Conversation: 497-001
Prev:  496-019 Next: 497-002Start Date: 11-May-1971 11:04 AM
End Date: 11-May-1971 11:20 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Ehrlichman, John D.; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:00:30
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:17:24
NARA Description:
On May 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:04 am to 11:20 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 497-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 497-1 Date: May 11, 1971 Time: 11:04 am - 11:20 am Location: Oval Office The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman at 11:04 am. [The recording begins at an unknown time while the meeting is in progress.] [Discontinuities appear in the original recording.] Wire services National parks -President's program -National Park Service -President's interview with Robert B. Semple, Jr. -Parks in west -New York City Research and development -Contributions by private industry -Prototypes -Subsidies by foreign governments -Japan, Great Britain, France, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -President's conversation with Kenneth R. Cole -Breeder reactor, moon shots -Desalinization of water -President's conversation with Dr. Edward E. David, Jr. -William L. Safire -Possible prototype plants -Southern California, Texas -Federal budget -National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA] -Department of the Interior -John W. O'Meara[?] -Bureau of Salinization -Head of Office of Saline Water in California, Chung-Ming Wong -Cancer program -Water -Breeder reactor -Prototype plant in California -Federal budget 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Desalinization -Phraseology -Federal water projects -John B. Connally's comments -Dam projects -Water tables in west -Phoenix and Texas -Connally's comment -Southern California, Pacific Northwest -Colorado River -Relations with Mexico -Federal budget -Cost of water in Mideast[?] -Government subsidy -Schools -Roads -Bureau of Reclamation -Bureau of Land Management -President's program -David -Pilot plants in California -Size -Federal budget -Head of Office of Saline Water -Wong -Travels -Israel, Arabia, Mideast -Saudi Arabia -Wife -Meetings with Haldeman at Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles -Connally -Atomic power -Ehrlichman's conversation with Glenn T. Seaborg -Oak Ridge -Howard H. Baker, Jr. -Possible trip by President to Texas, California or Oak Ridge -Previous trip to Oak Ridge -Tennessee Valley Authority [TVA] -Possible trip by President -Brownsville, Texas -National growth policy -Pilot plant 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Importance -Drought, farmers -[Forename unknown] Marsh[?] -Space program -Texas Congressmen -Public opinion -USSR -Reorganization Conv. 497-1 (cont.) -NASA -Office of Saline Water -Cancer program -Atomic energy -State Department -NASA -Rogers C.B. Morton -NASA -A presentation -An unknown man -Size of program, requirements for director -Breeder reactor -Public opinion -Benefits -Duration of program -Desalinization -Bureaucratic organization -David -William M. Magruder -Supersonic Transport [SST] work -Job offer -Salary -Size and location of program -California, Texas, Camp Pendleton, California, Orange County, California Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:04 am The President's schedule -William B. Saxbe -Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger[?] Bull left at an unknown time before 11:20 am 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) Research and development -Desalinization -David -A meeting -Program -Bureaucratic organization -Department of Interior -Cancer program Conv. 497-1 (cont.) -NASA -Location of pilot plants -Texas, California Haldeman and Ehrlichman left at 11:20 am