Conversation: 480-006
Prev:  480-005 Next: 480-007Start Date: 15-Apr-1971 12:15 PM
End Date: 15-Apr-1971 12:40 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Finch, Robert H.; Rumsfeld, Donald H.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:03:48
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:28:23
NARA Description:
On April 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Robert H. Finch, and Donald H. Rumsfeld met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:15 pm to 12:40 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 480-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 480-6 Date: April 15, 1971 Time: 12:15 pm - 12:40 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Robert H. Finch and Donald H. Rumsfeld Appointment of John A. McCone -Congress -Anti-ballistic Missiles [ABM] -Breeder reactor -Clinton P. Anderson -Disarmament -Congress -Resignation from Common Cause -Possible delay -Release -Common Cause -ABM -Rumsfeld’s forthcoming conversation with Henry A. Kissinger -Disarmament committee -William F. Knowland -Qualifications -Experience -Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] -Atomic Energy Commission [AEC] -Breeder reactor Finch and Rumsfeld’s upcoming visit to World Health Organization [WHO] meeting -Kissinger -Possible invitation to People’s Republic of China [PRC] -President’s visit in 1951 -Herbert H. Lehman -Geneva -Dwight D. Eisenhower -Paris -Possible invitation to PRC -Votes -United Nations [UN] representation -Kissinger -US position 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Taiwan -PRC -Possible visit of PRC doctors -Finch’s forthcoming conversation with Kissinger -US policy regarding PRC -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] USSR Conv. No. 480-6 (cont.) -US policy -PRC -Possible reaction -Composition -Health ministers -Subjects -Health -Drugs -Education Racial discrimination in armed forces -Congress -Mail -Black Caucus -Work assignments -Blacks -Benefits of military service Finch and Rumsfeld’s visit to WHO meeting -Countries in itinerary -England -Morocco -Spain -Italy -Romania -Yugoslavia -Austria -Germany -Switzerland -France -Specific subjects -Drugs -Medical education -Prisoner relief 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) France -Jacques M. P. Chaban-Delmas -Georges J. R. Pompidou -President’s relations with Chaban-Delmas Morocco -Visit of King [Moulay] Hassan II -Scheduling Conv. No. 480-6 (cont.) -Arab summit meeting Great Britain -[James] Harold Wilson -Edward R. G. Heath -Sir Alexander F. (“Alex”) Douglas-Home -Tories -Labor -Wilson -Heath -Douglas-Home -Roy Thomson Herbert -Times of London -[Maurice] Harold MacMillian -R. Anthony Eden Germany -Willy Brandt -Opposition -Berlin -West/East -Mayor -Evenhandedness Italy -Henry Cabot Lodge -Pope Paul VI [Giovanni Battista Motini] -Social gospel 16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [National Security] [Duration: 59s ] THE VATICAN, ITALY Conv. No. 480-6 (cont.) END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ****************************************************************************** Spain -General Francisco Franco -Age -Robert C. Hill -Foreign Minister -Political conditions -Franco Yugoslavia -William Leonart -Josip Broz Tito -PRC -Romania -Nicolae Ceausescu -Role -Tito Belgium Paris Austria -Vienna -Salzburg -US relations 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) Germany -East Berlin European press -Kissinger -Editors -Intellectuals -Editors Conv. No. 480-6 (cont.) -Paris -England -Germany -Italy -Compared with US press International drug control -Justice Department -UN -Possible US initiatives -Amendments -North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] -Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan and Russell E. Train -Health -[Charles B. Rangel] -Harlem ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [National Security] [Duration: 2m 29s ] DRUG CONTROL THE VATICAN END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ****************************************************************************** 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) Overseas political contributors -France -Paris -Rogers C. B. Morton -Herbert W. Kalmbach -England -Duration of Finch and Rumsfeld’s trip Conv. No. 480-6 (cont.) -Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo -J[ean] Paul Getty -Property -Possible contribution -Amount -1970 campaign -Contribution -Kalmbach -Property -Living habits -Possible contribution Finch and Rumsfeld’s trip -Paris The President’s schedule -Call from Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon Finch and Rumsfeld’s trip Finch and Rumsfeld left at 12:40 pm