Conversation: 518-006
Prev:  518-005 Next: 518-007Start Date: 12-Jun-1971 11:19 AM
End Date: 12-Jun-1971 11:50 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:44:24
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:18:50
NARA Description:
On June 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:19 am and 11:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 518-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 518-6 Date: June 12, 1971 Time: Unknown between 11:19 am and 11:50 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield President’s schedule -Signing of documents H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 11:19 am ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 3m 30s ] 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) Butterfield left at unknown time before 11:30 am END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** Drugs Conv. No. 518-5 (cont.) -American Broadcasting Company [ABC] special -Method -Content -Possibilities -Concern with drugs -Opportunities for administration -Breadth of response -Leonard Garment, Raymond K. Price, Jr., William L. Safire -Experimentation with drugs -Prominence -Ivy League schools ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 12s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ****************************************************************************** -Use of drugs as an issue -Perception of people -Opposition of administration to Mafia -Dilletantes -State Department -William P. Rogers -Ambassadors meeting -Offense to some countries Rogers 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Concern with State affairs -Relation with State Department employees -John D. Ehrlichman ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10 Conv. No. 518-6 (cont.) [Privacy] [Duration: 6s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10 ****************************************************************************** -U. Alexis Johnson’s view of State Department employees Haldeman’s conversation with John N. Mitchell -Middle East -Jewish community -Mitchell-Henry A. Kissinger contacts -General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Jewish community -Strategy with President -Approval of President -Vietnam -Joseph W. Alsop -Support for liberals -Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy -Edmund S. Muskie -Hubert H. Humphrey -Common Cause -Paul N. (“Pete”) McCloskey, Jr. -Support for President’s Vietnam policy -Kissinger’s meetings with Yitzhak Rabin -Frequency -Benefits of meeting -Strategy -Mitchell -Rogers 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [National Security] [Duration: 9s ] Conv. No. 518-6 (cont.) FOREIGN POLICY END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ****************************************************************************** -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Donald Bergus -Egyptian proposal -Mitchell-Rogers contact -Kissinger’s role -Contact with Rabin ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11 [National Security] [Duration: 21s ] ISRAEL END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11 ****************************************************************************** -President’s role -White House policy formation 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Rogers’ role -Meeting between Mitchell and the President -Content -Kissinger’s role in Middle East -Rumors of State Department involvement in People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip -PRC contact initiation -Agency input -Department of Commerce Conv. No. 518-6 (cont.) -Department of Defense ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12 [Privacy] [Duration: 1m 38s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12 ****************************************************************************** -Mitchell’s information -Accuracy -Mitchell’s meeting with President -Haldeman’s role with Rogers -Mitchell’s New York contacts -Kissinger’s meetings with Rabin ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 13 [National Security] [Duration: 30s ] FOREIGN POLICY END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 13 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) ****************************************************************************** -Polls -Jewish support for President -Robert H. Finch -Stewart J. O. Alsop Conv. No. 518-6 (cont.) -Press -Mitchell -Rogers ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 1m 41s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ****************************************************************************** Mitchell -Kissinger-Rabin meeting -Content Kissinger -Views -Haig -Predictions -Signal on campaign contribution -Use by administration -Intent -Garment role Rogers -Previous Sequoia meeting -Rogers’ objectivity -Position on Clark M. Clifford proposal 16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Position on Prisoners of War [POWs] -Position on Vietnam -Position on Cambodia -Position on Laos Laos -Casualty rate -John A. Scali Conv. No. 518-6 (cont.) -Charles W. Colson -Cambodia -Stock market -Laos Rogers -Maurice H. Stans -Commerce Department personnel -State Department personnel -Ehrlichman -Johnson -Thailand -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] problems -PRC -Vietnam -Soviet Union -Dobrynin -Rogers and Kissinger participation -Soviet summit -PRC contact ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 [National Security] [Duration: 7s ] FOREIGN POLICY END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) ****************************************************************************** Rogers -PRC -Trade -Kissinger -Travel Conv. No. 518-6 (cont.) -Midway Island -Intellect -Department of State ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8 [Privacy] [Duration: 1m 35s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8 ****************************************************************************** President’s relationship with Jews -Israeli relations Haldeman left at 11:45 am