Conversation: 457-004
Prev: 457-003 Next: 457-005Start Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1971 4:55 PM
End Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1971 5:19 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Hardin, Clifford M.; Bull, Stephen B.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:32:53
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:55:42
NARA Description:
On February 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Clifford M. Hardin, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:19 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 457-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 457-4
Date: February 24, 1971
Time: 11:55 am - unknown before 12:19 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Meeting with black leaders
[The President talked with Clifford M. Hardin between 11:55 am and 12:01 pm]
[Conversation No. 457-4A]
Report to the President
-John B. Williams
-Hardin’s press conference
Mississippi
-Farmers
-Hardin’s visit
-Integration of schools
-Compared to northern schools
The President’s schedule
-Foreign policy
-Forthcoming trip to Des Moines, Iowa
-”Salute to Agriculture” dinner
-Farm editors
-Publicity
[End of telephone conversation]
Public relations
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-President’s remarks
-Agriculture
The President’s schedule
-Businessmen’s visit
-Morehouse College in Atlanta
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Pros and cons
-White House staff
-President’s participation in meetings
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-John N. Mitchell
-”Drop by”
-Black leaders’ meeting
-Advance scheduling
-Accessibility of the President
-Black leaders’ meeting
-George P. Shultz
-George W. Romney
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Rumsfeld
-Finch
-Planning
Camp David
-Invitations
-White House staff
-Finch
-Rumsfeld
-Elliot L. Richardson
-William P. Rogers
-Melvin R. Laird
-Mitchell
-Romney
-John A. Volpe
-Rogers
-Problems
Black leaders’ meeting
-Richard Hatcher
Governors’ dinner
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Impression
-Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
-Visit to White House
-Delores (Reade) Hope
-Arthur G. (“Art”) Linkletter
-John Wayne
-”True Grit”
Conv. No. 457-4 (cont.)
Vietnam War
-Civilian versus military control
-Henry A. Kissinger’s role
-President’s position
-General John W. Vogt, Jr.
-General Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-William L. Safire
-Forthcoming meeting with the President
-Speech draft
-Rogers/Kissinger relations
-Middle East
-Rogers
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-Gerard C. Smith
-Kissinger’s meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Summit meetings
Kissinger
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Privacy]
[Duration: 38s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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-Edmund S. Muskie
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
Briefings by Administration spokesmen
-Democrats
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-President’s position
-Rogers
-Muskie
-Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation
-President’s position Conv. No. 457-4 (cont.)
-Senators
-George S. McGovern
-Eugene J. McCarthy
-Vietnam peace plan
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:01 pm
The President’s schedule
-Federal Executive Board
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:19 pm
-Revenue sharing
-Meeting with the President
-Pros and cons
-Meeting with the Vice President
-Safire
The President and Haldeman left at an unknown time before 12:19 pm