Conversation: 511-001
Prev: 510-007 Next: 511-002Start Date: Sunday, June 6, 1971 1:43 PM
End Date: Sunday, June 6, 1971 3:05 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator; Fitzsimmons, Frank E.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Rogers, Adele (Langston); Ehrlichman, John D.; White House photographer; Holton, LinwoodRecording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:01:52
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:15:13
NARA Description:
On June 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Frank E. Fitzsimmons, Alexander P. Butterfield, Adele (Langston) Rogers, John D. Ehrlichman, White House photographer, and Linwood Holton met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:43 am to 11:05 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 511-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 511-1
Date: June 7, 1971
Time: 9:43 am - 11:05 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
Vietnam
-Casualty figures
Berlin
-Negotiations with Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-[David] Kenneth Rush's efforts
-Soviet position
Chile
Vietnam
-Military situation in the Me Kong Delta
-Kissinger's conversation with General Robert E. Cushman Jr.
-Creighton W. Abrams Jr.
-Veracity
-Corps Commanders
-Nguyen Van Thieu's Conversation with Ellsworth F. Bunker
-Possible South Vietnamese troop movements
-Mekong Delta
-I Corps
-III Corps
-Replacement for General Do Cao Tri
-Administration actions
-McGovern-Hatfield amendment
-Kissinger's conversation with Clark MacGregor
-Mansfield amendment
-Cook-Stevens amendment
-MacGregor's views
-Kissinger's possible call to Edward W. Brooke
-MacGregor's views
-Effect of Laos operation
Press conferences
-President's reaction to political questions
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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-Paul N. (“Pete”) McCloskey, Jr.
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Mark O. Hatfield
-George S. McGovern
-Kissinger’s views
President's foreign policy
-Vietnam
-President's opponents
-Motives
-Troop withdrawals
-Public opinion
-Berlin
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin's comments on negotiations
-Effect on US-Soviet summit
-Joseph C. Kraft
-Effect on Polls
-Possible Soviet Summit
-Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT]
-Vietnam
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr's and Kissinger's possible comments
-Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board [FIAB]
-Dr. Edward Teller's possible appointment
-President's former law partner
-Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Gordon Gray
-Teller
-Kissinger's possible call to Patrick J. Buchanan
Liberals
Vietnam
-U.S. policy
-Possible effect on negotiations
-USSR
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
Press
-Queries
-John F. Kennedy
-Lyndon B. Johnson
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-President
-Political questions
-Equal time provisions
-SALT
-Newsmen
-President's press conferences
-Kennedy
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
Conv. No. 511-1 (cont.)
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-Alger Hiss
-Senator Joseph McCarthy
-Senator Barry M. Goldwater
-President's abilities
-President's 1960 debates with Kennedy
-Newsmen's views of educated people
-James L. Buckley
-William F. Buckley
-Kissinger
-Dean Rusk
Vietnam
-Kissinger's conversation with Cyrus R. Vance
-President's comments in England, 1965
-Support
-Harold Wilson
-John Foster Dulles
-Vance
-Activities
-McGeorge Bundy
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Press
-John F. Kerry
-McCloskey
-Comments
-Bombing in Laos
-Refugee figures
Reorganization Conv. No. 511-1 (cont.)
-Possible changes at State Department
-John B. Connally
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Rush
-Requirements
-Defense Department
-Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr.
-Admiral Thomas H. Moorer
President's schedule
-Moorer
-Forthcoming meeting
William P. Rogers
-Statements
-Connally's reaction
-Peter G. Peterson
-International trade
-Mutual Balance Force Reduction [MBFR]
Possible US-Soviet summit
-MBFR
-Dobrynin
-Preparation
-Kissinger's meeting with the PRC
-Timing of announcement
-Possible US-PRC summit
-Prospects
-Middle East
-Berlin
-Rush
FIAB
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Teller appointment
H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 10:00 am
-Effect on conservatives
-Buchanan
-Buckley
-USIA
Conv. No. 511-1 (cont.)
Kissinger left at 10:15 am
-Teller
-Dr. Edwin Land
-Franklin B. Lincoln, Jr.
-Rockefeller
The President left and re-entered the room at an unknown time between 10:15 am and 10:22 am.
[The White House operator talked with the President at 10:22 am]
[Conversation No. 511-1A]
[See Conversation No. 4-49]
[End of telephone conversation]
President's schedule
-American Committee on Italian Immigration
-Congressional leaders
-John D. Ehrlichman's views
-President's meeting with Republican Congressmen
-Strategy and tactics
-Ambassador William D. Brewer
-Mauritius
-Population
Senate secret session, June 7
-Laos
-[William] Stuart Symington
-Illegal administration activities
-Kennedy-W[illiam] Averell Harriman policy
-Policy of Kennedy, Johnson
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Tape Subject Log
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[Kissinger talked with the President at an unknown time between 10:22 am and 10:24 am]
[Conversation No. 511-1B]
Laos
-Timing of U.S. involvement
-Kennedy-Harriman policy
Conv. No. 511-1 (cont.)
[End of telephone conversation]
[The President spoke with Frank E. Fitzsimmons between 10:24 am and 10:29 am]
[Conversation No. 511-C]
[See Conversation No. 4-50]
[End of telephone conversation]
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 10:29 am
Linwood Holton
-Call from Ronald L. Ziegler
-President's schedule
-Home builders association
[The White House operator talked with the President at an unknown time between 10:29 am and
10:33 am]
[Conversation 511-1D]
[See Conversation No. 4-51]
[End of telephone conversation]
President's schedule
-Holton
-Ehrlichman
-Home Builders Association
-Ehrlichman
Butterfield left at 10:33 am
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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-Hoax calls
Laos
-Kennedy-Harriman Policy
-Richard B[?] Russell
-Symington
Conv. No. 511-1 (cont.)
Telephone calls
-Purpose
-James F.A. Cardinal McIntyre
-Patrick Cardinal O’Boyle
-Political calls
-Jack R. Miller
-John O. Pastore
-Craig Hosmer
White House social events
-Willy Brandt dinner
-Haig, Kissinger
-Attendees
-Arrangements
-Working dinner
-W. Clement Stone
-President's conversation with Richard B. Ogilvie
-Jerome H. Jaffe
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-Press coverage
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Conv. No. 511-1 (cont.)
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Press conference, June 17
-Buchanan
-Briefing book
[The President talked with Adele (Langston) Rogers between 10:40 am and 10:42 am]
[Conversation No. 511-1E]
[See Conversation No. 4-52]
[End of telephone conversation]
Rogers
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President’s schedule
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-Chicago
-American Association of Retired Persons [AARP]
-Accommodations
-Blackstone Hotel
-Palmer House
-Hilton
-Dinner for Winton M. (“Red”) Blount
-Arrangements Conv. No. 511-1 (cont.)
-Attendees
-Martha (Beall) Mitchell
-Rogers
-Nellie (Brill) (“Nellie”) Connally
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-Number
-Entertainment
-Hufty dinner
-Possible press conference
-Television
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:42 am.
Schedule
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:50 am.
-Maine
-Facilities
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
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Gov. Linwood Holton and Ehrlichman entered, and H.R. Haldeman left at 10:50 am; the White
House photographer was present at beginning of the meeting
Seating arrangements
-Photograph
Holton's schedule
-National Association of Homebuilders
Conv. No. 511-1 (cont.)
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The south
-Virginia
-Handling problems
-New Yorkers who comment on schools
School integration
-Benefits
-Changes since President took office
-Obedience to law versus prejudice
-Holton's children
-Long term effects
-White Southerners' pride
Bomb threat at Virginia Governor's mansion
-Holton's conversation with policeman
-Holton's conversation with Whittier Holton
-Mrs. Holton
Holton's schedule
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The President et al. left at 11:05 am