Conversation: 591-002
Prev: 591-001 Next: 591-003Start Date: 13-Oct-1971 3:44 PM
End Date: 13-Oct-1971 5:18 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]; Woods, Rose Mary; Colson, Charles W.; Bull, Stephen B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:02:55
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:30:36
NARA Description:
On October 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Rose Mary Woods, Charles W. Colson, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:44 pm to 5:18 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 591-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 591-2
Date: October 13, 1971
Time: 3:44 pm - 5:18 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
The President's schedule
-Presentation of diplomatic credentials
-The President's proposal for changes
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Family
-Photograph
-State Department Protocol officer
-Dinner guests
-After dinner guests
-Toast
-Receiving line
-Marshal Josef Broz Tito
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 3:44 pm.
Item for the President
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 3:53 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/10)
Conv. No. 591-2 (cont.)
The President's schedule
-Rose Mary Woods
-Handshakes
-Reception on October 13, 1971 for Citizen's for a New Prosperity
-Support for the President’s economic program
Economy
-Wages
The President's schedule
-Handshakes
-Church services
-Reception line
-Press
-S. Douglas Cornell
-Unknown woman
-Helen A. Thomas
-Press photographs of marriage
-National chairmen
-Visits to cities
-North Carolina
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
Woods entered at 3:53 pm.
-Ambassadors
-Goldthwaite H. Dorr
-Leonard Garment
-Refreshments
-Reception
-Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-Schedule
-Logistics
-Son
-New York
-John H. Alexander
-Reception on October 13, 1971
-Citizens for a New Prosperity
-Racing drivers
-Lewis
-Doar
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/10)
Conv. No. 591-2 (cont.)
-Gift presentation
-Stephen B. Bull
-Woods
-Garment
-Supreme Court appointments
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Supreme Court appointment
-Jewel S. LaFontant
-Professional experience
-Judge
-William P. Rogers
-Chicago
-Republican
-Thurgood Marshall
-Requirements
-Sammy Davis, Jr.
The President's schedule
-Doar
-Garment
-Mrs. Nixon
-Woods
-Dr. W. Kenneth Riland
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
Woods left at 3:58 pm.
Supreme Court
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/10)
Conv. No. 591-2 (cont.)
The President's schedule
-Receptions
-State visits
-Trips to the People's Republic of China [PRC] and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
[USSR]
-Europe
-Great Britain
-France
-Henry A. Kissinger's activities
-Handshakes
-Dwight D. Eisenhower administration
-White House staff
-Sherman Adams
-Reception on October 13, 1971
-John B. Connally
-Kissinger
-Camp Hoover
Haldeman left and Charles W. Colson and Louis Harris entered at 4:06 pm.
The President's previous meeting with ambassadors
-Chair
Polls
-Polling techniques
-Colson
-Economy
-Phase II
-Phase I
-Labor
-George Meany
-Frank E. Fitzsimmons
-I. W. Abel
-American people
-Membership
An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 4:06 pm.
Refreshments
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/10)
Conv. No. 591-2 (cont.)
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 5:18 pm.
Labor
-Leadership
-Interests
-Wage demand
-Construction union
-Patriotism
-Jobs
-Depression
Inflation
-Percentages
-Compared with previous years
-Compared with previous nations
-Japan, Great Britain, Germany, Italy
An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 4:06 pm.
[Unintelligible]
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 5:18 pm.
National economy
-Indianapolis
-Joseph W. Alsop
-Stewart J.O. Alsop
-Loss of television sets
-Popular perceptions
-Borrowing
-Household Finance Corporation
-Time payments
-Interest rates
-Devaluation of the dollar
-Gold standard
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Popular approval of the President's politics
-Upturn of the economy
-Automobile workers strike
-Christmas buying spree
-Money
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/10)
Conv. No. 591-2 (cont.)
-Saving accounts
-Harris’ views
An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 4:06 pm.
Refreshments
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 5:18 pm.
Economy
-Cabinet
-Politics
-Connally
-John A. Volpe
-George H. Romney
-Labor
-George Meany
-Leonard Woodcock
-Alternatives
-Leadership support
-Compulsory controls
-Public board
-Pay Board
-Steel
-George P. Shultz's comments
-Canada
-Labor
-Alternatives
-Canada
-Connally's comments
-Wage and price controls
-Price Board
-Consumer Price Index [CPI]
-Wholesale Price Index
Polls
-Accuracy
-Colson
-Haldeman
-Definitions
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/10)
Conv. No. 591-2 (cont.)
Ambassadors
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Commerce Department
-Personnel
-Statisticians
-Compared with polling organizations
-Census Bureau
-Government employees
National economy
-Prices
-Compliance rate
-Food
-Dr. [Forename unknown] Teller's statistics
-Georgetown University
-Factors
-Albert E. Sindlinger
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-The President's accomplishments
-Announcement of Soviet Summit
-Economic policy
-Phase II
US foreign policy
-Summits
-The President’s view
-Interest
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/10)
Conv. No. 591-2 (cont.)
-PRC trip
-Long-term interests
-USSR trip
-Berlin
-Middle East
-Arms control
-PRC
-Effect
-Harris’ assessment
-US and Soviet relations
-Latitude for US Presidential action
-Soviets
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:06 pm.
The President's schedule
-Reception
Bull left at an unknown time before 5:18 pm.
US foreign relations
-Middle East
-Harris’ assessment
-Israel
-Suez Canal
-Golda Meir
-Soviet tensions with the West
-PRC
-Negotiations with the US
-Middle East
-Southeast Asia
-PRC
-India and Pakistan
-Mao Tse Tung
-Thailand
-Korea
-Malaysia
-Burma
-Indonesia
-Japanese
-Chinese
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/10)
Conv. No. 591-2 (cont.)
-Southeast Asia
-Mao Tse Tung
-Japanese
-Taiwan
-Japan
-Soviet views
-Siberia
-Copper development
Polls
-Media
-Presidential standing
-Trial heats
-Confidence in groups across the country
-Supreme Court
-Doctors
-Educators
-Bankers
-Religious leaders
-Businessmen
-Scientists
-Governmental groups
-Press
-Labor leaders
-Contrast with 1966
-Presidential objectives
-PRC
-USSR
-Economy
-Peace
-Effects on polls
-The President's standing
-Peace
-PRC
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/10)
Conv. No. 591-2 (cont.)
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Polls
-Busing
-Blame
-Racial balance
-Congress
-Supreme Court
-South
-Black-White issue
Prejudice
-Edward G. Muskie
-Statement
-Vice President
-Politics
-Edward W. Brooke
-Harris's past survey
-New York
-Jacob K. Javits
-Ralph J. Bunche
-Brooke
-The President's 1968 experience
-Chicago
-Jews
-Javits
-Ticket balancing
-Vice President
-John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11
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[Duration: 5m 28s ]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/10)
Conv. No. 591-2 (cont.)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11
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Harris's schedule
Gift presentation
The President's schedule
-Colson's schedule
The President, et al. left at 5:18 pm.