Conversation: 635-006
Prev:  635-005 Next: 635-007Start Date: 10-Dec-1971 9:10 AM
End Date: 10-Dec-1971 10:31 AM
Participants:
Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:25:19
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:46:21
NARA Description:
On December 10, 1971, Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:10 am to 10:31 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 635-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 635-6 Date: December 10, 1971 Time: 9:10 am - 10:31 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Stephen B. Bull. The President's schedule -Henry A. Kissinger -Notes -Cambodia -Barber -Timing -Nicholas P. Thimmesch Bull left at an unknown time before 9:20 am. H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 9:10 am. The President's schedule -Presidential addresses -Prayer breakfast for the Armed Forces -Tapings -Proposed length -Desired length -Telegrams -Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope -Wire from Lyndon B. Johnson -Eisenhower Center -Length 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.) ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 2m 32s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** *********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Privacy] [Duration: 3m 2s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ********************************************************************** Robert A. Taft, Sr. -Dwight D. Eisenhower -Possible timing of attitude change -Health -Awareness of illness Kissinger entered at 9:20 am. India-Pakistan situation -Pakistan Army -Ceasefire -East Pakistan -Awami League -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -Washington Special Actions Group [WSAG] -Ceasefire resolution -United Nations [UN] Security Council 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.) -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -USSR -Timing of resolution -Communications with USSR -Movement of carrier and planes -Agreement with the USSR ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [National Security] [Duration: 5s ] PRC END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ********************************************************************** -Kissinger's Meeting With Golda Meir -Timing -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer meeting -Kissinger’s schedule -[Vietnam] -Possible military action -PRC -Priority of issues -Armed Forces -Proposed cancellation of Moorer meeting -President’s orders -Cambodia -Air strike reports -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. -Moorer -Importance of daily reports -The President's and Kissinger's schedule -USSR meeting 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.) -[Anatoliy F. Dobrynin] -Timing -Moorer meeting -Air strikes -Department of Defense [DOD] -Gen. Leonard F. Chapman, Jr. -Rescheduling of Moorer meeting ************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11 [National Security] [Duration: 3m 45s ] PRC END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11 ************************************************************************** -Report -Ceasefire in the East -Civilian bombing -US planes strafed -State Department -News summary -Public protest in regards to US planes shot down -Alexander P. Butterfield -John F. [?] Kennedy -Unknown Harvard associate of Kissinger -Previous discussion about India -Pakistan -Yuli M. Vorontsov -Message to USSR -Kennedy memorandum -Meeting with the President -President’s instructions 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.) -India -Civilian bombing -Indian protests of US action in North Vietnam -State Department protest -Strafing -Public relations -Possible call to John N. Irwin, II -PRC ************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12 [National Security] [Duration: 6s ] PRC END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12 ************************************************************************** -Pakistani Ambassador -Leak -Kennedy memorandum -Vorontsov -Obligation Kissinger left at 9:35 am. State Department White House staff -Proposed action American planes strafed -News summary -Public relations 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.) -John A. Scali -Kissinger -Foreign policy -Public relations -Scali -Clark MacGregor -News summary -George H.W. Bush -Vietnam ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [National Security] [Duration: 7s ] INDIA END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ********************************************************************** -News summary -Stories -Television and newspapers -Public opinion -Vietnam -Media coverage -Compared to World War II -Kissinger -State Department -William P. Rogers An unknown person entered and left at an unknown time before 10:31 am. Willis Smith, Sr. funeral -Wreath 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.) -Harry S. Dent's attendance -Call to Mrs. Willis Smith, Sr. [Anna Lee Smith] -Letter from the President -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Location -Possible telephone call or visit National 4-H Congress speech, December 1, 1971 -Follow-up -Colson -Coverage -Black youth -Chicago Defender story Christmas special -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -Constance M. Stuart -Discussion on feasibility of Christmas special -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] -The President's one-on-one interview -The President’s commitment to interview -Stuart -Memorandum -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation -Julie Eisenhower -Tricia Nixon Cox ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 30s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ********************************************************************** 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.) -Charles B. Kuralt -Host of Christmas program -CBS -Highlights of program -Christmas decorations -Diplomatic children's party -Christmas tree -Approval for program -David N. Parker -Hope holiday specials -Tricia Cox -Wedding -Tour -Rose Mary Woods -Haldeman's talk with Julie Eisenhower -Julie Eisenhower's schedule -Durham, North Carolina -Duke University Research Center -CBS -Ronald L. Ziegler -William H. Carruthers *********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 [Privacy] [Duration: 1m 36s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 ********************************************************************** Haldeman's talk with John B. Connally -Politics -Economy -The President’s schedule 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.) India-Pakistan situation -Public concern with US involvement -Media -Mail to White House -Colson -USSR compared with PRC -The President’s PRC initiative -India -Possibility of casualties The President's schedule -Barber -Kissinger -Timing -Haldeman's calls to Otto E. Passman and Dr. John A. Hannah -Thanks from the President -Letter to Passman -George P. Shultz -Kissinger -Foreign aid -The President's call to Passman -William E. Timmons -Passman’s involvement -Peace Corps -Amount to be cut -Shultz -Ehrlichman -Kissinger -ACTION -Proposed budget cuts -Robert H. Finch -Joseph H. Blatchford -ACTION -Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger -Shultz -Ehrlichman -Timmons -Side during budget battle John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts appropriation -Passing of tax bill 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.) -Timing -Roger L. Stevens -Closing center to tourists -Lack of funds -Congress -Stevens’ discussions with Haldeman -White House -Blame -Apparent mismanagement of the Kennedy Center -William McCormick Blair -Timmons -Charles H. Percy -Republican support -Minority members of the Public Works Committee -Timmons -MacGregor -Shultz -Possible response concerning the Kennedy Center -General Accounting Office [GAO] Peace Corps -Timmons -Letter from the President -Passman -Budget Tax bill [Revenue Act of 1971] -Signing ceremony -Timing -Camp David -Tax cuts -Publicity -Timing of ceremony William H. Rehnquist nomination -Congressional action -Possible approval -MacGregor -Special session -Washington Post -Haldeman's talk with MacGregor 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.) -Special session -Possibility of Rehnquist not nominated -Congressional recess -MacGregor -Timmons The President’s schedule -Florida -India/Pakistan Situation -Rogers -Connally -Possible travel -Upcoming Christmas holiday The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 9:35 am and 10:31 am. [Conversation No. 635-6A] American planes strafed -Kissinger -State Department protest [End of telephone conversation] -Complaints of delay -USSR -Kissinger -Cambodian bombing comparison -Element of surprise Joseph W. Alsop column -Value-added tax -Ehrlichman -Praise for column -Property tax -Democrats -Parochial schools -Education issues -Supreme Court -Robert C. Byrd 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.) -Rehnquist -Connally -Ehrlichman -Talk with the President -Possible telephone call from Haldeman -Praise for column -Haldeman’s talk with Ehrlichman Vietnam -Vermont Royster article -Public opinion -Politics -Economic issues -Edmund S. Muskie -Edward M. Kennedy -Attitudes toward war Dr. Franklin D. Murphy -Dinner -Talk with Haldeman -Los Angeles Times -Mike Royko column -Murphy’s meeting with Ford Motor Company Board of Directors -Timing -John Kennedy -Compared to the President -Edward Kennedy -Ordering re-prints of Royko column -Meeting with Leonard Bernstein, Norman Cousins, Black Panthers -Discussion -John V. Lindsay -Cousins -Edward Kennedy -Ronald W. Reagan -Similarities -Conservatism -General Electric [GE] -View -Economy -Ford Board of Directors -USSR trip 16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.) -PRC trip -Unemployment -Peace -The President’s efforts -Carol (Crothers) Finch -Concerns from the American public -Vietnam -Peace issue -Perceptions -Analogy to Winston S. Churchill Pentagon Papers -Haldeman's talk with Ehrlichman -Timing after PRC trip -National Broadcasting Company [NBC] program: “A Day in the Life of the President” -NBC special on the Pentagon Papers -Ngo Dinh Diem assassination -John Kennedy ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9 [National Security] [Duration: 2m 17s ] PAKISTAN END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9 ********************************************************************** Brazil -Prospects India -Democracy 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.) -Voters -Literacy Vietnam -Murphy -Withdrawal -Final announcement -Troops -Prisoners of war [POWs] -Numbers -Bombing -Residual American force -Administration opponents Murphy -USSR and PRC trip Child-care veto -Poverty program -Patrick J. Buchanan -Conservatives -Support for programs -John Birch Society -Barry M. Goldwater -Buchanan -Liberals India-Pakistan situation -State Department protest -Kissinger -Location Haldeman talked with Kissinger at an unknown time between 9:35 am and 10:31 am. [Conversation No. 635-6b] State Department protest note [End of telephone conversation] Strafing American planes 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 635-6 (cont.) -News summary -Protest already on file The President's schedule Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 9:35 am. Kissinger -Notes Haldeman and Sanchez left at 10:31 am.