On March 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:50 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 872-018 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman. President's schedule - Week's events - Henry A. Kissinger - Rescheduling - Afternoon meeting - John D. Ehrlichman - President's speech on crime, drugs - Meetings - John N. ("Jack") Irwin, II - White House fellows - Janet Johnson - Breakfast - Council of Economic Advisors [CEA] - Timing Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 2:20 pm. - Appointment with dentist - CEA breakfast - Timing - Program - Thelma C. ("Pat") Nixon - Birthday - Newbold ("Newby") Noyes, Jr. - Meeting with President Bull left at an unknown time before 2:46 pm. Leslie T. ("Bob") Hope - Meeting with President - Performance last night - Material - Spiro T. Agnew - John B. Connally Evening at the White House - Toasts to President - Protocol - Arthur M. Wood - Maurice H. Stans - Necessity - Haldeman's view - Hope - Toasts to President - Speakers after President - Toasts to President - Timing - Singing - Protocol, Format - Value to guests - Publicity for country - Television [TV] - Stag dinner Lee Kuan Yew - Visit - Wife - Henry A. Kissinger - Stag dinner - Spouses - Women - Anne L. Armstrong, Jewel S. La Fontaine - Press - Fay Wells - Administration supporter - Invitation Charles W. Colson - Return to work - Location - Travel - Meeting with Haldeman's Prisoners of war [POWs] - Capt. Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr. and Col. Robinson Risner - Talk with Haldeman - Evening at the White House - Denton and Risner's opinion of timing - Previous visits - Congress member - Tour of White House - Denton and Risner - Talk with President - Value to President - President's desire for meeting - Availability - Scheduling - Camp David - Families - Son's graduation - Separate meetings - Meeting with unnamed officer and enlisted man - Denton and Risner - Separate meetings with President - Camp David - Residences - Oklahoma, Portsmith - Desire to meet with President - Scheduling President's schedule - Press conference - Meetings - Management Improvement Awards as type of event - Stans - Avoidance Evening at the White House - Francis A. ("Frank") Sinatra evening - Paul W. Keyes - Consultant role - Invitations - Arrangements - Lucy A. Winchester [?] President's schedule - Meeting with Denton and Risner - Length - Press relations - Denton and Risner POWs - Denton and Risner - Reaction to Evening at the White House - Wives - Invitation - Children - Publicity - Announcement - Invitations to speak, honors - William F. ("Billy") Graham - Risner - Schools - Denton - Middlesex Club of Boston - Award to President - Charles W. Colson - Meeting with President - Denton and Risner - James B. Stockdale - Leader of POWs -[First name unknown] Kassler [?] - Denton and Risner - Separate meetings - Value - Evening at the White House - Letter's effectiveness in remarks by President - Congress - Support for President [?] ***************************************************************** [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during chronological review 2007-2013] John B. Connally - Conversation with Haldeman - Party switch - Decision - Problem of timing - Arrangements - George Christian ***************************************************************** John B. Connally - Work with Jeb Stewart Magruder - Commerce Department - Watergate hearings - Impact on Connally - Timing - Work with Colson - Private basis ***************************************************************** [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during chronological review 2007-2013] Connally - Visit to Jamaica - Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo - POWs - May 8, 1972 decision - William P. Rogers - Evening at the White House - Letter - Party switch - Conversations with Haldeman - Press conference - Timing - Place - Texas - Washington, DC - Advantages - Questions - Coordination with Christian - Other Democrats - Opposition to George S. McGovern - Strength of sentiment - Support for President Jobs ***************************************************************** Leonard H. Marks - Call from William J. Casey - Increase in number of State Department labor and business attaches - Lyndon B. Johnson - Abilities - Presidential Library - Johnson Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library - Preparation - Costs - Congress - Land in California - Value - Possible opposition - Commission - Edward F. Hebert - Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] clearances Evening at the White House - Tony Martin, Cyd Charisse - Abilities - State Dinner - Invitations - Liza Minelli Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 2:46 pm. Hope - Jokes Watergate - Donald H. Segretti - Dwight L. Chapin - Questions from press - Links with White House - Ziegler's answer - Raw files from FBI - Release - American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU] protests - Ziegler's response - FBI files - Value - Hearsay - J. Edgar Hoover -[First name unknown] Brandon [?] - ACLU position - Ervin Committee - Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. - Howard H. Baker, Jr. President's meeting with Newbold ("Newby") Noyes, Jr. - President's speech - President's attendance President's schedule - Meeting with National Press Club - President's press conference [?] - Value - Publicity - President's meeting with Noyes - Camp David Ziegler and Haldeman left at 2:50 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Ziegler, Ronald L.
- Part of White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration, Oval Office Sound Recordings