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947-007a
- President Richard M. Nixon
- Alexander M. Haig
July 10, 1973
Conversation No. 947-7
Date: July 10, 1973
Time: 11:22 am - 12:18 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Watergate
-Democrats’ strategy
-Henry A. Kissinger
-[First name unknown] Evan
-Meeting July 10, 1973 with Frank Manckiewicz, Thomas W.
Braden, W[illiam] Stuart Symington, and Stewart J. O. Alsop
-12-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)
-Peaking of scandal
-President’s resignation
-Possibility
-White House response
-President’s possible speech
-President’s economic package
-Ervin Committee Hearings
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman
-Democrats’ strategy
-John W. Dean, III’s Ervin Committee testimony
-Dirty tricks
-Campaign finances
-Archibald Cox
-White House response
-President’s memo to Haig
-Republican Party structure
-Kissinger
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Congress
National economy
-Federal budget
-President’s previous conversations with George Shultz
-Balanced budget
-Tax increase
-National defense
-Cuts
-Democratic goals
-Public reaction
Haig’s forthcoming speech at American Iron and Steel Institute
-Reception
-United States Steel Corporation
-US, Canada
-John P. Roche [?]
President’s schedule
-13-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)
-John A. Love
-Adaptation to role
-Ceremony
-Length of meeting
-John B. Connally
-Forthcoming economic meeting
-Melvin R. Laird, Harlow
-Anne L. Armstrong
-Reaction
National economy
-President’s program
-Advisors
-Intervention in exchange markets
-Peter M. Flanigan
-International economy
-Shultz
-Haig’s assessment of situation
-Arthur F. Burns
-Europeans’ view
-Dollar stability
-Bail-out
Watergate
-Kissinger’s conversations with the President
-Braden, Manckiewicz
-White House staff concerns
-J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., Leonard Garment
-Leonard K. Firestone, Harlow
-Domestic Council
-Handling of press
-Kissinger
-Democrats’ strategy
-Democrats’ strategy
-Campaign financing
-Dirty tricks
-International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT], Robert L. Vesco
-14-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)
-White House staff concerns
-President’s July 9, 1973 speech in Kansas City
-Press coverage
-New York Times piece by Rutgers professor, July 10, 1973
-Ervin Committee witness schedule
National economy
-Phase IV controls
-President’s statement
-Shultz’s schedule
-Japan
-Minister’s meeting
-Paper on timing
White House staff’s schedules
-Herbert Stein
-Trip to Japan
-Shultz
-Trip to Japan
-Peter M. Flanigan
-President’s forthcoming meeting with Kakuei Tanaka
-Shultz, Burns
-Asian trips
National economy
-Phase IV controls
-President’s statement
-Joint session of Congress
-Harlow’s recommendation
-Laird
-Congressional reaction
-Media reports
-Television [TV] speech
-President’s previous speeches
-June 13, 1973
-July 13, 1973
-Phase IV
-15-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)
-Public reaction
-Television programs
-David Brinkley [?]
-Phase II speech
-Ratings, support
-Complexity
-Education
-Press conference
-Shultz
-Radio speech
-Clip of speech for TV
Public relations [PR]
-President’s detractors
President’s July 9, 1973 visit to Kansas City
-President’s appearances
-Image
-Chicago
-Venue selection
-Reaction compares with content
-Live audiences
-Selectivity
-Congress
National economy
-Announcement of President’s Phase IV program
-TV
-Compared to freeze
-Drama
-Necessity
-Congress
-Format
-Incompleteness
-Selective controls
-“Pass through”
-Complexity
-16-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)
-Congress
-Congress
-Shultz
-Laird, Harlow
-Connally
-Meeting with Shultz
-Meeting with Love
-Meeting with Haig, President
-Possible grain embargo
-President’s assessment
-US foreign policy
-Strength of dollar
-Haig’s desire for greater market presence
-Importance
-Forthcoming trip
-Haig’s conversation
-Economic meeting
Watergate
-Press’s goal
-Democrats’ tactics
-Dean
-Campaign finances
-Story July 9, 1973 on Precision Valve Corporation
-White House response
-Justice Department
-New York Jewish congressman
-Robert H. Abplanalp’s Jewish competitors
-Justice Department
-Possible future allegations
-Possible reaction
-American people
-George H. W. Bush
-Laird
-Connally
-Demeanor
-17-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)
Cabinet
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Earl L. Butz
-Rogers C. B. Morton
-Peter J. Brennan
-Frederick B. Dent
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-James T. Lynn
-Elliot L. Richardson
Watergate
-William D. Ruckelshaus reference to Watergate
-John K. Andrews, Jr. speech
-Conversation with Haig
-White House staff reaction to press criticism
-White House reaction
-President’s statements
-Richardson
-Kelley speech
-President’s opponents’ comments
-Charles W. Colson’s views
-Ruckelshaus
-White House staff
-William J. Baroody, Jr.
-Meetings with Rowland Evans and Robert D. Novak
-Stories regarding Frederic V. Malek and Bruce A. Kehrli
-Haig’s forthcoming conversation with Melvin R. Laird
-Activities
-George H. W. Bush
-Possible removal
-Laird’s reaction
-Meetings with Evans and Novak
-Haig’s forthcoming conversation with Laird
-Justice Department
-Richardson
-Ruckelshaus
-18-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)
-Joseph T. Sneed [Deputy Attorney General]
-Selection of deputies
-Forthcoming conversation with Haig
-Cox
-Priorities of Justice Department
-Haig’s forthcoming conversation with Richardson
Haig’s schedule
-Economic meeting
-Richardson meeting
-New York
President’s schedule
-Love
-Lynn
-Meeting
-Cabinet meeting
-Brennan
-Length of meeting
Justice Department
-Zeigler
-Kenneth W. Clawson’s forthcoming statement regarding priorities
-Leak
-Richardson
-Permissiveness
-Marijuana
-President’s view
-Staff agreement
-Publications
-U.S. News & World Report
-Unknown publication
-Priorities
-Law and order
-Richardson
-Previous appointments
-President’s assessment
-19-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)
-Defense Department
-HEW
-Liberal
-Possible replacements
-Weinberger
-Lynn
-Lehman [?]
-Ruckelshaus
-Press conference
-Richardson
-Richardson’s forthcoming conversation with Haig
-Judgeship
-Wife
-Liberation
-Statements
-Experience
-Washington, DC
Watergate
-Decisions
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Good versus bad
-Left versus right
-Laird
-Ehrlichman
-Harlow
-Richardson
-Ruckelshaus
-Richardson
-Lynn
-Cox
-Decision
-Allegations against President
-Cox
-Richardson
-Liabilities
-20-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)
President’s speech July 9, 1973 in Kansas City
-Press relations
-Television coverage
-Helen A. Thomas
-Substance
Haig left at 12:18 pm.
Date: July 10, 1973
Time: 11:22 am - 12:18 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Watergate
-Democrats’ strategy
-Henry A. Kissinger
-[First name unknown] Evan
-Meeting July 10, 1973 with Frank Manckiewicz, Thomas W.
Braden, W[illiam] Stuart Symington, and Stewart J. O. Alsop
-12-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)
-Peaking of scandal
-President’s resignation
-Possibility
-White House response
-President’s possible speech
-President’s economic package
-Ervin Committee Hearings
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman
-Democrats’ strategy
-John W. Dean, III’s Ervin Committee testimony
-Dirty tricks
-Campaign finances
-Archibald Cox
-White House response
-President’s memo to Haig
-Republican Party structure
-Kissinger
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Congress
National economy
-Federal budget
-President’s previous conversations with George Shultz
-Balanced budget
-Tax increase
-National defense
-Cuts
-Democratic goals
-Public reaction
Haig’s forthcoming speech at American Iron and Steel Institute
-Reception
-United States Steel Corporation
-US, Canada
-John P. Roche [?]
President’s schedule
-13-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)
-John A. Love
-Adaptation to role
-Ceremony
-Length of meeting
-John B. Connally
-Forthcoming economic meeting
-Melvin R. Laird, Harlow
-Anne L. Armstrong
-Reaction
National economy
-President’s program
-Advisors
-Intervention in exchange markets
-Peter M. Flanigan
-International economy
-Shultz
-Haig’s assessment of situation
-Arthur F. Burns
-Europeans’ view
-Dollar stability
-Bail-out
Watergate
-Kissinger’s conversations with the President
-Braden, Manckiewicz
-White House staff concerns
-J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., Leonard Garment
-Leonard K. Firestone, Harlow
-Domestic Council
-Handling of press
-Kissinger
-Democrats’ strategy
-Democrats’ strategy
-Campaign financing
-Dirty tricks
-International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT], Robert L. Vesco
-14-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)
-White House staff concerns
-President’s July 9, 1973 speech in Kansas City
-Press coverage
-New York Times piece by Rutgers professor, July 10, 1973
-Ervin Committee witness schedule
National economy
-Phase IV controls
-President’s statement
-Shultz’s schedule
-Japan
-Minister’s meeting
-Paper on timing
White House staff’s schedules
-Herbert Stein
-Trip to Japan
-Shultz
-Trip to Japan
-Peter M. Flanigan
-President’s forthcoming meeting with Kakuei Tanaka
-Shultz, Burns
-Asian trips
National economy
-Phase IV controls
-President’s statement
-Joint session of Congress
-Harlow’s recommendation
-Laird
-Congressional reaction
-Media reports
-Television [TV] speech
-President’s previous speeches
-June 13, 1973
-July 13, 1973
-Phase IV
-15-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)
-Public reaction
-Television programs
-David Brinkley [?]
-Phase II speech
-Ratings, support
-Complexity
-Education
-Press conference
-Shultz
-Radio speech
-Clip of speech for TV
Public relations [PR]
-President’s detractors
President’s July 9, 1973 visit to Kansas City
-President’s appearances
-Image
-Chicago
-Venue selection
-Reaction compares with content
-Live audiences
-Selectivity
-Congress
National economy
-Announcement of President’s Phase IV program
-TV
-Compared to freeze
-Drama
-Necessity
-Congress
-Format
-Incompleteness
-Selective controls
-“Pass through”
-Complexity
-16-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)
-Congress
-Congress
-Shultz
-Laird, Harlow
-Connally
-Meeting with Shultz
-Meeting with Love
-Meeting with Haig, President
-Possible grain embargo
-President’s assessment
-US foreign policy
-Strength of dollar
-Haig’s desire for greater market presence
-Importance
-Forthcoming trip
-Haig’s conversation
-Economic meeting
Watergate
-Press’s goal
-Democrats’ tactics
-Dean
-Campaign finances
-Story July 9, 1973 on Precision Valve Corporation
-White House response
-Justice Department
-New York Jewish congressman
-Robert H. Abplanalp’s Jewish competitors
-Justice Department
-Possible future allegations
-Possible reaction
-American people
-George H. W. Bush
-Laird
-Connally
-Demeanor
-17-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)
Cabinet
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Earl L. Butz
-Rogers C. B. Morton
-Peter J. Brennan
-Frederick B. Dent
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-James T. Lynn
-Elliot L. Richardson
Watergate
-William D. Ruckelshaus reference to Watergate
-John K. Andrews, Jr. speech
-Conversation with Haig
-White House staff reaction to press criticism
-White House reaction
-President’s statements
-Richardson
-Kelley speech
-President’s opponents’ comments
-Charles W. Colson’s views
-Ruckelshaus
-White House staff
-William J. Baroody, Jr.
-Meetings with Rowland Evans and Robert D. Novak
-Stories regarding Frederic V. Malek and Bruce A. Kehrli
-Haig’s forthcoming conversation with Melvin R. Laird
-Activities
-George H. W. Bush
-Possible removal
-Laird’s reaction
-Meetings with Evans and Novak
-Haig’s forthcoming conversation with Laird
-Justice Department
-Richardson
-Ruckelshaus
-18-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)
-Joseph T. Sneed [Deputy Attorney General]
-Selection of deputies
-Forthcoming conversation with Haig
-Cox
-Priorities of Justice Department
-Haig’s forthcoming conversation with Richardson
Haig’s schedule
-Economic meeting
-Richardson meeting
-New York
President’s schedule
-Love
-Lynn
-Meeting
-Cabinet meeting
-Brennan
-Length of meeting
Justice Department
-Zeigler
-Kenneth W. Clawson’s forthcoming statement regarding priorities
-Leak
-Richardson
-Permissiveness
-Marijuana
-President’s view
-Staff agreement
-Publications
-U.S. News & World Report
-Unknown publication
-Priorities
-Law and order
-Richardson
-Previous appointments
-President’s assessment
-19-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)
-Defense Department
-HEW
-Liberal
-Possible replacements
-Weinberger
-Lynn
-Lehman [?]
-Ruckelshaus
-Press conference
-Richardson
-Richardson’s forthcoming conversation with Haig
-Judgeship
-Wife
-Liberation
-Statements
-Experience
-Washington, DC
Watergate
-Decisions
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman
-Good versus bad
-Left versus right
-Laird
-Ehrlichman
-Harlow
-Richardson
-Ruckelshaus
-Richardson
-Lynn
-Cox
-Decision
-Allegations against President
-Cox
-Richardson
-Liabilities
-20-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 947-7 (cont’d)
President’s speech July 9, 1973 in Kansas City
-Press relations
-Television coverage
-Helen A. Thomas
-Substance
Haig left at 12:18 pm.