Conversation: 542-003
Prev: 542-002 Next: 542-004Start Date: 22-Jul-1971 10:01 AM
End Date: 22-Jul-1971 10:51 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Finch, Robert H.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:30:13
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:17:30
NARA Description:
On July 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Finch met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:01 am to 10:51 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 542-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 542-3
Date: July 22, 1971
Time: 10:01 am - 10:51 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Robert H. Finch.
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Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Trip to Africa
-Comment about Blacks
-Context of remarks
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Contacts with press
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-Plans for the future
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People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-Ronald W. Reagan’s support
-John G. Schmitz
-John Birch Society
-Henry Salvatori’s conversation with Finch
-George A. Murphy
-Taiwan, Republic of China [ROC]
-Senate testimony
-John G. Tower
-Salvatori
-Holmes P. Tuttle, Justin W. Dart
-Asa V. Call
-Health
-Rose Mary Woods
-Appeal to youth
-Staff meeting
-Finch's conversation with Daniel P. Moynihan
-College students
-Support for the President
-Congress
-The general public's support for the President
-The President's attendance at baseball game, July 20, 1971
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Foreign policy accomplishments
-PRC initiative
-US-PRC summit
-Possible US-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] summit
-Efforts to end the Vietnam war
The economy
-Unemployment
-California, Michigan
-Retail sales
-Edward W. Carter’s comments
-Savings
Issues
-PRC initiative
-Charles W. Colson
-The Vietnam war and Pentagon Papers case
-Effect of issue on the Democrats
-Hubert H. Humphrey, Edmund S. Muskie
-John F. Kennedy
-Dean G. Acheson
-Importance of encouraging disunity
-Shift of focus from the economy
-Unemployment
-Compared to 1970
-Decrease
-Michigan survey
-Pentagon Papers
-Foreign policy issues
-Source of strength for the President
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-PRC, Vietnam
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Conv. No. 542-3 (cont.)
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Finch
-Motion picture industry
-Britain
-Peter G. Peterson
-Duties in job
-Ambassadorial rank, Cabinet rank
-Taft Schreiber
-Enhancement of image
-Office of Emergency Preparedness [OEP]
-Donald Rumsfeld
-George A. Lincoln's job as Director
-Responsibilities
-Emergencies
-Stockpiling
-Rumsfeld
-Counsellor to the President job
-Perceptions of stature
-Comparison to image of the Vice President
-Image
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-OEP
-Finch
-Value as base of operation
-Comparison to Republican National Committee [RNC]
-Partisan organization
Rumsfeld
-Possible plans
-Illinois option
-Visibility compared to Finch
-Speeches
Finch’s responsibilities
-Relief efforts for Peru, Pakistan
-Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for the Spanish-speaking
-Bicentennial Commission duties
-David J. Mahoney
-Possible Ambassadorship to Mexico
-Carol C. Finch
-Duration
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Rumsfeld
-Possible North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] assignment
-Robert F. Ellsworth
-Ambassadorial post
-Belgium
-Japan
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Finch
-Discussion of job options with Carol Finch
-Ambassadorship ro Mexico
-Cabinet
-OEP directorship
-Salary
-Compared to Cabinet rank
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-National Security Council [NSC]
-Anachronistic nature of job
-NSC
-Abolition
-Staff
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Conv. No. 542-3 (cont.)
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Job assignments
-Rumsfeld
-OEP
-NATO post
-Abilities
-Language
-Knowledge
-Travel as a Congressman
-Spokesperson
-Finch
-Carol Finch
-OEP
-Ambassadorship to Mexico
Finch left at 10:51 am.
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