Conversation: 274-028
Prev: 274-027 Next: 274-029Start Date: 8-Sep-1971 10:06 AM
End Date: 8-Sep-1971 11:40 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)];Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:56:22
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:17:14
NARA Description:
On September 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:06 am to 11:40 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 274-028 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 274-28
Date: September 8, 1971
Time: 10:06 am - 11:40 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
The President's schedule
-Alaska
-[Emperor of Japan] Hirohito
-Departure time
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's schedule
-Departure
-Montana
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Hungry Horse Dam
-Glacier National Park
-Time
-Portland
-San Francisco
-Media briefing
-Alaska
-Editors conference
-Seattle, Washington
-High school convocation
-Governor
-Highway
-Dedication
-Alaska
-Walter J. Hickel
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Conv. No. 274-28 (cont.)
-Reception
-Anchorage
-Airport arrival
-Motorcade
-Emperor Hirohito
-Flight time
-Hickel reception
-Guests
-Analogy to President’s attendance at Daughters of the American
Revolution [DAR] Congress, April 19, 1971
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-Seattle
-High school convocation
-Timing
-Rhode Island
-Economic club
-Television coverage
-Portland
-Washington
-Montana
-Time
-Media briefing
-Washington
-High school convocation
-Portland
-Media briefing
-California
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-California
-Washington
-President’s Labor Day address
-Detroit
-Montana
-Portland
-Seattle
-Detroit
-Seattle
-High school convocation
-Television
-Montana
-Dam
-Washington
-Portland
-Media briefing
-Summary
-Montana
-Portland
-Washington
-High school convocation
-Possible visit to Edward C. Nixon
-Airport arrival
-Portland
-Media briefing
-Seattle
-Accommodations
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
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-Ehrlichman
-Mark O. Hatfield
-Media briefing
-Montana
-Washington
-San Clemente
-Church
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-Portland
-Media briefing
-Church
-Daniel J. Evans
-Alaska
-Hickel
-Reception
-Associated Press [AP]
-Constance M. (“Connie”) Stewart
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-California
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-Medical center
-San Francisco
-Santa Rosa
-San Jose
-Alaska
-Pace of planned trip
-Emperor Hirohito
-Hickel
-Maurice H. Stans
-Pipeline announcement
-John N. Mitchell
-Timing
-Hickel
-Hickel
-Book release in October
-John D. Ehrlichman
-White House staff
-California
-Yorba Linda
-Political significance compared to other states
-Santa Ana
-San Diego county
-Northern California
-San Joaquin Valley
-Compared to New York
-Spiro T. Agnew's appearance
-Japanese dinner
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-The President as Vice President
-October
-September
-State dinners
-Ohio
-Illinois
-New York
-Florida
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Conv. No. 274-28 (cont.)
-California
-Mailing
-Mitchell
-Meeting
-Format
-Briefing
-Social dinner
-Army chorus
-Receiving line
-Table
-Cabinet officers
-Mitchell
-States
-Texas
-John B. Connally
Press book
President’s schedule
-Charlotte
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Television coverage
-Florida
Press
-Haldeman
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-Administration relations
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Conv. No. 274-28 (cont.)
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Ziegler
-Edmund S. Muskie
-1968 campaign
-Instruction to Haldeman
-Unknown television book
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-William L. Safire
-Staff
-Publicity
-Problems
-Events
-People’s Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-Economy
-Wedding
-Economy
-War
-Public support
-Harry S. Dent
-Alabama
-PRC
-Ziegler
-Herbert G. Klein
-Herbert C. Hoover
-Supporters
-James B. (“Scotty”) Reston
-Solutions
-Charles W. Colson
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 10:06 am.
Delivery of something
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 11:40 am.
Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo
Press
-Newspaper association publishers
-Alaska
-Washington
-Oregon
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Conv. No. 274-28 (cont.)
-Montana
-Idaho
-Utah
The President's schedule
-Anchorage, Alaska
-Robert Atwood
-Reception
-Hickel reception
-Atwood reception
-Importance compared to Hickel’s
Press
-News magazines
-Wire services
-Robert Pierpoint
-Woodrow Wilson event
-Wire services
-Chicago
-Relations with administration
-The President's schedule
-Florida
-Advance notice
-Buchanan
-Television
-Columnists
-News summary
-Change of format
-America
-Human Events
-National Review
-The Reporter
-T.V. Guide
-Television
-Significance
-Relations with administration
-Robert J. Dole
-Barry M. Goldwater
-President’s meetings with Senators and Congressmen
-Nixon loyalists
-Loyalists
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Conv. No. 274-28 (cont.)
-Strategy planning committee
-Staff
-Buchanan
-Colson
-Cabinet and sub-cabinet
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 10:06 am.
Delivery of something
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 11:40 am.
George P. Shultz
-Meeting
[Pause]
The President's schedule
-Meeting
-Time
Economics
-Quadriad session
-Time
-Shultz's meeting with the President
-Phase II
-Consultation process
-Group meetings with the President
-Labor
-Business
-Agricultural
-Congressional
-Cost of Living Council [COLC] members
-Speech
-Consultation process
-Price
-Shultz
-Connally
-Price
-Arthur F. Burns
-Shultz
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Conv. No. 274-28 (cont.)
-Connally
-Group meetings
-Cabinet
-COLC
-Size
-Time
-Price
-Speech
-Paragraph
-Contact with groups
-Shultz
-Virginia H. Knauer
-Consumer groups
-Vice president
-Governors and mayors
-Labor, business, agriculture, Congress
-Congress
-Mansfield's letter
The President's schedule
-Connally
-Afternoon events
-Evening events
-November
-Weather
-Cabinet meeting
-Church services
-Graham's mother
-Minister
-Chattanooga, Tennessee
-October 10 and November 21, 1971
President’s address to Congress on economic stabilization, September 9, 1971
-Copy
-Press
-Rogers
-Announcement
-September 7, 1971
Vietnam
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
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Conv. No. 274-28 (cont.)
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Trip to Hanoi
-Negotiations
-PRC
-Problems
-Secrecy
-Risk of failure
-Fertility
-Fear of trap
-North Vietnam
-Tactics
-Pham Van Dong
-Troop withdrawal
-Announcement
-Timing
-Television
Trip to Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Press conference announcement
-October 1971
President's schedule
-Detroit meeting
-Timing
-Economic Club members
-Size
-Executive board
-Questions
-New York Economic Club
-Detroit
-Public relations
-Automobile industry
-Catholic schools example
-Michigan
-Automobile industry
Press
-Colson
-Muskie tax proposal
-Dole
-Muskie press conference
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Conv. No. 274-28 (cont.)
-San Francisco
-Busing comments
-Equivocation
-George W. Romney
-Busing
-President’s position
-Ehrlichman
-George C. Wallace
-Position
-Effect on the President
-Warren E. Burger
-Shultz
Economic speech
-Price
-Talk with Shultz and Connally
-Peter G. Peterson
-Quadriad
-Tax reforms
-Connally
-Shultz
-Technology
-Ehrlichman
Busing
-Muskie
-Position
-Republican strategy
-Democrats
-Dent
-Ambiguity
-Press
-Romney
-Republican strategy
President’s schedule
-Call from Connally
-Raymond Shafer
-Marijuana commission
-Trip to Europe
-Mitchell
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Conv. No. 274-28 (cont.)
-Connally
-Timing
-Japanese cabinet
-Call from Haldeman
-Price
Press
-John A. Scali
-Ziegler
-Colson
-Buchanan
-Klein
-Scali
-Ziegler
-Colson
-Ziegler
-Reporter level
-Bureau chief level
-Klein
-Press secretary
-Role
-Unknown book
-Reports
-For and against the President
-[Forename unknown] Sanders article
-Democrats
-Congressional Treaty event
-Attendance
Dramatic arts
-Democrats
-Leonard Bernstein
-Kennedy Center show [ Mass ]
-Treatment of audience
-"Jesus Christ Superstar"
-"Hair"
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Attendance
-Pace
-Length
-Unknown woman
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Conv. No. 274-28 (cont.)
-Reception
-Kennedy family
-Ticket order
-Clark MacGregor
-National Cultural Center
-Name change
-Ticket order
Congress
-Mood
-The President's talk with Colson
-Price
-MacGregor
Cabinet
-Connally
Staff
-MacGregor
-Colson
-Scali
-Summit with USSR
Press
-Publicity
-Trips
-PRC
-USSR
-Significance
Economy
Vietnam
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Defense Department
-Reported deaths
-Press story
-Deaths
-Compared to New York City
-Hand guns
-Ehrlichman
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Conv. No. 274-28 (cont.)
-National Rifle Association [NRA]
-President’s view
-Burger
-Gun lobby
-Richard S. Schweicker
-President’s view
-Children
-President’s and Haldeman’s experiences
-Hancock Park
-Rose Mary Woods
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Haldeman left at 11:40 am.