Conversation: 509-006
Prev: 509-005 Next: 509-007Start Date: 3-Jun-1971 11:47 AM
End Date: 3-Jun-1971 12:08 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:52:09
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:10:41
NARA Description:
On June 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:47 am to 12:08 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 509-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 509-6
Date: June 3, 1971
Time: 11:47 am - 12:08 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
President’s previous meeting with police officials
-Response
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Los Angeles Sheriff Peter J. Pitchess
President’s previous press conference
-President’s treatment of May Day demonstrators
-American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU]
-President’s position
-Opinion polls
-Ziegler
-Political questions
-Ziegler
-President’s opponents’ views
-Carroll Kilpatrick’s column
-Franklin D. Roosevelt and Robert Hoopes [?] of the New York Times
-Political questions
-Republican National Committee [RNC]
-Democratic National Committee [DNC]
President’s schedule
-Robert J. Dole
President’s forthcoming press conference
-Positive stories
-Patrick J. Buchanan
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-President’s reaction
-Paul N. (“Pete”) McCloskey, Jr.
News story
-General John W. Donaldson
-General William C. Westmoreland
Unemployment figures Conv. No. 509-6 (cont.)
-George P. Shultz
Press
-May Day demonstrators
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Robert H. Finch
-Godfrey Sperling, Jr. interview
-John N. Mitchell
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Finch
-May Day demonstrators
-Views of John B. Connally and Ehrlichman
President’s press conferences
-Ziegler
-John A. Scali, Richard A. Moore
-Goals
-Development of pattern
-Location and time
President’s previous meeting with police officials
-Law and order question
-Support for the President
-Democrats
-American flag pins
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
Drugs
-Foreign aid
-Unnamed congressman
-Opposition to aid to drug-producing countries
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Marijuana
-Administration opposition to legalization
-James C. Hagerty [?]
-Support for the President
Reaction to President’s previous press conference
-Administration’s foreign policy
-May Day demonstrators Conv. No. 509-6 (cont.)
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:47 am
President’s schedule
-Meeting with Corrine Griffith
-Mitchell
-Location
Presidential gifts
Roger E. Johnson
Bull and Haldeman left at 12:08 pm