Conversation: 490-007
Prev: 490-006 Next: 490-008Start Date: 29-Apr-1971 12:53 PM
End Date: 29-Apr-1971 1:17 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob");Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:37:09
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:00:50
NARA Description:
On April 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:53 pm to 1:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 490-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 490-7
Date: April 29, 1971
Time: 12:53 pm - 1:17 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Vietnam negotiations
-Prisoners of War [POWs]
-Dr. David K.E. Bruce
-US proposals
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-South Vietnamese proposals
-President’s forthcoming press conference
-Wording
-US proposal
-Possible questions
-North Vietnamese statements
-Madame Nguyen Thi Binh
-Ceasefire
-President’s comments
-POWs
-North Vietnamese proposal
-Wire service reports
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-North Vietnamese position
-Conditions
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-Press view
-Madame Binh
-US withdrawal
-Extent
-Timing
-North Vietnamese proposals
-Press
-Possible US response
-POWs
-Philip C. Habib’s view
Haldeman entered at 1:00 pm.
-Madame Binh
-Wire service reports
-Xuan Thuy
-US withdrawal
-Wording
-Possible US position
-Possible questions at press conference
Haldeman's conversation with William P. Rogers
-Rogers’ statement on People’s Republic of Chin [PRC]
-Walter L. Cronkite, Jr.
-Associated Press [AP]
-Inaccuracy of comments
-State Department
-William B. Saxbe
-John N. Irwin, II
-Charles W. Bray, III
PRC
-US policy statements
-American Society of Newspaper Editors [ASNE] meeting, April 16, 1971
-President's upcoming press conference, April 29, 1971
-Rogers’ statement
-Wording
-President’s view
-President's possible press statements
-US strategy
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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-Haig’s forthcoming telephone call to Dobrynin
-Rogers’ previous comments
-Haig’s clarification
-President's upcoming press conference
-US policy
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Wire service reports
-President’s upcoming press conference Conv. No. 490-7 (cont.)
-President’s responses to possible questions
-US policy
-Haig's possible initiatives
Vietnamese negotiations
-North Vietnamese proposals
-US withdrawal
-Press
Haig left at 1:06 pm.
[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]
President's schedule
-Visit to California
-[Howell Conant]
-Formal portrait
-Compared to Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
-Details
President's television appearances
-Mark I. Goode
-Role
-Content
-William H. Carruthers
-Memorandum
-Concerns
-Ronald W. Reagan
-Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
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-James Francis (“Jimmy”) Durante
-White House staff
-Role of television
-Atkins
-Portrait
-Camera
-Technique
-Substance Conv. No. 490-7 (cont.)
-Delivery
-Funds (“Checkers”) speech
-Ted Rogers
-Importance of substance
-Make-up
-Set
-1960 debates
-Production
-Lighting
-President’s appearance
-President's suit
-Ted Rogers
-Carruthers
William P. Rogers
-Trip
-Turkey
-Previous conversation with Haldeman
-Statement on PRC
-Trip
-Turkey
-Statement on PRC
-Press
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Oval Office windows
-Spring
-Open
-Curtains
Conv. No. 490-7 (cont.)
Charles W. Colson
-Schedule
[Transcript #2: 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]
The President and Haldeman left at 1:17 pm.