldeman, Ehrlichman
-Dean
-Dean
-Alsop
Alsop
-Conversation with Haig, June 12, 1973
-Forthcoming Soviet summit
-Wiretaps
-Harry S. Truman
-Stewart and Alsop
-13-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2012)
Conversation No. 937-5 (cont’d)
-Alsop
-Wiretaps
-Justice Department records
-William C. Sullivan
-Possible testimony
-Dean, William E. Timmons
-Plumbers
-Kraft
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
*****************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[National security]
[Duration: 9 s ]
FBI
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
*****************************************************************
Alsop
-Kraft’s house
-Brookings Institution
-Ehrlichman’s conversation with President
-Haldeman
-Plumbers
-John F. Kennedy or Robert F. (“Bobby”) Kennedy
-Sullivan
-Possible testimony
-Possible conversation with Joe Alsop
-14-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2012)
Conversation No. 937-5 (cont’d)
President’s schedule
-Vietnam negotiations
-Kissinger
-Cancellation of meeting
-New meeting
-Economy, Kissinger
-US-Soviet Summit briefing
-Trip to Illinois
-Kissinger’s possible briefings of Congressional leaders
-Soviet Summit
-Vietnam negotiations
-Year of Europe
-Republicans, Democrats
-Timmons
-Forthcoming Brezhnev visit
-Briefing books
-Kissinger
-Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft
-Timing of arrival and reading
-Quality
-Compared to one day of discussion with Kissinger in Key
Biscayne
Forthcoming Brezhnev State visit
-Security
-Watergate
-Kissinger’s conversation with Anatoly F. Dobrynin
-Alexei Kosygin
-Possible Jews, John Birch Society demonstration in Orange County,
California
-Houston
-San Clemente
-Reasons
-Work
-Avoidance of security incident
-Washington
-15-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2012)
Conversation No. 937-5 (cont’d)
-Camp David
-Agreements
-Kissinger’s preparation vs. State Department’s
National economy
-Stein, Shultz
-President’s meeting with Labor-Management Committee
-Shultz
-President’s goals
-Food prices
-Possible freeze
-Wages
-Labor, business responses
-Stock market response
-Psychology
-Hobart Rowen’s and economists’ possible response
Vietnam negotiations
-Forthcoming telephone call to Scowcroft
-Possible statements in Paris
-Agreement
-Saigon
-Kissinger
-Draft
-Popular opinion
-South Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos
-Setbacks
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
Haig left at 10:00 am.
-16-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2012)
Date: June 12, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:19 am and 10:00 am
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with Bryce N. Harlow.
[Conversation No. 937-5A]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 40-24]
[End telephone conversation]
Alexander M. Haig, Jr. entered at 9:25 am.
Watergate
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson’s statement concerning forthcoming Leonid I.
-9-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2012)
Conversation No. 937-5 (cont’d)
Brezhnev visit
-Response
-Barry M. Goldwater, Hugh Scott, J. William Fulbright, Edward W.
Brooke, Mark O. Hatfield, Robert J. Dole
-Fulbright
-Press coverage
-Charles H. Percy
-Resolution concerning special prosecutor
-Conversation with Haig, June 12, 1973
-Support for President
-President’s trip to Pekin, Illinois
White House staffing
-Roles of Harlow, Melvin R. Laird, and Haig
-President’s relationships with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Sequoia cruise
Vietnam negotiations
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Nguyen Van Thieu’s statements
-Compared to December 1972
-Points of separation
-Congressional briefing
National economy
-President’s schedule
-Congressional leaders
-Publicity
-Financiers
-Timing
-William E. Timmons
-Consultations
-William E. Simon’s viewpoint
-Cabinet
-Market response
-Cabinet
-10-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2012)
Conversation No. 937-5 (cont’d)
-George P. Shultz and Herbert Stein
-Press briefing
-Timing
-Preparation
-Haig’s conversation with Stein, June 13, 1973
-Possible freeze
-Possible Congressional action
-Timmons
-George Meany
-Stein
-Vote
Vietnam negotiations
-Thieu
-Kissinger
-Thieu
-Possible US Policy
-Possible aid
Watergate
-Speech
-Archibald Cox
-Ervin Committee
-Howard H. Baker and Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.
-Daniel K. Inouye’s conversation with Peter M. Flanigan, June 12, 1973
-Forthcoming Brezhnev visit
-Cessation of hearings
-President’s response
-John W. Dean, III
-Popular reaction
-Wiretaps
-Joseph W. Alsop’s forthcoming column
-Joseph C. Kraft’s column
-John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
-Kennedy, Johnson
National economy
-11-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2012)
Conversation No. 937-5 (cont’d)
-Views of Stein and Shultz
-Opposition to President’s decisions
-Paul Hall’s views
-Meany’s views
-Possible freeze
-Duration
-Need for action
-Compared to waiting for statistics
-Possible Congressional action
-President’s response
-Veto
-Override
-Labor leaders
-Meany
-Democrats
Laird
-Schedule
Energy
-Preparation of plan
-Flanigan, Simon
-Charles J. DiBona
-Staffs of Roy L. Ash and Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-Meeting invitations and attendance
National economy
-Meeting, June 11, 1973
-Ash
-Seeking views compared to decision making
-Arthur E. Burns
-President’s economic package
-Shultz
-Questions
-Food
-Kissinger’s view
-Foreign policy objectives
-12-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2012)
Conversation No. 937-5 (cont’d)
-India - Pakistan
-Southeast Asia
-Compared to domestic policy
-Ash
-Absence from meeting
-Conversation with Haig
White House staffing
-Harlow
-Haig’s conversation with Anne L. Armstrong
-Memorandums
National economy
-Need for action
-Possible freeze
-Congress
-Phase III
-Follow up
Haig
-Roles with National Security Council [NSC] and White House staff
-Productivity
Watergate
-New York Times and Washington Post
-Ervin Committee hearings
-Jeb Stuart Magruder, Dean, Haldeman, Ehrlichman
-Dean
-Dean
-Alsop
Alsop
-Conversation with Haig, June 12, 1973
-Forthcoming Soviet summit
-Wiretaps
-Harry S. Truman
-Stewart and Alsop
-13-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2012)
Conversation No. 937-5 (cont’d)
-Alsop
-Wiretaps
-Justice Department records
-William C. Sullivan
-Possible testimony
-Dean, William E. Timmons
-Plumbers
-Kraft
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
*****************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[National security]
[Duration: 9 s ]
FBI
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
*****************************************************************
Alsop
-Kraft’s house
-Brookings Institution
-Ehrlichman’s conversation with President
-Haldeman
-Plumbers
-John F. Kennedy or Robert F. (“Bobby”) Kennedy
-Sullivan
-Possible testimony
-Possible conversation with Joe Alsop
-14-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2012)
Conversation No. 937-5 (cont’d)
President’s schedule
-Vietnam negotiations
-Kissinger
-Cancellation of meeting
-New meeting
-Economy, Kissinger
-US-Soviet Summit briefing
-Trip to Illinois
-Kissinger’s possible briefings of Congressional leaders
-Soviet Summit
-Vietnam negotiations
-Year of Europe
-Republicans, Democrats
-Timmons
-Forthcoming Brezhnev visit
-Briefing books
-Kissinger
-Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft
-Timing of arrival and reading
-Quality
-Compared to one day of discussion with Kissinger in Key
Biscayne
Forthcoming Brezhnev State visit
-Security
-Watergate
-Kissinger’s conversation with Anatoly F. Dobrynin
-Alexei Kosygin
-Possible Jews, John Birch Society demonstration in Orange County,
California
-Houston
-San Clemente
-Reasons
-Work
-Avoidance of security incident
-Washington
-15-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2012)
Conversation No. 937-5 (cont’d)
-Camp David
-Agreements
-Kissinger’s preparation vs. State Department’s
National economy
-Stein, Shultz
-President’s meeting with Labor-Management Committee
-Shultz
-President’s goals
-Food prices
-Possible freeze
-Wages
-Labor, business responses
-Stock market response
-Psychology
-Hobart Rowen’s and economists’ possible response
Vietnam negotiations
-Forthcoming telephone call to Scowcroft
-Possible statements in Paris
-Agreement
-Saigon
-Kissinger
-Draft
-Popular opinion
-South Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos
-Setbacks
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
Haig left at 10:00 am.
-16-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2012)