Date: August 14, 1972
Time: 1:47 pm – 2:48 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Framed copy of an education bill
-The President’s previou signing of bill
-Pen
-Distribution
John B. Connally’s previous conversation with Haldeman
-Public relations
Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan entered at an unknown time after 1:47 pm; the White House
photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.
Greetings
Framed copy of an education bill
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-Pen
-Moynihan’s view of the bill
-Ordinance of 1787
-Justin Smith Morril Act
-National Defense Education Act
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Moynihan’s forthcoming article in the New York Times Magazine
-Moynihan’s previous conversation with Haldeman
-The President’s second term
-Nature of modern two-term presidency
-John Quincy Adams
-Basis for article
-Moynihan’s possible interview with the President
-Moynihan’s previous conversation with Stephen B. Bull
-Haldeman’s view
-The President’s view
-Moynihan’s relationship with the President
-Republican National Convention
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-World War II
-[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson
-World War I
Issues facing the President in his second term
-Domestic issues
-Foreign policy issues
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-The President’s accomplishments in his first term
-Forthcoming end of the war in Vietnam
-The President’s previous meeting with Moynihan
-New York
-The People’s Republic of China [PRC] and the Soviet Union
-Effects of the President’s trips
-Japan, Europe
-US role of leadership
-Lessened likelihood of superpower armed
conflict
-US
-Soviet union
-PRC
-Opening of dialogue between the US and PRC
-Agreements with the Soviet Union
-Avoidance of nuclear war
-Control of superpowers
-Expansion of initiatives with the PRC and the Soviet Union
-Soviet Union
-Arms control
-Importance
-Total limitation of nuclear defensive
weapons
-Partial limitation of nuclear offensive
weapons
-Phase II
-Limitation of nuclear offensive weapons
-Phase III
-Reduction of nuclear stockpiles
-Monetary issues
-The President’s knowledge
-European Common Market
-Soviet Union
-PRC
-Japan
-Orderly economic competition
-Underdeveloped world
-Africa
-Latin America
-Middle East
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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-Vietnam
-Need for skillful diplomacy
-Israel
-Need for US military strength
-Economy
-Self governance
-Support for Israel
-Effects of budget cuts on possible troop deployment
-Aircraft carriers
-Greece
-Role as protector
-Soviet Union
-PRC
-Nuclear capability
-Japan, Europe
-Economic power
-Need for US domestic strength
-Priorities
-Foreign policy and domestic policy interrelation
-Reform
-Education bill
-US Postal Service
-Volunteer army
-Welfare reform
-Revenue sharing
-Government reorganization
-Health insurance
-Congress
-“New American Revolution”
-Government
-The President’s record
-Foreign policy
-Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT]
-Remaining nuclear arms
-Phase II
-Phase III
-Republican party
-Possible shift to center
-Stance on social quotas
-Quotas
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-White House staff
-The President’s stance on Israel
-Anti-communism
-George S. McGovern
-US as a counter to the Soviet Union
-The President’s possible anti-semitism
-Composition of the White House staff
-[Henry A. Kissinger]
-National security
-[Herbert Stein]
-Economics
-[Arthur F. Burns]
-Federal Reserve Board [FRB]
-William L. Safire
-Leonard Garment
-Office of Management and Budget [OMB]
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Effect of a possible “Jewish quota”
-Kissinger
-Catholics
-Rose Mary Woods
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Merit
-Closer examination in personnel selection
-Women
-Youth
-Blacks
-Mexicans
-Italians
-Search for excellence compared to search for equality
-Republican party
-Principles
-Effects of the President’s efforts
-Need for support from writers
-Possible theft of ideas by the Democrats
-Base of party
-George H. Gallup
-Quotas
-The Administration’s appointment of women
-Marina von N. Whitman
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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-Atomic Energy Commission [AEC] appointee [Dixie Lee
Ray]
-Appointments in the next administration
-Possible majority of popular vote
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Roosevelt
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-John F. Kennedy
-Need for new philosophy
-Republicans
-Divisions
-The President’s foreign and domestic policies
-Twentieth century leadership
-Theodore Roosevelt
-World view
-Wilson
-Failure in international relations
-Franklin Roosevelt
-Great Depression
-World War II
-Harry S. Truman
-Eisenhower
-Kennedy
-Need for world view
-The President’s PRC trip
-Vietnam
-Costs
-Casualties
-Money
-US public spirit
-US economy
-Allocation of resources to national defense
-Importance of avoiding future Vietnams
-PRC
-North Vietnam
-North Korea
-Soviet Union
-Need for comprehensive philosophy
-Foreign policy
-Economic policy
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-Domestic policy
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The President’s administration
-Need for communication with intellectuals
-The Public Interest
-The President’s view
-Critics compared to builders
-Wilson
-Businessmen
-Limitations
-Academics
-Limitations
-Need for union of pragmatists and idealists
-The President’s staff
-Contributors to the President’s policies
-Moynihan
-Kissinger
-Stein
-George P. Shultz
-Kennedy
-Franklin Roosevelt
-Theodore Roosevelt
-Support from Harvard University government department
-Death of Kennedy
-Intellectuals
[A portion of the conversation at this point was not recorded on the original tape]
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-Academics
-The President’s signing of the education bill
-Vietnam
-Harvard
-Derek C. Bok
-Correspondence to the President
-Kissinger
-The PRC trip
-The Soviet Union trip
[An unknown portion of this conversation was not recorded at this time while the tape was
changed]