Conversation: 293-030
Prev: 293-029 Next: 293-031Start Date: 17-Nov-1971 1:43 PM
End Date: 17-Nov-1971 2:30 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Sanchez, Manolo; White House operator; MacGregor, Clark;Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:33:28
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:09:23
NARA Description:
On November 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, and Clark MacGregor met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:43 pm to 2:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 293-030 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 293-30
Date: November 22, 1971
Time: 1:43 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with H. R. Haldeman.
John B. Connally
-Previous press conference
-National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC] news coverage
-George Meany
-Pay Board
-Douglas Kiker's comments
-Labor's views
-Press conference
-Television coverage
-Kiker, Bill Monroe
-Comments
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-George Herman and [Arnold] Eric Sevareid
-Comments
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 293-30 (cont.)
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Meany
-National economy
-Citibank
Pending legislation
-Tax Bill
-Financing political campaigns
-Thomas G. Wicker's views
Connally
-Previous press conference
-Television coverage
-William A. Gill, Jr. and Louis Rukeyser
-Comments
-National economy
-Stock market
-Meany
-Attacks on the President's opponents
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
Paul N. McCloskey
-Statements
Agnew
-Statements regarding McCloskey
Polls
-Roper
-Results
-Timing
-Harris
-Results
-Interpretation
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy
-Vietnam
-National economy
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 293-30 (cont.)
-Questions
-The President's People's Republic of China [PRC] trip
-Soviet Union
-The President's PRC trip
National economy
-The President's program
-Pay Board
-Meany's participation
Polls
-Results
-Influential factors
-Soviet announcement
-United Nations [UN] vote on the PRC
-William L. Calley trial
-American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
[AFL-CIO] issue
-Eisenhower
-Influential factors
-Foreign trips
-Prime time television
-Breakdowns
-Geographic
-South
-Percentage
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 1:43 pm.
Redskins' practice schedule
Bull left at an unknown time before 2:25 pm.
The President's schedule
-Redskins practice
National Football League [NFL]
-Schedule
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 293-30 (cont.)
The President's schedule
-James R. Schlesinger and Najeeb E. Halaby
-Redskins practice
-John D. Ehrlichman, Connally and George P. Shultz
-Budget meeting
Polls
-Results
-Influential factors
-PRC
-Vietnam War
-Economy
-PRC
-Economy
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 1:43 pm.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 14s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:25 pm.
The President's image
-Previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Meany
The President's schedule
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 293-30 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 43s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Pending legislation
-Tax Bill
-Financing political campaigns
-Wilbur D. Mills's view
-Passage
-Possible veto
-Possible special session
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and
2:25 pm.
[Conversation No. 293-30A]
[See Conversation No. 15-94]
[End of telephone conversation]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 30s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 293-30 (cont.)
The President's schedule
The President talked with Clark MacGregor between 2:25 pm and 2:26 pm.
[Conversation No. 293-30B]
[See Conversation No. 15-95]
[End of telephone conversation]
Pending legislation
-Tax Bill
-Hugh Scott
The President's schedule
-California
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 25s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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Congress's schedule
International economy
-Import surcharge
-Connally's schedule
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 293-30 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 17s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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Haldeman left at 2:30 pm.