Conversation: 449-011
Prev:  449-010 Next: 449-012Start Date: 21-Sep-1971 12:25 PM
End Date: 21-Sep-1971 12:34 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); BeLieu, Kenneth E.; Timmons, William E.; White House photographer; MacGregor, Clark; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:17:13
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:28:27
NARA Description:
On September 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Kenneth E. BeLieu, William E. Timmons, White House photographer, and Clark MacGregor met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:25 pm to 12:34 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 449-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 449-11 Date: September 21, 1971 Time: 12:25 pm - 12:34 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Kenneth E. BeLieu, William E. Timmons, Clark MacGregor; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting. Greetings Photograph BeLieu -Career -Diplomats -Washington Post story -Army -BeLieu's new position -Undersecretary of the Army -Army -Problems -Management -Military 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 449-11 (cont.) -Congress -Previous job -Deputy assistant to the President for Congressional Relations -Congress -MacGregor, Timmons -Federal agencies -Congressional votes on defense -Cooperative effort -MacGregor -Timmons -Swearing-in ceremony -Date -Time -The President's attendance -Location -Pentagon -Melvin R. Laird's office -Loyalty to the President -Laird -Timmons -MacGregor -Relations with the President -BeLieu's new job -Qualifications -Margaret Chase Smith -Speech -Relations with the administration Defense -Army -Importance to nation -BeLieu's new job -Support for military services -BeLieu -Support for the country -New office -Location in the Pentagon BeLieu's career -Active military service -BeLieu's acquaintances in the services 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 449-11 (cont.) -Fred C. Weyand -Korea -Congressional relations for the Army -Dwight D. Eisenhower -John F. Kennedy -Joe Kelly, United States Air Force -John S. McCain, Jr. -Weyand -Richard B. Russell -Henry Cabot Lodge -Paris -Father -Policeman -Berkeley, California -Successor to Gen. William C. Westmoreland -Westmoreland -Present tour of duty -John C. Stennis -Speech in Congress -Edward W. Brooke -Credibility -Possible actions -Reflection on Vietnam -Possible successor -BeLieu's responsibility -Laird -Robert F. Froehlke -Candidates [Chiefs of Staff] -Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS] -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer -Senior branches -Army -Air Force -Chiefs of Staff -Gen. John D. Ryan -Westmoreland -Chief of Naval Operations -Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. -Moorer -Navy experience -Robert S. McNamara 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 449-11 (cont.) -William Raymond Peers -Military career -Vietnam -Acquaintance with BeLieu -1940 -Relations with MacGregor -Commanding officer -World War II -Southern California -University of California, Los Angeles [UCLA] -Reserve Officers Training Corps [ROTC] -Military service -Korea -BeLieu's responsibility -Selection of Westmoreland's successor -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. -Qualifications Presidential gifts -Cost -BeLieu's son -Compact -BeLieu's wife Vote on military service draft extension -MacGregor -New York City -Chicago -President’s representative at Citizenship Day -Timmons BeLieu -Work -Senate -Draft -Volunteer Army -Draft bill BeLieu, Timmons, and MacGregor left at 12:34 pm. 20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 449-11 (cont.)