Conversation: 484-004
Prev:  484-003 Next: 484-005Start Date: 21-Apr-1971 11:18 AM
End Date: 21-Apr-1971 11:34 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:17:11
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:33:53
NARA Description:
On April 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:18 am to 11:34 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 484-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 484-4 Date: April 21, 1971 Time: 11:18 am - 11:34 am Location: Oval Office The President met with H.R. Haldeman. 24 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) The President's schedule -Meeting with ping-pong team -John A. Scali -Ronald L. Ziegler An unknown woman entered at an unknown time after 11:18 am -Scali The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 11:22 am Scali -Columbia Broadcasting Systems [CBS] news story -Marvin L. Kalb -People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative -William P. Rogers and Henry A. Kissinger -State Department -Rogers -View regarding Rogers-Kissinger relationship -Note to Haldeman, April 21, 1971 -Robert J. McCloskey and Ziegler The President's PRC initiative -Scali's view -Rogers and Kissinger -Implementation -State Department -Rogers -Scali -Haldeman's conversation with Kissinger -Kissinger's conversation with Scali Scali -Role -Views on PRC specialists -Camp David -Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy -Views on the President's positions 25 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Demonstrations -Views -Charles W. Colson The President's PRC initiative -State Department -Marshall Green -Christian Science Monitor Editorial Conv. No. 484-4 (cont.) -Quoted -Kissinger -Attribution of credit -Attribution of credit -Scali's possible initiatives -Editorials -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew Ziegler entered at 11:22 am -CBC News Story -Ziegler's possible conversation with Scali -State Department The President's schedule -Meeting with Graham B. Steenhoven -Use of term ping-pong -Preference for term “table tennis” -Photo session -Ziegler -Scali -Press -Timing -Steenhoven's age -Press Supreme Court decision -Integration issue -President's meeting with John N. Mitchell -Implementation -Richard A. Moore -Administration's position -”Benign neglect” -Ziegler's conversation with John D. Ehrlichman 26 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW] -Ziegler's possible press statement -Ziegler’s press conference, April 20, 1971 -Haldeman's staff meeting -Leonard Garment Press stories -Table tennis team Conv. No. 484-4 (cont.) -Foreign assistance message -Peter G. Peterson Agnew's statement on PRC -Washington Post story, April 21, 1971 -Possible press queries -President’s response -Ziegler's possible statement -State Department -CBS news story -Kalb -Scali -President's initiatives -Kissinger -Kalb -Trade-off -Story -Rogers Ziegler left at 11:27 am Rogers -Schedule -Trip -Meeting with the President, April 22, 1971 -Relations with Kissinger -Attribution of credit -Kissinger -Attribution of credit -State Department -Instructions for Scali Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger’s dinner with Haldeman and George P. Shultz -Theodore White -Shultz 27 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Unknown story -Weinberger's relations with Shultz -Jane Weinberger -Helena (“Obie”) Shultz -White's remarks regarding the President's PRC policy -Previous conversations with the President -Book on PRC -Expertise Conv. No. 484-4 (cont.) -Circulation of remarks PRC -President's conversations with different persons -Rogers -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -State Department -Position -President's conversation with White in 1968 -White's support for the President -John F. Kennedy John B. Connally Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:27 am The President's schedule -Meeting with Steenhoven Bull left at an unknown time before 11:34 am Connally -Haldeman's conversation, April 20, 1971 -Meeting with the President, April 22, 1971 -Texas Texas drought -President's memorandum -Ehrlichman -Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. -George A. Lincoln -Clifford M. Hardin -President's conversation with Harry S. Dent 28 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) Hardin -Possible reassignment -Bryce H. Harlow -Schedule -Purdue -John C. Whitaker -Tenure -Rogers Conv. No. 484-4 (cont.) -Career aspirations -Possible ambassadorial appointment Harlow -Possible reassignment -Secretary of Agriculture -National chairman -Placement -Dent's view -Qualifications -Speaking Haldeman left at 11:34 am