Conversation: 722-005
Prev: 722-004 Next: 722-006Start Date: Tuesday, May 9, 1972 2:48 PM
End Date: Tuesday, May 9, 1972 5:57 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:47:41
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:06:03
NARA Description:
On May 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:48 am and 1:57 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 722-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 722-5
Date: May 9, 1972
Time: Unknown after 10:48 am until 10:57 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Rose Mary Woods.
A letter to Wilt Chamberlain
-Congratulations on National Basketball Association [NBA] championship
-Los Angeles Lakers
-Playing skills
-Life pictures of home
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Vietnam
-Blockade
-President's previous speech
-Public response
-Telephone calls
-Support for President
-Lloyd Rain [sp?]
-Paul Cabot
-Bernard J. (“Bunny”) Lasker
-Fred Schluter
-Dr. William M. Lukash
-News commentators
Manolo Sanchez
-Knee surgery
-Recovery time
Letter to Chamberlain
-Signature
Robert C. Hill recommendation for ambassador to Spain
-Adm. Horacio Rivero
-Visit with Gen. Francisco Franco
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Hill
-Memorandum
George Landau
-President's previous trip
-Hill's recommendation for ambassador to Ceylon
-Identified
-President’s recommendation
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 19s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02) Conv. No. 722-5 (cont.)
Vietnam
-Blockade
-President's speech
-Adm. Thomas H. Moorer's call
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's report
-Woods's report
President's schedule
-Duke Law School dinner
-Remarks by President
-A reference book
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Charles S. Rhyne
-Wife’s health
-Previous Administration job offers
-Scholarship announcement
-Time
-Richard Kiefer
Vietnam
-Blockade
-President's previous speech
-Strain of compiling
-Delivery
-Woods’s view
-Emotional strain
-Democrats
-President's support for John F. Kennedy during Cuban missile crisis
-George S. McGovern
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-George Meany
-George C. Wallace
-Statement
-Compared with McGovern's statement
-Public support for President
-McGovern presidency
-Woods’s view
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02) Conv. No. 722-5 (cont.)
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 45s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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-Lasker's comments
-Liberals
-The President’s view
-New York, California
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 6s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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Telephone calls
-Robert H. Abplanalp
-Perle Mesta
-Paul Bradley
Haldeman entered at 10:54 am.
-Earl L. Butz
-Report on support for President's speech
Vietnam
-Blockade
-Public reaction
-Talking points
-Support for President
-President's personal qualities
-Lasker's call
-Publicity from White House
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02) Conv. No. 722-5 (cont.)
-The President’s view
-Lukash
-President's decision
-Risks to election
-Prisoner of war [POW] release
-Publicity
-Public response
-Publicity
Woods and Haldeman left at 10:57 am.