Conversation: 267-010
Prev:  267-009 Next: 267-011Start Date: 30-Jul-1971 3:04 PM
End Date: 30-Jul-1971 4:00 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:33:08
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 04:28:28
NARA Description:
On July 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:04 pm to 4:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 267-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 267-10 Date: July 30, 1971 Time: 3:04 pm - 4:00 pm Location: Old Executive Office Building The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Victor Gold -Memorandum for the President -Relations between the US and the People's Republic of China [PRC] -Gold's impression of Agnew's position on the 1972 ticket -Frank Cormier's article -PRC -John A. Scali Conv. No. 267-10 (cont.) -Meeting -John Roberts -Source of item -Cormier -Herbert G. Klein -Sources of rumor -Robert Pierpoint's report about Agnew’s involvement in PRC -Arthur J. Sohmer's alleged receipt of unsigned White House cable -Scali -Vice President problem -Involvement -Klein -White House staff relations The press -Pentagon Papers -New morality -William P. Rogers -Letter to the editor of Newsweek from US ambassador to Kenya -Response to article about Agnew -Scali -Golf course -Meeting with Jomo Kenyatta -Use of limousines -Kakuei Tanaka -Newsweek -White House response to article -Lack of contact -Request for retraction -Ronald L. Ziegler, Scali -Henry Hubbard -Kenyatta article -White House contact cut-off -Ziegler 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Retraction of article -Presidential directive -Instructions to Cabinet members -White House staff -Circulation of background information and ambassador's letter to the editor -The Bohemian Grove -Cancellation of trip Conv. No. 267-10 (cont.) -Agnew -The President's forthcoming trip -Ohio -California -The Bohemian Grove -Telephone call to the President -The Gridiron dinner -News embargo on reporting event -Comparison to the Bohemian Grove The President’s schedule -California -Ronald W. Reagan -Milk producers speech -Patrick J. Buchanan -Northern California ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 33s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** Unidentified person -Attitude -Haldeman’s view 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) [Pause] John B. Connally -President’s instructions -Haldeman Fraternal Organizations -Secrecy Conv. No. 267-10 (cont.) -Order of Elks -Masons -Lodge Newsweek -Haldeman’s forthcoming staff meeting -Letter to Cabinet members -Cable -Hubbard -Call by Ziegler -White House reaction -Richard A. Moore -Letter to Cabinet members -Handling of distribution -Release of letter -Timing -Agnew The President's schedule -July 31, 1971 travel -Republican leaders meeting -Rathbun Dam dedication -Future forum The economy -Wall Street Journal article -Citation by Shultz -Automobile sales, housing starts, production output The Vietnam war -Casualty figures -Cambodia 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) The economy -Positive stories -Great Britain's unemployment rate -Comparison with the US -Germany, Japan, Italy -Welfare recipients in the US -Per Capita Income -Latin America, Mexico Conv. No. 267-10 (cont.) -Africa -South Asia -Italy Thomas R. Shepard -Speech -“Ding-a-ling” era -Current issues -The environment -Air and water pollution -Participants in television show -Population projections -People concerned with environmental and social issues -”Disaster lobby” -Ralph Nader -Automobile fatalities -1920's to 1961 -Automobile safety improvements -Nader -Compulsory seatbelts and shoulder harnesses -Automobile recalls -Effect on auto fatalities -The environment -Air pollution -Coal -Industry development of alternative energy sources -Amount of oxygen at present compared with 1910 -Water pollution -1900 statistics on typhoid in Chicago -Comparison to the present -Lake Erie -Municipal responsibilities -Sewage 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) Environmental issues -John D. Ehrlichman -Dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane [DDT] -Effect -Rachel Carson's Silent Spring -Malaria control -Ceylon -Increase in deaths after DDT ban Conv. No. 267-10 (cont.) -Gypsy moth -Copies of speech by Shepard -Distribution to Ehrlichman and John C. Whitaker -Possible future speech by the President -Speech -Population growth projections -Disaster lobby -Free enterprise system -Daniel P. Moynihan -Influence -President’s view -Poll questions -Charles W. Colson -Louis Harris -Environmental issues -Jobs compared with environment -Harris’ handling of questions -Compared to Thomas W. Benham Shepard -Possibility of White House job -Nader’s effect on business -Consumerism -Speech -Regulation -Kingman Brewster's comments -Fair trials for Black revolutionaries -US senator -Ralph Nader -Comparison with other eras in US history -Pre-Civil War gold rush fever -Post-Civil War carpetbaggers -1920's -Senator Joseph McCarthy 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -“Disaster lobbyists” -Quote from the President -Appearance, abililties -Comparison of writing style with the President's speaking style -Use of the term crackpot -Consumer and environmental activists -Speech -Current attitudes in the US Conv. No. 267-10 (cont.) -Emphasis on rights of the criminal, not the victim -Universities -Draft dodgers compared with soldiers serving in the US military -Treatment of minorities compared with charges of racism -Double standards on prejudice -Liberal prejudice against hardhats, construction workers, career soldiers, southern Whites -Vietnam war -Action against cigarette smoking compared with the fight to liberalize marijuana laws -Beliefs of “disaster lobby” -Copies of speech -Distribution -Raymond K. Price, Jr. and speech writers -Ehrlichman, Whitaker -Nature of environmental issues -Comparison with the President's handling of the Vietnam war -Edmund S. Muskie, Nader Haldeman left at 4:00 pm.