Conversation: 461-002
Prev: 461-001 Next: 461-003Start Date: 2-Mar-1971 10:26 AM
End Date: 2-Mar-1971 11:00 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Mitchell, John N.; White House operator; Albert, Carl B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:03:09
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:38:28
NARA Description:
On March 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, John N. Mitchell, White House operator, and Carl B. Albert met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:26 am to 11:00 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 461-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 461-2
Date: March 2, 1971
Time: 10:26 am - 11:00 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
President’s schedule
-Reporters
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Forthcoming Irish event
-Herbert J. (“Jackie”) Gleason
-Health
-Irish Castle group
-Irish Rovers
-Lennon Sisters
-Irish Rovers
-Repertoire
-Medal of Honor ceremonies
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-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Number
-Major General James D. (“Don”) Hughes
Ziegler entered at 10:27 am
-President’s role
-Press coverage Conv. No. 461-2 (cont.)
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
-Photographs
-President’s remarks
-Vice President Agnew’s role
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Dwight D. Eisenhower Administration
-President’s presentation
-Korean War
-Vietnam War
-Number
-Easter Seals
-President’s participation
-Open Hour
-Robert Young
-Cause
-Young
-Previous attendance at White House events
-Health
-Wife
Press briefings
-John N. Mitchell
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Manpower briefing, March 4, 1971
-Urban briefing, March 5, 1971
-President’s upcoming press conference
-Rochester
The President’s schedule
-Press conference
-An announcement
-Timing
-Mark I. Goode
-Length
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-Peter Lisagor
-Wire services
-Format and topics
-Foreign policy
-Domestic policy
Ziegler’s briefing
-The President’s forthcoming press conferences Conv. No. 461-2 (cont.)
-Topics
-Middle East
-Law Enforcement Assistance Administration [LEAA]
-Textiles
-Middle East
-Henry A. Kissinger
President’s trip to Des Moines
-Upcoming trip to Rochester
-Problems in Des Moines
-Press coverage
-Demonstrators
-Howard K. Smith
-William A. Gill, Jr.
-Coverage
-Ziegler’s forthcoming conversation with Gill
-Gill’s news coverage
-A hardhat
-Laos
-Charles W. Colson
-Building Trades Council
-Peter J. Brennan
-Walt W. Rostow [?]
-Number of hardhats
-News coverage
-National Farm Organization
-Numbers
-Students for a Democratic Society [SDS]
-Drake University
-Organization
-Gerald L. Warren
-Dan Rather
-Rather’s report
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President’s schedule
-Rochester
-Plans
-Ronald H. Walker
-Presidential events
-Motorcade
-Press bus
-Dwight L. Chapin’s role Conv. No. 461-2 (cont.)
Public relations
-President’s previous speech to Iowa legislature
-Importance
-Coverage
-Rather, Columbia Broadcasting Company [CBS] coverage
-New York Times
-Governor Warren E. Hearnes
-Donald Oberdorfer, Jr.
-Gill
-Oberdorfer
-Headlines in Washington Post
-Robert Boyd
-Knight News
-Wire service
-Herbert E. Kaplow
-Radio coverage
-Oberdorfer, Washington Post
-Demonstration
-A report
-Missouri, Illinois, Iowa
-Robert D. Ray
-Demonstration
-Press reports
[Unintelligible]
Haldeman left at 10:45 am
Mitchell entered at 10:45 am
Greetings
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Mitchell’s forthcoming press conference
-The President’s role
-LEAA
-Manpower
-Revenue sharing
-Urban development
-Crime
-President’s role Conv. No. 461-2 (cont.)
Ziegler left at an unknown time after 10:45 am
Wiretapping
-Congress
-Administration plans
-Constitutionality
-Cases
-An internal security case
-Possible appeal to Supreme Court
-Congress
-President’s call for review
-J. Edgar Hoover
-Mitchell’s conversation with Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield, Hugh Scott, and Carl
B. Albert
US Capitol security
-Possible reorganization of police force
-Chief [Forename unknown] Buzzie [?]
-Chief [Forename unknown] Kidd
-Compared with White House security
-Albert’s response
-Department of Justice assistance
-1954 attack on House of Representatives by three Puerto Rican nationalists
-Bombing incident
-Injury
-Warning
-Search
-Police
-Congress
-Executive Protective Service [EPS]
-Mansfield, Scott
-Bombing
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Mitchell’s forthcoming press conference
-Special revenue sharing
-LEAA
-Funds for Capitol police
-Revenue sharing
-Matching funds
-Importance
-Mitchell’s comments Conv. No. 461-2 (cont.)
[The President talked with the White House operator at 10:53 am]
[Conversation No. 461-2A ]
Call to Albert
[End of telephone conversation]
Ziegler entered at 10:53 am
Mitchell’s forthcoming press conference
-Capitol police
-Colson
-Possible questions
-LEAA
-Capitol Police
-Possible reorganization
-Albert, Scott, Mansfield
-William Walker
-Executive Protective Branch, Secret Service
-General Services Administration [GSA]
-Department of Justice
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-LEAA funds
-Mitchell’s comments
-US Capitol police
-Possible headlines
-Revenue sharing
-President’s role
Ziegler left at 10:55 am
John W. McCormack
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[The President talked with Albert between 10:55 am and 10:59 am]
[Conversation No. 461-2B ]
Mitchell’s forthcoming press conference
-LEAA
-Matching funds Conv. No. 461-2 (cont.)
-Mitchell’s conversation with Albert
US Capitol police
-Funds
-Training
-Gerald R. Ford and Albert’s role
-Compared with White House police reorganization
-EPS
-Congressional appropriation
-Embassy duty
-Funds
-Congressional appropriation
-Importance
-Bombing incident
-President’s speech in Des Moines
-Needs
-EPS
-Compared to US Capitol police
-Possible meetings
-Attorney General’s staff
-McCormack’s position
-Assistance
[End of telephone conversation]
President’s call to Albert
Mitchell’s forthcoming press conference
-LEAA
The President and Mitchell left at 11:00 am
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