Conversation: 542-001
Prev:  541-009 Next: 542-002Start Date: 22-Jul-1971 9:35 AM
End Date: 22-Jul-1971 10:01 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:01:16
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:28:39
NARA Description:
On July 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:35 am to 10:01 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 542-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 542-1 Date: July 22, 1971 Time: 9:35 am - 10:01 am Location: Oval Office The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. National Review hoax on Vietnam War secret papers -Press reaction -Walter Cronkite -William F. Buckley, Jr. -Press acceptance of validity of documents -The Department of Justice response -Magazine issue -Press acceptance of validity -The Washington Post Lockheed loan -William Proxmire -Press coverage of issue -Congressional action -Campaign reform Congress -Henry A. Kissinger's briefing -Clark MacGregor -Attendance at Samuel L. Devine's group of Congressmen -Nature of meeting -The President's People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative -Philip M. Crane -Security -Taiwan [The Republic of China/(ROC)] -House of Representatives -Conservatives -Attendees -Public nature of reaction -July 21, 1971 event -Congressmen -Kissinger -Charles W. Colson 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) US foreign policy -The PRC initiative -Forthcoming US-PRC summit -Handling -Amount of public comment -Trip to Tokyo, Japan -Robert Taft, Jr. -Kissinger Conv. No. 542-1 (cont.) -The PRC -Trips by Democratic Senators -Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield -George S. McGovern -Combined trip -Briefings -Japan trip -PRC trip Issues -Pentagon Papers -Democrats -The Vietnam war -Peace issue -The PRC initiative -Pentagon Papers -Focus of issue -The President's conversation with Kissinger -Vietnam war issue -Rhetoric of Democratic war, Republican peace -Offensive against the Democrats -Focus on the Pentagon Papers Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:35 am. The President's schedule Kissinger’s schedule Bull left at an unknown time before 10:01 am. The Pentagon Papers case -Lyndon B. Johnson -Response 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -The Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -The Department of Defense [DOD] -Daniel Ellsberg -Response of Democrats -Dean Rusk -Lawrence F. O'Brien -Administration’s focus -Hubert H. Humphrey Conv. No. 542-1 (cont.) -Edmund S. Muskie Appeal to youth -Coordination of effort -Melville Stephens -Jeff Donfeld -Kenneth S. Rietz -Colson -Robert H. Finch -Efforts Finch -Possible job -California -Ambassadorship -Mexico -1972 campaign Issues -Vietnam war and the Pentagon Papers -Impact on 1972 -The Democrats -Compared to 1970 -Crime and peace -Contrast with the environment as an effective issue -Administration's attitude -The PRC initiative -Public relations -Presidential leadership -Connection to other issues, future action -Poll results -PRC initiative effect -The President as world statesman -The position of the US 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Foreign press -Reports on public opinion throughout the world -Survey effort -Expenditure of funds -Leonard [Surname unknown] -William L. Safire -Presidential leadership -Courage, boldness, strength Conv. No. 542-1 (cont.) -Fluctuation of perceptions on Vietnam war leadership -November 3, 1969 -Cambodia, Laos -Domestic issues -Welfare reform -Lack of support -Revenue sharing -Narrow appeal of issue -Mayors, governors -Public understanding -Senior citizens -Welfare reform -John D. Ehrlichman -Strategy -Ronald W. Reagan -Busing issue -Attempt to use issue to the Administration's advantage -Supreme Court -Public opinion among Blacks, Whites -Legislative action -Proposed executive order -Constitutional action -Strategy -Bryce N. Harlow -Emphasis on consistency of opposition to busing -Effects in the South, the North Haldeman left at 10:01 am. 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08)