Conversation: 481-003
Prev:  481-002 Next: 481-004Start Date: 17-Apr-1971 8:56 AM
End Date: 17-Apr-1971 9:13 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:03:08
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:16:59
NARA Description:
On April 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:56 am to 9:13 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 481-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 481-3 Date: April 17, 1971 Time: 8:56 am - 9:13 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 39s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 Conv. No. 481-3 (cont.) ********************************************************************** H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 8:58 am The President's meeting with the American Society of Newspaper Editors [ASNE], April 16, 1971 -Television -Questions to the President -Vietnam -Lieutenant William L. Calley, Jr. -People's Republic of China [PRC] -Vietnam and Calley -Compared with the President's press conference Butterfield left at an unknown time before 9:10 am -Opening question -Suggested response -President's responses -Radio reception -John N. Mitchell's call to the President -Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo -J. Edgar Hoover -President's responses to questions -Hoover -Calley -Prisoner of War [POW] issue -Vietnam -Emmett Dedmon -Withdrawal -Residual forces -Melvin R. Laird 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Withdrawal -Timing -Election date -Communist takeover issue -Radio audience -Numbers -Television broadcast -Questions Conv. No. 481-3 (cont.) -Calley -Vietnam -PRC -Cuba -Hoover -Surveillance -Youth -Otis Chandler -Al Capp -Surveillance -Police state -John F. Kennedy administration -Robert F. (“Bobby”) Kennedy -Hoover -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Frank Cormier -"Making news" -Unknown quip -Economic indicators -Retail sales -Television -Rostrum -Use -Naked microphone -J. F. Kennedy -President's style -J. F. Kennedy's style -Use of notes -Naked microphone -Use -Questions -Number -Length -President's answers 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -[Dwight] David, II and Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Easter discussion -Possible visit to the PRC -Personalizing answers -PRC -Ping-pong -Henry A. Kissinger Conv. No. 481-3 (cont.) Haldeman's forthcoming meeting with Kissinger and John A. Scali -President's possible presence -Kissinger and Scali -Relationship -Frequency of meetings -PRC -Scali -Access to President -Ronald L. Ziegler -Briefing -Role Bull entered at 9:10 am The President's schedule -Meeting with George P. Shultz Peter G. Peterson's memorandum to the President -Approval Bull left at 9:12 am Vietnam -Withdrawal -Kissinger's views -Scali The President's schedule -Forthcoming welcome to First Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, California, April 30, 1971 Vietnam -Possible statement by President 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Withdrawal -Ping-pong team Haldeman's forthcoming conversation with Kissinger and Scali President's schedule -Meetings -President, Haldeman, Kissinger and Scali Conv. No. 481-3 (cont.) Haldeman left at 9:13 am