Conversation: 497-005
Prev: 497-004 Next: 497-006Start Date: Tuesday, May 11, 1971 4:07 PM
End Date: Tuesday, May 11, 1971 4:22 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:57:04
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:07:09
NARA Description:
On May 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:07 pm to 12:22 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 497-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 497-5
Date: May 11, 1971
Time: 12:08 pm - 12:22 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
The President's schedule
-Possible press conference
-Schedule
Haldeman's schedule
-John A. Scali, Richard A. Moore
-John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz
The President's programs
-Water
-Parks
-Breeder reactor
-Revenue sharing
-Law Enforcement Assistance Administration [LEAA]
-Public relations needs
-Drugs
-Marijuana
-Turkey
-Police
-John N. Mitchell's speech regarding the President's role in Washington, D.C.
demonstrations
-Other speeches
-Polls
-Coverage of Mitchell's speech
Demonstrators
-A poll
-Effects
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Poll by the Washington Post
-White House efforts
National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA]
-Possible water projects
-Reallocation of funds
-Moon shots, spacelab to Mars
-Public support
-Texas and elsewhere
-Compared with Supersonic Transport [SST]
-Programs
-Frank Borman[?]
-Apollo
-Effects, future
-Skylab, Space shuttle
-Jobs
Ohio
-Wright-Patterson Air Force Base [AFB] staff move to Florida
-President's conversation with William B. Saxbe
-Transportation training center move to Florida
-John A. Volpe
-James B. Rhodes
-Clark MacGregor's and William E. Timmons’ views
-Rhodes's offer
-Detroit, Florida
-Volpe's actions
-Florida
-Timmons
-Oklahoma, Texas
-Ohio importance
-Robert A. Taft, Jr. and Saxbe
-Cooperation with administration
-Ohio's importance
Florida
-Economy
Federal facilities
-Saxbe's meeting with the President
-Wright-Patterson AFB
-Defense Department
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger's role
-Congressmen
-Weinberger's role
-Arnold Weber's role
The President's schedule
-General counsels
-Frederic V. Malek Conv. No. 497-5 (cont.)
-William M. Colmer's lunch
-Colmer
SST
-Possible vote
The President's schedule
-Luncheon
-Possible meeting on Capitol Hill
The President's programs
-Public relations needs
-Shultz
Haldeman left at 12:22 pm