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 AidConversation 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
-Kissinger
-US position
-Taiwan
-PRC
-Possible visit of PRC doctors
-Finch’s forthcoming conversation with Kissinger
-US policy regarding PRC
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
USSR
-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
-Medical education
-Prisoner relief
France
-Jacques M. P. Chaban-Delmas
-Georges J. R. Pompidou
-President’s relations with Chaban-Delmas
Morocco
-Visit of King [Moulay] Hassan II
-Scheduling
-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
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480-10 (cont.)
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[National Security]
[480-006-w002]
[Duration: 59s]
Italy
-Pope Paul VI [Giovanni Battista Motini]
-Potential topics of conversation
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-US concern
-Vatican’s role
-Papal concern over forthcoming Italian presidential elections
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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
Germany
-East Berlin
European press
-Kissinger
-Editors
-Intellectuals
-Editors
-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
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[Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number
LPRN-T-MDR-2014-023. Segment declassified on 04/24/2019. Archivist: MAS]
[National Security]
[480-006-w003]
[Duration: 2m 29s]
International drug control
-US activities
-Impact on Turkey and France
-Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan
-Work
-French policies
-Robert H. Finch and Donald H. Rumsfeld trip
-Turkey visit
-France
-Marseilles
-US priorities
-France
-Need to talk to Jacques M. P. Chaban-Delmas
-Robert H. Finch and Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Return from forthcoming trip
-Recommendations
Robert H. Finch and Donald H. Rumsfeld forthcoming trip
-Prisoner of war [POW] issue
-Need to talk to Pope Paul VI [Giovanni Battista Motini]
-Need to talk to Henry Cabot Lodge
-International drug control
-Potential communication with US ambassador
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Jacques M. P. Chaban-Delmas
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Overseas political contributors
-France
-Paris
-Rogers C. B. Morton
-Herbert W. Kalmbach
-England
-Duration of Finch and Rumsfeld’s trip
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-J[ean] Paul Getty
-Property
-Possible contribution
-Amount
-1970 campaign
-Contribution
-Kalmbach
-Property
-Living habits
-Possible contribution
-Paris
The President’s schedule
-Call from Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
Finch and Rumsfeld’s trip
Finch and Rumsfeld left at 12:40 pmThis transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.