Conversation: 634-005
Prev:  634-004 Next: 634-006Start Date: 9-Dec-1971 2:43 PM
End Date: 9-Dec-1971 2:59 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Byrnes, John W.; [Unknown person(s)]; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:14:20
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:32:23
NARA Description:
On December 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John W. Byrnes, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:43 pm to 2:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 634-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 634-5 Date: December 9, 1971 Time: 2:43 pm - 2:59 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. The President's schedule -John B. Connally -Upcoming meeting -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -Visit with Vladimir V. Matskevich -Washington Special Actions Group [WSAG] -Connally's office -Notification -Forthcoming meeting [with Jaime Arguelles] -Talking points -People's Republic of China [PRC] and USSR trips -Henry A. Kissinger -Delivery of unknown letter -United Nations [UN] Security Council [?] -Tax bill -President’s upcoming trip to New York, December 18, 1971 -Haldeman's talk with Rose Mary Woods -Dinner -Theater -Time of performance 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 634-5 (cont.) -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -Florida -Possible press conference -Possible schedule conflicts -India-Pakistan situation -Azores -Communications with the White House -Transportation -Airplanes The President talked with John W. Byrnes between 2:46 pm and 2:48 pm. [Conversation No. 634-5A] [See Conversation No. 16-74] [End of telephone conversation] Economy -Tax bill -Christmas -Sales -Projections -Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Hobart Rowen -Democrats -Phase II -Inflation -Growth -International economy -Inflation -Status -Unemployment -Auto sales -Rowen Kissinger -Schedule -Kissinger preparedness in question 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 634-5 (cont.) *********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Privacy] [Duration: 37s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** -State Department -Personnel -Schedule -Florida -William P. Rogers -Advantages -Differences -California -The President’s schedule -Crisis management -Franklin D. Roosevelt and [Thomas] Woodrow Wilson -Rogers -North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] conference -Timing -Airplanes -Types of transport -Florida -Rogers, Connally and David M. Kennedy -Possible attendance on flight -Preferences -Mrs. Nixon -Cabinet officers An unknown person entered and left at an unknown time before 2:59 pm. The President's schedule -Letter delivery -Gen. Francisco Franco -“Law of the Sea” 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 634-5 (cont.) -Jaime Arguelles -Haig -Kissinger -Haig -USSR meeting -Arguelles -Letter -Level of importance -Haig -Stephen B. Bull -Talking points Bull entered at an unknown time after 2:48 pm. President Hubert Maga's arrival -Photographs -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins Haldeman and Bull left at 2:59 pm.