Conversation 263-014

On July 20, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:43 pm and 6:46 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 263-014 of the White House Tapes.

[This recording begins at an unknown time while the meeting is in progress.]

     Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
          -Secret Service agents
          -Bryce N. Harlow
          -Staff
          -Attitude towards duties
          -The People's Republic of China [PRC]

     John B. Connally
          -The President's July 19, 1971 meeting
          -Secretary of State
          -Position in Cabinet
                -George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman
                -Handling of the Treasury Department
                      -Ehrlichman's forthcoming conversation
                      -Personnel
                            -Hiring of secretary
                            -White House staff

     [Pause]

          -Department of the Treasury
                -Personnel questions
                     -Charls E. Walker's conversation
          -National Security Council [NSC] meeting
                -Representative
          -Briefing by Henry A. Kissinger

     Clark MacGregor
          -Members of Congress
              -Attitude during leaders meeting
                    -Republican attitude compared to Democrats

     Marine Corps Commandant
          -Appointee recommendation
               -Kissinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
               -Leonard F. Chapman, Robert E. Cushman, Jr.

     Congress
         -Lockheed bailout
                   -Testimony before Congress
                         -Connally

     Agnew
         -Connally

     Meeting with Republican Congressional leaders
          -Ehrlichman's (?) comments
                -Presidential leadership issue
                      -US initiative on the PRC
                      -Mary McGrory's comments
                      -Connally
                            -Democrats
                      -Patrick J. Buchanan
                      -George H.W. Bush (?)

     Agnew's trip
         -President’s criticism
         -Malik Faisal Ibn Abd Al-aziz Al-saud, Prince Fahd, Jomo Kenyatta
         -Reports by the press
         -Blacks
                -Agnew's comments
                      -Kenyatta
                -African Black leaders

     Blacks
          -US population
                -“Rednecks”
          -African Blacks

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 09/17/2019.

Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[263-001-w002]
[Duration: 2m 44s]

     Vice Presidency
          -Spiro T. Agnew
                -Compared to Spiro T. Agnew
                      -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s opinion
                -Intelligence

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Haldeman left at 1:58 pm.