Conversation: 472-022
Prev: 472-021 Next: 472-023Start Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1971 10:38 PM
End Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1971 11:07 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Acker, Marjorie P.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Acker, Marjorie P.; Butterfield, Alexander P.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 04:34:50
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 05:00:28
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]
-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
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-Cook
-Quentin N. Burdick
-Karl E. Mundt
-Possible pairing with Burdick
-Milton R. Young
-J. William Fulbright
-Location
-Mark O. Hatfield Conv. No. 472-22 (cont.)
-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
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Whitney M. Young, Jr. funeral
-President’s eulogy
-Distribution
-Leonard Garment
-Ministers, black leadership, white civil rights supporters
President’s schedule
-Black Congressmen Conv. No. 472-22 (cont.)
-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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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
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Dairy industry
-Campaign contribution
-President’s decision
-Congressional action
President’s schedule, March 24, 1971
-Afternoon
Conv. No. 472-22 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal Returnable]
[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
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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 Conv. No. 472-22 (cont.)
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 pm