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Conversation 322-053

TapeTape 322StartSunday, March 12, 1972 at 8:35 PMEndSunday, March 12, 1972 at 9:25 PMTape start time03:30:33Tape end time03:33:56ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building
AI Summary

President Nixon dictates a memorandum reflecting on the positive international reception to his recent trip to the People's Republic of China, specifically noting praise from an Iranian official regarding his efforts toward global peace. He subsequently addresses domestic political strategy regarding mandatory busing, expressing his intent to implement a moratorium to align with public sentiment. Nixon also notes his coordination with aides H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and William Safire to ensure a unified administrative stance on the busing issue.

People's Republic of ChinaBusingMoratoriumForeign PolicyPublic OpinionRichard G. Kleindienst
AudioNARA Description

On March 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:35 pm and 9:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 322-053 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 322-53

Date: March 12, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:35 pm and 9:25 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum for the file.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/10/2019.

Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[322-053-w001]
[Duration: 3m 4s]

       The President's note
              -Richard G. Kleindienst
                      -Telephone call to Alexander P. Butterfield

       Alexander P. Butterfield
             -Testimony
             -Conversation with unknown person from Iran
                     -Admiration for the President
                     -People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip
                              -Only the President could go to China
                              -More peaceful world

       Busing
                -Moratorium
                -John D. Ehrlichman
                -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
                        -Talk with the President
                -William L. Safire
                        -Telephone call from the President
                               -Position on busing
                        -Segregation
                -Transportation difficulties
                -American people’s viewpoint
                        -John Cardinal Krol
                        -Nelson A. Rockefeller [?]

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Transcript (AI-Generated)

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.

The client used to call Butterfield when he said he got an aide, and said that he greatly appreciated my little coat.
Okay, and he gave it to me back from all the way, and I gave it to Chet the first year, and he gave it to Chet to see where I was going.
This must be a grueling experience for him to consider a terrible pattern in his life.
So many of them already testified that he had already gone to the Hill High and said he was going to make a plan.
Secretary General Alessandro, who is from Iran, said something like this.
He said that, uh, he had always admired the effect that had on the United States of China, and he now believes in it.
He believes that I have taken a giant step that no one else could possibly take to make it possible for the world to be more peaceful in the future.
He said to go forward on a more important
I go home, this wasn't good, but I believe it's a good solution, but it may have been on the merits.
It would probably be a good subject to be seen in the whole country, though the White House wasn't.
I gave Sapphire a chance to tell you that all of them.
And as I said earlier, we must speak to the majority.
This is against us and I'm trying to cover everything that people are no longer taking.
We turned back the clock and said, we should stay.
And they declared on the top of my mind, on our front page, we had to go on the same page and stay on the same page and stay on the same page.
This is a strong personal example of what people would like to do.
Another child hadn't been carried by bus for an hour, and their next child would walk away.
It must be stopped, and what I have proposed today will stop it.
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Easy.
Easy.
Easy.
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