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Conversation: 579-007

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Start Date: 28-Sep-1971 3:06 PM

End Date: 28-Sep-1971 3:15 PM

Participants:

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

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:14:08

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:21:41

579a.mp3

579b.mp3

579c.mp3

NARA Description:

On September 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:06 pm to 3:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 579-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 579-7

Date: September 28, 1971
Time: 3:06 pm - 3:15 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

     The President's schedule
          -Forthcoming event with National League of Families convention
               -Time

     Funeral of Justice Hugo L. Black
          -Unknown Unitarian minister
                -Euology
                -John N. Mitchell
                -John D. Ehrlichman
                -Strict construction
          -Length of service
          -Justice John M. Harlan
                -The President's attendance
          -Justice Thurgood Marshall
          -The President's attendance at Justice Black's funeral
                -Reaction
                      -Impact
                      -The President's position
                            -Staff
                      -Compared to White House correspondents' event
                -Ehrlichman
                -Relationship between administration and Supreme Court

     Supreme Court
          -Justice Black
                -Influence
                      -Justice Potter Stewart

     The President’s schedule
          -Tenure of Gen. Lewis B. Hershey
          -Kennedy family
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                           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. 10/06)
                                                                Conv. No. 579-7 (cont.)


     Funeral for Justice Black
          -Wording of service
                -Rhetoric
          -Justice Black
                -Political stance
          -Ehrlichman
          -Richard A. Moore
          -Leonard Garment
          -Conservatives

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:06 pm.

     The President's schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 3:15 pm.

     Funeral for Justice Black
          -Reasons for the President's attendance
                -Ehrlichman and Moore
          -Mitchell
          -Press corps
                -Ronald L. Ziegler
          -Escorts for the President
          -Value to the President's attendance
                -Patrick J. Buchanan
          -The President’s handwritten note
          -Liberals

The President and Haldeman left at 3:15 pm.
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                             NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                       Tape Subject Log
                                         (rev. 10/06)