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Start Date: 16-Mar-1971 5:47 PM

End Date: 16-Mar-1971 6:22 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Butterfield, Alexander P.Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Ziegler, Ronald L.

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 05:31:12

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 06:03:03

468-019.mp3

NARA Description:

On March 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:47 pm to 6:22 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 468-019 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 468-19

Date: March 16, 1971
Time: 5:47 pm - 6:22 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield

     Items for signing

     President’s schedule
          -Thomas E. Dewey’s funeral

     Papers for signing
          -Richard Morrison
          -Terry Wilson
          -Rose Mary Woods
          -A declaration

     Dewey
         -Announcement of death

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 5:50 pm
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Butterfield left at an unknown time before 5:52 pm

     President’s schedule
          -Dinner, March 16, 1971

     Dewey funeral
         -Day
         -President’s attendance
               -Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
               -Whitney M. Young, Jr. funeral
         -Day
         -Possible demonstrators
         -Location
         -Health of Dewey

Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 5:52 pm

     Young
         -Query about job offer
              -John D. Ehrlichman
              -President’s Cabinet offer
              -Previous statement

Ziegler left at 5:53 pm

     President’s schedule
          -Dewey funeral
          -Forthcoming press conference
                -Consumer Price Index [CPI]
                      -George P. Shultz
                -Timing
                -March 26, 1971
                      -Maurice H. Stans’ dinner
                -Timing
                -CPI
                      -Coverage
                      -President’s possible statements
                -Timing
                -John B. Connally
          -Meeting with mayors
                -Mayors’ complaints
                      -John V. Lindsay
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           -Richard G. Lugar
           -Ziegler’s office
           -A list of attendees
           -Ehrlichman
           -President’s previous meetings with mayors
                 -Lindsay
                 -Lugar in Indianapolis
                 -White House meeting                      Conv. No. 468-19 (cont.)
     -Meetings with mayors and blacks
           -Ziegler
                 -Press release
           -A mayors committee
                 -Legislation proposals
                 -Lindsay, Carl B. Stokes, Joseph Alioto
           -Staff awareness
           -Purpose
     -Information on past meetings
           -John V. (“Jack”) Brennan
           -National Archives office
                 -Retrieval of information
     -Young funeral
           -Travelers on President’s plane
                 -W. Ramsey Clark
                 -Donald H. Rumsfeld
                 -Margaret (Birchner) Young
                 -Ehrlichman
                 -William P. Rogers
                 -Ziegler
                 -Clark
                        -Rumsfeld
                        -Connection with Young
                        -Rumsfeld’s decision
                             -Reason
                 -Press coverage
                 -Clark

Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan’s letter
     -Peter M. Flanigan
     -Stans
     -Business Council
     -Content
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     -Flanigan
           -Possible business constituency
     -Stans
     -Letter from Fred J. Borch

Supporting constituencies for the Administration
    -Business
    -Congress                                             Conv. No. 468-19 (cont.)
    -Republican National Committee [RNC]
    -Governors
    -Business
    -John N. Mitchell
    -A possible meeting with the President

Dewey funeral
    -President’s attendance
          -Lewis, George C. Wallace, Barry M. Goldwater
    -Dewey’s positions
          -Presidential candidate
          -Presidential advisor
    -President’s attendance
          -Young funeral
          -Public opinion
          -Compared to Lyndon B. Johnson
          -Young funeral
    -President’s attendance
    -Day
          -President’s schedule
    -Possible demonstrations

Demonstrations
    -President’s response
    -Public opinion

President’s schedule
     -Meeting with mayors
           -Ehrlichman
           -Length
     -Previous Cabinet meeting
           -Ehrlichman
           -John A. Volpe
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      -Stans
            -Greece
            -Nicaragua, Kenya
      -Compared with home slide shows
-Dewey funeral
      -Wreath
      -Dewey’s sons
            -Possible letters from the President     Conv. No. 468-19 (cont.)
      -Wreath
      -Family and associates
            -Sons
            -Importance
-Possible other funerals
      -Johnson
      -Harry S Truman
      -Johnson
            -Possible lying-in-state
      -Truman
      -Johnson
            -President’s possible attendance
                  -Washington, DC; Texas
      -Publicity value
      -Young funeral in Kentucky
            -Publicity value
      -Richard B. Russell’s funeral
            -Symbolism
            -Coverage
                  -Value
-Dewey funeral
-Meeting with mayors
      -Ehrlichman’s view
      -Revenue sharing
      -Length
      -Ehrlichman
      -President’s role
-President’s role in meetings
      -Blacks
      -Leonard Garment
      -Congress
      -National Security Council [NSC]
            -Henry A. Kissinger
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          -Meeting with mayors
              -Length
              -Purpose
              -Previous meetings
                    -President’s view
                          -Value
              -Purpose
                    -Revenue sharing                            Conv. No. 468-19 (cont.)
              -Ehrlichman’s role

Haldeman left at 6:22 pm