Conversation: 456-022
Prev:  456-021 Next: 456-023Start Date: 23-Feb-1971 4:12 PM
End Date: 23-Feb-1971 6:18 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]; Dent, Harry S.; Finch, Robert H.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:37:36
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 05:25:10
NARA Description:
On February 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Harry S. Dent, Robert H. Finch, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:12 pm to 6:18 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 456-022 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 456-22 Date: February 23, 1971 Time: 4:12 pm - 6:18 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman Governors’ conference -President’s appearance -Use of forums -Role -John B. Connally’s role -John D. Ehrlichman -Former Governors’ Committee State of the World message -William L. Safire’s role -Melvin R. Laird’s role -Henry A. Kissinger -Press report -Leak -William P. Rogers -Haldeman’s conversation with Kissinger 28 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] -News story -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -SALT -United States’ letter -Leonid I. Brezhnev -Andrei A. Gromyko -Kissinger’s role -Length -SALT story -Impact -Tactics -Kissinger -Workload ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Privacy] [Duration: 3m 58s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ****************************************************************************** Press coverage of the President -Press conference -Topics -Foreign policy -Domestic policy -Length -Efficacy -Timing -Length -1962 campaign -Edmund G. (“Pat”) Brown The President’s schedule -Camp David 29 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Connally -Rogers -Laird -Admiral Thomas H. Moorer -President’s forthcoming press conference -National Security Council [NSC] meetings -Kissinger -Rogers Conv. No. 456-22 (cont.) Arthur F. Burns -Revenue sharing -Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan The President’s meeting with Science Advisory Committee -Results -Dr. Edward E. David, Jr. -Participants -Congressmen Schedule -Press coverage -Connally -The Vice President -The President’s previous meeting with North Dakota Congressmen -Results -Effect of Air Force One use -Grand Forks trip -Rationale -National Security Study Memoranda [NSSMs] -Haldeman coordination Fifty-two foreign service officers who signed Cambodian letter -U. Alexis Johnson -Results -Resignations -Assignments -Vietnam -Civil Operations Revolutionary Development Support [CORDS] -Ellsworth F. Bunker -Johnson’s view -Promotion recommendations -President’s view 30 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) Admiral Raymond A. Spruance -Philippines -Edward G. Lansdale -Charles Bohanan [sp?] -Unknown man Conv. No. 456-22 (cont.) ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 4m 50s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ****************************************************************************** Polls -Vietnam -Prisoners of War [POWs] -Rescue raids -Cease-fire -Prisoner exchanges Dwight D. Eisenhower’s stag dinners and lunches -Number by year -Attendance -Compared with the President’s social functions -Attendance -Heads of State -Prime Minister of Ireland -R. Anthony Eden [Earl of Avon] The President’s schedule -Rural Development Council -Meeting with press -Remarks by President -Clifford M. Hardin -Edwin L. Harper 31 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Briefing -Meeting with editors -Press plan -Cabinet officers -President -Robert D. Ray -Richard B. Ogilvie -Warren E. Hearnes Conv. No. 456-22 (cont.) -Patrick J. Lucey -Mechanics of arrivals -Air Force One -Senators and Congressmen -Public relations -Rochester trip -Nelson A. Rockefeller -John N. Mitchell -Itinerary -Davis-Bacon Act -Charles W. Colson -Swearing-in of Thomas S. Kleppe -Civil rights leaders’ meeting with the President -Ehrlichman -George W. Romney -Roy Wilkins -Dorothy Height -Whitney M. Young, Jr. -Robert J. Blackwell -Berkeley G. Burrell -Value Kissinger -Role in foreign relations -Rogers -Dobrynin -President’s possible conversation with Kissinger -Rogers -Laird -Compared to Burns -Compared to Leonard Garment [The President talked to an unknown person at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 5:51 pm] 32 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) [Conversation No. 456-22C] Request for Harry S. Dent -Location [End of telephone conversation] The President’s schedule Conv. No. 456-22 (cont.) -Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope -Accommodations -Herbert J. (“Jackie”) Gleason -Blair House [Haldeman talked with an unknown person in Robert H. Finch’s office at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 5:51 pm] [Conversation No. 456-22A] Invitation for Finch to meet with the President [End of telephone conversation] Old Executive Office Building office -Finch -Rogers’ office -Space -The President’s offices -Roosevelt Room -Cabinet Room Kissinger -Rogers Dent entered at an unknown time after 4:12 pm ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 24m 15s ] 33 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 ****************************************************************************** Dent left and Finch entered at 5:51 pm Hope Conv. No. 456-22 (cont.) William J. Casey appointment [The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 5:51 pm and 5:52 pm] [Conversation No. 456-22D] General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 8s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11 ****************************************************************************** [End of telephone conversation] The President’s schedule -Kissinger -Safire [Haldeman talked with an unknown person at 5:52 pm; the President and Finch can be heard in the background] [Conversation No. 456-22B] 34 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) Status of Casey appointment [End of telephone conversation] Casey appointment ****************************************************************************** Conv. No. 456-22 (cont.) BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 4m 1s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 ****************************************************************************** Milk Fund -Milk money -Distribution ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 3m 5s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8 ****************************************************************************** ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 7m 53s ] 35 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9 ****************************************************************************** The President’s activities -Public relations Conv. No. 456-22 (cont.) -Bryce N. Harlow -Congressional action -Reaction time to administration action -Health program -The Vice President Old Executive Office Building office -Office locations -Receptions -Secretary Connally -Efforts -Attendance at White House dinners -Health -Schedule The President’s schedule -Camp David Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 6:05 pm -Church service -Meeting with Kissinger Butterfield left at 6:09 pm -Connally’s schedule -Idanell (Brill) (“Nellie”) Connally Finch’s schedule -Trip to Europe -Timing 36 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) Haldeman and Finch left at 6:18 pm