Conversation: 484-004
Prev: 484-003 Next: 484-005Start Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1971 4:18 PM
End Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1971 4:34 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Bull, Stephen B.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:17:11
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:33:53
NARA Description:
On April 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:18 am to 11:34 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 484-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 484-4
Date: April 21, 1971
Time: 11:18 am - 11:34 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. Haldeman.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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The President's schedule
-Meeting with ping-pong team
-John A. Scali
-Ronald L. Ziegler
An unknown woman entered at an unknown time after 11:18 am
-Scali
The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 11:22 am
Scali
-Columbia Broadcasting Systems [CBS] news story
-Marvin L. Kalb
-People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-William P. Rogers and Henry A. Kissinger
-State Department
-Rogers
-View regarding Rogers-Kissinger relationship
-Note to Haldeman, April 21, 1971
-Robert J. McCloskey and Ziegler
The President's PRC initiative
-Scali's view
-Rogers and Kissinger
-Implementation
-State Department
-Rogers
-Scali
-Haldeman's conversation with Kissinger
-Kissinger's conversation with Scali
Scali
-Role
-Views on PRC specialists
-Camp David
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-Views on the President's positions
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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-Demonstrations
-Views
-Charles W. Colson
The President's PRC initiative
-State Department
-Marshall Green
-Christian Science Monitor Editorial Conv. No. 484-4 (cont.)
-Quoted
-Kissinger
-Attribution of credit
-Attribution of credit
-Scali's possible initiatives
-Editorials
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
Ziegler entered at 11:22 am
-CBC News Story
-Ziegler's possible conversation with Scali
-State Department
The President's schedule
-Meeting with Graham B. Steenhoven
-Use of term ping-pong
-Preference for term “table tennis”
-Photo session
-Ziegler
-Scali
-Press
-Timing
-Steenhoven's age
-Press
Supreme Court decision
-Integration issue
-President's meeting with John N. Mitchell
-Implementation
-Richard A. Moore
-Administration's position
-”Benign neglect”
-Ziegler's conversation with John D. Ehrlichman
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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-Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
-Ziegler's possible press statement
-Ziegler’s press conference, April 20, 1971
-Haldeman's staff meeting
-Leonard Garment
Press stories
-Table tennis team Conv. No. 484-4 (cont.)
-Foreign assistance message
-Peter G. Peterson
Agnew's statement on PRC
-Washington Post story, April 21, 1971
-Possible press queries
-President’s response
-Ziegler's possible statement
-State Department
-CBS news story
-Kalb
-Scali
-President's initiatives
-Kissinger
-Kalb
-Trade-off
-Story
-Rogers
Ziegler left at 11:27 am
Rogers
-Schedule
-Trip
-Meeting with the President, April 22, 1971
-Relations with Kissinger
-Attribution of credit
-Kissinger
-Attribution of credit
-State Department
-Instructions for Scali
Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger’s dinner with Haldeman and George P. Shultz
-Theodore White
-Shultz
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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-Unknown story
-Weinberger's relations with Shultz
-Jane Weinberger
-Helena (“Obie”) Shultz
-White's remarks regarding the President's PRC policy
-Previous conversations with the President
-Book on PRC
-Expertise Conv. No. 484-4 (cont.)
-Circulation of remarks
PRC
-President's conversations with different persons
-Rogers
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-State Department
-Position
-President's conversation with White in 1968
-White's support for the President
-John F. Kennedy
John B. Connally
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:27 am
The President's schedule
-Meeting with Steenhoven
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:34 am
Connally
-Haldeman's conversation, April 20, 1971
-Meeting with the President, April 22, 1971
-Texas
Texas drought
-President's memorandum
-Ehrlichman
-Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr.
-George A. Lincoln
-Clifford M. Hardin
-President's conversation with Harry S. Dent
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Hardin
-Possible reassignment
-Bryce H. Harlow
-Schedule
-Purdue
-John C. Whitaker
-Tenure
-Rogers Conv. No. 484-4 (cont.)
-Career aspirations
-Possible ambassadorial appointment
Harlow
-Possible reassignment
-Secretary of Agriculture
-National chairman
-Placement
-Dent's view
-Qualifications
-Speaking
Haldeman left at 11:34 am