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941–6
- President Richard M. Nixon
- Alexander M. Haig
- Hobart D. Lewis
- UNKNOWN
June 14, 1973
Conversation No. 941-6
Date: June 14, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:06 pm and 3:33 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
President’s previous conversation with George P. Shultz
-Shultz’s possible resignation
The President talked with Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis between 2:55 pm and 2:58 pm.
[Conversation No. 941-6A]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 40-108]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2012)
Conversation No. 941-6 (cont’d)
[End telephone conversation]
Personnel appointments and management
-President’s previous conversation with Shultz
-Roy L. Ash
-Disagreement with decisions
-William W. Scranton
-Peter G. Peterson
-Shultz’s role in administration
-Philosophy
-Trade bill
-Shultz’s schedule, President’s schedule
-Leonid I. Brezhnev’s visit
-Melvin R. Laird’s press conference
-Haig’s conversation with Laird
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Ash
-Shultz’s views concerning Haig
-Shultz’s conversation with Arthur F. Burns
National economy
-President’s program
-Haig’s forthcoming meeting with Laird and Harlow
-Officials’ support
-Avoidance of criticism
-Burns’s views
-Gas prices
Shultz
-Conversation with Haig
-Tenure in office
-William P. Rogers
National economy
-President’s program
-Press response
-13-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2012)
Conversation No. 941-6 (cont’d)
-John B. Connally and Shultz
-Shultz’s response
White House staffing
-Ash
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-Shultz
-John D. Ehrlichman’s letter
-Cole
-Tenure in office
-Conversation with Haig
-Laird’s role
-Possible departure
-Ehrlichman’s persuasion to stay
-Relations with Ash
-Ash
-Laird’s view
-Conversation with Haig
-Role in personnel
-Politics
-Office of Management and Budget [OMB]
-Harlow
-OMB
-Congressmen
-President’s conversation with Shultz
-Energy
-Role of Treasury Department
-Scranton
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
Congressional relations
-Barry M. Goldwater [?]
-Watergate
-Everett M. Dirksen
White House staffing
-Shultz
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2012)
Conversation No. 941-6 (cont’d)
-Relationships with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Views on national economy
-Scranton
National economy
-President’s program
-Energy
-Scranton
-San Clemente, Key Biscayne
Press leads
-Scranton
-Brezhnev
-Watergate
Personnel appointments and management
-Shultz
-Tenure in office
-Brezhnev visit
-Loyalty
-Forthcoming conversation with Haig
-Role
-Views on national economy
-Compared to John B. Connally
-Economics compared to politics
-Possible replacement
-William E. Simon
-Laird’s press conference
-White House staff
-Harlow, Laird, Ash
-Ash
-Haig’s view
-Shultz
-Schedule
-Golf
-Forthcoming Haig conversation
-Burns
-15-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2012)
Conversation No. 941-6 (cont’d)
-Forthcoming conversation with Haig
-President’s economic program
-Tax policy
-Telephone call from Haig
-White House staff
-Laird
-Scranton
-Shultz’s views on energy position
-Role of Treasury Department
-Haig’s conversation with Shultz
National economy
-President’s program
-Possible Congressional action
Congressional relations
-Hugh Scott
-Statement on Cambodia
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Kissinger
-Briefings of Congress, June 14, 1973 on “Year of Europe”
-Number of visits
-Utility
-William E. Timmons
President’s schedule
-Brezhnev
-San Clemente
White House staffing
-Kissinger
-Laird
-Trust
An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 2:58 pm.
Ronald L. Ziegler’s schedule
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2012)
Conversation No. 941-6 (cont’d)
-Kissinger briefing
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 3:30 pm.
White House staff
-Kissinger
-Press briefings
-Return from travel
-Adulation
National economy
-President’s program
-Option to remove controls
-Executive action
-Congress
-Burns’s view
-Labor
-Haig’s forthcoming conversation with Burns
-Delay
-Gas prices
-Balancing labor
-Wages
-Freeze
-Response to President’s speech, June 13, 1973
-Telephone calls expressing support
-Phase III
-Exports
-Congressional action
Watergate
-Ervin Committee hearings
-Jeb Stuart Magruder
-Haldeman’s knowledge of perjury
-Haldeman’s telephone call
-John N. Mitchell
-Key Biscayne
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2012)
Conversation No. 941-6 (cont’d)
-Credibility
-Haldeman’s knowledge of perjury
-Questions
-John W. Dean, III
Personnel appointments and management
-Shultz, Burns
-Forthcoming conversation with Haig
-Potential meeting with the President
-Brezhnev
Haig left at an unknown time before 3:33 pm.
Date: June 14, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:06 pm and 3:33 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
President’s previous conversation with George P. Shultz
-Shultz’s possible resignation
The President talked with Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis between 2:55 pm and 2:58 pm.
[Conversation No. 941-6A]
[Begin telephone conversation]
[See Conversation No. 40-108]
-12-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2012)
Conversation No. 941-6 (cont’d)
[End telephone conversation]
Personnel appointments and management
-President’s previous conversation with Shultz
-Roy L. Ash
-Disagreement with decisions
-William W. Scranton
-Peter G. Peterson
-Shultz’s role in administration
-Philosophy
-Trade bill
-Shultz’s schedule, President’s schedule
-Leonid I. Brezhnev’s visit
-Melvin R. Laird’s press conference
-Haig’s conversation with Laird
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Ash
-Shultz’s views concerning Haig
-Shultz’s conversation with Arthur F. Burns
National economy
-President’s program
-Haig’s forthcoming meeting with Laird and Harlow
-Officials’ support
-Avoidance of criticism
-Burns’s views
-Gas prices
Shultz
-Conversation with Haig
-Tenure in office
-William P. Rogers
National economy
-President’s program
-Press response
-13-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2012)
Conversation No. 941-6 (cont’d)
-John B. Connally and Shultz
-Shultz’s response
White House staffing
-Ash
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-Shultz
-John D. Ehrlichman’s letter
-Cole
-Tenure in office
-Conversation with Haig
-Laird’s role
-Possible departure
-Ehrlichman’s persuasion to stay
-Relations with Ash
-Ash
-Laird’s view
-Conversation with Haig
-Role in personnel
-Politics
-Office of Management and Budget [OMB]
-Harlow
-OMB
-Congressmen
-President’s conversation with Shultz
-Energy
-Role of Treasury Department
-Scranton
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
Congressional relations
-Barry M. Goldwater [?]
-Watergate
-Everett M. Dirksen
White House staffing
-Shultz
-14-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2012)
Conversation No. 941-6 (cont’d)
-Relationships with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Views on national economy
-Scranton
National economy
-President’s program
-Energy
-Scranton
-San Clemente, Key Biscayne
Press leads
-Scranton
-Brezhnev
-Watergate
Personnel appointments and management
-Shultz
-Tenure in office
-Brezhnev visit
-Loyalty
-Forthcoming conversation with Haig
-Role
-Views on national economy
-Compared to John B. Connally
-Economics compared to politics
-Possible replacement
-William E. Simon
-Laird’s press conference
-White House staff
-Harlow, Laird, Ash
-Ash
-Haig’s view
-Shultz
-Schedule
-Golf
-Forthcoming Haig conversation
-Burns
-15-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2012)
Conversation No. 941-6 (cont’d)
-Forthcoming conversation with Haig
-President’s economic program
-Tax policy
-Telephone call from Haig
-White House staff
-Laird
-Scranton
-Shultz’s views on energy position
-Role of Treasury Department
-Haig’s conversation with Shultz
National economy
-President’s program
-Possible Congressional action
Congressional relations
-Hugh Scott
-Statement on Cambodia
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Kissinger
-Briefings of Congress, June 14, 1973 on “Year of Europe”
-Number of visits
-Utility
-William E. Timmons
President’s schedule
-Brezhnev
-San Clemente
White House staffing
-Kissinger
-Laird
-Trust
An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 2:58 pm.
Ronald L. Ziegler’s schedule
-16-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2012)
Conversation No. 941-6 (cont’d)
-Kissinger briefing
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 3:30 pm.
White House staff
-Kissinger
-Press briefings
-Return from travel
-Adulation
National economy
-President’s program
-Option to remove controls
-Executive action
-Congress
-Burns’s view
-Labor
-Haig’s forthcoming conversation with Burns
-Delay
-Gas prices
-Balancing labor
-Wages
-Freeze
-Response to President’s speech, June 13, 1973
-Telephone calls expressing support
-Phase III
-Exports
-Congressional action
Watergate
-Ervin Committee hearings
-Jeb Stuart Magruder
-Haldeman’s knowledge of perjury
-Haldeman’s telephone call
-John N. Mitchell
-Key Biscayne
-17-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2012)
Conversation No. 941-6 (cont’d)
-Credibility
-Haldeman’s knowledge of perjury
-Questions
-John W. Dean, III
Personnel appointments and management
-Shultz, Burns
-Forthcoming conversation with Haig
-Potential meeting with the President
-Brezhnev
Haig left at an unknown time before 3:33 pm.