Conversation: 008-113
Prev:  008-112 Next: 008-114Start Date: 13-Sep-1971 1:31 PM
End Date: 13-Sep-1971 1:38 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rockefeller, Nelson A.; Recording Device: White House Telephone
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 05:17:35
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 05:24:45
NARA Description:
On September 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller talked on the telephone from 1:31 pm to 1:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-113 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 8-113 Date: September 13, 1971 89 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Time: 1:31 pm - 1:38 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Nelson A. Rockefeller. [See Conversation No. 571-1C] New York -Attica prison uprising -The President's schedule -Talk with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Rockefeller’s call -President’s inability to return -Cabinet meeting -Business leaders meeting -Rockefeller's handling -Amnesty -Newspapers -Possible consequences -Nation’s prisons -Casualties -Troops -Response by law authorities -Rockefeller’s call -Hostages -Number -Prisoners -Number -Helicopters -Gas attack -Sharpshooters -Report -Seven hostage deaths -Guards -Time of death -Thirty-two prisoners killed -Additional casualties -Blacks -Killed -Response by law authorities -Reasons for using force -Killing guards -Attacks on authority 90 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -Trooper casualty -President’s view -Admiration -Anarchy -Russell G. Oswald -Head of New York prisons -Background -John N. Mitchell -Spiro T. Agnew -National conspiracy theory -Support for the President -Television -Puerto Ricans -Killing -Guard -Castration -President’s view -Citizens Committee -Thomas Grey (Tom”) Wicker -Request of prisoners -William Kunstler -Head of Mau-Maus -Legislators -Wicker -Support of prisoners -Request for Rockefeller to come to Attica -Wicker -Amnesty -John V. Lindsay -Negotiations Re-election -President’s prospects Rockefeller’s possible trip to Puerto Rico -Stay in New York -Prison riots -Attica -Shipment of bodies -Possible trouble 91 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06)