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Start Date: 17-Nov-1971 12:50 PM

End Date: 17-Nov-1971 1:13 PM

Participants:

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

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:58:02

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 04:21:44

620a.mp3

620b.mp3

620c.mp3

NARA Description:

On November 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:50 pm to 1:13 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 620-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 620-14

Date: November 17, 1971
Time: 12:50 pm - 1:13 pm
Location: Oval Office

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

     Ronald W. Reagan
         -Previous meeting with the President
               -Report on trip
               -Conservatives
         -Approach to problems

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:50 pm.

     Items for Old Executive Office Building Office [EOB]

     Refreshment

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:13 pm.

     Reagan
         -Previous conversation with the President
              -Peter M. Flanigan's brother
                    -Reagan's previous conversation with Henry A. Kissinger
         -John Flanigan's activities
              -John N. Mitchell
              -Civil Service jobs
                    -Robert H. Finch
                    -Peter M. Flanigan
                    -Mitchell
              -Finch
              -Timing

     Polls
             -George H. Gallup on approval of the President
                  -Timing
                       -Phase II
                       -United Nations [UN] vote on Taiwan, Republic of China
                  -By region
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                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                        Tape Subject Log
                                          (rev. 10/06)
                                                                 Conv. No. 620-14 (cont.)


            -Gallup and Louis P. Harris
                 -Volatility
            -Gallup on approval of the President
                 -By education level of the electorate
            -White House handling
                 -Supporters
                 -Harris and Gallup
            -Albert E. Sindlinger
            -Margin for error


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 2m 23s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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    Polls
            -Release
                 -Timing
            -News summaries
            -Gallup on approval of the President
                 -Timing
                       -UN vote on Taiwan
            -Swings
                 -Harry S. Truman
                 -The President
                 -John F. Kennedy
                 -Lyndon B. Johnson
                 -Dwight D. Eisenhower
            -Gallup on approval of the President
                 -Undecided
                 -Timing
                       -Current issues and events
                            -Phase II
                            -UN vote on Taiwan
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                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                        Tape Subject Log
                                          (rev. 10/06)
                                                                       Conv. No. 620-14 (cont.)


                             -Phase II
                                  -The President’s televised address

    Washington, DC
        -Subway system
             -The President's schedule
                   -Domestic advisors
                         -Possible motorcade to Judiciary Square
                   -Walter E. Washington
                   -Rev. Walter E. Fauntroy, Joel T. Broyhill, William L. Scott, Lawrence J.
                         Hogan and Gilbert Gude
             -Possible statement by the President
             -Forthcoming vote in Congress
             -The President's schedule
             -Importance
                   -National implications
                   -Bicentennial
                         -Visitors

    Polls
            -Gallup on approval of the President
                 -By region
                       -Possible issues
                 -By age
                 -By education
                       -Possible issues
                 -By region
                 -Volatility
                       -Lt. William L. Calley, Jr.

    Votes
         -Taiwan, foreign aid
              -Impact
                    -Public perception
                         -Media

    Polls


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. 10/06)
                                                                     Conv. No. 620-14 (cont.)


[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 55s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2

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     The President's schedule
          -Possible speech to American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial
               Organizations [AFL-CIO]
               -George P. Shultz's forthcoming conversation with George Meany
                      -Forthcoming report to the President

The President and Haldeman left at 1:13 pm.