Conversation: 250-009
Prev: 250-008 Next: 250-010Start Date: 16-Apr-1971 11:20 AM
End Date: 16-Apr-1971 11:58 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob");Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:52:26
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:34:50
NARA Description:
On April 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:20 am to 11:58 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 250-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 250-9
Date: April 16, 1971
Time: 11:20 am - 11:58 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Charles W. Colson
-Tasks
President’s policies
-Defensive attitude
-John B. Connally
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Trade
-Ping-pong
-Richard V. (“Dick”) Allen
-Henry A. Kissinger
President’s PRC initiative
-Allen’s views Conv. No. 250-9 (cont.)
-Conservative reaction
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Vietnam
-Allen’s view on conservatives
Economy
-Allen’s views
-Gross National Product [GNP]
-Automobile and housing sales
-Retail sales
-Stock market
-Public confidence
Staff
-Allen’s views
-Surrogates
-Surveillance
-Kissinger’s staff
-State Department
-Defense Department
-Allen
-W[illiam] Stuart Symington
-Melvin R. Laird
Economy
-King Resources Corporation
-Stock market
-John M. King
-King Resources Corporation
Staff
-Need for “Gaullists”
-Allen
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Tom C. Huston
-Tenure in office
-John N. Mitchell
-Allen
-Houston
-Surveillance
State Department Conv. No. 250-9 (cont.)
-Kissinger
-Joseph J. Sisco
Polls
-Opinion Research Corporation [ORC]
-George H. Gallup
-Expectations
-Possible Summit meeting
-Economic conditions
Staff
-Possible changes
-President’s conversation with an unknown person
-Memorandum
-Robert H. Finch
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Clark MacGregor
-Problems
-Need for surveillance
-Connally
Congress
-Hugh Scott
President’s schedule
-Peter G. Peterson
-Textiles
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
Staff and Cabinet
-Need for different personalities
-Need for fighters
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
Summit meeting
-Poll
-Announcement
-Timing
Cabinet changes
-Timing
-Submission to Senate Conv. No. 250-9 (cont.)
-Possible interim appointments
-Herbert W. Kalmbach
-Maurice H. Stans
-Department of Commerce
-Possible appointment
-Clifford M. Hardin
-Department of Agriculture
-George W. Romney
-John A. Volpe
-Romney
-William P. Rogers and Laird
-Secretary of the Treasury
-Assistant secretaries
Ambassadorial appointments
-Kissinger
-Henry A. Byroade
-General Alexander M. Haig, Jr.’s opinion
-Latin America
-PRC
-Rogers
Public opinion
-Latin America
-Revolutions
-Africa
-Asia
-Pakistan
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 9s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 Conv. No. 250-9 (cont.)
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Preparation for editors’ meeting
-Surveillance
-Instructions for Patrick J. Buchanan
-Bombings by dissidents
-Schools and other institutions
-Casualties
-Polls
-Press story
-College campuses
-Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
Vietnam War
-Opposition
-Prisoners of War [POWs]
-POW wives
-Colson
-Major General James D. (“Don”) Hughes
-Kissinger’s relations with POW wives
-Colson
-Kissinger
-Hughes’ views
-Speech
-Kissinger’s draft
-Hughes’ views
-Rogers
-Position of Secretary of State
-Kissinger
-”Doves”
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Hughes
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-POW issue
-President’s options
-Hughes
-Colson
-Kissinger
-John A. Scali Conv. No. 250-9 (cont.)
-Instructions to Haldeman to get advice on President’s forthcoming visit to US
Marines at Camp Pendelton
-Peterson
President’s PRC initiative
-Scali’s views
-Need for flexibility
-Visit by United States’ ping pong team
-Location
-Shanghai
-Competitiveness
-Chairman of US ping pong team [Graham B. Steenhoven]
President’s schedule
Preparation for editors’ meeting
President’s schedule
-Visit of Rio Grande City High School Student Council
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
The President and Haldeman left at 11:58 am