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Conversation: 472-022

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Start Date: 23-Mar-1971 5:38 PM

End Date: 23-Mar-1971 6:07 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Acker, Marjorie P.Butterfield, Alexander P.Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Acker, Marjorie P.Butterfield, Alexander P.

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 04:34:50

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 05:00:28

472-022.mp3

NARA Description:

On March 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Marjorie P. Acker, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:38 pm and 6:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 472-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 472-22

Date: March 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:38 pm and 6:07 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

     President’s schedule [?]

[Pause]

     President’s preparation

     Patrick J. Buchanan

     President’s previous interview with Howard K. Smith
          -Public opinion
          -President’s demeanor
          -Format

     President’s schedule
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 55s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1                                        Conv. No. 472-22 (cont.)

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    Dairy industry
         -President’s decision
               -John B. Connally
               -Campaign contributions to President
               -Parity level
         -Connally
               -Relations with dairymen
               -Possible additional contributions by dairymen
         -Campaign contributions to President
               -Amount

    Supersonic Transport [SST]
         -Upcoming vote
              -Meeting at 6:00
         -Possible meeting of President and Marlow W. Cook, John Sherman Cooper, Winston
              L. (“Win”) Prouty, Jack R. Miller, and Clifford P. Hansen
         -Upcoming vote
              -Tally
              -Hubert H. Humphrey
              -Cooper
              -W[illiam] Stuart Symington
              -Peter H. Dominick
              -Humphrey
                    -Labor
              -Cooper
              -Symington
                    -Connally
              -Dominick
                    -Clark MacGregor
                         -Pairing
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          -Cook
          -Quentin N. Burdick
          -Karl E. Mundt
                -Possible pairing with Burdick
                     -Milton R. Young
          -J. William Fulbright
                -Location
          -Mark O. Hatfield                                  Conv. No. 472-22 (cont.)
          -Joseph M. Montoya
                -Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson and Warren G. (“Maggie”) Magnuson
                -Possible pairing
          -Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr.
                -Connally
                -Campaign promise
          -Cook
                -Possible compromises
          -James L. Buckley
          -Margaret Chase Smith
          -Prouty
                -Hugh Scott
                -Environmental concerns
          -Lawton M. Chiles, Jr.
                -George A. Smathers
          -David H. Gambrell
                -Herman E. Talmadge
                -Aerospace industry
          -Chiles
                -Smathers
                -Possible meeting with President
          -Prouty
                -Possible meeting with President
     -Environmental concerns
          -Buckley

President’s schedule
     -Connally
     -John N. Mitchell
     -Thomas A. Pappas and Mitchell
     -John A. Scali
           -Health
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                                      Tape Subject Log
                                         (rev. 9/08)



    Whitney M. Young, Jr. funeral
         -President’s eulogy
               -Distribution
                     -Leonard Garment
                     -Ministers, black leadership, white civil rights supporters

    President’s schedule
         -Black Congressmen                                             Conv. No. 472-22 (cont.)
               -John D. Ehrlichman
               -Comparison with President’s meeting with mayors
               -Cabinet role
                     -James D. Hodgson, George W. Romney
               -Size of group
               -Agenda
                     -Housing
                           -Romney


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 3m 3s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3

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    President’s interview with H. K. Smith
         -President’s credibility
               -William F. (“Billy”) Graham
         -Telephone poll by White House
         -Unknown persons’ response
         -Questions
         -Raymond K. Price, Jr. and Buchanan’s response
         -Garment’s response
               -Background

    Hatfield
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                                     Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. 9/08)



     Dairy industry
          -Campaign contribution
          -President’s decision
          -Congressional action

     President’s schedule, March 24, 1971
          -Afternoon
                                                               Conv. No. 472-22 (cont.)

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 2m 20s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4

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     News summaries

Marjorie P. Acker entered at an unknown time after 5:38 pm

     Rose Mary Woods
          -Location
          -A letter

Acker left at an unknown time before 6:02 pm

     News summary
         -Use

     Crisis atmosphere
           -White House staff

     President’s schedule
          -California trip
                -Weather
                      -Florida comparison
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                                       Tape Subject Log
                                          (rev. 9/08)



Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 6:02 pm

           -A briefing
                -[Name unintelligible] [Burdick?]
                -A call
           -Henry A. Kissinger

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 6:07 pm                     Conv. No. 472-22 (cont.)

     An unknown man [Burdick?]

     President’s schedule
          -National Security Council [NSC] meeting
                -Time
                      -Compared with Congressional leaders’ meetings

Haldeman left at an unknown time before 6:07 pm