Conversation: 480-010
Prev: 480-009 Next: 480-011Start Date: Thursday, April 15, 1971 5:41 PM
End Date: Thursday, April 15, 1971 6:18 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Sutherland, John P. ("Jack"); Ehrlichman, John D.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:29:47
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:01:15
NARA Description:
On April 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, John P. ("Jack") Sutherland, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:41 pm and 1:18 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 480-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 480-10
Date: April 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:41 pm and 1:18 pm
Location: Oval Office
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The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Veterans’ demonstration
-Capitol grounds
-President of Senate
-Speaker of House
-Carl B. Albert Conv. No. 480-9 (cont.)
-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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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 51s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 Conv. No. 480-10 (cont.)
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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
-Daughters
-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
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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 Conv. No. 480-10 (cont.)
-”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”
-Lovestone’s meeting with Humphrey and Meany
-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
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The President’s schedule
-Televised press conference
-Office press conference
-California trip
-Press conference
-Announcement
-Demonstrations
-Timing Conv. No. 480-10 (cont.)
-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
-Press conferences
-Statements
-Speeches
-Agriculture Day
-California trip
-Press conference
-Florida weekend
-Giuseppe Saragat
-Alabama
Elections in Berkeley, California
-Results
-Activism
-Faculty and students
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-Electorate
-Blacks
-Hippies
-Radicals
-Longshoremen’s union
-Stanford University
Santa Cruz, California incident Conv. No. 480-10 (cont.)
-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
Economy
-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
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The President’s schedule
-Davis
-Awards at Open Door Hour
-[Muscular Dystrophy Association of America]
-Nebraska
-Garment
-Davis
-Picture Conv. No. 480-10 (cont.)
-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
Ehrlichman left at an unknown time before 1:18 pm
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
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