President Nixon met with various staff and advisors to coordinate administrative personnel decisions and discuss the ongoing legislative and political landscape. Key topics included personnel shifts within the Treasury Department, the search for a new Marine Corps Commandant, and the congressional outlook regarding a Lockheed bailout. The participants also evaluated Vice President Spiro Agnew’s recent diplomatic travel and reviewed Republican legislative attitudes regarding the administration's new initiative toward the People's Republic of China.
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.
Nixon Library Finding Aid[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.This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.