Conversation: 462-018
Prev: 462-017 Next: 462-019Start Date: 5-Mar-1971 4:20 PM
End Date: 5-Mar-1971 4:28 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Finch, Robert H.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 06:13:13
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 06:24:43
NARA Description:
On March 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Finch met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:20 pm and 4:28 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 462-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 462-18
Date: March 5, 1971
Time: Unknown after 4:20 pm until 4:28 pm
Location: Oval Office
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President met with Robert H. Finch
[Recording begins while the conversation is in progress]
President’s March 4, 1971 press conference
-Young people’s response
-Finch children
-Vietnam policy
-Effect of Laos (Lam Son)
-Interdiction of North Vietnamese supplies
-US withdrawal
-R. Sargent Shriver
-Middle East
-Jewish response
-W[illiam] Stuart Symington
-Henry A. Kissinger
-William P. Rogers
-President’s comments
-Jewish response
-Symington
-J. William Fulbright
-Rogers
-Critics
-President’s response
-Effect on press
President’s press conferences
-Television
-Frequency
-Possible office press conferences
-Frequency
-Coverage
-Frequency
-Importance of television
President’s March 4, 1971 press conference
-Finch’s previous conversation with a barber
-President’s familiarity with press
-Peter Lisagor, Lucian C. (“Lou”) Warren, Robert B. Semple, Jr.
-Laos (Lam Son)
-Effect of President’s statements
-Compared with Cambodia
-Justification
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Ronald W. Reagan
-A proposal
-Funding problems
-A poll
-Medicaid proposal
-Congressional and California state legislature
Conv. No. 462-18 (cont.)
Polls
-President’s support
-George H. Gallup poll
-Laos (Lam Son)
-Vietnam
-Economy
-Stock market level
-Revenue sharing
-Welfare reform
-Effect of President’s policies
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Cabinet
-George W. Romney
-John B. Connally
-Press, Congress
-Committee on education
-Atlanta trip
President’s schedule
-Meeting with Finch
-Laos
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-Youth
President’s appeal to youth
-Question and answer technique
-Compared with Edmund G. Muskie, Hubert H. Humphrey, Edward M. (“Ted”)
Kennedy
-Finch children
-President’s responses at March 4, 1971 press conference Conv. No. 462-18 (cont.)
-Nixon daughters
-Rogers
-Vietnam
-President’s phraseology, tone
President’s March 4, 1971 press conference
-Unasked question
-Finch’s uses
-Tone of answer prepared
-Humphrey, Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson, John C. Stennis
-Vietnam
-1961 compared with 1969
-US plans
-Clark M. Clifford’s 1968 statement
-Withdrawal of US forces
-President’s record
-Withdrawal of US troops
-Casualty rate
-Compared with Lyndon B. Johnson administration
-1961 situation
-Compared with John F. Kennedy administration
-Humphrey, Muskie
-Use of surrogate speakers
-Administration plans
Mexicans
Finch left at 4:28 pm
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