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Conversation 449-015

TapeTape 449StartTuesday, September 21, 1971 at 2:35 PMEndTuesday, September 21, 1971 at 2:57 PMTape start time02:46:47Tape end time02:48:30ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Recording deviceOval Office
AI Summary

President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinated travel logistics and messaging strategies for upcoming presidential trips to Anchorage, Montana, and Oregon. They discussed the involvement of Secretary of State William P. Rogers, specifically debating whether he should join the President to deliver foreign policy briefings to regional editors. The discussion also addressed the assignment of domestic policy representatives, including John D. Ehrlichman and George P. Shultz, to balance the administration's public outreach agenda.

Presidential travelWilliam P. RogersForeign policy messagingDomestic policyPublic relations
AudioNARA Description

On September 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 2:57 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 449-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 449-15

Date: September 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:35 pm and 2:57 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
     The President's trips
          -William P. Rogers
                 -Attendance
                       -Anchorage
                       -Montana
                 -Foreign policy issues
                       -Oregon
                       -Editors
          -Domestic policy issues
                 -Oregon
                 -Staff
                       -John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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if he was going to go, do it separately or go with us?
Is he going with us to Montana too?
You know, if he wants to, he might go up there and give those, if he wanted to pay us up in a hurry,
Go out and get a little foreign policy pitch, you know, for those editors.
Who's going to be there to do the domestic one?
Well, that's good, Tim.
That's good proof.
But I don't know.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, yeah.
I agree.
That's enough.
Okay.
That's all right.
Yeah, fine, whatever you want, son.
Okay, bye.
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