Conversation: 571-001
Prev:  570-012 Next: 571-002Start Date: 13-Sep-1971 12:37 PM
End Date: 13-Sep-1971 2:58 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Dole, Robert J.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; White House photographer; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]; Sanchez, Manolo; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Connally, John B.; White House operator; Rockefeller, Nelson A.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:00:34
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:36:03
NARA Description:
On September 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Robert J. Dole, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House photographer, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Manolo Sanchez, Alexander P. Butterfield, John B. Connally, White House operator, and Nelson A. Rockefeller met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 2:58 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 571-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 571-1 Date: September 13, 1971 Time: Unknown between 12:37 pm and 2:58 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Stephen B. Bull. The President's schedule Bull left at an unknown time before 1:12 pm. Robert J. Dole and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. entered at 12:37 pm; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting. Greetings -Dole's appearance -Dole’s schedule H. R. Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 12:37 pm. Greetings Dole's schedule -Santa Monica -New York City -Dole's meeting at Republican Governors' Conference ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 2m 24s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-1 (cont.) Attica state prison riots -Nelson A. Rockefeller -Events -Death toll -Guards -Prisoners -Hostages -Blacks -Time of death -Guards -Amnesty request -Rockefeller's response -Police operations -Tear gas -Helicopters -Death toll -John D. Ehrlichman's previous telephone conversation with Rockefeller -The President's forthcoming conversation with Rockefeller -Police operation -Public reaction -Angela Y. Davis -Blacks -Uprising -Other incidents -California -Blacks -Revolution -Prisons -Campuses Dole's trip to Far East -Report -Southeast Asian countries -Senate experience -Identity -Cambodia -Vietnam -North -South 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-1 (cont.) ************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [National Security] [Duration: 3s ] LAOS END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO.2 ************************************************************************** -South Vietnam presidential elections -Dole's meetings -Nguyen Cao Ky -Nguyen Van Thieu -Duong Van Minh -Withdrawal of candidacy -Effect -South Vietnam election -US role -Guarantee of free elections -Congressional elections -Thieu -Electoral process -Ballots -Negative voting -Announcement on television Foreign affairs -Nations gaining independence after World War II -Number with Governments in power due to contested elections -Uncontested elections, contested free elections -Governments -Africa -Attica prison -Latin America -Chile 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-1 (cont.) -Colombia -Venezuela -India -Pakistan -Ceylon -South Vietnam elections -US role -Congressional elections -Development of electoral process -Choices -South Vietnam compared with North Vietnam -Two-Party System -Development -France -Italy -Great Britain -United States -Commonwealth countries -British-American phenomenon -Europeans Vietnam elections -Candidates -The South -1948 US elections -Nominations Vietnam -Dole's trip -Meeting with Gen. Creighton W. Abrams -Meeting with Ellsworth F. Bunker -Dinner with South Vietnamese Senators -Political situation in South Vietnam -Effect on US Senate -Reduction of US economic aid -Troop withdrawal -Understanding of US political system -Drug program -Urinalysis -Prisoner of war camps -School attendance 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-1 (cont.) -Diet -Visitors -Food -Health care -Cambodia -Military training -Cambodians -Spirit -Thailand Japan -Dole's visit with Armin H. Meyer -Announcement [Economic Stabilization, September 9, 1971] -Japanese reaction -US position -Economy -Competition Evaluation of Dole's trip to the Far East -J. William Fulbright -George S. McGovern -The President's announcement -Troop withdrawals Dole's meeting with Republican Governors' Conference -Support for 90-day wage and price freeze -Spiro T. Agnew -Congressional support -Public support -Wage increase -Government -Public opinion -Labor leaders -Support for freeze -Poll on issue reaction -Released during Dole's trip to Far East -Copy for Dole -Use of poll -California -National poll by Opinion Research Corporation [ORC] -Use by the President at 90-day freeze meetings 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-1 (cont.) -Surcharge -Deferral of wages -Wage and price freeze -Dole's public appearances in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Virginia -Response to program -Republicans An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 12:37 pm. Request by Haldeman The unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:12 pm. Wage and price freeze program -Labor -Wage increase -Farmers -Possible wheat sales to People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Dole's visit to Kansas -Support for program -Decisionmaking -Farmers -Bryce N. Harlow -Clifford N. Hardin -Work -Farmers -Hardin -Orville L. Freeman -Ezra Taft Benson -Work -Freeman -Benson -Meeting with the Associated Milk Producers, September 3, 1971 -Support from dairy industry -Administration action -Democrats -Wilbur D. Mills’ sponsorship of bill -Number attending meeting in Chicago -Comparison with Republicans -Bipartisan -Hardin 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-1 (cont.) -Milk prices -Support from Dole -Support for administration ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 7m 47s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ********************************************************************** Busing -Boston rally -Charles W. Colson -Michigan -Pontiac -Boston -Blacks -Pickets -Whites -Louise Day Hicks, Mills -Issue in the South -North -South -Situation -Reaction in the North -Local schools -Connecticut Democrats -William Proxmire -Statements -Partisanship -Economy -Dole's conversation with Franklyn C. (“Lyn”) Nofziger 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-1 (cont.) -Colson's response to Edmund S. Muskie's statement -Muskie -Presidential candidate -Proxmire -Suggestions on the President's welfare reform proposals -Economy -Democrat line -Colson's remarks -Muskie's statements -Black Vice Presidential candidate -Busing -Time magazine article An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 12:37 pm. Delivery of item The unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:12 pm. Muskie -Time’s response to statements -Comparison between the President and Muskie -Black Vice Presidential candidate -Busing -Nixon as candidate -Public reaction -Colson's point -Administration strategy -McGovern -Call to Dole's office -Effect of Muskie's statement -The President's record -Black Vice Presidential candidate -American people -Voting -Race -Religion -Busing 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-1 (cont.) Issues -The economy -Election issue -Vietnam War -Speeches -World leader role of the President -PRC initiative -Peacemaker -Election strategy -Republican Party [GOP] -"Generation of Peace" -Republican audiences -PRC initiative -Vietnam -Administration achievements -McGovern -Vietnam War -Trip to Paris -Negotiate an independent settlement -Viet Cong's [VC] peace proposal -News story -Fixed withdrawal date -Return of Prisoners of War [POWs] -Effectiveness -Families of POWs -Meeting in Washington, DC -Ambassador William J. Porter -Response -Political visitors -Vermont -Robert T. Stafford -Deane C. Davis 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-1 (cont.) ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 2m 43s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ********************************************************************** Republican National Committee [RNC] -Economy -Speechwriters -White House -The President's speech "State of the Economy" -Speechwriting -Presidential candidates -Muskie -Gerald R. Ford -Unknown person -Speechwriters -Support for the President -Nofziger -Additional staff -The economy The President's request of Haig -Number of independent countries since World War II -Government as a result of fair contested elections Dole and Haig left at 1:12 pm. Dole Refreshment The President left and Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 1:12 pm. Refreshment 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-1 (cont.) Sanchez's schedule Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:15 pm. Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 1:12 pm. The President's location Copies -Number of people The President entered at an unknown time after 1:12 pm. Butterfield left at an unknown time before 1:15 pm. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 1m 17s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 ********************************************************************** The President talked with John B. Connally between 1:15 pm and 1:16 pm. [Conversation No. 571-1A] [See Conversation No. 8-111] [End of telephone conversation] Connally -Meeting with business leaders -Connally's performance 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-1 (cont.) An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 1:16 pm. The unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:31 pm. Connally -George P. Shultz The President's schedule -Cabinet wives -Martha (Beall) Mitchell -Lenore L. Romney -John A. Volpe Business leaders' meeting -Reaction -Presentation of program -Connally's performance -Investment tax credit -Small businessmen -Remarks -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -Praise of women -Six Crises -Praise of businessmen -Leader class The President's speech to Congress, September 9, 1971 -Washington Post editorial -Hobart D. Rowen -The President's rhetoric -Congressional speech -Reaction -Reaction -James C. Hagerty -David M. Kennedy -Paul C. Bartholomew -University of Notre Dame -Speech -References to American spirit -News commentators -John A. Mayer 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-1 (cont.) -Rhetoric -Cambodian Operation (1970) -Mayer -Mellon National Bank -President's leadership -Press criticism of the US -Agnew -Role -The President's substitute -Gen. Charles A.J.M. De Gaulle -Agnew -Comparison to the President's speeches -Building up the country -Richard A. Moore -Analysis of the President's speech to Joint Session -The President's level of leadership -The President’s August 15, 1971 speech -National unity -Revival of national pride -Criticism of intellectuals -Rhetoric -Congress -Country built-up -"Speech doctor" -The President's speechmaking Labor Day speech -Work ethic -Reaction -Editorials -Hobart Lewis -Magazines -Time, Newsweek The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 1:31 pm. [Conversation No. 571-1B] [See Conversation No. 8-112] 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-1 (cont.) Call to Rockefeller [End of telephone conversation] Rockefeller -Previous call to the President -Ehrlichman's return call -Attica state prison riots -Death tolls -Guards -Prisoners -New York Times -Amnesty -Thomas Grey Wicker -Negotiators -William M. Kunstler Race -Busing, work, welfare -The President's position -George C. Wallace -Black support -Militants Leonard Bernstein -Mass -Cocktail party -Black Panthers -Press coverage -Kennedy Center -Time -Photographs -Cabinet wives -Dress -September 13, 1971 meeting -Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis -Bernstein's actions -Kissing -Unknown man -European tradition 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-1 (cont.) -Jewish families -Latin Americans' "Abrazo" -French -Kennedy Center -Failure -New York Times review -Bernstein -Harold C. Schonberg The President talked with Rockefeller between 1:31 pm and 1:38 pm. [Conversation No. 571-1C] [See Conversation No. 8-113] [End of telephone conversation] Attica state prison riot -Death tolls -Prisoners -Guards -Prisoners -Blacks -Puerto Ricans -Amnesty -New York Times -Rockefeller's decision -Support -Negotiations -Concessions -San Quentin prison breakout attempt, August 1971 -Black prisoners' complaints -Treatment -Grievances -Revolution -Rockefeller -Russell G. Oswald -Prison reformers -Model prison -Model state prison -San Quentin prison breakout attempt 16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-1 (cont.) -Riots in model prisons -San Quentin's prison breakout attempt -Death tolls -Governor’s role -Duration of riots -Compared with Attica -Alcatraz -Federal prison -Causes -Permissiveness -Campuses -Blacks Protests -National antiwar moratorium -Date -Demonstrators -Washington, DC -San Francisco -New York -National Peace Action Coalition -People's Coalition for Peace And Justice -Plans -Time -Permits -US District Court rulings -Underground press -Issue focus -Prison reform -Civil rights -Vietnam War -Environment -Prison reforms -Comparison to Indians -Editorials -Effect on youth -Comparison to Selma and Mobile, Alabama civil rights marchers 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-1 (cont.) -Revolutionary point of view -Prisoners -Blacks -Militants Cabinet meeting -Briefers -Shultz -Arnold R. Weber -Connally -Rogers -Cabinet members' wives -Reaction -Meeting -Administration ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 [National Security] [Duration: 44s ] SAUDI ARABIA END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 ********************************************************************** The President’s schedule -Edwin Hoyt -Book -Meeting with the President and Mrs. Nixon -Previous meetings -Ancestry of the President -Meeting with Mrs. Nixon 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-1 (cont.) International Seminar on Illicit Drug Traffic and Abuse -Meeting in Washington, DC -Participants from foreign nations -Law enforcement specialists -Possible meeting with the President -Presidential statement on international drug program -Location -Cabinet Room The President's schedule -Allen J. Ellender -Chicken gumbo social -Birthday -Mrs. Nixon -Senators' wives -The President's attendance -Forthcoming Domestic Council meeting -Ehrlichman's previous conversation with the President - Agnew -The President's attendance -Meeting of elected state and local officials, September 16, 1971 -National Governors' Conference -National Association of County Officers -US Conference of Mayors -National League of Cities -National Legislative Conference -Revenue sharing -The Vice President's role -State and local government -Domestic policy -The President's participation -Cabinet -Revenue sharing -The President's attendance -Vice President National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia -Dole -Meeting in Washington, DC -Decision on non-political status -Administration position 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-1 (cont.) -Number of attendees -Dinner, September 28, 1971 -Melvin R. Laird -The President's attendance -Original schedule -Mamie G.D. Eisenhower's dinner -Conflict in scheduling -The President's statement -Prisoners of war [POWs] Mrs. Eisenhower -Medal of Freedom -Eleanor Roosevelt -Recognition -Queen Mother’s role -First Lady -Role -Medal of Freedom recipient -Kennedys -Manlio Brosio -Lynda Johnson Robb -Claudia A. (“Lady Bird”) Johnson -Compared with Mrs. Eisenhower -Mrs. Eisenhower's attendance at symphony -The President's arrival -Public response to Mrs. Eisenhower -Magazines -Time -Remark about Rose Kennedy - Bernstein -Birthday -Eisenhower College Fund -Medal of Freedom recipients -Lyndon B. Johnson -Merriman Smith -White House staff Williams Commission -Appointments 20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-1 (cont.) The President's schedule -Black event -National Business Week -Booker T. Washington Symbol of Service Award -Presentation to the President -Colson's view -The President's attendance -Location of convention -Richmond, Virginia -Number of attendees -Shultz's view -American Cancer Society dinner -Elmer H. Bobst -Elliot L. Richardson -Cancer research program -Funds -National Institutes of Health [NIH] -Appointment -Speeches -Annual awards banquet -Waldorf-Astoria Hotel -New York City -Bobst -Mary Lasker -The President's presentation of awards -The President's message -Conquest of cancer -Number of attendees -The President's attendance -The President's cancer program -Visit to New York City -Richardson as surrogate speaker -The President's presentation of awards -Bobst -The President's attendance -Conflict with schedule -The previous trips to New York City -Speechmaking visits -Lyndon Johnson -Al Smith Dinner -Future visits 21 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-1 (cont.) -Advance notice -Award banquet -Terence Cardinal Cook -Henry Cabot Lodge -The President's appearance -Richardson -Thanksgiving plans for the President and Mrs. Nixon -Lucy A. Winchester -California -Presidential Thanksgiving dinner -California -Dedication of the Eisenhower Memorial Hospital -Invitations to the President -Number An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 1:38 pm. Delivery of item The unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:58 pm. Schedule -The President's consultation on invitations Connally meeting -Reaction William F. (“Billy”) Graham -Contributions -Economy -Relationships -Public manner -Receiving lines -Compared to the President -Touching White House church service -Visitors -Treaty Room -Lincoln Sitting Room -Queen's Bedroom 22 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-1 (cont.) -Drawing Room -Mrs. Nixon -Public demands *********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8 [Privacy] [Duration: 51s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8 ********************************************************************** The President's schedule -Preparation for meeting -Hardin -Offer of resignation -John N. Mitchell -September 14, 1971 -Michael J. Mansfield -The President's meetings with Robert H. Finch and Donald H. Rumsfeld -National Health Education Foundation -Camp David -Arrangements -Invitations -Apollo XV Astronauts -Vice President and Elinor I. Agnew -Newspaper editors meeting [September 25, 1971] -Panel session -Questions -Members of panels -Audience -Question and answer [Q&A] session 23 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-1 (cont.) -Television -Media coverage -Peter G. Peterson -[Williams Commission] The President and Haldeman left at an unknown time before 2:58 pm.