Conversation: 484-010
Prev:  484-009 Next: 484-011Start Date: 21-Apr-1971 12:35 PM
End Date: 21-Apr-1971 12:46 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Moore, Richard A.; Uccello, Antonina; Grier, Mary Lou; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:32:35
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:44:12
NARA Description:
On April 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Richard A. Moore, Antonina Uccello, Mary Lou Grier, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:35 pm to 12:46 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 484-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 484-10 Date: April 21, 1971 Time: 12:35 pm - 12:46 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Richard A. Moore, Antonina P. Uccello, and Mary Lou Grier; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting Moore's health The President's speeches -Welfare speech [at Republican Governor Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia, April 19, 1971] -Meeting with American Society of Newspaper Editors [ASNE], April 16, 1971 -Reaction -Charles W. Colson -Television -Timing Greetings Photographs -Moore Presentation of plate commemorating the President’s last visit to Hartford, Connecticut Statue of Admiral David G. Farragut -Majorca -Parents -Madrid Navy League -Farragut’s background -Farragut’s quotation, “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead” Presentation of gifts by the President -Presidential bow pins and paper weights Rose Garden George H.W. Bush Ucello and Grier left at 12:41 pm. 41 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 12:35 pm Schedule -Henry A. Kissinger -Meeting with the President The President's previous meeting with Graham B. Steenhoven -"Meet the Press" -Ziegler's forthcoming press briefing with Steenhoven -Proposed comments about meeting with President -Steenhoven’s impressions of table team visit to People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Appreciation for role of ping-pong team in opening contacts -Conduct of team -Return visit of People's Republic of China [PRC] table tennis team -Contacts with PRC -Personal impressions of Steenhoven -Private contact with PRC Ziegler left at an unknown time before 12:46 pm The President's meeting with ASNE, April 16, 1971 -Television coverage -Fear of overexposure -Networks -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Moore’s opinion -Colson -Administration spokesmen -William P. Rogers -Melvin R. Laird -Overexposure -Lyndon B. Johnson -Facts -Radio coverage -California -Soft tone -President's approach -President's tone The President's speech on Southeast Asia, April 7, 1971 42 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Tone The President's meeting with ASNE -Significance -Audience The President's speeches -Pre-1971 appearance before ASNE [Date unknown] Conv.No. 484-10 (cont.) -Moore's conversation with unknown person -Questions and answers -Reaction -Television -David Rockefeller -Radio Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Judgement -Statement on PRC -National Security Council [NSC] meeting -United Nations [UN] representation -Trade -President's support of Dwight D. Eisenhower -Relations with the press -Agnew’s statement on PRC -President's PRC initiative -State Department -Prospects -Anew’s support -Visit of US ping-pong team -People-to-people exchange Schedule Moore left at 12:46 pm