Conversation: 279-014
Prev:  279-013 Next: 279-015Start Date: 22-Sep-1971 12:55 PM
End Date: 22-Sep-1971 1:50 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:40:59
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:29:42
NARA Description:
On September 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:55 pm to 1:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 279-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 279-14 Date: September 22, 1971 Time: 12:55 pm - 1:50 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. The President's schedule -Arrival time, Detroit Economic Club ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 2s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** 24 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 279-14 (cont.) -Dinner -Arrival -Time ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 13s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ********************************************************************** -Dinner -Departure time -Hotel -Dinner -Washington, DC departure time -Arrival time -Kissinger -Meeting with John B. Connally -Meeting between the President, Henry A. Kissinger and Connally -Time and date -Monetary situation -Meeting between the President, Connally, and Arthur F. Burns -Time -Length of meetings -Arrangements for the President's morning schedule -Detroit Economic Club -Length of question and answer [Q&A] session -Introduction of the President -Question period Public relations -Mail project -Helen M. Smith -Roland L. Elliott in the White House mail room 25 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 279-14 (cont.) -Work -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Radio talk show -Raymond K. Price, Jr. Cabinet meeting, September 24, 1971 -Attendance -Council of Economic Advisors [CEA] -Senior staff members -Working meeting -Robert J. Dole -George H.W. Bush -United Nations [UN] -Robert H. Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld -Dole Paul W. Keyes -Miss America - Laugh-In -[Laurie Lee Schaefer, Phyllis Ann George] -Public relations for the administration The President's schedule -Burns’ view -Meeting recommendation -Connally -Pierre-Paul Schweitzer Campaign contribution -Connally -Armand Hammer -Amount -President’s view -Further efforts -Maurice H. Stans Ronald L. Ziegler Labor Blacks 26 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 279-14 (cont.) -Organized groups -Marching -Shirley Chisholm Professional lobbyists -Business Council -Peter M. Flanigan Consumer Price Index [CPI] -Latest figures Justices -John M. Harlan -Haldeman's conversation with Mitchell -Harlan's health -Justices [Hugo L. Black and Harlan] -Announcement of resignation -Effect Kissinger -Reaction on Vietnam announcement -Front page story -The President's conversation with Kissinger -News commentators -North Vietnam -Reaction -Opposition -Edmund S. Muskie -Bombing Personnel -Finch -Mitchell -Status -Haldeman's conversation with Herbert W. Kalmbach -Kalmbach -Solution -Finch -Role in administration -Counsel -California 27 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 279-14 (cont.) -Activities -International drug interdiction ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 2m 12s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ********************************************************************** -National figure -Role in administration -Meeting with youth -College campuses -Appearances in California -Rotary Club -Republican Club dinners -Marge Turner -Attendance -Public speaking -Size of audience -Type of organizations -Trips -Latin America -Ambassadorship to Mexico -Voters -Texas, California -Public appearances -College campuses -Votes -Other organizations -Blair House -Listening to groups -Surrogates for the President -Finch 28 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 279-14 (cont.) -Rumsfeld -John D. Ehrlichman -Senators -Liberal candidates ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 4m 39s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 ********************************************************************** Presidential appointment -Romana Acosta Banuelos -Swearing-in ceremony -News coverage -Los Angeles Times -Minorities -Blacks -Mexican-Americans -Mexico -Spanish -Cesar Romero -American success story -Family business -Family -Sons -Daughter -Accomplishments -Horatio Alger type -Catholicism -Visit to the President -Signatures -Spelling 29 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 279-14 (cont.) The President's schedule -Groups visiting the President -Bowling alley event -Race car drivers -Visit, September 21, 1971 -Effect -Racing magazines -Coverage -Reception -Number of guests -Guests -Popularity -Youth -Hot rods -Drag races -Lions Club activities -Teenagers -Motorcycles -Motorcycle group -Hell's Angels -Detroit Economic Club -Oregon Kissinger's schedule -Public appearances -Philadelphia World Affairs Council -Foreign relations -Council on Foreign Relations -Hugh Scott -Spokesman for administration -As a speaker -Effect on audience -Television -Return from the People’s Republics of China [PRC] The President's schedule -Unknown meeting -Arrangements -Banuelos -Swearing-in ceremony -Attendants 30 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 279-14 (cont.) -Family -Location -Oval Office -Aldo Moro -Date -Announcement on Soviet Summit -Kissinger -Columbus Day -Meeting with Moro -Length -Italian-Americans -The President's Trip to Florida -Columbus Day -Moro meeting -John A. Volpe George W. Romney -Trip to Michigan Public relations -Michigan -Gerald R. Ford -Impact of economic issues -Detroit Economic Club -The President's visit to Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire -Massachusetts -Public response to the President's visit -Harvard University -Boston -Students -US public -Boston -Harvard students -Boston Common -Effect on the President -Other colleges -The President's visit -The President's public appearances -Testimonial dinners -Massachusetts -[Edward W. Brooke] 31 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 279-14 (cont.) ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 41s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9 ********************************************************************** J. Edgar Hoover -Jack N. Anderson's column -The Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -Handling -Staff -Tenure in office CPI -Analysis -Components -Automobiles The President's schedule -Connally -Dinner -Conference Room -Connally and Mitchell -Camp David -Cabinet Room -Meetings Thelma C. (“Pat’) Nixon -News coverage -Public response -Television Media [?] -Coverage 32 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 279-14 (cont.) -Campaign -Democratic candidate -George C. Wallace -Vietnam -Kissinger -Perceptions -Announcement of the PRC trip -Announcement of Soviet summit -Viewpoint -Trip to the PRC -Current situation -Experts -Mao Tse-tung -Rumors of death -President’s view on impact PRC [Unintelligible] USSR -Forthcoming Summit -Andrei A. Gromyko, Rogers Herbert W. Kalmbach ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 2m 22s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10 ********************************************************************** Haldeman left at 1:50 pm. 33 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 279-14 (cont.)