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On December 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, unknown person(s), and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:27 pm to 1:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 641-010 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman. Yeoman Charles E. Radford incident - John N. Mitchell - Adm. Thomas H. Moorer - John D. Ehrlichman - Henry A. Kissinger and Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr. - Edward L. Morgan - Release of "Pentagon Papers" BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN- T- MDR-2014-033. Segment exempt per Executive Order 13526, 3.3(b)(1) on 05/09/2019. Archivist : MAS] [National Security] [641-010- W002] [Duration: 11s] INTELLIGENCE END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 Yeoman Charles E. Radford incident - Jack N. Anderson column - Leaks - Haldeman's previous conversations with Kissinger and Ehrlichman - Haig George Meany - Letter - Gift from the President - Cigars - William L. Safire - Charles W. Colson Radford incident [Previous PRMPA Privacy (D) reviewed under deed of gift 04/19/2022. Segment cleared for release.] [Privacy] [641-010- W003] [Duration: 39s] Yeoman Charles E. Radford incident - Admiral Thomas H. Moorer's reaction - Reports - Denied receiving reports - Robert O. Welander Yeoman Charles E. Radford incident - Prosecution of the yeoman - Mitchell - Adm. R[embrandt] C. Robinson - Effect on the military - Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS] Pentagon Papers - Effect on the administration Kissinger - Washington Special Actions Group [WSAG] National Cancer Act, December 23, 1971 - Congressmen - Edmund S. Muskie - Size of Congressional group - Harrison A. Williams, Jr. - Peter H. Dominick - President's remarks - Television coverage - John A. Scali - Raymond K. Price, Jr. - Safire - Cancer Act White House Christmas decorations - Kennedys - Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis - Curtains - Kennedy approach - Washington Star Consumer Price Index [CPI] - Washington Star story - New York Times story - Washington Star 's economic reporting - Unknown columnist - Smith Hempstone, Jr. - Stock market - Washington Star compared to the New York Times "A Day in the Life of the President" - Kissinger - William P. Rogers The President's previous conversation with Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo - Herbert J. ("Jackie") Gleason - Letter The President talked with Rose Mary Woods at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 12:38 pm. [Conversation No. 641-10A] - Wire - Invitation to golf tournament, February 1972 [?] [End of telephone conversation] Woods entered at 12:38 pm. Delivery of wire from Gleason - Ronald L. Ziegler - Sidebar - Copying - Paul W. Keyes Woods left at 12:39 pm. "A Day in the Life of the President" - Hard work - Rogers - Editing - Happenings of the day - Diplomatic arrival - Economic meeting - Drugs - India- Pakistan - The President's interview with John W. Chancellor - Keyes - Ehrlichman - Mitchell Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:45 pm. [Conversation No. 641-10B] Request for an unknown man to call the President [End of telephone conversation] Radford incident - Mitchell's talk with Moorer Mitchell - Toughness John B. Connally - Respect - Nomination - Timing - Cabinet party -1970 election Radford incident - Kissinger - Leaks - State Department Ehrlichman entered at 12:45 pm. - Mitchell's talk with Moorer - Moorer's remarks - Melvin R. Laird - Jail - Kissinger - Briefcases - Ehrlichman's talk with Laird, December 23, 1971 [Previous PRMPA Privacy (D) reviewed under deed of gift 04/19/2022. Segment cleared for release.] [Privacy] [641-010- W001] [Duration: 3m 24s] Yeoman Charles E. Radford incident - John D. Ehrlichman's conversation with Melvin R. Laird, December 23, 1971 - Melvin R. Laird's knowledge - Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS], National Security Council [NSC] staff - Secretary of Defense -10 year existence - Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS] and Congress - Melvin R. Laird's recommendations to Henry A. Kissinger - Leaks - R[embrandt]. C. ("Hugh") Robinson's actions - Melvin R. Laird's access to National Security Council [NSC] material - R[embrandt]. C. ("Hugh") Robinson's files - Robert O. Welander [?] - Adm. Thomas H. Moorer - December 22, 1971 talk with Melvin R. Laird - Melvin R. Laird - Adm. Thomas H. Moorer's culpability - John D. Ehrlichman's opinion - Charles E. Radford - Potential accusations of homosexuality - Melvin R. Laird's objection - Lawyers - Jack N. Anderson Yeoman Charles E. Radford incident - Prosecution - David R. Young, Jr. - Yeoman's bishop - Mormon - Department of Defense [DOD] - Confession to the Mormon bishop - Polygraph - Anderson - Motives of Radford - JCS - Alger Hiss case - Kissinger's knowledge - Young - Haig - Kissinger's possible motives - State Department, Central Intelligence Agency [CIA], DOD - Morton H. Halperin - White House's relations with JCS - Laird - Haig - Secretary of Defense - Kissinger's actions - Radford - Bishop - DOD - Future telephone call - Charles W. Colson to Anderson - Herbert G. Klein - Murray M. Chotiner - Sources - Suggestions for questioning - Anderson - Sources - Statute of limitations - JCS - White House procedure - Ehrlichman's upcoming conversation with an unknown captain - Tying up loose ends - Kissinger - Laird - Mitchell - Ehrlichman's and Haldeman's talk with Kissinger - Present evidence - Polygraph - Yeoman Radford - Knowledge - Briefcases - JCS - Young - JCS knowledge of Kissinger's talking papers - Tape on interview of Yeoman Radford - JCS relations with NSC - Effect - Kissinger - Justice Department - Mitchell - Channel of information - Recommendation from Kissinger - Prosecution - Mitchell - Moorer - Yeoman Radford - Possible "scare" tactics - Welander - Effect on Kissinger - Mitchell - Preparing for prosecution - Haig - Kissinger - Possible shift in blame - Haig - Kissinger - Effectiveness - State Department - India- Pakistan relations John F. Kennedy - National Broadcasting Company [NBC] editorial - Vietnam - Kennedy staff - Management on Vietnam issues - Arrogance - NBC show -[Forename unknown] Forrestal - Roger Hilsman - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. - John Kenneth Galbraith - George W. Ball - Commentary - Kennedy's advisors - Advice on Vietnam - Coup - Withdrawal Kissinger - Personality - India- Pakistan relations - Backgrounder - Education - Unwillingness to admit mistakes Kennedy's and Lyndon B. Johnson's stance on Vietnam - Consequences of NBC show on John F. Kennedy - Robert S. McNamara's trips and comment on Vietnam - Death of Ngo Dinh Diem - Two- Part series - Documentaries - Life magazine - CIA contact for NBC - Interviews - Henry Cabot Lodge - McGeorge Bundy - McNamara - Dean Rusk - NBC show - Use of news footage Radford incident - Kissinger - Investigation Congress - George P. Shultz - Pocket vetoes Office of Management and Budget [OMB] Appropriations Haldeman and Ehrlichman left at 1:15 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Woods, Rose Mary; [Unknown person(s)]; Ehrlichman, John D.