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Start Date: 20-Jul-1971 10:29 AM

End Date: 20-Jul-1971 11:07 AM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Dole, Robert J.Timmons, William E.Bull, Stephen B.

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:31:47

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:10:25

540a.mp3

540b.mp3

NARA Description:

On July 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Robert J. Dole, William E. Timmons, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:29 am to 11:07 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 540-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 540-7

Date: July 20, 1971
Time: 10:29 am - 11:07 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 11m 6s ]


ROBERT J. DOLE AND WILLIAM E. TIMMONS ENTERED AT AN UNKNOWN TIME
AFTER 10:29 AM.


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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     Effect of current events
          -US-People's Republic of China [PRC] opening
                 -Press speculation

     The economy
          -Congressmen and senators
               -Campaign issue
          -Possible economic briefing
               -John B. Connally, George P. Shultz
               -Maurice H. Stans
          -Senate campaign committee
               -Peter H. Dominick
          -Shultz
               -Possible briefing
                     -Size of group
                           -Senators
                           -Members of the House
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                               Tape Subject Log
                                 (rev. 10/08)



                     -Timing
Foreign relations
     -Milwaukee meeting of officials
           -US-PRC opening
                 -Emphasis on the positive
                      -The President's leadership
           -Alfred M. Landon
           -Kansas City meeting
           -Vietnam War
                 -PRC
                 -Possible settlement
           -Taiwan [Republic of China] issue
           -Dole’s possible comments
           -Dole’s possible trip to Taiwan
                 -Dole's position as Republican National Committee [RNC] chairman
                 -Coordination with Henry A. Kissinger
     -Vietnam and the peace issue
           -Republican Party
           -Democratic Party

Issues
     -The Pentagon Papers
          -Dole’s comments
          -The Democrats
          -Need to emphasize issue
               -Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy
               -Edmund S. Muskie
     -The economy
          -Present rate of employment
          -Geographical areas
     -Congress
          -Public works legislation
               -Appalachia
               -John Sherman Cooper
                      -Work on compromise
               -Creation of jobs
          -Revenue sharing
               -Property taxes
                      -President’s previous comments
                            -Kansas City
                            -Chicago
               -Public perceptions
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                         NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. 10/08)



                          -Mayors, governors
                          -Taxpayers
    Foreign relations
         -The PRC initiative
               -The Vietnam war
               -Democratic comments
                     -Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
                           -Statement about the President           Conv. No. 540-7 (cont.)
                           -Poll of public opinion
                           -Muskie
                     -Hubert H. Humphrey
               -Republicans
                     -Attitudes
                           -Charles H. Percy, Jacob K. Javits
                           -Shultz
                     -Mark O. Hatfield
                           -Proposal
                           -PRC initiative
               -Taiwan issue
                     -Dominick, [Name unintelligible]
               -Republican emphasis on the peace issue
                     -The Vietnam War
                           -Democrat’s responsibility


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 18s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3

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    Blacks
         -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew’s comments
         -African heritage
               -Comparison between Blacks in Africa and in the US
                    -Context of US white society
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                           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. 10/08)



        -Role in administration
              -Arthur Fletcher
     Women
        -Jobs in the administration
              -Bella S. Abzug

     Blacks
          -Congress                                                   Conv. No. 540-7 (cont.)

     Minorities
         -Mexican-Americans
         -Possible appointee to the Treasurer's post
                -Connally's recommendation
                -Preferred qualities

     Youth
          -John D. Ehrlichman

     Foreign relations
          -The Mansfield Amendment
                -Draft
                -Volunteer Army

An unknown person [Stephen B. Bull?] entered at an unknown time after 10:29 am.

     Schedule
          -Size of group

The unknown person [Bull?] left at an unknown time before 11:07 am.

     PRC initiative
         -Possible effect on Vietnam War
                -Settlement
                      -Editorial by William F. Knowland
                            -Herbert G. Klein
                            -Concept of "Peace with honor"
                                  -[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson
                      -William P. Rogers
                      -Editorial by James Sullivan
                      -Eugene C. Pulliam
                            -David Lawrence
                            -Felix McKnight (?)
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                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                       Tape Subject Log
                                         (rev. 10/08)



             -Appeal to youth on foreign policy accomplishments
                  -Connally
                  -US relations with the Soviet Union [USSR]
                  -Arms limitation
             -Effectiveness of appeal of foreign policy issues

     President’s Kansas City speech
                                                                  Conv. No. 540-7 (cont.)
     The economy
          -Unemployment
              -Michigan
              -Southern California
              -South Carolina

     Gifts

Haldeman et al. left at 11:07 am.