Conversation: 468-007
Prev: 468-006 Next: 468-008Start Date: 16-Mar-1971 10:02 AM
End Date: 16-Mar-1971 10:31 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan); [Unknown person(s)];Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:41:50
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:10:47
NARA Description:
On March 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:02 am to 10:31 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 468-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 468-7
Date: March 16, 1971
Time: 10:02 am - 10:31 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
President’s schedule
-John B. Connally
-Robert J. Dole
-Time
-John D. Ehrlichman and George P. Shultz
-Possible meeting with the President
-Previous meeting with the President
-Connally
Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 10:04 am
Vietnam
-Troop withdrawals
-Briefing by Department of Defense [DOD]
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 10:04 am
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President’s schedule
-Connally
-Time
-Cabinet meeting
-Dole
-Connally
Conv. No. 468-6 (cont.)
Butterfield left at 10:04 am
Vietnam
-Troop withdrawals
-Briefing by DOD
-Melvin R. Laird
-Possible statement
-Henry A. Kissinger
-President’s previous statements
-Forthcoming Presidential statement
Ziegler left at 10:06 am
President’s schedule
-Robert H. Finch
-Youth
-Priorities
-Connally
-Dole
-Connally
-Call
-Dole
-Cabinet meeting
-Connally and Dole
-Priorities
Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 10:06 am
-Connally
-Schedule
-Rolls-Royce meeting
-Time of meeting
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 10:27 am
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-Schedule
-Dole
-Other attendees
-Connally
-Time
-Ehrlichman and Shultz
-Dole Conv. No. 468-7 (cont.)
-A delayed meeting
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[Duration: 26s ]
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Haldeman’s conversation with William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Graham’s schedule
-Lexington, Kentucky
-Lyndon B. Johnson Library dedication
-Johnson’s health
-Funeral
Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 10:06 am
President’s schedule
-Connally
-Dole
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 10:27 am
-Length of meeting
-Time
-Ehrlichman and Shultz
-Dole
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 3m 5s ]
Conv. No. 468-7 (cont.)
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Stock market
-March 16, 1971 Dow-Jones average
Haldeman’s White House staff meetings
-President’s image
-Connally’s suggestion
Public relations
-The President’s image
-Coverage
-Need for White House effort
-President’s accomplishments
-Domestic policy
-Foreign affairs
-Cambodia
-Laos
-November 3, 1969
-President’s opponents
-Current situation
-Possible White House action
-Laos
-Timing
-Cambodia and Laos
-President’s forthcoming statement
-Summer 1971
-Stewart J. O. Alsop’s column
-Vietnam
-The President’s policy
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-A memorandum concerning staff
-Charles W. Colson
-Ziegler’s office
-Herbert G. Klein’s office
Personnel
-Donald H. Rumsfeld’s work
-Possible position as US Trade Representative Conv. No. 468-7 (cont.)
-Shultz
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Peter G. Peterson
-Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation with Shultz
-Staff
-Office of Economic Opportunity
-Future
-President’s position
-Trade representative job
President’s schedule
-John N. Mitchell
-Frequency of meetings
-Ehrlichman and Shultz
-Frequency of meetings
-Kissinger
-Frequency of meetings
-Access to President
-Cabinet members
-Mitchell
-Connally
-Arthur F. Burns
-Ehrlichman and Shultz
-Kissinger
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 3s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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Press
-White House action
-Timing
-Enemies Conv. No. 468-7 (cont.)
-Colson’s responsibility
-Networks
-Polls
-President and Agnew’s appearances
-Timing
-Laos operation (Lam Son)
-Cambodia operation
-November 3, 1969
-Future events
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 2m 3s ]
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Public relations
-President’s image
-”Confidence factor”
Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon entered at an unknown time after 10:06 am
Greetings
The President left at an unknown time before 10:27 am
Irish
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Haldeman left at 10:27 am
The President entered at an unknown time after 10:27 am
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 Conv. No. 468-7 (cont.)
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 3m 18s ]
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An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 10:27 am
President’s schedule
-John M. (“Jack”) Lynch arrival ceremony
The President, et al. left at 10:31 am