Conversation: 477-007
Prev:  477-006 Next: 477-008Start Date: 12-Apr-1971 12:53 PM
End Date: 12-Apr-1971 2:00 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:46:13
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:37:51
NARA Description:
On April 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:53 pm to 2:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 477-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 477-7 Date: April 12, 1971 Time: 12:53 pm - 2:00 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman Easter egg roll -Crowd size -Children -Participation -Tourists -Previous year -Weather 28 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) William P. Rogers -Schedule -Costa Rica trip -Meeting with President -Vietnam -Charles W. Yost -Points -President’s meeting with American Society of Newspaper Editors Conv.[ASNE], No. 477-6 April (cont.) 16, 1971 -Possible statement -Schedule -Vietnam -Possible testimony in public session -Yost -Effect -Vietnam -Schedule -Meeting with President President’s schedule -Meeting with Victor Lasky -Taping of interview -Difficulties -Patricia (Pratt) Lasky -Notes Rogers -Statement on Vietnam -Henry A. Kissinger -Schedule -Yost -Effect on Rogers -Schedule -Possible statement -Yost -Statement -Letter of 1969 -State Department -Rogers -Possible reply by President -Letters -Foreign Service 29 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) Anna C. Chennault -Role -Robert J. Dole -Title -Level in government -Title Easter egg roll Conv. No. 477-7 (cont.) -Number of children -Band President’s meeting with ASNE, April 16, 1971 -Press conference -Schedule -Television -Press -John A. Scali -Radio -Advantages -Television cameras President’s schedule -Lasky meeting -Duration -Specific questions -Dwight L. Chapin -Henry Cabot Lodge -Recent visit to Southeast Asia -Vietnam -Possible visit to Southeast Asia -Kissinger -John D. Rockefeller, III -John J. McCloy -Kissinger -Possible meeting with President -New members -Report -Composition -Frank C. Carlucci -Name -James D. Hodgson 30 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Press -Surnames -Radio talks -Plan -Scheduling -Duration -Staff support -Subject focus Conv. No. 477-7 (cont.) -Groups -Possible topics -Work and leisure -Growth of America -Prisoners of War [POWs] -Reform movement -Fatherhood -Arts -Bicentennial -”Radio fireside chat” -Timing -Competition -Advantages Polls -Thomas W. Benham -President’s speech on Southeast Asia, April 7, 1971 -Reaction -Approval/disapproval rate -Shifts -Laos -Lieutenant William L. Calley, Jr. -Attitude changes -Importance of seeing President on television -Attitude of viewers -Approval of President’s performance -President’s handling of Vietnam -Approval -Gains -Reaction of non-viewers/viewers -Importance of television -President’s credibility -Rating -Public attitude on Vietnam 31 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Higher rate of approval -Two hypotheses -Explanation -J. Edgar Hoover poll -Retirement -Telephone study -Approval rating -Partisan vote Conv. No. 477-7 (cont.) -Calley case -Public attitudes on Vietnam -Advantages for President -President’s television speech on Vietnam -Viewers’ reaction -Advantages -Interpretation of results -Negative impressions -Media Staff -Response to news summaries preparations -Newsweek letters -Vietnam veterans -Department of Defense -Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan -Letter to Life -Jeb Stuart Magruder -Charles W. Colson -Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin -News summaries -Advantages -Editorials -Letters -Loyalty -Herbert G. Klein -Colson -Klein -Activities -Colson -Klein -Donald H. Rumsfeld -Robert H. Finch -Clark MacGregor 32 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Leonard Garment -Background -Civil rights -Liberals -Pressure -Mail -Vietnam -Economy Conv. No. 477-7 (cont.) Vietnam -Laos -News -Casualties -Reduction -Laos -President’s speech on Southeast Asia, April 7, 1971 -Timing -Congressional reaction -Polls -Results -New York Times -Paul N. (“Pete”) McCloskey, Jr. -McCloskey -General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Views on pacification -Schedule -Fact-finding trip -Views -Crediblity -Withdrawal -Yost -Cabinet -Impact -News report -Unknown administration official -Leaks Bureaucrats -Partisan nature 33 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) President’s schedule -Saint John’s Episcopal Church, April 9, 1971 -Phil Watts -Mamie G. D. Eisenhower -Announcement -News story -Easter Sunday -Demonstrations Conv. No. 477-7 (cont.) -John N. Mitchell ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 3m 1s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** Staff -Mitchell -Schedule -Maurice H. Stans -Peter M. Flanigan -Businessmen -Stans -Dole Easter egg roll -Weather Haldeman left at 2:00 pm 34 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08)