Conversation: 602-010
Prev:  602-009 Next: 602-011Start Date: 26-Oct-1971 12:45 PM
End Date: 26-Oct-1971 1:39 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Sanchez, Manolo; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Colson, Charles W.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:06:45
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:55:15
NARA Description:
On October 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:45 pm to 1:39 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 602-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 602-10 Date: October 26, 1971 Time: 12:45 pm - 1:39 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. The President's schedule -Unknown man 29 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 602-10 (cont.) Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:45 pm. -Executive Office Building [EOB] Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:02 pm. -Arthur F. Burns -John B. Connally -Feelings about meetings on monetary affairs -John D. Ehrlichman -George P. Shultz -Peter G. Peterson -Henry A. Kissinger -William P. Rogers -Monetary affairs -Connally -Shultz -Peterson -Burns -Paul A. Volcker -Connally's staff -Controls -William L. Safire -Rogers -The President’s previous meeting with Vietnam veterans -The President’s view -New York Times correspondent -Gloria Emerson [?] -Press coverage Vietnam demonstrations -Washington, DC -Route -Press coverage Press -The President's comments to Ronald L. Ziegler -Backgrounder -Kissinger -Rogers 30 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 602-10 (cont.) -Reference to Nixon -Dick Whitaker -Language -[Arthur] Neville Chamberlain Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 12:45 pm. Charles W. Colson's schedule Butterfield left at an unknown time before 1:02 pm. Disney World -Press coverage -Mrs. Walt Disney -Haldeman’s presentation of flag -Main Street parade -Meredith Willson -E. Cardon Walker -Vietnam veterans -Roy O. Disney -American youth American youth -The President’s view -Robert H. Finch -Ivy League schools Disney World -Prospects for success -California -Florida -Description 31 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 602-10 (cont.) ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 14s ] Colson entered at an unknown time after 12:45 pm. END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** United Nation [UN] vote to expel Taiwan -Ronald W. Reagan’s view -George H.W. Bush -Possible Presidential statement -Financial support by US -Rogers -Patrick J. Buchanan -Possible conversation with Colson -Vote shifts concerning Taiwan expulsion vote -Position of domestic right -Spiro T. Agnew -Buchanan -Supreme Court Right wing support -Humanities endowment -Supreme Court nominees UN vote concerning Taiwan -Rogers -Samuel L. Devine -Possible actions -Conservatives -Possible Congressional action -Budget -Administration efforts 32 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 602-10 (cont.) -Administration's possible actions -Otto E. Passman -Colson's conversation -Edward W. Brooke -Robert J. Dole -Agnew's conversation with the President -Colson's conversation -Franklyn C. (“Lyn”) Nofziger -Bush -Rogers -Right wing position -Liberal position -Pauline Frederick -People's Republic of China [PRC] -Popular reaction to UN -The President’s view -Reagan -Request of the President -Television address -The President’s response -UN role in India-Pakistan situation -Agnew -Hugh Scott -Gerald R. Ford -Congressional funding for UN -Brooke -Reagan ************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 13 [Privacy] [Duration: 3s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 13 ************************************************************************** 33 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 602-10 (cont.) -Nations voting on Taiwan expulsion -Popular sentiment toward UN -Taiwan, PRC -Compared with popular support toward Supreme Court -Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] -Colson’s role -Statement on UN -Attitude toward Taiwan -Rogers's statement -UN action -US relations with Taiwan -PRC -Bush -Rogers -Funding for UN -The President’s view -UN membership -Types of government -Latin America -Africa -Asia -US efforts Public opinion -Conservatives -Attitude -Stewart J.O. Alsop -Newsweek magazine -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -Military strength -Silos -Submarines -Richard M. Helms -Defense -Alsop -Anti-ballistic missile [ABM] treaty -USSR -Testing -Conservatives -Summit -Agnew 34 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 602-10 (cont.) -Supreme Court appointments -William H. Rehnquist -Lewis F. Powell, Jr. -James J. Kilpatrick Schedule US foreign relations -UN's vote on Taiwan expulsion -Rogers -Dole -Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. -Nofziger -Dole -Television -Reagan -Telephone call to the President -Pauline Frederick -Statements -Bush's -Rogers -Liberals and Conservatives -The President's desire for symbolic action -Press conference -President’s trip to PRC -Bush -Rogers -Passman -Foreign aid -John J. Rooney -Passman -International Labor Organization [ILO] -George Meany ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 3m 17s ] 35 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 602-10 (cont.) END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11 ********************************************************************** Supreme Court confirmation vote -Rehnquist -Mathias -Possible Republican opponents -Possible Democratic opponents -The President’s view -Marlow W. Cook -William B. Saxbe -Robert C. Byrd -Public opinion -Buchanan -Richard A. Moore -Rehnquist -Powell UN -Administration position -Bush Colson left at 1:36 pm. The President's schedule -Connally -Kissinger -Report -Forthcoming telephone call to Reagan -UN Public relations -Buchanan -UN -Taiwan -Colson -Impact for administration -Mail 36 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 602-10 (cont.) The President and Haldeman left at 1:39 pm.