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Start Date: 16-Nov-1971 10:59 AM

End Date: 16-Nov-1971 11:13 AM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:03:19

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:15:10

619a.mp3

619b.mp3

NARA Description:

On November 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:59 am to 11:13 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 619-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 619-11

Date: November 16, 1971
Time: 10:59 am - 11:13 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

     Secretary of Agriculture
          -Earl L. Butz
                -Confirmation
                     -Agri-business
                -Academic background
          -Selection process
                -Milton R. Young

     Henry A. Kissinger
         -Meeting with Yitzhak Rabin

     Hubert H. Humphrey
                                          11

                       NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                  Tape Subject Log
                                    (rev. 10/06)



        -Possible public perception
        -Compared to Harold E. Stassen

Melvin R. Laird
    -News story regarding Vietnam troop withdrawal
          -The President's conversation with John B. Connally
          -Residual force
    -Compared to William P. Rogers

Laird and Rogers
     -Connally's views
     -Actions

Laird
        -Kissinger's possible action
        -Possible replacement
        -Possible handling
        -News story regarding Vietnam troop withdrawal
             -Origin
                    -Saigon
                    -Washington, DC
             -Quotes

Kissinger
     -Meeting with Rabin

Arthur F. Burns
     -Meetings
           -Performance
                -Response
                     -Peter M. Flanigan

Laird
        -Possible conversations
             -Kissinger
             -Haldeman
             -Leak
             -John N. Mitchell
        -News story regarding Vietnam troop withdrawal
             -Effect
                   -Negotiations
                                         12

                       NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                  Tape Subject Log
                                    (rev. 10/06)
                                                            Conv. No. 619-11 (cont.)


                  -Residual force
             -Troop withdrawal announcements
                  -Timing
             -Possible White House response

Burns

Cabinet
     -Laird
           -Politics
     -Rogers
     -Connally
     -Rogers
     -Mitchell
     -Maurice H. Stans
     -John A. Volpe
     -George W. Romney
     -Rogers C. B. Morton
     -Elliot L. Richardson
           -Edward M. Kennedy
     -Butz

White House staff
     -Robert H. Finch
     -Herbert G. Klein
     -Ronald L. Ziegler
     -Donald H. Rumsfeld

Laird
        -News story regarding Vietnam troop withdrawal
             -Troop withdrawal announcement
                   -Press responses
                        -News summary
             -New York Times
        -Possible conversation with Haldeman

The President's schedule
     -Willy Brandt
          -Kissinger
     -Georges J.R. Pompidou
     -Edward R.G. Heath
                                             13

                             NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. 10/06)
                                                                  Conv. No. 619-11 (cont.)


          -Kissinger
          -Brandt
               -Sarasota, Florida
               -Kissinger

Haldeman left at 11:13 am.