Conversation: 546-004
Prev:  546-003 Next: 546-005Start Date: 26-Jul-1971 5:20 PM
End Date: 26-Jul-1971 6:12 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); MacGregor, Clark; Ehrlichman, John D.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:57:47
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:49:38
NARA Description:
On July 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Clark MacGregor, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:20 pm to 6:12 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 546-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 546-4 Date: July 26, 1971 Time: 5:20 pm - 6:12 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. The economy -The President's forthcoming meeting with John B. Connally -Peter G. Peterson 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) Clark MacGregor entered and Haldeman left at 5:21 pm. Congressional action -Draft extension -MacGregor's, William P. Rogers’ efforts -Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield, John C. Stennis, F. Edward Hébert -Hébert -Mansfield Amendment -Rogers’ memorandum Conv. No. 546-2 (cont.) -Handling of language -Mansfield -Stennis-Mansfield meeting, July 26, 1971 -Senate reaction to compromise language -Presidential action -The People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative -Mansfield's resolution -Motives -Reaction -Motivation for support for the President's proposals -Schedule -John G. Tower -John N. Mitchell -Busing -Requested meeting with the President -Busing issue -Possible Constitutional amendment -John D. Ehrlichman -1963 legislative efforts on Civil Rights Bill -William Kramer -Effect -Kentucky, California, Ohio, Tennessee -Housing issue -Education -Teachers Foreign policy -PRC initiative -Mansfield Amendment -Opinion Research Corporation [ORC] poll -Reaction -Right wing -John G. Schmitz -Walter H. Judd 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Anti-communism in the United States -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR], Japan, Vietnam -Effect -The President's action -Mideast, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT], Berlin negotiations -PRC initiative -Congressional reaction -Votes Conv. No. 546-4 (cont.) -Public opinion -Blue collar -College educated ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 2s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ********************************************************************** Congress -Hébert Ehrlichman was present at an unknown time after 5:30 pm. -MacGregor's forthcoming telephone call -Strategy -Tower -MacGregor's efforts MacGregor left at 5:34 pm. Economic impact of programs and legislation -HR 1 welfare legislation -Status -Strategy -Health issues, reorganization 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -The environment -Economic impact of legislative action -John B. Connally -Political evaluation -General revenue sharing -Commitments -Citizen’s Committees -Local governments Conv. No. 546-4 (cont.) -Limitations on cutbacks -Edmund S. Muskie's work with Wilbur D. Mills -Possible bill -Effect -Presidential action -Vetoes -Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO] -Richard K. Cook -Carl D. Perkins -Director -Action on Great Society programs -Special revenue sharing -Aid to education -Timing -Congressional recess -October 1971 Proposal to chart Congressional action -MacGregor Carl B. Albert -Health -Appearance -Mrs. Albert -John J. (“Jack”) Caulfield -Response of junior Democrats -Possible action of Mills -Speaker of the House -Continuation of House term or Presidential campaign 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 41s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 Conv. No. 546-4 (cont.) ********************************************************************** Leaks -[Charles M.?] Cooke -Deposition -Access to confidential cables by Daniel Ellsberg -Elliot L. Richardson -Motives -Tran Ngoc Chau -William P. Rogers, the President -Release of information ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10 [Closed by Statute] [Duration: 4s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10 ****************************************************************************** -Top secret report from the President to the Attorney General -Haldeman -Chicago Tribune -New York Times -Egil G. (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr. -Van Cleef (?) -Department of Defense 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Investigation -Polygraph -Unnamed State Department employee -Contact with William Beecher -SALT document US-German relations -Supersonic Transport [SST] Conv. No. 546-4 (cont.) -Willy Brandt -Press -Henry A. Kissinger -Egon Bahr Public service symposium -The President's conversation with George H. Mahon Education -School desegregation -Ehrlichman’s conversation with Richardson -Limitation -Busing -Constitutional amendment -Action -President’s conversation with MacGregor -Effect on liberals with children -Private schools -Constitutional amendment -Ehrlichman's conversation with John W. Dean III -Other alternatives -Effect in Bible-belt region of the United States -Perceptions of the President Lt. William L. Calley, Jr. -Status of court case -Sentence -Position Model cities program -Changes -Forthcoming announcement -General revenue sharing 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 [Privacy] [Duration: 46s ] Conv. No. 546-4 (cont.) END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 [National Security] [Duration: 24s ] UNITED NATIONS END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 9s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8 ********************************************************************** Paul W. McCracken -Possible new job and timing of departure 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Role in economic policy -Connally -Senate -William Proxmire -George P. Shultz The economy -Statistics Conv. No. 546-4 (cont.) -Connally -Unemployment, retail sales -Employment -Vietnam veterans -Narcotics interdiction -Peterson -Connally, Shultz -McCracken -Implicit effect of departure -Connally's actions -Perceptions of possible action -Interpretation of statistics -Retail sales -Consumer confidence -Edwin L. Harper's memorandum -Analysis -Charles W. Colson -Albert E. Sindlinger -Timing, method of McCracken's departure Federal Reserve Board -McCracken -Arthur F. Burns -Burns -Visibility with the press -Ehrlichman's encounter with Burns -Attitude Newsweek article 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 2m 28s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9 Conv. No. 546-4 (cont.) ********************************************************************** The Pentagon Papers -Continuation of efforts -The President's administration -The PRC initiative The Pentagon Papers -Declassification -World War II-era documents The economy -Forthcoming Ehrlichman meeting with Haldeman -Burns -Connally, Shultz, McCracken -Peter M. Flanigan -Effectiveness -Public perceptions -Confidentiality and type of action -Comparison with with PRC initiative The President and Ehrlichman left at 6:12 pm. 16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08)