Conversation: 483-007
Prev: 483-006 Next: 483-008Start Date: 20-Apr-1971 11:50 AM
End Date: 20-Apr-1971 12:15 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:33:18
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:57:55
NARA Description:
On April 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:50 am to 12:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 483-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 483-7
Date: April 20, 1971
Time: 11:50 am - 12:15 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. Haldeman; this recording begins at an unknown time while the
conversation is in progress.
Removal of Donald E. McLarnan
-George P. Shultz
-Small Business Administration [SBA]
-Thomas S. Kleppe
-Administration appointee
-Career status
-Republican
-Dwight D. Eisenhower administration
-Competence
-H. Allen Smith
-Kleppe
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Administration's position
-Career status
-Kleppe's view
-Ronald W. Reagan
-Jurisdiction
The President's previous meeting with agricultural editors
-Washington office Conv. No.483-6 (cont.)
-Clifford M. Hardin
Supreme Court decision on school busing
-Administration's response
-Leonard Garment and Robert C. Mardian
-Edward L. Morgan
-Garment
-Requirement
-De jure case
-Racial balance in schools
-Quotas
-Freedom of choice
Henry A. Kissinger
-Concerns
-Israel
-William P. Rogers
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
Rogers
-Trip to Middle East
-Kissinger's view
-Joseph J. Sisco
-Forthcoming announcement
President’s schedule
-The President's previous meeting with Republican Congressional leadership
-Leslie C. Arends
-Robert P. Griffin
-Arends
-Robert J. Dole
-Gerald R. Ford
-Republican Governors Conference
-The President's meetings with legislative leaders
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Need for optimistic tone
-"Good news"
-Clark MacGregor
-The President's upcoming meeting with Jaycees
-Rose Garden
-Special tour of White House
-Size of group
-President's schedule Conv. No. 483-7 (cont.)
-Rose Garden
-Tour
-Cabinet Room
Supreme Court decision on busing
-Administration's position
-Charlotte case
-Impact
-The South
-Los Angeles case
-School district
-Voters
-Bonds or special tax assessment
-Charlotte
-Los Angeles
-Physical problem
Department of State
-Staff
-George H.W. Bush
-Request
-Rogers
-State Department
-Bush
-Unknown man
Democrats in the White House
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Invitation to White House
-Visits to White House
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Agnew
-The President's invitation to Hubert H. Humphrey
-Agnew
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
Press
-Rogers' view regarding administration's obsession
-Staff
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Realism
-Delusion
-Use Conv. No. 483-7 (cont.)
-Work with reality
-Agnew
-President's position
-Hardliners
-Rogers' view
-Ziegler
-Relationship with press
-Futility of correcting the press
-Television network commentators
-Dan Rather
-Herbert E. Kaplow
-Tom Jerrell
-Robert Pierpoint
-Bill Manley
-Influence on public opinion
-President's television appearances
-Television commentators
Hardin
-Replacement
-Salesmanship in campaign
-Rogers' view
-Position at Purdue University
-Tenure
The President's television appearances
-President's conversation with Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Tricia Nixon
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon's view
-Sharpness
-Timing
-Public interest
-Rogers
-Press conference
-Family’s opinion
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Forum
-Meeting with American Society of Newspaper Editors [ASNE], April 16, 1971
-Robert White
-Timing
-CBS interview
-Press conference
-CBS interview
-Audience Conv. No. 483-7 (cont.)
-Time slot
-Agnew
-Pentagon
-Press conference
-Announcement
-John A. Scali
-Kissinger
-Arms negotiations
-Follow-up
The President's use of radio
-Speech
-Youth conference
-ASNE meeting
-Audience
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: l9s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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-Publicity
-Cabinet
-Kissinger's dinner with Katharine L. Graham
Radio
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Prize fights
-Joe Louis
-Adolf Hitler
-Transmission
The President's schedule
-Upcoming meeting with Jaycees Conv. No. 483-7 (cont.)
Hardin
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 22s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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An unknown woman entered at an unknown time after 11:50 am.
The President's schedule
-Stephen B. Bull
The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 12:15 pm.
The President's schedule
Earth week
-Crowd
-John V. Lindsay
-March of Dimes
-Health research
-Press
New York
-Rich
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Filth
-Unknown hotel near Pierre Hotel
-Central Park
-Republican headquarters
-Edward C. Nixon
-Prostitution
-Prostitution
-58th Street Conv. No. 483-7 (cont.)
-Ed Nixon
-Pierre Hotel
-Plaza Hotel
-Garbage
-Crowds
-5th Avenue
-Jews
-Puerto Ricans
-Blacks
-Jews
-Italian policemen
-Theatre
Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:50 pm.
The President's schedule
-Meeting with Jaycees
New York
-Theatre
The President's schedule
-Meeting with Jaycees
-Presentation of plaque to the President
The President, Haldeman, and Bull left at 12:15 pm.