On April 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:41 pm and 12:50 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 480-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 480-9
Date: April 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:41 pm and 12:50 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull
Henry A. Kissinger’s schedule
-Barber
The President’s schedule
-Barber
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:50 pm
Conversation No. 480-10
Date: April 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:41 pm and 1:18 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Veterans’ demonstration
-Capitol grounds
-President of Senate
-Carl B. Albert
-Health
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:41 pm
The President’s schedule
-Barber
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:50 pm
Agnew
-Forthcoming demonstration
-Use of Capitol
-Attorney General’s [Richard G. Kleindienst’s] opinion
-Effect on Congress
-Ellipse
-Agnew’s meeting
-Administration’s possible position
-Southern Christian Leadership Conference [SCLC]
-Precedent
-Possible crisis
-Effect on Congress
-Vietnam
-Numbers
-Veterans
-Schedule
-Albert
-Health
-Democratic leadership
-Personal life
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/03/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[480-010-w003]
[Duration: 1m 49s]
Democratic presidential candidates
-Samuel W. Yorty
-Inclusion
-Lawrence F. O’Brien, Jr.
-J. William Fulbright
-Lawrence F. O’Brien, Jr.
-American Broadcasting Company [ABC]
-Duration
-Commentary
-Samuel W. Yorty
-Presidential candidacy
-Carl B. Albert
-The President’s opinion
John B. Connally
-Potential presidential candidacy
-The President’s opinion
Wilbur D. Mills
-Potential presidential candidacy
-The President’s opinion
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s opinion
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John B. Connally
-Arthur F. Burns
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Henry A. Kissinger
Campaign practices
-Interview with Edmund S. Muskie’s mother
-”Chapman’s friend”
-Age
-Jane F. (Gray) Muskie
-Background
-E. S. Muskie
-Wife
-Portland, Maine
-Children
-Gene Muskie
-President
-E. S. Muskie
-Abraham Lincoln simile
-Education
-Presidential aspirations
-Daughters
-Political views
Interviews with other E. S. Muskie family and staff members
-Portland Press Herald
-Mickey Wiesenthal [sp?]
Ronald L. Ziegler entered at an unknown time after 12:41 pm
The President’s schedule
-John P. (“Jack”) Sutherland
-Alma mater’s yearbook
-Photo session with the President
Ziegler left at an unknown time before 12:50 pm
Campaign practices
-”Chapman’s friend”
-Jay Lovestone’s meeting with Hubert H. Humphrey and George Meany
Sutherland and Ziegler entered at 12:50 pm
Photo session
-Notes
-Autographed photo of the President
-Unknown forthcoming event, May 8, 1971
-Golf balls
-Cuff links
Ziegler
-Editors’ meeting
-Performance
Sutherland and Ziegler left at 12:54 pm
Campaign practices
-”Chapman’s friend”
-Supersonic Transport [SST]
-American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO]
-1968 election campaign
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
-James L. Buckley
-Republicans
-Locals
-Economic situation
-Democrats
-Jackson
-E. S. Muskie
-1962 campaign
-Leaks
The President’s schedule
-Televised press conference
-Office press conference
-California trip
-Press conference
-Announcement
-Demonstrations
-Timing
-Veterans
-April 19, 1971
-April 24, 1971
-May 1-5, 1971
-April 24, 1971
-May 5, 1971
-Press conference
-California trip
-Timing
-Photographers
-State visits
-Church
-President’s meetings
-Number
-Daily
-Frequency
-Leonard Garment’s call
-Sammy Davis, Jr.
-Flexibility
-Staff members
-Statements
-Speeches
-Agriculture Day
-California trip
-Press conference
-Florida weekend
-Giuseppe Saragat
-Alabama
Elections in Berkeley, California
-Results
-Activism
-Faculty and students
-Electorate
-Blacks
-Hippies
-Radicals
-Longshoremen’s union
-Stanford University
Santa Cruz, California incident
-Reaction
-Los Angeles Times
-Burning of building
-Haldeman’s son’s reaction
May Day demonstrations
-Security
-Disruption on White House grounds
-”Salute to Agriculture”
-Washington Post story on cameras at White House
-Police state image
-Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan
-San Clemente
-Florida
-Security
-Number of police at the White House
-Ziegler
Berkeley, California
-George P. Shultz
-Industrial production
-Briefing, April 15, 1971
-Paul W. McCracken
Donald H. Rumsfeld and Robert H. Finch
-Compared to Connally
-Performance
Ehrlichman entered at an unknown time after 12:54 pm
The President’s schedule
-Davis
-Awards at Open Door Hour
-[Muscular Dystrophy Association of America]
-Nebraska
-Garment
-Davis
-Picture
-Harold Russell
-Press
-Davis
Davis
-Schedule
-Press
-Robert J. Brown
-Schedule
-Shady Grove
-Brown
-Wife
-Retirement
-Revenue sharing
-Entertainment
The President’s schedule
-Davis
-Muscular Dystrophy Association of America
-Davis
-Picture
Davis
-Appearance
-Possible meeting with the President
The President’s schedule
-Morocco [canceled visit of King [Moulay] Hassan II]
-Press conference
The President and Haldeman left at 1:18 pm