Conversation: 516-006
Prev: 516-005 Next: 516-007Start Date: 10-Jun-1971 12:29 PM
End Date: 10-Jun-1971 12:56 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.; Collier, Everett D.; Warner, Philip G.; Klein, Herbert G.; White House photographer; Sanchez, Manolo;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:45:07
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:12:31
NARA Description:
On June 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, Everett D. Collier, Philip G. Warner, Herbert G. Klein, White House photographer, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:29 pm to 12:56 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 516-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 516-6
Date: June 10, 1971
Time: 12:29 pm - 12:56 pm
Location: Oval Office
Alexander P. Butterfield met with Stephen B. Bull
President’s schedule
The President entered at 12:30 pm
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:31 pm
-Background on upcoming meeting
-Everett D. Collier
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Collier, Philip G. Warner, Herbert G. Klein, and White House photographer entered at 12:31 pm
Greetings
The White House photographer left at unknown time before 12:56 pm
Backgrounds Conv. No. 516-5 (cont.)
-Education
-University of Texas
-Sam Houston State University
-Work experience
-Attorney General experience
-Crawford Morton
-Howard Freedmore role
-Freedmore background
-Jesse F. Jones
-Benefits of legal background
-John B. Connally as an example
-Qualifications
-Legal training
-Leadership
-Railroad executives
-Problems with railroad leadership
-Advantages and disadvantages of legal training
Butterfield left at 12:35 pm
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Texas
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-Louie Welch
-Chief of police in Houston
-Perception of President in Texas
-Welfare position
-Position on demonstrators
-Welfare position
-Sympathy in rural Texas
Conv. No. 516-6 (cont.)
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Manolo Sanchez entered at unknown time after 12:31 pm
Sanchez left at unknown time before 12:51 pm
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-Polls
-Houston
-President’s efficiency
-Outcome
-Connally efficiency
-Connally role
-Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library
-Johnson
-Performance as President
-Hubert H. Humphrey as Vice President
-Handling of war
-Performance in Congress
-Respect for Johnson
-Demographics
Bull entered at unknown time after 12:31 pm
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President’s schedule
Bull left at unknown time before 12:56 pm
Texas
-Demographics
-Black population Conv. No. 516-6 (cont.)
-Houston University
-Basketball team
-Effect of Texas Southern University
-Demonstrations
-Handling by authorities
-Houston versus Los Angeles
-Problems
-Economics
-Problems in United States’ cities
-Houston versus New York City
-Houston city planning
-Natural growth problems
-Pollution
-Air and water
-Racial strife
-Crime
-Surrounding country
-Texas “spirit”
-Compared to the East
-Need for vitality
-Prevention of problems
-Chicago problems
-Accomplishments
-Astrodome
-Transportation
-John A. Volpe view
-Mass transit
-Prior planning
-Problems of New York and Cleveland
-Los Angeles
-Dallas/Fort Worth
-Benefits
-Age
-Federal versus local government role
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-Money problems
-Voting on taxes
-Pollution control
-Steps to rectify problem
-Source
-Municipal sewage
-Air pollution
-Motor vehicle Conv. No. 516-6 (cont.)
Autographs
-Unknown female
-Unknown male
-Dated on Presidential stationery
Gifts
-Cuff links
-For wives and families
Texas
Collier, Warner, and Klein left at 12:56 pm