Conversation: 517-012
Prev: 517-011 Next: 517-013Start Date: Friday, June 11, 1971 4:40 PM
End Date: Friday, June 11, 1971 4:59 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Hill, Robert C.; Dent, Harry S.; White House photographerRecording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:53:59
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:13:22
NARA Description:
On June 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Robert C. Hill, Harry S. Dent, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:40 pm to 12:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 517-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 517-12
Date: June 11, 1971
Time: 12:40 pm - 12:59 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Robert C. Hill and Harry S. Dent; the White House photographer was
present at the beginning of the meeting
Greetings
Baron Guido Zerilli-Marimo
The White House photographer left at an unknown time before 12:59 pm
-[Forename or surname unknown] Headly [sp?]
-Meeting between Hill and Zerilli-Marimo
-Graham A. Martin
-Italians
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 13m 57s ]
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Spain
-General Francisco Franco’s health
-Admiral Thomas H. Moorer’s visit
-Parkinson’s disease
-Digestive trouble
-Successor to Hill
-Transition
-Qualifications
-Effect of left-wing successor
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Tape Subject Log
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-Need for strong staff
-Hill’s forthcoming conversation with Henry A. Kissinger
-Kissinger’s role
-Staffing requirements
-Need for strong staff
-Successor to Hill
-Prospects
-Political leanings
-New York Times
-Moorer visit to Spain
-Soviet strategy
-Leftist effort in Spain
-Franco
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[National Security]
[Duration: 13s ]
SPAIN
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-Key to Spanish future
-Prime Minister position
-Vice Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco
-View of US
-Gregorio Lopez Bravo de Castro
-Blanco qualifications
-Political relationship with Franco
-Hill dinner party
Appreciation for Hill effort
-Quality of effort
-Continued support
Hill, et al. left at 12:59 pm
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Tape Subject Log
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