Conversation: 543-008
Prev: 543-007 Next: 543-009Start Date: 22-Jul-1971 6:25 PM
End Date: 22-Jul-1971 6:46 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)];Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:01:25
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:20:33
NARA Description:
On July 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:25 pm to 6:46 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 543-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 543-8
Date: July 22, 1971
Time: 6:25 pm - 6:46 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
David M. Kennedy
-Possible Ambassadorial appointment
-Haldeman’s conversation with John B. Connally
-Loyalty to the President
-Compared to businessmen
-State Department influence
-Support for appointment
-Henry A. Kissinger
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
Eisenhower silver dollar
-Value
-Forms available
-Presentation gifts
-Treasury Department
-Appropriateness
George H. Gallup poll Conv. No. 543-8 (cont.)
-Preliminary result
Kissinger entered at 6:28 pm.
The People’s Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-Letter to Kissinger
-Handling of initiative
-Contrast with Cambodian action
-Chairman of group from Harvard University
-Letter from Franklin Murphy to Haldeman, Kissinger
-Trip to Japan
-George Franklyn's letter
-Leader class
-Reaction
-Vatican statement
-Letter
-Richard E. Neustadt
-Kennedy Center at Harvard
-Robert F. Kennedy, Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-Max Frankel's comment to Kissinger
-Effect of initiative on the world
-PRC initiative announcement
-Word count
Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting with Nelson A. Rockefeller
Kissinger left at 6:35 pm.
The PRC initiative
-Poll results
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Approval of the President
-Effect of initiative
-Recent effect of Pentagon Papers case
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Approval, disapproval
[Haldeman talked with an unknown member of his staff at an unknown time between 6:35 pm
and 6:46 pm]
[Conversation No. 543-7A]
Request for folder of poll results
Conv. No. 543-8 (cont.)
[End of telephone conversation]
The PRC initiative
-Poll results
-Upcoming Louis Harris poll
-Approval, disapproval
-Types of people in poll sample
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 6:35 pm.
Delivery of poll results
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 6:46 pm.
Charles E. Chamberlain return telephone call
The PRC initiative
-Poll results
-Harris, Gallup
-Types of people polled
-Blacks
-Students
-Youth support
-Awareness, approval
-Education, age, gender, income level, region
-Amount of very favorable rating
-Effect
-Chapin
Schedule
-July 23, 1971
-Time of meetings
-Kissinger
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
The President and Haldeman left at 6:46 pm.