Conversation: 293-009
Prev: 293-008 Next: 293-010Start Date: Wednesday, November 17, 1971 7:53 PM
End Date: Wednesday, November 17, 1971 9:00 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]; Kehrli, Bruce J.; White House operator; Hughes, James D. ("Don")Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:18:10
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:14:23
NARA Description:
On November 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Bruce J. Kehrli, White House operator, and James D. ("Don") Hughes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:53 pm to 4:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 293-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 293-9
Date: November 17, 1971
Time: 2:53 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
John D. Ehrlichman
-Previous conversation with the President
Henry A. Kissinger
-Schedule
Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Schedule
Ehrlichman
Pending legislation
-Tax Bill
-Charles H. Percy
-Amendment
-Ronald W. Reagan and Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Percy
-Effect
-House Resolution [HR] 1
-The President's previous conversation with Ehrlichman
-The President's signature
-Possible veto
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 293-9 (cont.)
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Congressional responsibility
-Balanced budget
-Staff meeting
-John B. Connally
-Financing political campaigns
-Effect
-Tax check-off provision
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Effect
-Parties
-Vietnam War
-Status
-Possible veto
-Eighteen year old vote
The President's schedule
-The President's forthcoming speech to American Federation of Labor-Congress of
Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO] convention
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 2:53 pm and 3:10 pm.
[Conversation No. 293-9A]
The President's review of a speech
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's schedule
-The President's forthcoming AFL-CIO speech
-Prepared text
-Ehrlichman
Bruce J. Kehrli entered at 3:10 pm.
-Instructions
-Ronald L. Ziegler
Kehrli left at 3:11 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 293-9 (cont.)
-National Association of Manufacturers [NAM] Dinner
-Republicans
NAM Dinner
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
The President's schedule
-Florida
-Manolo Sanchez
-Conversation with Military Aides office
-Haldeman's conversation with Maj. Gen. James D. Hughes
-Helicopters
-Sanchez
-Ziegler
-Schedule Office
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Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 3:11 pm and 4:00
pm.
[Conversation No. 293-9B]
[See Conversation No. 14-156]
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's schedule
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 293-9 (cont.)
An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 3:11 pm.
The President's speech
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:00 pm.
The President's forthcoming speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Content
-The President's previous radio broadcast on dignity of work
-Ehrlichman's views
-Previous speech
Haldeman talked with Hughes at an unknown time between 3:11 pm and 4:00 pm.
[Conversation No. 293-9C]
[See Conversation No. 14-157]
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's schedule
-Trip to Florida
-Haldeman's previous conversation with Hughes
-Helicopters
-Sanchez
Congress
Pending legislation
-Tax Bill
-Percy's amendment
-Richard B. Ogilvie
-John B. Anderson
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Ogilvie
Polls
-An initiative
-Robert Teeter
-John N. Mitchell
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 293-9 (cont.)
-Teeter
-Opinion Research Center [ORC]
Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 3:11 pm and 4:00 pm.
[Conversation No. 293-9D]
Polls
-Figures
[End of telephone conversation]
Polls
-Results
-United Nations [UN] vote on the People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Troop withdrawal announcement
-Timing
-Gallup
-The President's forthcoming speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Timing
-Gallup
-Size of sample
-Accuracy
-White House
-Gallup
-Harris
-Timing
-Troop withdrawal announcement
-Soviet summit announcement
-Press conference
-Announcement of the President's Supreme Court nominees
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Compared with Laos invasion period
-PRC
-Phase II
-Results
-National economy
-The West
-Recognition of the PRC
-Compared to other areas
-Ronald W. Reagan
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 293-9 (cont.)
Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 3:11 pm and 4:00 pm.
[Conversation No. 293-9E]
Polls
-Gallup
-Results
-The West
[End of telephone conversation]
Polls
-Results
-The West
-The South
Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 3:11 pm and 4:00 pm.
[Conversation No. 293-9F]
Polls
-Results
[End of telephone conversation]
Polls
-Results
-Timing
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 293-9 (cont.)
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Polls
-Results
-National economy
-The West
-National economy
-The Presidency
-The President's forthcoming foreign trips
-Mao Tse-tung
-State visits
-Vietnam
-Questions
-National economy
National economy
-The President's forthcoming speech to AFL-CIO convention
-The President's program
-Cambodia
-Vietnam
-Wage increases
-Vietnam casualties
Kissinger
-Schedule
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 293-9 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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[Duration: 3m 58s ]
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The President's schedule
-Speech
Haldeman left at 4:00 pm.