Conversation: 495-027
Prev: 495-026 Next: 495-028Start Date: Friday, May 7, 1971 9:53 PM
End Date: Friday, May 7, 1971 10:17 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 04:48:04
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 05:03:29
NARA Description:
On May 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:53 pm to 6:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 495-027 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 495-27
Date: May 7, 1971
Time: 5:53 pm - 6:17 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
President's schedule
David Packard
-President's conversation with John B. Connally
-Conversation with Connally
-Packard's tenure
-Packard's position on Lockheed
-Packard's tenure
-Lockheed's importance
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-Schedule
-Packard's future
-Connally
-President
-Position on Lockheed
-Connally
-Mexico
Conv. No. 495-27 (cont.)
Connally
-Meeting with President, May 8, 1971
-May 7, 1971 schedule
-European trip
-Camp David
-President's schedule
-Idanell (Brill) (“Nellie”) Connally
President's schedule
-Jerry V. Wilson meeting, May 8, 1971
-Other attendees
-Military representatives
-Photo arrangements
-Wilson, Walter E. Washington, and military men
-Mayor Washington
-Role in Washington, D.C. demonstrations
-Value of photo with President
-Value of photo of President and Wilson
-Photo arrangements
-Mayor Washington
Business Council meeting
-[Name unintelligible]
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Number of government officials present
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Peter G. Peterson
-Connally
Connally
-Government reorganization briefing
-Usefulness as spokesman
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal-Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 20s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 Conv. No. 495-27 (cont.)
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Supersonic Transport [SST]
-Possible calls by Warren G. (“Maggie”) Magnuson to House members
-Lockheed
-An unknown man
-Jobs in California
Louis B. Nunn
-Possible appointment as Secretary of Agriculture
-Background
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal-Returnable]
[Duration: 27s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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Spiro T. Agnew
-Performance as Vice President
-Staff
-Compared with Connally
William P. Rogers
-Mitchell's view
-Situation
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Revenue sharing
-Connally
-George P. Shultz and Ehrlichman
President's schedule
-Meeting with Wilson, May 8, 1971
-Time Conv. No. 495-27 (cont.)
-Patrick J. Buchanan-Shelley A. Scarney wedding, May 8, 1971
-Time
-Press events
-White House Correspondents event
-White House Photographers Association
-[Group name unintelligible]
-Women's press
-National Press Club
-Lyndon B. Johnson[?]
-Ribbon cuttings
Economy
-Retail sales
-Paul W. McCracken's report
-Possible statement by President
-Economic statistics
Charles S. Rhyne's book on international law
-Distribution[?]
Haldeman left at 6:17 pm.