Conversation: 493-003
Prev: 493-002 Next: 493-004Start Date: 6-May-1971 9:00 AM
End Date: 6-May-1971 10:00 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator; Sanchez, Manolo; Ford, Gerald R.; Butterfield, Alexander P.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:13:19
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:01:43
NARA Description:
On May 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Manolo Sanchez, Gerald R. Ford, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:00 am to 10:00 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 493-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 493-3
Date: May 6, 1971
Time: 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
President’s schedule
-”Salute to Agriculture” May 7, 1971
-President’s remarks
-Length
[The White House operator talked with the President at 9:10 am]
[Conversation No. 493-3A]
[See Conversation No. 2-103]
[End of telephone conversation]
President’s schedule
-”Salute to Agriculture”
-President’s remarks
-Length
-A briefing
-Clifford M. Hardin
-John N. Mitchell
-Rural revenue sharing
-Lunch at State Department
-South Lawn exhibit
-Possible remarks by President
-Dinner at White House
-Number of guests
-President’s role
-Remarks, toast
-Dinner
-Glen Campbell
-Toast
-Farmers’ wives
-Hardin
-Farmers
-Public attitude
Supersonic Transport [SST]
-Upcoming vote
-Gerald R. Ford
President’s schedule
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-George Meany
-Possible breakfast
-Business Council
-George P. Shultz
-John D. Ehrlichman
Lobbyists
-Milk producers Conv. No. 493-3 (cont.)
-John B. Connally’s suggestion
-Sugar
-Administration staff
-Shultz, Peter G. Peterson, Peter M. Flanigan
-Sugar
-Oil
-Lyndon B. Johnson [?]
-Charles W. Colson
-Administration staff
Prisoner of War [POW] wives
-Henry A. Kissinger’s contacts
-Major General James D. (“Don”) Hughes
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 9:10 am
[Unintelligible]
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:20 am
POW wives
-Kissinger
-Hughes
-A press conference
-Effect
Lobbyists
-Colson
-Possible work
-Contributions
-Connally
-Lee R. Nunn
-Colson
-Nunn, Herbert W. Kalmbach
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Colson, White House staff
-Milk fund
-Colson
Vietnam War
-Upcoming vote on end the war resolution
[The President talked with Ford between 9:20 am and 9:26 am]
Conv. No. 493-3 (cont.)
[Conversation No. 493-3B]
[See Conversation No. 2-104]
[End of telephone conversation]
SST or end the war vote
-Defense Department [DOD]
Washington, DC demonstrations
-A possible poll
-Possible questions
-Timing
-Another poll [?]
-Release
-Congressmen
[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 [SA] 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]
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 9:38 am
Dinner, May 5, 1971
-Drinks
-Dress
-Drinks
Butterfield left at an unknown time after 9:41 am
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
[Transcript #2: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under
court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for SA 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]
Cabinet Conv. No. 493-3 (cont.)
-John A. Volpe
-Hardin
-Connally
-Cancer program
-President’s review
-Staff
-President’s commitment
Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 9:38 am
Dinner, May 5, 1971
-Drinks
Butterfield left at 9:41 am
Programs
-Breeder reactor
-President’s role
-Administration’s role
-Publicity
-Commerce Department
-Peterson, Maurice H. Stans
-Staff
[Transcript #3: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under
court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for SA 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]
News
-President’s reading
-Network news
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Story on the economy, May 5, 1971
-Washington, DC demonstrations
-Story on the economy
-Position of the dollar
-Germany
-Length
-Willy Brandt
-US actions Conv. No. 493-3 (cont.)
-Germany
-Shultz
-President’s advisors
-Peterson
-Flanigan
-Shultz
-Paul W. McCracken
-Paul A. Volcker
-New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times
[Transcript #4: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under
court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for SA 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]
Vietnam
-Vietnamization
-Rowland Evans and Robert D. Novak column, May 6, 1971
-Effect in Congress
-North Vietnamese military action
-Casualties
-Missing in Action [MIA]
-Release of figures
-Stanley R. Resor’s office
-Timing
-Casualty figures
-Comparisons
-President’s statement
-Administration accomplishments
-A network news story
-Arrival of a veteran
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-US withdrawal
-Rate
-Draft
-Kissinger
-Colleges
-Kissinger
-Negotiations
-General Nguyen Van Thieu Conv. No. 493-3 (cont.)
-Kissinger
-President’s offer
-Timing
-Possible reply
-Kissinger
“Salute to Agriculture”
Meetings
-A commission
Federal Reserve
-Position on budgets
President’s schedule
-Meetings
-Arthur F. Burns
-Commissions
Publicity
-A May 5, 1971 story
Haldeman left at 10:00 am