Conversation: 602-001
Prev:  601-037 Next: 602-002Start Date: 26-Oct-1971 9:01 AM
End Date: 26-Oct-1971 11:09 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Agnew, Spiro T. (Vice President); Sanchez, Manolo; White House operator; Flanigan, Peter M.; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:00:31
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:41:23
NARA Description:
On October 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Alexander P. Butterfield, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Peter M. Flanigan, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:01 am and 11:09 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 602-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 601-36/602-1 Date: October 26, 1971 Time: Unknown between 9:01 am and 11:09 am Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. [This recording begins in progress at an unknown time after 9:01 am] The President's forthcoming trip to the People's Republic of China [PRC] -Staff size -Television coverage -John A. Scali The President's schedule -Josip Broz Tito -Florida -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Indira Gandhi Media -Backgrounders -White House staff -Ronald L. Ziegler -Scali -John D. Ehrlichman -Henry A. Kissinger -Supreme Court appointments -The President’s view -Bureau chiefs -Kissinger The President's schedule -Florida -Prime Minister William McMahon Public relations -Photograph of the President with Nikita S. Khrushchev in kitchen debate -Leonid I. Brezhnev -[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II -Haig -Ziegler, Scali 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 601-36/602-1 (cont.) -Brezhnev -Possible release to press The President's forthcoming trip to PRC -Advance Party -Dwight L. Chapin -Kissinger -William P. Rogers -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -European Security Conference -Proposed European trip -North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] -Kissinger Interpersonal staff relations -Kissinger -Rogers -Unnamed member of Kissinger's staff -Trip to Moscow -Role Presidential press conference -Timing -Discussion of troop announcement -Taiwan -Troop withdrawal announcement -White House staff -Clark MacGregor Spiro T. Agnew -Travel -Possible future travel -The President’s view -Greece -Length of trip An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 9:01 am. Delivery of item The unknown person left at an unknown time before 10:00 am. 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 601-36/602-1 (cont.) Agnew -Possible future travel The President's schedule -Previous meeting with governors -USSR US foreign policy -Public relations -Presidential visits to foreign countries -India-Pakistan -George H. Gallup -Louis P. Harris -United Nations [UN] vote on Taiwan expulsion -Patrick J. Buchanan -Rogers -Haig -Ronald W. Reagan -Telephone call to the President -Possible meeting with the President -Foreign trips on behalf of the President -UN vote -Kissinger -US efforts regarding UN vote -Presidential telephone calls -Argentina -Morocco -Mexico -Italy -Mexico -Africa The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 9:01 am and 10:00 am. [Conversation No. 601-36/602-1C] [End of telephone conversation] Public relations 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 601-36/602-1 (cont.) -Administration efforts -Economy Economy -John B. Connally -Donald H. Rumsfeld -George P. Shultz -Paul W. McCracken -George H. Boldt -Buchanan An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 9:01 am. Kissinger's schedule The unknown person left at an unknown time before 10:00 am. The President's schedule -Kissinger, forthcoming meeting -Haig Economy -Arthur F. Burns -Shultz -Wage and price freeze -John F. Kennedy administration -Charles W. Colson Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's schedule -Forthcoming trip to Africa -Announcement -Constance M. Stuart -Timing -Itinerary -Liberia -Rogers, Kissinger The President talked with Haig between 9:44 am and 9:46 am. [Conversation No. 601-36/602-1D] 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 601-36/602-1 (cont.) The President's schedule -Conference with Haldeman -African leader -Ghana -UN vote on Taiwan The President's schedule -Reschedule meeting -Kofi A. Busia Supreme Court nominees -Buchanan The President's forthcoming trip to People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Buchanan -White House position -Possible attendance -Kissinger -Private meeting with Chinese leaders -Rogers -Kissinger -The President’s meeting with Mao Tse-Tung -Kissinger -Chou En-Lai -Kissinger -Media coverage -News summary Media -Columnists -Smith Hempstone, Jr. -[Forename unknown] Lyle -Dick Wilson -[Forename unknown] Gould -John F. Osborne -Peter Lisagor -New York Times -James B. (“Scotty”) Reston -The President’s instructions -Relationship with administration -Kissinger 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 601-36/602-1 (cont.) -Knoxville Journal -Chicago Tribune -Frank Van der Linden -Rogers US foreign policy -UN -Domestic concerns -Rogers -George H. W. Bush -The President’s view -Timing of vote -1972 Presidential election -The President's forthcoming trips to Moscow and Peking -1972 election -Mao Tse-Tung -Taiwan -Brezhnev -Aleksei N. Kosygin -Public reaction -Domestic concerns -Youth -Cold War -MacGregor -House -Senate -Congressional leadership Secretary of Commerce -Maurice H. Stans -Peter M. Flanigan -Peter G. Peterson -Connally Secretary of Agriculture -Bryce N. Harlow -Clarence D. Palmby -Clifford M. Hardin -Earl L. Butz -Ezra Taft Benson -Harlow 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 601-36/602-1 (cont.) -Albert H. Quie -Buchanan Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 9:57 am. The President's schedule -Agnew -Connally -Forthcoming meeting Butterfield left at 9:59 am. -Kissinger -Connally -Executive Office Building [EOB] -Reagan -Forthcoming telephone call Spiro T. Agnew entered and Haldeman left at 10:00 am. Greetings Photographs Agnew's visit to Greece Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 10:00 am. Refreshments Sanchez left at an unknown time before 10:15 am. Agnew's schedule -Visit to Greece -Press coverage -Agnew’s visit to ancestral hometown -Associated Press [AP] and United Press International [UPI] -Crete -Rhodes -George Papadopoulos -Greek newspapers 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 601-36/602-1 (cont.) -Reaction -Walter Trohan Butterfield entered at 10:03 am. Press Butterfield left at an unknown time before 10:06 am. Butterfield and members of the press entered at an unknown time after 10:03 am. Photographs Butterfield, et al. left at 10:06 am. Agnew's visit to Greece -Recounting of conversations US foreign relations -Greece -Cypress -Agnew’s memorandum to the President -King Constantine II -Thomas A. Pappas -Agnew’s view -Dwight D. Eisenhower administration -Possible return to Greece -Papadopoulos -State Department -News summary -Rogers -The President’s view -Tito -Yugoslavian press -NATO -The President's schedule -King Constantine -King Paul -The President’s previous meeting in 1963 -King Constantine -Italy 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 601-36/602-1 (cont.) -George Papandreou -Andreas Papandreou -Papadopoulos -Henry J. Tasca -State Department -State visit -Agnew's trip to Greece -Tasca -Agnew’s view Agnew's schedule -Singapore -US ambassador -Rogers -Kuwait -US ambassador Haig. talked with the President between 10:15 am and 10:16 am. [Conversation No. 601-36/602-1E] [See Conversation No. 13-3] [End of telephone conversation] Agnew's schedule -Charles T. Cross -Rogers -Haig -Kissinger The President talked with White House operator at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 10:17 am. [Conversation No. 601-36/602-1f] [See Conversation No. 13-4] [End of telephone conversation] Us foreign policy 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 601-36/602-1 (cont.) -UN vote on Taiwan expulsion -The President’s efforts -Argentina -Mexico -Italy -Morocco -King Hassan II -Rogers, Bush -Ireland -Great Britain -Airline issue -African nations -The President’s view The President talked with Peter M. Flanigan between 10:17 am and 10:18 am. [Conversation no. 601-36/602-1g] [See Conversation No. 13-5; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation] [End of telephone conversation] UN vote on Taiwan expulsion -Singapore -Lee Kuan Yew -Malaysia -Laos -Taiwan -US policy -UN -Congressional appropriations -The President’s view -Rogers -Connally -Multilateral Assistance Program -Changes -Rogers Haig talked with the President at an unknown time between 10:18 am and 11:09 am. [Conversation No. 601-36/602-1H] 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 601-36/602-1 (cont.) [See Conversation No. 13-6] [End of telephone conversation] US foreign relations -African nations -Latin American nations -US aid -PRC -Soviets -UN vote on Taiwan expulsion -Taiwan -Administration’s position -Peking -Portugal -South Africa -Greece -Mexico -The President's telephone conversation with Luis Alvarez Echeverria -US efforts -PRC -Italians -British -French -Canadians -NATO countries -Council of World Government -Human rights -Greece -Chinese -Greece -Yugoslavia -Romania -Spain -Brazil -Emilio Garrastuzu Medici -Uruguay -Chile -UN vote on Taiwan expulsion -Shah of Iran 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 601-36/602-1 (cont.) -Douglas MacArthur, II -The President’s view -Congress -Charles McC. Mathias -UN budget -Taiwan -PRC -Agnew's conversation with Haile Selassie -Conversation with Mao Tse-Tung, Chou En-Lai -Mao Tse-Tung -Middle East -Anwar el-Sadat -Shah -Sinai -Golda Meir -State Department -Israel -US aid Agnew's travels -Kuwait -Saudi Arabia Middle East -Arab leaders -Sadat -Relations with USSR -Shah’s proposal -Sinai -UN -Israel India-Pakistan situation -Indira Gandhi -Visit to US -India -Pakistan -The President’s view -US aid to India -Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan -Sheik Mujibar Rahman 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 601-36/602-1 (cont.) -Possible release US foreign relations -UN -Rogers -Domestic concerns -PRC -Taiwan -Agnew's comment at National Security Council [NSC] meeting -PRC, USSR -NATO countries -Netherlands -Belgium -Norway -Denmark -France -Vietnam -The president's schedule -Connally -Surcharge US foreign relations -Japan -Germany Supreme Court appointments -Nominees -William H. Rehnquist -Civil rights record -Confirmation by Senate -Thurgood Marshall -William J. Brennan -Lewis F. Powell, Jr. -Confirmation hypothetical situations -William Kunstler -W. Ramsey Clark -Dean of Harvard Law School -Edward H. Levi -Administration position Vietnam 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 601-36/602-1 (cont.) -House of Representatives vote -Possible press questions -Administration time-table -US casualties -Administration's opponents -Administration's program -Hugh Scott -South Vietnam -Prisoners of war [POWs] -Negotiations -Soviets, PRC -Relations with North Vietnamese -POWs -Congress -Cambodia, Laos -State Department -Leaks -Agnew's statement -Rogers US foreign relations -Greece -US aid -Agnew's conversation with relative -Human rights -Congress -World Council -NATO countries -Papadopoulos -Agnew’s view -Possible visit to US -Domestic political implications -Edmund S. Muskie -Edward M. Kennedy -Statement on Ireland -Statement on POWs -Vietnam -POWs -Democrats -India-Pakistan -Edward M. Kennedy's comments 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 601-36/602-1 (cont.) Supreme Court appointments -Democratic response -Richard H. Poff -John N. Mitchell -American Bar Association [ABA] -Powell, Rehnquist -Robert H. Jackson -Nuremberg trials ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 2m 27s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11 ********************************************************************** George Meany J. Edgar Hoover Democratic agenda -Issues -Democrats -Economy -Vietnam -Hoover -Blacks -Campus unrest US foreign policy -Vietnam -Casualties -Peking, Moscow trips -Possible effect 16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 601-36/602-1 (cont.) Détente possibilities -Mao Tse-Tung -Chou En-Lai -Tito US foreign relations -PRC -UN -Taiwan -Taiwan -US mutual defense treaty -Congress -Chiang Kai-Shek -Longevity -Political impact of China question -US-USSR relations -John F. Kennedy -Nuclear weapons -Cuba -Future relations -Robert S. McNamara -Vietnam War -Lyndon B. Johnson -Nguyen Van Thieu -Ngo Dinh Diem -John F. Kennedy -Conduct of war -The President’s view -Bombing -Harry S. Truman Press -Edith Efron's book -View of Administration -Supreme Court -Mitchell -ABA -Time, Newsweek, New York Times, Washington Post -Vietnam -Press conferences and speeches -Effect 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 601-36/602-1 (cont.) -PRC and USSR trips -Effect -Communists -Cold War The President's previous discussion with Agnew on "foundation" speech -Haldeman -Barry M. Goldwater -Pentagon Papers Senate -Colson -UN aid by US -Richard S. Schweiker -Robert J. Dole -Rogers -Otto E. Passman UN -The President’s view The President's schedule -Senators' statement -Mathias -Birch E. Bayh, Jr. -Edward W. Brooke Congress -Wallace F. Bennett -Carl T. Curtis Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:18 am. Unknown man's schedule Bull left at an unknown time before 11:09 am. Congress -Samuel L. Devine -Dole -Mathias -1974 election 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 601-36/602-1 (cont.) "Foundation" speech -Goldwater Agnew left at 11:09 am.