Conversation: 652-011
Prev: 652-010 Next: 652-012Start Date: Thursday, January 20, 1972 7:57 PM
End Date: Thursday, January 20, 1972 8:05 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Ziegler, Ronald L.; [Unknown person(s)]Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:30:25
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:40:16
NARA Description:
On January 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:57 pm to 3:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 652-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 652-11
Date: January 20, 1972
Time: 2:57 pm - 3:05 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Dinner, January 20, 1972
-Cabinet
-Business session
The President’s schedule
-Cabinet and Congressional leaders
-Meetings
-Frequency
-Value
-Frequency
-Selection of new Cabinet in second term
-Review
-Individual Cabinet members
Ronald L. Ziegler entered at an unknown time after 2:57 pm.
Robert E. Merriam
-Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations [ACIR] study
-The President’s letter to Merriam
-Release to press
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 652-11 (cont.)
-Ziegler’s conversation with John D. Ehrlichman
-Ziegler’s conversation with Merriam
Edmund S. Muskie
-Membership on ACIR
-Attendance at meeting
-Reaction to the President’s State of the Union Address
-Applause
-Statement
-Bi-partisanship
State of the Union Address
-Democrats’ reactions
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
-Unemployment issue
-Television coverage
-Ziegler’s watching
-Cut to audience at closing remark
-Bella S. Abzug’s reaction
-Statement
-The President’s tenure in office
-Partisanship
-Muskie’s reaction
-Number of proposals
-Statement for television
-Competition with Hubert H. Humphrey
-Republican reaction
-The President’s bipartisanship
-Attack on Democrats
-Tone
-Muskie statement
-Vietnam war
-Personal attacks
-Edward M. Kennedy’s reaction
Dock strike announcement, January 21, 1972
-Handling by Ziegler and Laurence H. Silberman
-The President’s involvement
-Statement, January 20,, 1972
-Rhetoric
-Toughness
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 652-11 (cont.)
-Labor Department
-Legislation for arbitration
-Congress
-The President’s State of the Union reference
-The President’s input
-Attack on strikers
-Irresponsibility
-Economy
-George P. Shultz
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Charles W. Colson’s office
-Rhetoric
-Toughness
-Silberman
-Legislation
-Rhetoric
-Toughness
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 2:57 pm.
Cabinet meeting
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 3:05 pm.
Dock strike announcement
-Rhetoric
-Toughness
-Buchanan
The President, Haldeman and Ziegler left at 3:05 pm.