Conversation: 585-007
Prev: 585-006 Next: 585-008Start Date: 5-Oct-1971 3:59 PM
End Date: 5-Oct-1971 4:02 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Mitchell, John N.; Colson, Charles W.; Sanchez, Manolo; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Kissinger, Henry A.; White House operator; Connally, John B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:54:01
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:26:01
NARA Description:
On October 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, Charles W. Colson, Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:59 pm to 4:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 585-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 585-7
Date: October 5, 1971
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Time: 3:59 pm - 4:02 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with John N. Mitchell.
[Conversation No. 585-7A]
[See Conversation No. 10-42]
Charles W. Colson entered at 3:59 pm.
[End of telephone conversation]
Conversation with Joseph L. Vicites and Cooper T. Holt
-Political importance
-George Meany
-Vicites
- Floyd [?] Henderson
Vietnam
-Media
-South Vietnam election
People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Trip
-Louis P. Harris
Vicites
-Support for the President
-George S. McGovern, Edmund S. Muskie, Edward M. Kennedy
-Possible statement
-Prisoners of War [POWs]
Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW]
-Herbert R. (“Chief”) Rainwater
-Responsibilities
-Raymond A. Gallagher
Barry M. Goldwater
-Press
-Support for the President
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 585-7 (cont.)
Colson's schedule
-Phase II effort
-George P. Shultz
The President's speech October 7, 1971
-Boards
-Price increases
-Windfall profits
-World competitive situation
-Administration position
-John B. Connally
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 3:59 pm.
Schedule
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:00 pm.
-Connally
The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman at an unknown time between 3:59 pm and
4:00 pm.
[Conversation No. 585-7B]
Request for meeting
[End of telephone conversation]
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 4:00 pm.
Maurice H. Stans
Proposed Connally press conference, October 8, 1971
-Herbert Stein, Paul W. McCracken
Henry A. Kissinger entered at 4:12 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 585-7 (cont.)
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[National Security]
[Duration: 20s ]
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA [PRC]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Robert C. Byrd amendment
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Hugh Scott
-Actions
-William P. Rogers
PRC
-Bush
-American policies
-UN
-Announcement in PRC
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[National Security]
[Duration: 13s ]
PRC
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 585-7 (cont.)
-Chinese women
-Japanese
Announcement of Kissinger's PRC trip
-South Vietnamese elections
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-North Vietnam actions
-Cambodian border
-New York Times and Washington Post
-Bush
PRC
-Chou En-lai
-Meeting with he President
-W. Averill Harriman
-Muskie
-Harriman
-Soviets
-Hanoi
-Peking press
-Nickoloi V. Podgorny’s visit
Vietnam
-POW wives
-President’s peace efforts
-Possible airstrikes
-Goldwater
-Peking, Moscow
-Commentary in press
-News magazines
-Today Show
-Marvin Kalb
Kissinger left at 4:23 pm.
Economy
-Connally
-Press conference
Rogers
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 585-7 (cont.)
Connally
-Schedule
The President talked with White House operator at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:26
pm.
[Conversation No. 585-7C]
[See Conversation No. 10-43]
[End of telephone conversation]
The President talked with John B. Connally between 4:26 pm and 4:30 pm.
[Conversation No. 585-7D]
[See Conversation No. 10-44]
[End of telephone conversation]
-Evening news
The President's schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Tun Abdul Razak
Haldeman, et al. left at 4:33 pm