Conversation: 281-026
Prev: 281-025 Next: 281-027Start Date: Thursday, October 21, 1971 2:55 PM
End Date: Thursday, October 21, 1971 3:40 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator; Connally, John B.; Ziegler, Ronald L.Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:40:09
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:18:21
NARA Description:
On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, John B. Connally, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:55 am to 11:40 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-026 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 281-26
Date: October 21, 1971
Time: 10:55 am - 11:40 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
The President's schedule
-Telephone calls
-The President’s instructions
-Warren E. Burger
-Rose Mary Woods’ role
-John A. Volpe
-Woods’ role
-Herbert G. Klein
-Statements on the President's Supreme Court appointees
Supreme Court appointments
-Media comments
-Klein
Pay Board appointment
-Candidates
-Selection process
The President talked with White House operator at an unknown time between 10:55 am and
11:04 am.
[Conversation No. 281-26A]
[See Conversation No. 12-35]
[End of telephone conversation]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 281-26 (cont.)
Cabinet
-John N. Mitchell
-Robert H. Finch
-John B. Connally
-Melvin R. Laird
-Use of Presidential plane
The President talked with John B. Connally between 11:04 am and 11:14 am.
[Conversation No. 281-26B]
[See Conversation No. 12-36; two items have been withdrawn from the conversation]
[End of telephone conversation]
Telephone calls
-Mitchell
-Connally
Supreme Court nominations
-American Bar Association [ABA]
-Ronald L. Ziegler’s press briefing
Economics
-Pay Board
-Contrasted with the Price Commission
-Confidence of business community
-Importance of appointment
Willy Brandt's winning of Nobel Peace Prize
People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative
Time magazine
-Man of the Year
-Henry A. Kissinger
-William P. Rogers
-The President
-Letters from advertisers
-The President
-Administration’s accomplishments
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 281-26 (cont.)
-Hedley W. Donovan
Nobel Peace Prize
-The President
-Gerard C. Smith
-The President
Supreme Court nominations
-Leaks
-William L. Safire
-Background story
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Richard A. Moore
Ziegler entered at 11:25 am.
Supreme Court appointees
-Possible responses to the media
-Ziegler's schedule
-Attorney General
-ABA
-Role in selection process
-Herschel H. Friday
-Dan Rather
-Friday
-John L. McClellan
-Safire
-John A. Scali
-Possible responses by Ziegler
Ziegler left at 11:30 am.
The President's schedule
-The President's meeting with Ruth Voss
-Francis L. Dale
-Volunteer efforts
Public relations
-Rose Mary Woods
-Efforts
-Possible role
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 281-26 (cont.)
-Jack J. Valenti
-White House staff's attitudes
-Woods
-Connally
-Performance
-Compared with other Cabinet members
William P. Rogers
-Kissinger
-Soviet Union
-Legislative meeting
-Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW]
-John Foster Dulles
-Role
-Mitchell
-Connally
-Mitchell
-John Sears
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey
White House staff
-Leonard Garment
-Meeting with students from Kent State
-Glenn A. Olds
Supreme Court appointees
-Possible reaction
-Joseph L. Rauh, Jr.
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Louis P. Harris poll
-Public support
Polls
-Harris poll
-Washington Post
-Approval ratings of the President
-Opinion Research Company [ORC]
-Charles W. Colson
-Harris poll
-Distribution
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 281-26 (cont.)
-George H. Gallup poll
-Distribution
-White House investigation
-Kennedy
The President's schedule
-Presentation of diplomatic credentials
-Unknown ambassador
The President and Haldeman left at 11:40 am.