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949–2
- President Richard M. Nixon
- Walter R. Tkach
- William M. Lukash
- Henry A. Kissinger
- Alexander M. Haig
July 12, 1973
Conversation No. 949-2
Date: July 12, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:15 pm and 2:50 pm
Location: Oval Office
Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met with Dr. Walter R. Tkach and Dr. William M. Lukash.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 949-2 (cont’d)
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
President’s schedule
-Camp David
-Tkach’s recommendations
-Return to Washington, DC
-Timing
-X-ray
-Swimming
-President’s health
-Fever
-President’s health
-Viral pneumonia
-Recovery
-Compared to bacterial pneumonia and influenza [?]
-Symptoms
-X-ray
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1A
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 6 s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1A
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President’s schedule
-President’s health
-Viral pneumonia
-Symptoms
-Duration
-X-ray
-Work load
-3-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 949-2 (cont’d)
-Hospital
-Papers
-Economic policy
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1B
[Deed of Gift – Privacy]
[Duration: 14 s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1B
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President’s schedule
-President’s health
-Publicity
-Economic policy
-President’s health
-Publicity
-X-ray results
-Cancellations
-White House staff, Congress members
-Donald McI. Kendall
-Excuse
-President’s health
-Viral pneumonia
-Stigma
-Publicity
-X-ray results
-Symptoms
-Duration
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 949-2 (cont’d)
President’s schedule
-Cancellations
-President’s health
-Rest
-X-ray
-Restrictions
-Announcement
-Timing
-Trip to Bethesda
-Dr. [First name unknown] Jordan
-Telephone
-Bethesda Naval Hospital, Navy Clinic
-Press relations
-Timing
-President’s desire for prognosis
-Economic speech
-Congressional relations
-Walter Scheel
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Naval clinic
-President’s visibility
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
President’s health
-X-ray results
-Prognosis
-Symptoms
-Previous night
-Sleeplessness
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 949-2 (cont’d)
President’s health
-Tkach and Lukash’s schedule
-Announcement
-X-ray
-Cancellations
-Naval clinic
-Timing
-Traffic
-White House
-X-ray machine
-President’s schedule
-Departure for clinic
Tkach and Lukash left at 2:29 pm.
President’s health
-Announcement
Watergate
-Ervin Committee
-Samuel J. Ervin, Jr., Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
-John N. Mitchell
-White House response
-Haig’s meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler, Bryce N. Harlow, and Melvin R.
Laird
-President’s conversation with Ervin
-Access to files
-Ervin Committee files
-Ervin and Howard Baker
-President’s possible Ervin Committee appearance
-Subpoenas
-Witness schedule
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Samuel Dash
-President’s schedule
-Ziegler
-Unknown men’s access to records
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 949-2 (cont’d)
-Notes compared to copies
-John W. Dean, III
Henry A. Kissinger entered at 2:33 pm.
Watergate
-Norman Mailer’s telephone call to Kissinger
-President
-John N. Mitchell’s testimony
-Ervin’s telephone call to President
-Access to files
-Dash
-Supreme Court
-Mailer’s telephone call to Kissinger
-Popular opinion
-Article arguments [?]
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-Conspiracy
-Detente policies [?]
Kissinger left at 2:36 pm.
Watergate
-White House response
-Harlow
-Ervin’s telephone call to President
-President’s schedule
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
President’s health
-Hospital stay
-Viral pneumonia
-Walter Reed Medical Center
-Suite [?]
-7-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 949-2 (cont’d)
-X-ray
-Utility
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
*****************************************************************
Watergate
-Harlow
-Leonard Garment
-President’s conversation with Ervin [?]
-Objectivity
-Michael Gravel
-Ervin Committee
-Baker
-White House response
-Ziegler, Gerald L. Warren, Harlow
-President’s conversation with Ervin
-William E. Timmons
-Dash
-Unknown man from North Carolina
-Ervin
-Ervin Committee
-Dean’s testimony
-Mitchell’s testimony
-Haldeman’s, Charles W. Colson’s forthcoming testimony
-Colson’s possible conversation with Haig or J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.
-White House response
-John B. Connally’s view
-Use of phrase “Peace with Honor”
-President’s conversation with Ervin
-Access to files
-Baker
-Ervin’s views of President
-Haldeman’s forthcoming testimony
-President’s September 15, 1972 conversation with Dean and Haldeman
-Dean’s activities
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 949-2 (cont’d)
-Haldeman’s forthcoming testimony
-Dean
-Effects of others’ testimony
-Mitchell
-Richard A. Moore
-March 21, 1973 conversation with President
-Mitchell and Haldeman
-March 20, 1973 telephone conversation with President
-Possible use by White House
-White House staff involvement
-March 21, 1973 conversation with President
-White House staff involvement
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Ellsberg break-in
-Haldeman
-$350,000
-Mitchell
President’s determination
Haig left at an unknown time before 2:50 pm.
Date: July 12, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:15 pm and 2:50 pm
Location: Oval Office
Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met with Dr. Walter R. Tkach and Dr. William M. Lukash.
-2-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 949-2 (cont’d)
*****************************************************************
[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
President’s schedule
-Camp David
-Tkach’s recommendations
-Return to Washington, DC
-Timing
-X-ray
-Swimming
-President’s health
-Fever
-President’s health
-Viral pneumonia
-Recovery
-Compared to bacterial pneumonia and influenza [?]
-Symptoms
-X-ray
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1A
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 6 s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1A
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
President’s schedule
-President’s health
-Viral pneumonia
-Symptoms
-Duration
-X-ray
-Work load
-3-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 949-2 (cont’d)
-Hospital
-Papers
-Economic policy
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1B
[Deed of Gift – Privacy]
[Duration: 14 s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1B
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
President’s schedule
-President’s health
-Publicity
-Economic policy
-President’s health
-Publicity
-X-ray results
-Cancellations
-White House staff, Congress members
-Donald McI. Kendall
-Excuse
-President’s health
-Viral pneumonia
-Stigma
-Publicity
-X-ray results
-Symptoms
-Duration
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
*****************************************************************
-4-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 949-2 (cont’d)
President’s schedule
-Cancellations
-President’s health
-Rest
-X-ray
-Restrictions
-Announcement
-Timing
-Trip to Bethesda
-Dr. [First name unknown] Jordan
-Telephone
-Bethesda Naval Hospital, Navy Clinic
-Press relations
-Timing
-President’s desire for prognosis
-Economic speech
-Congressional relations
-Walter Scheel
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Naval clinic
-President’s visibility
*****************************************************************
[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
President’s health
-X-ray results
-Prognosis
-Symptoms
-Previous night
-Sleeplessness
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
*****************************************************************
-5-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 949-2 (cont’d)
President’s health
-Tkach and Lukash’s schedule
-Announcement
-X-ray
-Cancellations
-Naval clinic
-Timing
-Traffic
-White House
-X-ray machine
-President’s schedule
-Departure for clinic
Tkach and Lukash left at 2:29 pm.
President’s health
-Announcement
Watergate
-Ervin Committee
-Samuel J. Ervin, Jr., Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
-John N. Mitchell
-White House response
-Haig’s meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler, Bryce N. Harlow, and Melvin R.
Laird
-President’s conversation with Ervin
-Access to files
-Ervin Committee files
-Ervin and Howard Baker
-President’s possible Ervin Committee appearance
-Subpoenas
-Witness schedule
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Samuel Dash
-President’s schedule
-Ziegler
-Unknown men’s access to records
-6-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 949-2 (cont’d)
-Notes compared to copies
-John W. Dean, III
Henry A. Kissinger entered at 2:33 pm.
Watergate
-Norman Mailer’s telephone call to Kissinger
-President
-John N. Mitchell’s testimony
-Ervin’s telephone call to President
-Access to files
-Dash
-Supreme Court
-Mailer’s telephone call to Kissinger
-Popular opinion
-Article arguments [?]
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-Conspiracy
-Detente policies [?]
Kissinger left at 2:36 pm.
Watergate
-White House response
-Harlow
-Ervin’s telephone call to President
-President’s schedule
*****************************************************************
[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
President’s health
-Hospital stay
-Viral pneumonia
-Walter Reed Medical Center
-Suite [?]
-7-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 949-2 (cont’d)
-X-ray
-Utility
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
*****************************************************************
Watergate
-Harlow
-Leonard Garment
-President’s conversation with Ervin [?]
-Objectivity
-Michael Gravel
-Ervin Committee
-Baker
-White House response
-Ziegler, Gerald L. Warren, Harlow
-President’s conversation with Ervin
-William E. Timmons
-Dash
-Unknown man from North Carolina
-Ervin
-Ervin Committee
-Dean’s testimony
-Mitchell’s testimony
-Haldeman’s, Charles W. Colson’s forthcoming testimony
-Colson’s possible conversation with Haig or J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.
-White House response
-John B. Connally’s view
-Use of phrase “Peace with Honor”
-President’s conversation with Ervin
-Access to files
-Baker
-Ervin’s views of President
-Haldeman’s forthcoming testimony
-President’s September 15, 1972 conversation with Dean and Haldeman
-Dean’s activities
-8-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 949-2 (cont’d)
-Haldeman’s forthcoming testimony
-Dean
-Effects of others’ testimony
-Mitchell
-Richard A. Moore
-March 21, 1973 conversation with President
-Mitchell and Haldeman
-March 20, 1973 telephone conversation with President
-Possible use by White House
-White House staff involvement
-March 21, 1973 conversation with President
-White House staff involvement
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Ellsberg break-in
-Haldeman
-$350,000
-Mitchell
President’s determination
Haig left at an unknown time before 2:50 pm.