Conversation: 460-028
Prev: 460-027 Next: 460-029Start Date: Friday, February 26, 1971 11:09 PM
End Date: Friday, February 26, 1971 11:45 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Malek, Frederic V.; Ferry, Richard; White House operator; Rogers, William P.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 04:37:40
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 05:14:18
NARA Description:
On February 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Frederic V. Malek, Richard Ferry, White House operator, and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:09 pm to 6:45 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 460-028 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 460-28
Date: February 26, 1971
Time: 6:09 pm - 6:45 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
The President’s schedule
-Peter G. Peterson
-Congress
-Receiving diplomatic credentials
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 6:09 pm
-Frederic V. Malek
Bull left at an unknown time before 6:15 pm
-Diplomatic credentials
-Medals of Honor ceremonies
-The Vice President’s role
-Press coverage
Middle East
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Role
-President’s position
-Kissinger
-General Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Judgement
-Haldeman’s conversation with Kissinger
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Haig
-William P. Rogers
The President’s schedule
-Previous meeting with youngster
-Color report
-Inaccuracies
-President’s recollection
-Staff efforts
-Malek
-Richard Ferry
-Role
Middle East
-Kissinger
-Haig
Bull, Malek, and Ferry entered at 6:15 pm
Greetings
Ferry
-Efforts
-President’s appreciation
-Rogers C. B. Morton
Gifts
Bull, et al. left at 6:17 pm
Personnel
-Malek
-[Forename unknown] Hoffman’s job
-Peter M. Flanigan
-J. Willard (“Bill”) Marriott, Jr.
-Roy L. Ash’s conversation with Haldeman
-Charles D. (“Tex”) Thornton
Bull entered at an unknown time after 6:17 pm
Call from Rogers
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
Bull left at an unknown time before 6:18 pm
[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 6:17 pm and
6:18 pm]
[Conversation No. 460-28A]
Call to Rogers Conv. No. 460-28 (cont.)
[End of telephone conversation]
Personnel
-Ambassadors
-Thornton
-Australia
-Mexico
-Marriott
-Australia
-Mexico
[The President talked with Rogers between 6:18 pm and 6:19 pm]
[Conversation No. 460-28B]
Forthcoming meeting, 2/27
-Timing
[End of telephone conversation]
-Kissinger
-Melvin R. Laird
-Richard M. Helms
-Rogers
-Admiral Thomas H. Moorer
-Israel
Personnel
-Thornton
-Hoffman’s job
-Ambassadorship
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-John N. Irwin, II’s job
-Sale of stock
-Hoffman job
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 Conv. No. 460-28 (cont.)
[National Security]
[Duration: 3m 9s ]
MIDDLE EAST
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Public relations efforts
-John B. Connally
-George P. Shultz
-John D. Ehrlichman
-White House staff
-Speeches
-Middle East
-Kissinger’s efforts
-Background briefings
-President’s role
-Connally’s views
-The President’s schedule
-George H. W. Bush
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Charles W. Colson’s role
-Strategy
-Articles
-Television
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 6:19 pm and
6:29 pm]
[Conversation No. 460-28C]
Call to Rogers
[End of telephone conversation] Conv. No. 460-28 (cont.)
Public relations efforts
-The President
-White House staff
-The President’s previous remarks
-Reference to Carl Sandburg
[The President talked with Rogers between 6:29 pm and 6:30 pm]
[Conversation No. 460-28D]
Preparation for meeting
[End of telephone conversation]
Middle East
-Kissinger
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[National Security]
[Duration: 1m ]
MIDDLE EAST
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Forthcoming meeting, February 27
Kissinger
-President’s conversation with James B. (“Scotty”) Reston
-Kissinger
-Briefing to Congressmen
-Ehrlichman’s briefing about revenue sharing
-Ehrlichman’s call to Reston Conv. No. 460-28 (cont.)
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-Carl B. Albert
-Kissinger’s television appearance
-Laos comment
J. William Fulbright
-Call to Haldeman
-Secret meeting
Kissinger
-State Department
-Role
-Television appearance
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Bernard Kalb
-Circumstances
-The President’s position
Television appearances
-Ehrlichman
-Kissinger
-Shultz
-White House staff
-The President’s position
-Flanigan
-Clark MacGregor
-Rose Mary Woods
-MacGregor
-Kissinger
-Foreign policy
-President’s position
-The President’s policy about television appearances
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
George H. Gallup polls
-Laos
-Effect
-Discussion of figures
-Forthcoming poll
-Compared to Cambodia
-Figures
-Changes Conv. No. 460-28 (cont.)
-Economy
-Forthcoming press conference
-Need for regular polls
The President and Haldeman left at 6:45 pm