Conversation: 473-015
Prev: 473-014 Next: 473-016Start Date: Thursday, March 25, 1971 9:23 PM
End Date: Thursday, March 25, 1971 9:56 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Finch, Robert H.; MacGregor, Clark; White House operator; Bull, Stephen B.; Allen, William M.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 04:36:41
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 04:51:41
NARA Description:
On March 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Robert H. Finch, Clark MacGregor, White House operator, Stephen B. Bull, and William M. Allen met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:23 pm and 4:56 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 473-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 473-15
Date: March 25, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:23 pm and 4:56 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler
Seating arrangements
The President’s schedule
-Robert H. Finch and Clark MacGregor
President’s call to Boeing [?]
-Publicity
A wire story on Japanese technology
Finch and MacGregor entered at 4:40 pm
President’s meeting with Congressional Black Caucus [?]
-A briefing paper
-Changes
-Charles C. Diggs, Jr.
-Appreciation for President’s actions
A report
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
President’s schedule
[The White House operator talked with the President at an unknown time between 4:40 pm and
4:52 pm]
[Conversation No. 473-15A]
President’s call to William M. Allen Conv. No. 473-15 (cont.)
-Line to use
[End of telephone conversation]
An unknown person [Stephen B. Bull?] entered at an unknown time after 4:40 pm
President’s forthcoming call to Allen
-Line
The unknown man [Bull?] left at an unknown time before 4:50 pm
President’s forthcoming meeting with Black Caucus
-Number of attendees
-Agenda
-Diggs
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, Donald H. Rumsfeld
-MacGregor’s place
-Agenda
-Charles B. Rangel
-Photographs
-President’s possible role
-Length of meeting
-President’s next meeting
President’s call to Boeing
-Signal Corps
Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:40 pm
-Feedback problems at Boeing
President’s meeting with Congressional Black Caucus
-Possible photograph
-Location
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Publicity
-Time
-Publicity
-Possible newspaper story
-The President’s view
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
-Publicity
-Diggs’ request Conv. No. 473-15 (cont.)
-Press response
-Time
-President’s schedule
Bull left at an unknown time before 4:50 pm
[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 4:40 pm and
4:50 pm]
[Conversation No. 473-15B]
Call to Boeing
-Line to use
[End of telephone conversation]
President’s meeting with Congressional Black Caucus
-President’s role
-Cabinet attendees
-Length
-Administration response to issues raised
-Cabinet attendees
-George W. Romney, James D. Hodgson
-Seating arrangements
-Diggs
-Augustus F. Hawkins
-Ronald V. Dellums
-Hawkins [?]
Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:40 pm
President’s call to Boeing
-Line at Boeing plant
-A speaker problem
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
Bull left at an unknown time before 4:50 pm
President’s meeting with Congressional Black Caucus
-Finch and MacGregor’s presence
-President’s call to Boeing
-President’s schedule
Finch and MacGregor left at 4:50 pm Conv. No. 473-15 (cont.)
-Responses
-Publicity
-Photograph
-Diggs’ possible statement to press
Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:50 pm
President’s call to Boeing
-Allen
Bull left at 4:52 pm
[The President talked with Allen between 4:52 pm and 4:56 pm]
[Conversation No. 473-15C]
Broadcast of call to Boeing plant
Supersonic Transport [SST]
-President’s position on Senate vote
-Effect on Boeing employees
-President’s position
-President’s appreciation for Boeing’s work
-Future use of Boeing’s work
Boeing
-Air Force One
-President’s trip to West Coast, March 26, 1971
-Contribution to US
-707, 727, 737, 747
-Future contributions
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
SST
-President’s position
-US leadership
-Congressional action
US role in world
-President’s policies
-Boeing workers Conv. No. 473-15 (cont.)
-Future
Boeing
-President’s use of planes
[End of telephone conversation]
Ziegler left at 4:56 pm