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Start Date: 19-Apr-1971 1:30 PM

End Date: 19-Apr-1971 2:40 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:30:53

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:03:42

482-011.mp3

NARA Description:

On April 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:30 pm to 2:40 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 482-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 482-11

Date: April 19, 1971
Time: 1:30 pm - 2:40 pm
Location: Oval Office

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

     President's visit to Republican Governors' Conference, Williamsburg, April 19, 1971
          -Robert J. Dole
                 -Schedule
          -Gerald R. Ford

     President's schedule
          -Meeting with Ford, Leslie C. Arends and “bomb throwers” [Congressmen]

     Invitations to Tricia Nixon's wedding
           -Ronald L. Ziegler
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                                Tape Subject Log
                                   (rev. 9/08)



     -Number
     -Maj. Gen. James D. (“Don”) Hughes
     -John S. Davies
     -[Unintelligible name]
     -Dean Burch
     -Herbert G. Klein
     -Raymond K. Price, Jr.
           -William L. Safire                                Conv. No. 482-10 (cont.)
     -Patrick J. Buchanan
     -Price
     -Shelley A. (Scarney) Buchanan
     -Hughes
     -Davies
     -Peter G. Peterson
           -Clark MacGregor
     -Congressmen and Senators
     -Leonard Garment
     -Bill [Unintelligible surname]

Demonstrations
    -Ziegler

Donald E. McLarnan
    -Reorganization of Small Business Administration [SBA]
    -Thomas S. Kleppe
    -Removal
    -Democrats
    -George P. Shultz
    -Removal
    -Shultz
    -Reasons for removal
          -Publicity

President's visit to Republican Governors' Conference
     -Schedule
     -Golf
     -Government
     -Business
            -American Association of Advertising Agencies
                   -Haldeman's past attendance
                   -Pebble Beach
     -Informal exchanges
                                         22

                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                 Tape Subject Log
                                    (rev. 9/08)




Press briefings
      -Ziegler
            -Performance
            -Pattern
            -President's schedule
            -Stories
                  -George S. McGovern                      Conv. No. 482-11 (cont.)
            -Possible technique
            -Appointments
            -Questions
            -Events
            -Press
      -Choice of questions
      -Vietnam
      -Haldeman's possible conversation with Ziegler

President's visit to Republican Governors' Conference
     -Television coverage
            -Networks
     -Advantages for President

Press coverage of President
      -President's meeting with American Society of Newspaper Editors [ASNE]
      -National Broadcasting Company [NBC]/Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
            -Dan Rather
                  -Earth Day crowd

Earth Day
     -Haldeman’s conversation with Rather
     -Crowd size
           -David S. Broder
     -Picture in newspaper
     -Networks

President's meeting with ASNE
     -Television coverage
     -Applause

President's visit to Republican Governors' Conference
     -Williamsburg
     -Reception
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                           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                         (rev. 9/08)




[Transcript #1: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under
court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums,
et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records
Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]
                                                                       Conv. No. 482-11 (cont.)
          -Anti-war protestors
     President's meeting with Rio Grande High School students
          -Rather
          -Story
          -Hard work
          -Welfare recipients


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 58s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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     Welfare recipients
          -Children
          -Men
          -Work
          -Do-gooders

     Pictures of Edward C. Nixon's family
           -Ziegler
           -Children
                 -Dresses
                       -Tricia Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower
           -Possible release to press
           -Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
           -Press
                                         24

                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                 Tape Subject Log
                                    (rev. 9/08)



     -Magazines
           -Seventeen
           -Youth
     -Tricia Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower
           -Gowns
     -Ziegler
     -Constance M. (“Connie”) Stuart
     -Family Circle                                       Conv. No. 482-11 (cont.)
     -Magazines
           -Readers Digest
           -Family Circle
           -Parade

President’s visit to Republican Governors Conference
     -Speech
     -John D. Ehrlichman
     -Welfare system

Earth Day
     -Environment
     -Picture in New York Times
     -Participants
           -Appearance
     -George Washington University
     -[Dwight] David, II and Julie Eisenhower
           -Comments on styles

President's visit to Republican Governors' Conference
     -Governors’ intentions
     -Forum
     -President's role
     -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
     -Thomas W. Evans

President's speeches
     -Possible speech before Congress
     -Preparation
     -Daughters of the American Revolution [DAR]

President's forthcoming speech at DAR session
     -Significance
     -Dwight D. Eisenhower
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                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. 9/08)



         -John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson
         -Significance

    President’s forthcoming speech before US Chamber of Commerce, April 26, 1971
         -Media coverage
               -Television

    President's speeches                                               Conv. No. 482-11 (cont.)
         -Reading
         -Frequency
         -Chamber of Commerce
         -Length
         -Press
         -Live audience
         -Advance text
         -Republican Governors' Conference
         -DAR
                -Story about little old lady [Mrs. Paul W. Heatwole]
         -Flag
         -Seal in President's office

    Personnel
         -John S. Davies
              -Plans to resign
                    -Mrs. Nixon
                    -Hawaii


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Privacy]
[Duration: 40s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2

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         -Michael J. Farrell
              -Qualifications
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                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                        Tape Subject Log
                                           (rev. 9/08)



                 -Staff
            -Qualifications
            -1968 campaign
            -Davies
                 -Job performance
                 -Selection of assistants
                        -Kennedy staff
                 -Plans                                          Conv. No. 482-11 (cont.)

    President's schedule
         -Meeting with Nguyen Van Thieu
         -Midway
         -Davies
         -Trip to Hawaii

    Tricia Nixon's wedding
          -Flowers
          -Media coverage
               -Photos
               -Cameras
          -Mrs. Nixon


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 36s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5

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                 -Rules
                 -Congressmen and Senators
                      -House assistants
                      -James T. Lynn

    Price
            -Assistants
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                                        (rev. 9/08)



                -Speech writing

Haldeman left at 2:04 pm.




                                                                 Conversation
                                                                 Conv. No. 482-11
                                                                              No. 482-12
                                                                                  (cont.)

Date: April 19, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:04 pm and 2:25 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown man.

     Request

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 2:25 pm.