Conversation: 580-016
Prev:  580-015 Next: 580-017Start Date: 29-Sep-1971 1:15 PM
End Date: 29-Sep-1971 1:35 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:27:49
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:50:41
NARA Description:
On September 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:15 pm to 1:35 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 580-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 580-16 Date: September 29, 1971 Time: 1:15 pm - 1:35 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. 31 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) The President's schedule -Haldeman's conversation with John B. Connally -Meeting with the President -Position papers -Timing -Arthur F. Burns -Date -Time -Papers from Herbert Stein, Burns -Political considerations -[Phase II] -Presentation -Florida trip -Advance notice -Ronald L. Ziegler -George P. Shultz -Working period -Review of papers by the President -Connally -Location during the President's trip -Florida -Shultz -Residence during visit -Season -Key Biscayne US foreign policies -William P. Rogers -Forthcoming People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip -Agenda -Preparation -Meetings -The President's approach compared to others -Focus of meetings -Discussion and decisionmaking -Questions and answers -Rogers Henry A. Kissinger’s forthcoming PRC trip -Dwight L. Chapin -Advance work for trip 32 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 580-16 (cont.) -Relationship with Kissinger -Qualifications -Rogers -UN debate on China seat -Press coverage -Rogers -Chapin -John A. Scali -Press coverage -Control of press -Kissinger's experience from previous trips -Number of press men -Reaction by the PRC -Publicity -Robert H. Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld -Rogers Latin America trip -Rogers -Finch -Latin American reaction to US economic policy -Party with Latin American Ambassadors -State Department -Comparison to Nelson A. Rockefeller trip The President’s forthcoming trips -Herbert G. Klein -Trip to the PRC -Handling press -Previous Soviet trip -Scali, Ziegler -Trip to the USSR -Trip to the PRC -Visitors from the US -Cabinet members -Senators -Labor leaders -Youth leaders -Blacks -Doctors -Scientists 33 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 580-16 (cont.) -Businessmen -College presidents -The President's previous trip to the USSR, 1959 -Hyman G. Rickover, Milton S. Eisenhower -Trip to the PRC -Rogers -Kissinger -The President Kissinger’s forthcoming PRC trip -Role -Trip to the PRC to arrange the presidential summit -Discussion with Chou En-lai -Options -State Department -Rogers -Handling of the President's other trips -Foreign policy negotiations Connally -The President's meeting with Pierre-Paul Schweitzer -Burns -Handling of International Monetary Fund [IMF] and international banking officials Burns -Call to Haldeman -Protocol at IMF dinner -Cabinet rank -State Department -Federal Reserve Board [FRB] chairman -Burns and ranking status -Connally's views -Reception line for IMF reception -Possible conversation between Connally and Haldeman IMF reception -The President's attendance -Connally's attendance -Rogers's attendance -Attendance 34 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 580-16 (cont.) -Connally -Rogers in receiving line -Burns -Protocol Burns -Protocol concerns -Approach -Kissinger -Attitude of some people The President's schedule -PRC and USSR trip -Klein -Ziegler -Press -Journalists accompanying the President on the PRC and USSR trips -Trip to the USSR -Klein -USSR -Press coverage -Television coverage -Networks -Number of people Kissinger and the National Security Council [NSC] staff -Briefing papers -Preparation of materials for the President's meetings -Peter G. Peterson -John D. Ehrlichman's staff -Kissinger's staff -Kissinger's background -Type of information The President's presentation to Manlio Brosio -Press coverage -Brosio's comments about the President -The President as world Statesman Book by Edith Efron [The News Twisters] -Promotional sales 35 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 580-16 (cont.) -Roscoe Drummond's column -Network coverage -Luncheon -Patrick J. Buchanan -Hugh Scott's comments to the President -Drummond's column -Network coverage -American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC] -Hubert H. Humphrey -Congressional -Federal Trade Commission [FTC] -Federal Communications Commission [FCC] -Reactions -Congressional action -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] affiliates PRC trip -Attendance on trip -Rogers -Press coverage -Planning of meetings on trip -Logistics of trip -Rogers -Chapin -Marshall Green The President and Haldeman left at 1:35 pm.