Secret White House Tapes

725–31

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725–31
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • UNKNOWN
  • H. R. Haldeman
  • John B. Connally
  • George P. Shultz
  • Caspar W. "Cap" Weinberger
  • Ronald L. Ziegler
May 16, 1972
Conversation No. 725-31

Date: May 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:55 am and 12:03 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown woman.

President's schedule
-Meeting with ambassadors
-Time
-Call to check

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at an unknown time.

-Call to delay
-Walk to Treasury Department
-Idanell B. (“Nellie”) Connally

John B. Connally, George P. Shultz, Caspar W. Weinberger and Ronald L.Ziegler entered at
11:57 am.

Connally
-Resignation as Secretary of Treasury
-Press briefing
-Title
-Work with Shultz
-Press briefing
-Questions
-[Wayne] Connally
-Political future
-Vice-Presidency
-Continued interest
-Connally's performance evaluated
-President's statement
-Connally’s view
-Questions
-Democratic National convention
-Sarah McLendon
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)


-Conclusion
-Questions
-Larry [surname not known]
-Frank Cormier
-Interviews
-American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]
-National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC]
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Vietnam
-NBC and ABC
-Connally’s view
-Bella S. Abzug interview
-CBS
-Time
-Irving R. Levine
-ABC
-James W. Donley
-Conspiracy
-Possible interviews
-Possibility
-Connally’s response
-CBS
-NBC and ABC

President's schedule
-Walk to Treasury Department
-Greeting tourists
-Meeting with Treasury staff
-Shultz's first meeting
-Office of Management and Budget [OMB]

Connally
-Resignation as Secretary of Treasury
-Reasons
-Texas election
-George C. Wallace shooting
-Repudiation of story
-Speculation

President's schedule
-Meeting with Treasury staff
-President's statement
-Statements by Connally, Shultz
-President's departure
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)


-Walk from Treasury to White House

The President, Connally, Shultz, Weinberger, Ziegler and Haldeman left
at 12:03 pm.
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725–31

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