Conversation: 486-005
Prev:  486-004 Next: 486-006Start Date: 22-Apr-1971 2:40 PM
End Date: 22-Apr-1971 3:35 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Rogers, William P.; Maroon, Fred; Wayman, Stan; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:50:49
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 04:33:10
NARA Description:
On April 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, William P. Rogers, Fred Maroon, and Stan Wayman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:40 pm to 3:35 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 486-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 486-5 Date: April 22, 1971 Time: 2:40 pm - 3:35 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman The President's schedule -Upcoming meeting with House Republican loyalists -Daniel Kuykendall -Additions -Support for the President -Senate meeting -Clark MacGregor 56 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Size of group -Ideal number -Size of group -Number of meetings -Satisfying group -Upcoming meeting with House Republican loyalists -President's possible role -President's talk Conv. No. 486-5 (cont.) -Vietnam -MacGregor -Mood of unknown meeting -Upbeat Agriculture Secretary -Qualifications -Salesmanship -Under secretary Office of Emergency Preparedness [OEP] -Director -John B. Connally view -Admiral George W. Anderson -National Security Council [NSC] -Anderson -Appearance -Qualifications -William P. Rogers Ambassadors -Rogers -Australia -Edgar D. Whitcomb -John N. Mitchell -Maurice J. Williams -Whitcomb -Indiana The President's previous meeting with Robert J. Dole -Dole's trip to New York -George H.W. Bush Stock market -Rise 57 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Outlook -Value -Institutions -Portfolios -Wealth -Borrowing power -Economy -Theory Conv. No. 486-5 (cont.) [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] Polls -Welfare -Question regarding menial work -Opposition to President's plan -Wording of question -Availability of jobs -Manual labor -President's work plan -New York and Washington axis -Menial jobs The President's forthcoming speech to Chamber of Commerce, April 26, 1971 -Welfare -William L. Safire -Instructions -Guaranteed income -President's position -Guaranteed income -Effect on character -Patrick J. Buchanan -Instructions -1966 speech -Medicine, housing, jobs -Safire The President's remarks at Republican Governors' Conference, Williamsburg 58 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Welfare -Previous meeting with Republican House leaders -John W. Byrnes -Wilbur D. Mills -Votes for administration -Television coverage -Benefits -Press Conv. No. 486-5 (cont.) -Leftists -Reaction -Menial work -Guaranteed annual income -Dole Polls -Welfare -Question regarding menial work The President's schedule -Meeting with Rogers Rogers's forthcoming trip to Middle East -Itinerary -Cairo -Beirut -Tel Aviv -[Unintelligible] 59 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [National Security] [Duration: 22s ] ISRAEL Conv. No. 486-5 (cont.) END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ********************************************************************** General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The President's schedule -Meeting with Rogers -Henry A. Kissinger -Melvin R. Laird -Kissinger and Laird Rogers's relations with Kissinger People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative -Press release -Kissinger -State Department -National Security Council [NSC] -Credit for PRC initiative -Press The President's remarks at Republican Governors' Conference, Williamsburg -Welfare -Noel C. Koch -Unknown speech Unknown person -Niece -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Spain -College -Secret Service agent 60 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Secretary -Language capabilities -Spanish and French -Anecdote The President's conversation with Tricia Nixon -Edward R. F. Cox’s comments -Radicals at Harvard University Conv. No. 486-5 (cont.) -Violence -Rennie Davis -Violence -Reports The President's forthcoming speech to Chamber of Commerce -Self-help -Development of capacity -Safire Welfare -Unknown man's views Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 2:40 pm The President's schedule -Meeting with Rogers -Kissinger -General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Note-taking Bull left at an unknown time before 3:22 pm -Previous meeting with Connally -Note-taking Rogers's forthcoming trip -Kissinger’s concerns -Haig -Note-taking Sub-Cabinet officials -Connally -Need for instruction 61 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Harry S. Dent Dent -Television appearances -South -Speeches -President's programs -Former Democrats Conv. No. 486-5 (cont.) -Dent’s speeches Personalizing program -Speeches -Republican efforts -John D. Ehrlichman Democrat and Republican parties -Differences -Democrats -Personification -Republicans -Process -Democrats -Government -Politicians -Connally -Use of personal terms President’s schedule -Unknown meeting Speech writing -Programming -Selection of source materials -Example -Flag Mrs. Paul W. Heatwole -Knitting of flag -Democrat -Newspaper story -Silent majority -Meeting with the President 62 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -John O. Marsh, Jr. -Presentation of flag to the President -Age -Open-door hour -September 1970 -Staff The President's previous speech to Daughters of the American Revolution Conv. No. April 486-5 [DAR], (cont.) 19, 1971 -Flag reference Mrs. Heatwole -Democrat The President's schedule -Upcoming meeting with Rogers -Kissinger's view regarding Haig -Note-taking -Purpose -Rogers's possible intiatives Personnel -Coordination -Rogers -Mitchell -Anti-trust case -Staff -Kissinger Networks -Anti-trust case -Mitchell -Ehrlichman -President's position -Ehrlichman's view -Mitchell's conversation with Haldeman -Ehrlichman -Memorandum -Charles W. Colson -President's position -Possible suit -Merits 63 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -President's position -Mitchell International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation (ITT) -Anti-trust case -Mitchell -Political implications -Solicitor general Conv. No. 486-5 (cont.) -Ehrlichman Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 3:22 pm The President's schedule -Upcoming meeting with Rogers -Press photograph Rogers's schedule -Organization of American States [OAS] -London The President's schedule -Rogers -Photograph session -Haldeman [Transcript #2: 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] Demonstrations -Arrests -Press -Ziegler’s schedule -Briefing -Judge George L. Hart, Jr. -Philip A. Hart -Senate resolution -Mall -Vote 64 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Quorum -Possible use of administration allies in Senate [Thomas]Hale Boggs -Tapping of phone -Forthcoming statement -Oil industry -Unknown woman Conv. No. 486-5 (cont.) -Personal life -Russell B. Long Desegregation -Ziegler's morning briefing -Agencies -Violence -Schools -Administration policy -Cooperation over coercion -Jail -Cooperation [Transcript #3: 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] Stephen B. Bull entered and left at an unknown time during the transcribed portion. Rogers, Fred Maroon, and Stan Wayman entered at 3:32 pm Greetings Photographs -Location -Indoors -[Rose Garden] -Press -Weather [Transcript #4: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under 65 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) 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] Haldeman's schedule -Photographs Conv. No. 486-5 (cont.) The President, Haldeman, Ziegler, Rogers, Maroon, and Wayman left at 3:35 pm