Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 472 › Conversation 472-022
Nixon, Haldeman & Acker on Dairy industry and Supersonic Transport
Tuesday, March 23, 1971 · 5:38 PM–6:07 PM ET · Oval Office · 24 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to coordinate White House strategy on several pressing political issues, including securing campaign contributions from the dairy industry and lobbying senators for the upcoming vote on the Supersonic Transport (SST). They also discussed arrangements for an upcoming meeting with black leadership regarding social policy and reviewed the fallout from the President's recent interview with Howard K. Smith. Throughout the discussion, the pair balanced legislative priorities with public relations concerns while maintaining their daily executive schedule.
- Dairy industry
- Supersonic Transport
- Campaign finance
- Presidential scheduling
- Public relations
- Legislative lobbying
Audio
NARA Description
On March 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Marjorie P. Acker, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:38 pm and 6:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 472-022 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 472-22
Date: March 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:38 pm and 6:07 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
President’s schedule [?]
[Pause]
President’s preparation
Patrick J. Buchanan
President’s previous interview with Howard K. Smith
-Public opinion
-President’s demeanor
-Format
President’s schedule
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Dairy industry
-President’s decision
-John B. Connally
-Campaign contributions to President
-Parity level
-Connally
-Relations with dairymen
-Possible additional contributions by dairymen
-Campaign contributions to President
-Amount
Supersonic Transport [SST]Show the rest of the log (155 more lines)
-Upcoming vote
-Meeting at 6:00
-Possible meeting of President and Marlow W. Cook, John Sherman Cooper, Winston
L. (“Win”) Prouty, Jack R. Miller, and Clifford P. Hansen
-Upcoming vote
-Tally
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Cooper
-W[illiam] Stuart Symington
-Peter H. Dominick
-Humphrey
-Labor
-Cooper
-Symington
-Connally
-Dominick
-Clark MacGregor
-Pairing
-Cook
-Quentin N. Burdick
-Karl E. Mundt
-Possible pairing with Burdick
-Milton R. Young
-J. William Fulbright
-Location
-Mark O. Hatfield
-Joseph M. Montoya
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson and Warren G. (“Maggie”) Magnuson
-Possible pairing
-Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr.
-Connally
-Campaign promise
-Cook
-Possible compromises
-James L. Buckley
-Margaret Chase Smith
-Prouty
-Hugh Scott
-Environmental concerns
-Lawton M. Chiles, Jr.
-George A. Smathers
-David H. Gambrell
-Herman E. Talmadge
-Aerospace industry
-Chiles
-Smathers
-Possible meeting with President
-Prouty
-Possible meeting with President
-Environmental concerns
-Buckley
President’s schedule
-Connally
-John N. Mitchell
-Thomas A. Pappas and Mitchell
-John A. Scali
-Health
Whitney M. Young, Jr. funeral
-President’s eulogy
-Distribution
-Leonard Garment
-Ministers, black leadership, white civil rights supporters
President’s schedule
-Black Congressmen
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Comparison with President’s meeting with mayors
-Cabinet role
-James D. Hodgson, George W. Romney
-Size of group
-Agenda
-Housing
-Romney
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[Duration: 3m 3s ]
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President’s interview with H. K. Smith
-President’s credibility
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Telephone poll by White House
-Unknown persons’ response
-Questions
-Raymond K. Price, Jr. and Buchanan’s response
-Garment’s response
-Background
Hatfield
Dairy industry
-Campaign contribution
-President’s decision
-Congressional action
President’s schedule, March 24, 1971
-Afternoon
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[Duration: 2m 20s ]
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News summaries
Marjorie P. Acker entered at an unknown time after 5:38 pm
Rose Mary Woods
-Location
-A letter
Acker left at an unknown time before 6:02 pm
News summary
-Use
Crisis atmosphere
-White House staff
President’s schedule
-California trip
-Weather
-Florida comparison
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 6:02 pm
-A briefing
-[Name unintelligible] [Burdick?]
-A call
-Henry A. Kissinger
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 6:07 pm
An unknown man [Burdick?]
President’s schedule
-National Security Council [NSC] meeting
-Time
-Compared with Congressional leaders’ meetings
Haldeman left at an unknown time before 6:07 pmTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on March 23, 1971
- 051-002 3:00 PM · 1 hr 40 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, George Romney, and mayors of United States cities, including Carl B. Stokes, James H. J. Tate, Roman S. Gribbs, Henry W. Maier, Louie Welch, Jack D. Maltester, Sam Massell, Alfonso J. Cervantes, Lee Alexander, Maurice E. ("Moon") Landrieu, John V. Lindsay, Lawrence F. Kramer, Harry G. Haskell, John W. Driggs, Richard G. Lugar, William D. Dyke, Robert J. Blackwell, Thomas J. D'Alesandro, Will H. Hays, Jr., Kevin D. White, Kenneth A. Gibson, Frank Curran, George G. Siebels, Jr., George M. Sullivan, Antonina P. Uccello, Ann H. Kilgore, Robert W. Knecht, Joseph Alioto, Peter F. Flaherty, Patrick Healy, and John J. Gunther, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 3:00 pm to 4:45 pm.
- 051-003 4:45 PM · 49 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:45 pm on March 23, 1971 and 10:12 am on March 25, 1971.
- 472-019 4:45 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:45 pm and 4:46 pm.
- 472-020 4:46 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, James L. Buckley, and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:46 pm to 5:04 pm.
- 472-021 5:05 PM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Clifford M. Hardin, J. Philip Campbell, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, John C. Whitaker, Donald B. Rice, John B. Connally, and William Fitz-Patrick met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:05 pm to 5:38 pm.
- 472-023 6:02 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:02 pm and 6:40 pm.
- 472-024 6:40 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:40 pm and 6:45 pm.
- 472-025 6:45 PM · 59 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 6:45 pm on March 23, 1971 and 9:32 am on March 24, 1971.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 472-022, March 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/472-022 (accessed November 2, 2026).