Conversation: 040-048
Prev: 040-047 Next: 040-049Start Date: Wednesday, June 13, 1973 2:59 AM
End Date: Wednesday, June 13, 1973 3:02 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.Recording Device: White House Telephone
NARA Description:
On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:59 pm to 11:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-048 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 40-48
Date: June 12, 1973
Time: 10:59 pm - 11:02 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Energy
-William W. Scranton
-Contacts
-Coal industry [?]
-Oil industry
-Media coverage
-Compared to Peter G. Peterson
-Scranton’s notoriety
-Scranton’s capabilities
-Forthcoming conversation with President
-Job offer
-Positions
-Opposition to President
-Youth issues
-Fossil fuels
-Capitalist viewpoints
-Advantages
-Management experience
-Press reaction
-White House staff
-Forthcoming telephone call from Haig
-Job offer from President
-Haig’s assessment
-Presidential assessment
-Liberal stance
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. March-2011)
Conversation No. 40-47 (cont’d)
-President’s request for service
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] announcements
-John J. McCloy
-Telephone call from Haig
-Mary Scranton
-President schedule
-Meeting with Scranton