Conversation: 269-025
Prev:  269-024 Next: 269-026Start Date: 3-Aug-1971 12:05 PM
End Date: 3-Aug-1971 1:40 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Abel, I[lorwith] W.; White House operator; MacGregor, Clark; Ehrlichman, John D.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:48:45
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 05:24:36
NARA Description:
On August 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, I[lorwith] W. Abel, White House operator, Clark MacGregor, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:05 pm to 1:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 269-025 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 269-25 Date: August 3, 1971 Time: 12:05 pm - 1:40 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. Busing -Texas schools -John B. Connally -George P. Shultz 26 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) [The President talked with I[lworth] W[ilbur] Abel between 12:07 pm and 12:10 pm] [Conversation No. 269-25A] Steel settlement -Negotiating sessions -Impact of possible strike -1959 strike -Productivity study -President's schedule -Possible meetings -President’s possible involvement -J. Curtis Counts -News summary -Bank and file workers -Possible speech -Meeting [End of telephone conversation] President's schedule -Telephone calls [The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:12 pm] [Conversation No. 269-25B] Call to Clark MacGregor [End of telephone conversation] Lockheed vote -MacGregor’s schedule -Telephone calls -Notes -John G. Tower -J. Caleb Boggs -William V. Roth, Jr. [The President talked with MacGregor between 12:12 pm and 12:15 pm] 27 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 269-25 (cont.) [Conversation No. 269-25C] MacGregor's schedule Lockheed -Vote outcome -Tower, Boggs, Roth, Marlow W. Cook -Peter H. Dominick -People's Republic of China [PRC] -[Unknown person] -George D. Aiken -Margaret Chase Smith -Dominick -PRC -Henry A. Kissinger -Taiwan -President's appreciation of MacGregor's work -Cook, Boggs, Roth -Petrochemical deal [End of telephone conversation] Lockheed vote -Note to Cook -Motivations -David H. Gambrell President's schedule -Letters -Gerald R. Ford -Telephone calls -Birthday greetings [The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 12:20 pm] [Conversation No. 269-25D] John D. Ehrlichman's schedule -Meeting with Shultz 28 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 269-25 (cont.) [End of telephone conversation] Busing in Texas -Shultz -President's conversation -Health, Education, and Welfare [HEW] regional director -Edward L. Morgan President's schedule -Press conference -Ronald L. Ziegler -Possible postponement -Patrick J. Buchanan -Timing -Mary McGrory -Possible question -Unemployment -Timing -Ziegler’s possible announcement -Trip to New York [Ehrlichman talked with the President between 12:20 pm and 12:26 pm] [Conversation No. 269-25E] Busing -President's meeting with Connally -Shultz -Trip to Texas -Harry S. Dent -John N. Mitchell -Appeal -Haldeman -Ehrlichman's call to Mitchell -Texas chairmen -Mississippi chairmen -Mitchell’s message to chairmen -Emergency school aid -HEW plan -Shultz 29 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 269-25 (cont.) -Alternative -Dallas -Connally's comments -HEW -President’s view -Elliot L. Richardson -Possible veto of emergency school aid -Amendment -Congress [End of telephone conversation] Busing -Statement -Amendment President’s schedule -Press conference -Ziegler -Buchanan -The press -President’s location -Old Executive Office Building [EOB] -Connally -Mitchell -Press releases -Timing [Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 12:26 pm and 12:45 pm] [Conversation No. 269-25F] Call to Ziegler [End of telephone conversation] President's schedule -Trip to New York City -Press conference -Ziegler, Buchanan 30 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 269-25 (cont.) -Leaks Busing in Texas schools -Possible appeal -Austin, Dallas [Haldeman talked with Ziegler at an unknown time between 12:26 pm and 12:45 pm] [Conversation No. 269-25G] President's schedule -Press conference -Timing -Press participation -Pool plan -Gerald L. Warren -President's trip to New York City [End of telephone conversation] President's schedule -Press conference -Reporters' knowledge -Timing of announcement -President's preparation -Alexander P. Butterfield -Buchanan -News summary -Editing -Richard A. Moore -John A. Scali -William L. Safire -Economy -Positive spin -Paul W. McCracken National economy -Administration policy -Spiro T. Agnew -Conservatives 31 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 269-25 (cont.) ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 1m 21s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ********************************************************************** Agnew -Trips -Compared to President’s trips as Vice President -Kitchen Debate -Caracas, Venezuela -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -Connally National economy -Proposed action Timing -Connally and Peter G. Peterson -Congressional adjournment -Appearance of panic Kissinger entered at 12:45 pm. PRC -Trip -Arthur F. Burns President's schedule -Meeting with [Emperor of Japan] Hirohito -Timing -Alaska -California -Emilio Garrastazu Medici -Emperor Hirohito 32 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 269-25 (cont.) -Western media briefing -Timing -Unknown person -Possible conflict with football season -Los Angeles -Portland -Los Angeles -San Clemente -Washington, DC -Emperor Hirohito -Alaska -Possible visit by Prince and Princess Hitachi -Japan House, New York -John D. Rockefeller -Emperor Hirohito meeting -Effect on US-PRC relations -Taiwan, Republic of China -Ronald W. Reagan -Sequoia trip -Logistics -Trip to New Hampshire -Nursing home -William Loeb -Schedule -Nashua -Manchester -Dover -Problem -Nursing home -Conditions -Press -Photographs -Staff -Purpose of visit -Bangor, Maine -Arrival -Margaret Chase Smith -Tourism ********************************************************************** 33 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 269-25 (cont.) BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 1m 49s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ********************************************************************** -Breakfast meeting -Speaker Carl B. Albert -Tour -Korea, Taiwan delegation -Girls Nation group, August 6, 1971 -Albert -Republican leadership -MacGregor [Unintelligible] -Leslie C. Arends, Ford, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin -Television -George Putnam -New York City -Knights of Columbus, August 17, 1971 -Springfield, Illinois -State Fair -Speech -Donald H. Rumsfeld -Texas -Pennsylvania -Southern Illinois -Texas -Dallas -Houston -Apollo XV -Busing issue -Dallas -Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] speech, August 19, 1971 34 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 269-25 (cont.) -New York -Springfield -Houston -New York -Dallas -California -San Clemente -Robert H. Finch -Springfield State Fair -Houston -Wyoming -Montana -Wyoming -Grand Tetons -Dallas -VFW speech -Busing issue -Trip to New England -Maine, New Hampshire -Massachusetts and Vermont ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 2m 15s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 ********************************************************************** Haldeman left at 1:15 pm. 35 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 269-25 (cont.) Forthcoming press conference -Possible questions -Taiwan -Resolution -Treaty commitment -Vietnam -Speculation -Vietnam negotiations -David K.E. Bruce -Willy Brandt -President’s plan -Paris -Points -Number -South Vietnamese elections -Nguyen Cao Ky -Duong Van Minh -Possible answer -Kissinger’s schedule -Peterson -Vietnam -Election -Observers -Nguyen Van Thieu -Drug traffic -President’s comments -General Tzu [sp?], Ky, Thieu -Draft -Amendment -Michael J. Mansfield -Kissinger’s possible call to John C. Stennis -President’s letter -Statement -Pakistan -Pentagon Papers -US involvement in Vietnam -Withdrawal -PRC -Forthcoming talks -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] -Press view 36 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 269-25 (cont.) -New York Times -Administration view -National security -Overclassification -Declassification -World War II documents -War powers -US foreign relations -Japan -Announcement -Lawrence F. (“Larry”) Eagleburger [The President talked with Haldeman between 1:27 pm and 1:28 pm] [Conversation No. 269-25H] Schedule -William F. (“Billy”) Graham -Connally -Sequoia -Briefing -Connally [End of telephone conversation] Atomic tests -Amchitka, Alaska -Announcement -Postponement -Environmentalists John D. Ehrlichman entered at an unknown time after 1:25 pm. Busing in Texas -Austin -Appeal -Republican chairmen 37 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 269-25 (cont.) Ehrlichman’s schedule -Guam -PRC -Guam -Itinerary Forthcoming press conference Kissinger left at 1:33 pm. Busing -Statement -Mitchell -Calls to chairmen -Amendment -Elliot L. Richardson, Morgan -Timing -Wording -Emergency School Assistance Act -Richardson -Justice Department action -Notice of appeal -Attorney General -HEW plan -President’s position -Ehrlichman's conversation with Richardson -HEW personnel -Morgan -Dallas case -Federal government involvement -National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP] -School district -District court ruling -Ehrlichman’s view -Richardson -Southern chairmen -Constitutional amendment -Timing -1972 Republican convention -Connally 38 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 269-25 (cont.) -Legislative process -Republican convention -Platform -Polls -Jacob K. Javits -Press conference -Possible question -Answer -Austin case ruling -Racial balance in schools -Busing as requirement -Connally Lockheed vote -Connally -Role -Treasury Department -Cook -Peter M. Flanigan -Delaware -Petrochemical -Boggs -Roth Busing in Texas -White House statement -Opponents -[Forename unknown] Hargrave [sp?] -Connally's trip to Texas -Possible press conference -Constitutional amendment -Court action -Austin case -HEW plan -White House statement Ehrlichman left at 1:40 pm.