Conversation: 521-012
Prev:  521-011 Next: 521-013Start Date: 15-Jun-1971 4:40 PM
End Date: 15-Jun-1971 5:13 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:05:22
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:42:00
NARA Description:
On June 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:40 pm to 5:13 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 521-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 521-12 Date: June 15, 1971 Time: 4:40 pm - 5:13 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Stephen B. Bull and Alexander P. Butterfield. President's schedule -Henry A. Kissinger schedule Bull left at an unknown time before 4:45 pm. H.R. (“Bob’) Haldeman entered at 4:45 pm. President's schedule -Willy Brandt -Shortage of time -Charles H. Percy -John B. Connally -Meeting between Connally and Brandt Brandt dinner -Peter G. Peterson -John A. Scali 21 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -William J. Baroody -George Meany statement -Jay Lovestone -Eastman Kodak -Robert S. Oelman, National Cash Register official -John M. Huntsman's friend -Dudley Swim -Friendship with Huntsman -Demeanor -View of Ronald W. Reagan -Calls to Huntsman Butterfield left at 4:47 pm. Scheduling -John D. Ehrlichman -Charles Bluhdorn -Message to President from President of Dominican Republic -Content -Sugar quotas -President's role in meeting -[Unintelligible name] -Effect of meeting with President -Kissinger -Time compared with money -Contact with John D. Ehrlichman Pentagon Papers -Handling -John N. Mitchell -Department of Defense [DOD] -President's meeting with Mitchell, Ehrlichman, and Ronald L. Ziegler -Necessity of leadership -John A. Scali role -Collection of ideas -Attorney General's role -Barry M. Goldwater role -Vice President’s role -Impact -Statement by President -Drawbacks -Possible statements by Senators 22 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Naming of papers -John F. Kennedy-Lyndon B. Johnson papers -Compared with Robert S. McNamara papers -Administrations basic position -Protection of national security -Effect of publication on national security -William P. Rogers -Concern of foreign governments Conv. No. 521-12 (cont.) -Need for coordination of administration efforts -William L. Safire -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -Public relations nature of problem -Involvement by staff -Charles W. Colson -Scali -Richard A. Moore -Safire -Donald H. Rumsfeld -Political involvement -Public relations -"Family quarrel" nature of problem -Protection of US security -Impact of administrations action against New York Times -Ziegler -Ehrlichman -Access of Times to press pools -Ziegler’s role -Access of Times to airplane pools -Question and answers session by President -Haldeman’s previous conversation with Kissinger -Impact on Justice Department action -Mitchell -Formulation of reason for avoiding comment -Intent of briefing -Domestic policy -Drugs -Revenue sharing -Reorganization -Criminal proceedings -Effect of publication on President -Perception of people -Rogers' statement 23 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -President's role in period covered by papers -Ziegler -Colson -Emphasis on originating administrations -Kennedy-Johnson papers -Administration use of secrecy -Ehrlichman -Polls Conv. No. 521-12 (cont.) -Need for statement by President ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 1m 53s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ********************************************************************** Administration policies -Economic problems -Arthur F. Burns -Inflation -Scope -Connally and George P. Shultz -Arthur F. Burns -Consistency -Paul W. McCracken -War issue -Negotiations Pentagon Papers -Impact of Times stories -Kennedy-Johnson papers -Nature of original studies -Extent of reading by public -Perception by public -Security breech 24 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Consequences -Press interests compared to public interest -Need for Congressional speeches -Reasons for publication -Safire -Ultimate effect of publication -Area effect -Pearl Harbor Conv. No. 521-12 (cont.) -Adm. Ellis M. Zacharias indictment of Franklin D. Roosevelt -US News and World Report -Long term effect -Possibility of successful legal action -Administration role -Development of new policy -Administration responsibilities President's schedule -Meeting with Ambassador Kenneth B. Keating -Keating's competence -Age factor -Future plans -Age -Ellsworth F. Bunker -David K.E. Bruce -Other meetings -Level of visitors -Martin Joseph Hillenbrand -[David] Kenneth Rush Benefits of adversary relations -New York Times story Pentagon Papers story -Johnson role in fight -Enlistment of other spokesman -Dean G. Acheson -Dean Rusk -McNamara -Kissinger role -Mobilization of "establishment" spokesmen -Rogers press conference -Leaks 25 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Drawbacks -Effect on foreign policy President's schedule -Press conference -Rochester, New York -News-making potential -Upcoming speech Conv. No. 521-12 (cont.) -American Medical Association [AMA] meeting -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -Press conference -Letters regarding conference -Timing of conference -Rationale -Timing -Price Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:47 pm. Schedule -Kissinger and Keating Bull left at an unknown time before 5:13 pm. President's schedule -Press conference -Timing -Audience reception -Exposure -Johnson -Rose Mary Woods -Audience reception -Trade-offs -Content effect -National Security Council [NSC] meeting -Kissinger request -Changing in time -Question and answer Haldeman left at 5:13 pm. 26 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08)