Conversation: 483-022
Prev: 483-021 Next: 483-023Start Date: 20-Apr-1971 6:22 PM
End Date: 20-Apr-1971 6:44 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob");Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 04:45:50
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 05:05:52
NARA Description:
On April 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:22 pm to 6:44 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 483-022 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 483-22
Date: April 20, 1971
Time: 6:22 pm - 6:44 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
The President's meeting with Republican Senators, April 20, 1971
-Howard H. Baker, Jr. and Edward J. Gurney
-"Hawks"
-Vietnam
-Danger of communism
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Laos
-US military move
-Polls
-Television coverage
-Public opinion
Vietnam
-Baker's view Conv. No. 483-21 (cont.)
-Supersonic Transport [SST]
-Defense
-Administration's policy
-Senators and Congressmen
-Mail
-Editors
-Small groups
-Need for good news
-Baker's view
-President's position
-Negotiations
-Timing
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Negotiations
-Summit
-US options
The President's meeting with Republican Senators
-"Hawks"
-Clark MacGregor
-John G. Tower and Henry L. Bellmon
Vietnam
-Possible communist takeover
-Political impact
-Cambodia
-Laos
-Withdrawal of US forces
-Pace
-Meeting with Nguyen Van Thieu
-Possible withdrawal announcement
-Interpretation
-Negotiations
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-Leverage
-USSR
-North Vietnam
-Effects of possible collapse
-Administration's position
-Pressures
-President's speech, April 7, 1971
-Support for the President Conv. No. 483-22 (cont.)
-Poll
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-US position
-Withdrawal
-Announcements
Haldeman entered at 6:25 pm.
The President's meeting with Republican Senators
-MacGregor
-Polls
-Vietnam
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Conduct of the war
-Results
-Robert J. Dole
Polls
-Vietnam
-Possible communist takeover
-Dole
-Distribution to Senators and Congressman
-Opinion Research Corporation [ORC] poll
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Harmon trophy
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Publicity
Polls
-Conduct of the war
-George Horace Gallup
Stock market
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-Rise
-Fall
-Increase in dollar value
-Optimism
-Rise
Surveillance of [Thomas] Hale Boggs
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] Conv. No. 483-22 (cont.)
-Unknown agency
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-State Attorney General Jack Gremillion
-Bank fraud
-Indictment
-Personal life
-Unknown Louisiana State University [LSU] professor
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[Law Enforcement]
[Duration: 3s ]
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-Public incident
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[Law Enforcement]
[Duration: 3s ] Conv. No. 483-22 (cont.)
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-Incident
-Marriot Hotel
-Airplane
-Jay McDermott
-Indictment
-Gremillion
-Louisiana oil people
-Press
Polls
-Vietnam
-MacGregor, William E. Timmons, and Kenneth E. BeLieu
-Distribution to Congressmen and Senators
-Personal contact
-Jack F. Kemp
-Call to Haldeman
Football player artists
-Gerald R. Ford
-Ernie Barnes compared to Erich Barnes
Polls
-MacGregor and Dole
-White House
-Cabinet
-Play back
-Vietnam
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-Possible communist takeover
-Gallup
-Dole
-ORC
-Circulation to administration supporters
The President's meeting with Republican Senators
-MacGregor Conv. No. 483-22 (cont.)
-Value
-Objective
-Goldwater
-MacGregor
-BeLieu
-Vietnam
-Ending the war
-Baker
-Hugh Scott
-Republican loyalists
Bellmon
-Tenure
-Secretary of Agriculture
-Candidates
The President's schedule
-Residence
The President, Kissinger and Haldeman left at 6:44 pm.
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