Conversation: 482-008
Prev:  482-007 Next: 482-009Start Date: 19-Apr-1971 9:03 AM
End Date: 19-Apr-1971 9:52 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:29:24
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:10:20
NARA Description:
On April 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:03 am to 9:52 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 482-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 482-8 Date: April 19, 1971 Time: 9:03 am - 9:52 am Location: Oval Office The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman; the recording begins at an unknown time while the meeting is in progress. Vietnam -Unknown man's article Polls -George H. Gallup -Approval of President -18-21 year old -Other age groups Edmund S. Muskie -Support Draft -William F. Buckley's views -Staff opinions -Unknown man's view Media -Lyndon B. Johnson -Middle America -Commentators -White House -Newsmen [Transcript #1: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.] [End of transcript] Rowland Evans and Robert D. Novak column of April 19, 1971 -William Morton [?] 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Victor Lasky -Ralph de Toledano -Trotskyites -Muskie -National Peace Action Coalition [NPAC] -Names -Compared with communists -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -People's Republic of China [PRC] -Maoists -Leon Trotsky -Successes -Non-violent opposition to Vietnam -Compared with other radical groups -Communist Party -Goals -Revolution Paul N. (“Pete”) McCloskey, Jr. -Evans' television appearance, April 18, 1971 -Interview of McCloskey -Evaluated -John D. Ehrlichman -Donald W. Riegle, Jr. -William B. Saxbe -William P. Rogers -William H. Sullivan -Laos -G. McMurtrie Godley -Instructions for Sullivan -Rogers Rally -McCloskey -Muskie -Democrats -Non-partisan -Allard K. Lowenstein -Muskie and Birch Bayh -Number of attendees -Marilyn Berger -Dan Rather 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Rather -Fairness -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] news report -Numbers -Governors Conference -Impounded funds President’s schedule Conv. No. 482-8 (cont.) -President's possible meeting with Graham B. Steenhoven -Table tennis team -Steenhoven -Trip to PRC -Chrysler Corporation -US table tennis team -Described -Maoist member -President's possible meeting with Steenhoven -President's possible meeting with newsmen -Manager -Schedule Joe Frazier's visit to White House, April 18, 1971 -Picture in Washington Post -Tour -Frazier -Wife/children -Cassius Clay [Muhammad Ali] -US Supreme Court -Frazier -Statements to press -Physical appearance -Clay John N. Scali -Henry A. Kissinger -Meeting with President/Haldeman -Kissinger -Role -Haldeman's meeting with Kissinger Robert J. Dole's speech to Republican governors, April 19, 1971 -Washington Post coverage 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Gordon L. Allott -Release, April 18, 1971 -Advance text -Content President's radio talks -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -Number Conv. No. 482-8 (cont.) -Possible booklet -Timing -Releases President's meeting with American Society of Newspaper Editors [ASNE], April 16, 1971 -Scali's views regarding television coverage -Radio -Cameras -Advantages of television Media -PRC -Frazier -Television -CBS Response to McCloskey -Rogers and Sullivan -State Department -White House -Report to President -Rogers -Sullivan -McCloskey -Robert C. ("Bob") Wilson -Trip to Laos, Vietnam McCloskey -Trip to Laos -Itinerary -Intentions -Wilson's forthcoming visit to Laos -Itinerary -Assignment 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Publicity -Media attention ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 1m 21s ] Conv. No. 482-8 (cont.) END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** -Gerald R. Ford Earth Day -President's proclamation -Congress -John V. Lindsay -Participants -Ehrlichman -Environmental issues -Participants -Publicity -Congress -President's role -Earth Week -President's schedule -Thelma C. (Ryan (“Pat”) Nixon's schedule President's meeting with ASNE -Live television coverage -Staff reaction -Richard A. Moore -Strategy -Timing -President's speech on Vietnam, April 7, 1971 -Applause -Compared to pres conference -Questions & answers [Q&A] -Questions 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Vietnam -PRC -Lt. William L. Calley, Jr. -PRC -J. Edgar Hoover -National security [Transcript #2: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation Conv. was prepared No. 482-8 under (cont.) court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.] [End of transcript] President's schedule -Television -Timing -Press conference -White House press -Frank Cormier -Eugene V. Risher -Williamsburg [Republican Governors Conference] -Helicopter passengers -Ford -Schedule President's PRC initiative -Michael (“Mike”) Mansfield -News summaries -Credit -Right wing -Criticism -Ping-pong team President's television appearances -Prime time -News time -Meeting with ASNE -Advantages -Rather -News time -Audience 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Meeting with ASNE -Effect on people -Editors -Influence -President’s forthcoming remarks to Daughters of the American Revolution [DAR] President's forthcoming speech to US Chamber of Commerce, April 26, 1971 -William L. Safire Conv. No. 482-8 (cont.) -Memorandum to Safire -Tone -Enthusiasm -Audience -Themes -President’s speech to National Association of Manufacturers [NAM], December 4, 1971 -Faith in system -Supersonic Transport [SST] -US economic leadership in world -Peace -Length -Upbeat President's meeting with Rio Grande [Texas] High School students, April 16, 1971 -Mexican students -Hard work -Trip to Washington President's meeting with Texas A&M University choir -[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II -Size of Texas A&M -Compared to Ivy League schools -Vietnam -Support for President President's audience -Robert H. Finch and Donald H. Rumsfeld memorandum -Charles W. Colson -College students -President's visits to colleges and universities -Kansas State -Nebraska -South 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -California -Polytechnical schools -Southern California -Whittier -Radicals -Opportunities -Professors Conv. No. 482-8 (cont.) President's schedule -Republican Governors' Conference -President's public appearance -John N. Mitchell's views -Avoiding politics of private session McCloskey -Moore -Demagoguery -Ronald L. Ziegler -Sullivan and Rogers -House -Governors -Ronald W. Reagan -White House role -Analogy to President's meeting with ASNE -Hoover -Patrick J. Buchanan -Press -Hoover McCloskey -White House involvement -Ziegler Muskie -Press -Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy -George W. Romney Hubert H. Humphrey Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson -Presidential ambitions 16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Vietnam President's schedule -Scali -Kissinger -Scali -Haldeman’s forthcoming meeting with Kissinger Conv. No. 482-8 (cont.) Haldeman left at an unknown time before 9:52 am.