Conversation: 482-021
Prev:  482-020 Next: 482-022Start Date: 19-Apr-1971 3:52 PM
End Date: 19-Apr-1971 4:05 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:04:19
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:17:40
NARA Description:
On April 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:52 pm to 4:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 482-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 482-21 Date: April 19, 1971 Time: 3:52 pm - 4:05 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. Haldeman's conversation with William P. Rogers regarding Paul N. (“Pete”) McCloskey, Jr. -William H. Sullivan -McCloskey's charges -Validity -Sullivan meeting with McCloskey -Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy hearings, April 22, 1971 -Rogers -Sullivan -G. McMurtrie Godley -Air Force -Rogers's upcoming press conference -Godley -Henry A. Byroade and William J. Porter -Shift -Byroade -Personal life 39 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Qualifications -Relations with Rogers -Porter -Henry A. Kissinger -Personal life President's conversation with George P. Shultz -Donald E. McLarnan -John D. Ehrlichman -Discipline in bureaucracy -Removals from office -White House -Office of Management and Budget [OMB] -Agencies -Disloyalty -McLarnan -Frederic V. Malek -Disloyalty International Telephone and Telegram [ITT] anti-trust case -Ehrlichman -Richard G. Kleindienst, John N. Mitchell -Richard W. McLaren -McLaren -Resignation -Mitchell -Loyalty United Nations [UN] staff -Charles W. Yost -Removal -George H.W. Bush -Appointees -Study -Timing -Possible removals -Supporters of Yost -Bush -Bush 40 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Privacy] [Duration: 6s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 Conv. No. 482-21 (cont.) ****************************************************************************** -State Department -Removal of Yost's associates -Rogers -Byroade -Yost -Bush -Removals -Yost's State Department associates McLaren -Resignation -Mitchell -Kleindienst -Mitchell -Ehrlichman -Kleindienst -President's role -Staff's role Haldeman's conversation with Daniel P. (“Patrick”) Moynihan -People's Republic of China [PRC] -Harvard University [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] 41 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -J. Edgar Hoover Stephen B. Bull entered at unknown time after 3:52 pm. President's schedule -John L. McClellan Bull left at an unknown time before 4:05 pm. Conv. No. 482-21 (cont.) Haldeman's conversation with Moynihan -Moynihan's optimism -Harvard -Speeches -Ideas -Support for President -Democrat support for President -John B. Connally Cabinet resignations -Rogers -John A. Volpe -Rogers -Elliot L. Richardson -Timing -1972 election President's conversation with Shultz -Removal of McLarnan -Timing -Publicity -Demotion Discipline of bureaucracy -Office of Management and Budget [OMB] and Cabinet -Connally's view -Administrations position -Walter J. Hickel -Unknown man -Robert H. Finch -Yost -[Forename unknown] Long -Alain C. Enthoven 42 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Dr. Lee A. DuBridge -Cabinet -Volpe -DuBridge -McLaren -Mitchell -Removal Conv. No. 482-21 (cont.) Haldeman left at 4:05 pm.