Conversation: 496-012
Prev: 496-011 Next: 496-013Start Date: 10-May-1971 2:40 PM
End Date: 10-May-1971 3:08 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:54:53
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:24:49
NARA Description:
On May 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:40 pm to 3:08 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 496-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 496-12
Date: May 10, 1971
Time: 2:40 pm - 3:08 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
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[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.]
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President's schedule
-Plans for radio speeches
-President's review
-Possible forthcoming press conference
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Tape Subject Log
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-Patrick J. Buchanan's schedule
-Possible radio speech
-Senior Citizens Week
-A Florida event
-Possible radio speech
-Demonstrations
Cancer program Conv. No. 496-11 (cont.)
-Congress
-Announcement
-Responsibility
-National Institutes of Health [NIH], President
-Announcement
-President
-Elliot L. Richardson
Agency briefings
-President's role
-Role of Richardson and others
-President's role
-Press
Henry A. Kissinger's briefing
-Press
Press briefings
-John A. Scali, Ronald L. Ziegler
-Length
Demonstrations
-William L. Safire
[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]
President's conversation with Kissinger
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
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Tape Subject Log
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-President’s trip
-Plans
-Kissinger
-Soviet interests
-William P. Rogers
-A Reply
Vietnam Conv. No. 496-12 (cont.)
-Negotiations
-Le Duan
-Moscow
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Kissinger
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-Prospects
Berlin negotiations
People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Initiative
-Kissinger
Vietnam
-US combat role
-Negotiations
-Nguyen van Thieu
-Kissinger
-Timing
-US position
-Le Duan
PRC initiative
Rogers
President's schedule
-Republican congressmen
-Meeting with Rogers
-Press photo coverage
-Republican congressmen
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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-Possible breakfast
-William M. Colmer's luncheon, May 11, 1971
-Leslie C. Arends
-Gerald R. Ford
-Number
-Timing of President's meeting
-Colmer luncheon
-Carl B. Albert Conv. No. 496-12 (cont.)
-Possible breakfast
-Cabinet meeting
-Rogers’ trip report
-Maurice H. Stans's trip report
-Rogers' trip report
-An East Room event
-Meetings with Congressmen
-Supersonic Transport [SST]
-John A. Volpe
-Cabinet meeting
-Staff meetings
-An event
-Scali, Safire
-Possible speech by President[?]
-Theme
-Lyndon B. Johnson Library dedication
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Florida or Washington departure
-Graham's schedule
-North Carolina
-Possible flight plans
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 2:40 pm
President’s schedule
-President's signature
-Photographs
-Rose Mary Woods
-Secretaries
-Woods
Bull left at an unknown time before 3:08 pm
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Tape Subject Log
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President's schedule
-Johnson Library dedication
-Graham's schedule
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-President's departure from Florida
-Presidential plane
-Graham's[?] schedule
-Florida Conv. No. 496-12 (cont.)
-Florida
George P. Shultz's schedule
-May 10, 1971 staff dinner
-Return from a trip
-Lunch with Fortune magazine staff
President’s schedule
-Upcoming meeting with Ehrlichman
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Public opinion
-President's policies
-California
-Kissinger's report
-Washington
-Compared with Johnson's "Great Society"
-Johnson Library opening publicity
-"Great Society"
-Revenue sharing, welfare reform, government reorganization, environmental
reform
-"New American Revolution"
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Tape Subject Log
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-Raymond K. Price, Jr., Safire
-Public relations
-Accomplishments
-Population issue, Urban Affairs Council, food programs
-A slogan
-Law and order theme
-Washington, D.C. demonstrations
-Ziegler Conv. No. 496-12 (cont.)
-Wilson
-Effectiveness
-Ziegler
-Wilson's statement
Haldeman left at 3:08 pm