Conversation: 612-004
Prev: 612-003 Next: 612-005Start Date: 3-Nov-1971 4:34 PM
End Date: 3-Nov-1971 5:31 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Long, Russell B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:04:10
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:00:09
NARA Description:
On November 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Russell B. Long met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:34 pm to 5:31 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 612-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 612-4 Date: November 3, 1971 Time: 4:34 pm - 5:31 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with Russell B. Long. [Conversation No. 612-4A] [See Conversation No. 13-108] [End of telephone conversation] H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 4:35 pm. Robert H. Finch The President's schedule -Allen J. Ellender -Foreign aid program -Continuing resolution -George H. Mahon -Finch The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 4:40 pm and 4:42 pm. [Conversation No. 612-4B] 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 612-4 (cont.) [See Conversation No. 13-109] [End of telephone conversation] Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Conversation with Haldeman -David N. Parker -Schedule -Tricia Nixon Cox and Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon The President talked with Finch between 4:42 pm and 4:43 pm. [Conversation No. 612-4C] [See Conversation No. 13-110] [End of telephone conversation] ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 16s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 4:43 pm and 4:46 pm. [Conversation No. 612-4D] [See Conversation No. 13-111] [End of telephone conversation] Julie Eisenhower -Schedule 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 612-4 (cont.) -Youth vote -James McLane and Kenneth S. Rietz -Rockford College, Illinois -Irv Kupcinet's television show -James County, Indiana 4-H Club group Vietnam -Casualties -Henry A. Kissinger -Rate -Announcement -William P. Rogers -Timing Julie Eisenhower -Schedule ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 52s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** Mrs. Nixon's schedule -Receptions -Patricia R. Mosbacher -[Mrs. Roger E.?] Johnson -Kathleen Stans -Mrs. Bill Carson -Elinor I. Agnew Stephen B. Bull entered at 4:46 pm. Arrival of Kissinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and Finch 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 612-4 (cont.) Kissinger, Haig and Finch entered and Bull left at 4:46 pm. W. Dewey Clower -Advance work Finch's forthcoming trip to Latin America -Kissinger -Haig -Timing -John B. Connally's schedule -Canadian negotiations -Haig -Kissinger's forthcoming meeting with Peter G. Peterson -Import surcharge -Timing of announcement -Connally -Talking papers -National Security Council [NSC] -State Department -Views -Compared to Connally -Military assistance -Connally -Military assistance -Col. Gravel [sp?] -Finch's conversation with Ronald H. Walker -Argentina and Brazil -Presidents -Forthcoming meetings with Finch -Brazil -William M. Rountree -Meetings with Heads of State -Connally -Finch -Gifts -Wedding photographs -Emilio Garrastazu Medici -Possible channel -Schedule -Ecuador 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 612-4 (cont.) -[Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra] -Fishing dispute -State Department -US military aid -Ashley Hewitt and Charles A. Meyer -Rogers -William J. Mazzocco -Peterson -Herbert G. Klein -[Luis Echeverria Alvarez] -United Nations [UN] vote to expel Taiwan The President talked with Philip M. Crane between 4:54 and 4:55 pm; Kissinger, et al., continued with their conversation during the President's phone call. [Conversation No. 612-4E] [See Conversation No. 13-112] [End of telephone conversation] Birthday greetings -Kissinger's practice Finch's forthcoming trip to Latin America -Memorandum -The President's letters to Heads of State -Content -State Department -Finch -Relationship with the President -UN vote -Mexico -Expropriations -Connally -Walker -Possible announcement -Import surcharge -Foreign aid -Announcement -Timing 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 612-4 (cont.) -Meyer -Hewitt -US foreign policy -Military compared to foreign aid -Meyer -Nixon Doctrine -Democracy -Brazil ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8 [National Security] [Duration: 26s ] BRAZIL END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8 ***************************************************************** -The President's schedule -Medici -Gifts -Photograph -Gifts -Rose Mary Woods -The President's schedule -Hewitt's possible role -Peterson -Import surcharge -Connally’s schedule -International Business Machines [IBM] -Export-Import [Ex-Im] Bank -Loan -Director -Henry Burns 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 612-4 (cont.) -Schedule -McCullough [first name unknown] -Foreign aid program -Possible continuing resolution -Timing -House of Representatives -Ellender and Michael J. Mansfield -Clark MacGregor's views The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 4:55 pm and 5:04 pm. [Conversation No. 612-4F] [See Conversation No. 13-113] [End of telephone conversation] Foreign aid program -Continuing resolution -Likelihood of success -The President's view The President talked with Clark MacGregor between 5:04 pm and 5:08 pm. [Conversation No. 612-4G] [See Conversation No. 13-114] [End of telephone conversation] Ellender -Home movie -Trip to Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -MacGregor -Staff meeting Foreign aid program -Continuing resolution -MacGregor -John Sherman Cooper 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 612-4 (cont.) -Amendment -Rogers -Cooper's conversation with Kissinger Robert H. Steele -Identity -Drug program -Armed forces -Voting record Finch's forthcoming trip to Latin America -Scheduling -Haig and Kissinger -Press conferences -Meetings -Small groups -Nelson A. Rockefeller's previous trip -US trade with Latin America -Invitations -Intentions -Continuing resolution -Kissinger, State Department -Trade -Importance -The President's schedule -Ecuador -Request for military sales -Airplanes -F-5s’s -Number -State Department -Peru -[Unintelligible] -French airplanes -Licensing -Public announcement of 1970 -Ship seizure -Rogers -Kissinger’s view -Finch’s possible comments -Mirage airplanes 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 612-4 (cont.) -Problems -Maintenance -Expense -Training -Duration -Finch's previous trips -Chile, Peru, Ecuador -Brazil and Argentina 1971 elections -Finch's conversations with Harry S. Dent and Haldeman -Results -Analysis -Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson -Kentucky -Impact on the public -Black power -Television coverage -Today, Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] news -Kentucky -The President and his economic policies -Richard G. Lugar -Indianapolis -Bond issues -Revenue-sharing -Pete Wilson, Lugar and Ralph J. Perk -Frank L. Rizzo -William Thacher Longstreth -Television coverage -Kentucky -Albert B. (“Happy”) Chandler -Significance -Mayors -Cleveland -Indianapolis -San Diego -Philadelphia -San Francisco -Joseph Alioto -Busing -Virginia 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 612-4 (cont.) -Henry E. Howell, Jr. -Rizzo -Significance -Longstreth's campaign -Ohio and Indiana -Lugar -New Jersey -Frank S. Farley -Legislature -John N. Mitchell -Issues -William T. Cahill -[James] Charles Evers -Blacks Haldeman, Haig and Finch left at 5:20 pm. The President's schedule -Indira Gandhi -US-Pakistan relations -Actions -Refugees -The President's demeanor -East Pakistan -Autonomy -Agha Muhommad Yahya Khan -Mujibur Rahman -Negotiations -Possible political impact Pakistan ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12 [National Security] [Duration: 28s ] INDIA-PAKISTAN 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 612-4 (cont.) END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12 ***************************************************************** -The President's forthcoming conversation with Gandhi -US-Pakistan relations -Military aid -Suspension -Pakistan military deployment -Yahya Khan -Unilateral withdrawal -Timing -India’s possible reaction -Actions of government -List -Civilian government -Constitution -Amnesty -United Nations [UN] -Observers -Relief supplies -The President's forthcoming conversation with Gandhi -Refugees -Numbers -Dispute -US aid The President's schedule -Gandhi -The President's demeanor -Mujibur Rahman -Negotiations -Impact -Meaning Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 5:20 pm. Stock market 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 612-4 (cont.) -Performance -Volume of trading National economy -Wholesale price index [WPI] -Industrial price index -Farm, food prices -Consumer price index [CPI] -Unemployment -WPI -Price freeze -Stock market -Arthur F. Burns's statement regarding dividends -Wages -Effect -Employment Haldeman left at an unknown time before 5:31 pm. Vietnam -Casualties -Timing -Senate -The President's previous meeting with Gerald R. Ford and Leslie C. Arends -Prisoners of war [POWs] -1968 and 1972 elections -The President's conversation with Charles W. Colson -Settlement -Failure -Announcement -Timing -Possible bombing of North Vietnam -Possible bombing of North Vietnam -Effect -USSR and People’s Republic of China [PRC] trips -Announcement -Frequency -POWs -Negotiations -The President's possible statement -Recall of negotiator 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 612-4 (cont.) -Record Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 5:20 pm. Message for an unknown person -Information from Haldeman Butterfield left at an unknown time before 5:31 pm. -Seven Points -Le Duc Tho's conversation with Kissinger -Recall of William J. Porter -Warning -POWs PRC -Messages -The President’s conversation with Kissinger, November 2, 1971 -Timing -UN vote -Dwight L. Chapin -Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters The President and Kissinger left at 5:31 pm