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Conversation: 550-001

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Start Date: 28-Jul-1971 4:58 PM

End Date: 28-Jul-1971 5:16 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Bull, Stephen B.

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:00:28

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:20:12

550a.mp3

NARA Description:

On July 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:58 pm to 5:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 550-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 550-1

Date: July 28, 1971
Time: 4:58 pm - 5:16 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman ; this recording begins at an unknown time
while the meeting is in progress.

     The President's schedule
          -William D. Eberle
          -Martin C. (“Marty”) Anderson
          -John S. Davies
          -"Early Bird" group
                -Leslie C. Arends
          -Murray M. Chotiner
                -Request for meeting
                      -Return from European trip
                      -Purpose
                      -Timing of return from trip
                      -Purpose
                           -F. Donald Nixon
                           -Israel
                                 -American Jewish community
                                       -Campaign contributions
                      -Ambassadors
                           -Robert C. Hill
                                 -William P. Rogers
                      -White House activities
                           -Law firm
                           -John N. Mitchell
                           -Intelligence reports

     Staff changes
           -Haldeman's conversation with Mitchell
                -Robert H. Finch
                -Donald H. Rumsfeld
                -Finch
                     -Possible job as head of the Office of Emergency Preparedness [OEP]
                           -Staffing and responsibilities
                                 -Peter M. Flanigan
                                 -Darrell M. Trent
                                               2

                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                       Tape Subject Log
                                         (rev. 10/08)



               -Rumsfeld
                   -North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] post
                   -White House post
                   -Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP] post
                          -Frank Dale
                   -Possible Ambassadorial post in Latin America
          -Haldeman's forthcoming conversations with Finch and Rumsfeld
               -OEP job
                   -Compared to Departments of Defense, State, Treasury, Justice

     The President's schedule
          -Forthcoming visit to Canton, Ohio, July 30-31, 1971
               -Pro Football Hall of Fame induction events
                      -American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC] coverage

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:58 pm.

          -Chotiner

Bull left at an unknown time before 5:16 pm.

          -Pro Football Hall of Fame
               -Frank Gifford interview with the President, July 31, 1971
          -Chotiner
               -Transportation

     Pro Football Hall of Fame event

     Arthur F. Burns
          -Effect of story
                -Ronald L. Ziegler
          -Reorganization of the Federal Reserve Board [FRB]
          -Effect of comments
          -George P. Shultz
          -Conversation with Alan Greenspan
          -Proposed statement
                -People’s Republic of China [PRC]
          -Request for meeting
          -Handling

     Rudolph A. Peterson
         -Haldeman's conversation with John B. Connally
                                             3

                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. 10/08)



          -Possible job appointment

     Stock market
          -Report
          -Effect of news stories

     Conservatives
         -William F. Buckley, Jr.                                  Conv. No. 550-1 (cont.)
               -Call to Henry A. Kissinger
         -Mitchell's forthcoming call to J. Daniel Mahoney
         -Comments about the administration's policies
               -Effect
                     -Congress
                     -The public
                     -National Review and Human Events magazines’ constituency
         -Mahoney
               -Mitchell’s forthcoming call
         -Buckley
               -Schedule


     Schedule
          -"Early Bird" group
                -Mitchell, Clark MacGregor
          -Prisoner of War [POW] group presentation
          -Catholic War veterans
          -"Early Bird" group
                -Size

Haldeman left at 5:16 pm.