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Conversation: 691-004

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Start Date: 21-Mar-1972 4:57 PM

End Date: 21-Mar-1972 5:07 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; 

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:41:54

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:55:22

691a.mp3

691b.mp3

NARA Description:

On March 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:57 pm to 5:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 691-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 691-4

Date: March 21, 1972
Time: 4:57pm - 5:07 pm
Location: Oval Office

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

     The President’s schedule
          -Meeting with Manea Manescu
          -Background materials
               -Length
                      -Dwight D. Eisenhower
                      -Meeting with [Nihat Erim]
                           -Meeting with George P. Shultz
                      -Preparation time

     The President’s possible trip to Poland
          -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
          -German Treaty
          -Soviet Union
          -William P. Rogers
          -Turkey
                -Refueling
                -North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
                -Visit by the President
                -Iran
                -Istanbul
                -Ankara
          -Henry A. Kissinger
                -Talk with Haldeman
                                               6

                           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                       Tape Subject Log
                                         (rev. 10/06)
                                                                Conv. No. 691-4 (cont.)

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:57 pm.

     The President's schedule
          -Meeting with Gerard C. Smith

Bull left at an unknown time before 5:07 pm.

     International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT]
           -Typewriters
                -Charles W. Colson
           -Hearings
           -Progress

     Pandas
          -Arrival in the US
          -Tour of the US
          -Washington National Zoo
          -Tour
               -Children
               -Danger
          -Television
          -National Zoo

     Busing
          -John D. Ehrlichman
          -Hubert H. Humphrey's view
               -Changes
               -The President’s March 16, 1972 speech
          -The President’s March 16, 1972 speech
               -Press
                     -Editorial writers
                           -Blacks
                           -William L. Safire
               -Balance
                     -Leonard Garment
                     -Raymond K. Price, Jr.
                     -Children
                     -Equal opportunity
          -Racial tension

     The President's schedule
          -Meeting with Raymond P. Shafer
                                               7

                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                       Tape Subject Log
                                         (rev. 10/06)
                                                                       Conv. No. 691-4 (cont.)

                -Shafer

Haldeman left at 5:07 pm.