Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 529 › Conversation 529-004

Nixon, Haldeman & Ziegler on Mansfield amendment and Public relations

Thursday, June 24, 1971 · 11:46 AM–11:58 AM ET · Oval Office · 8 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Ziegler, Ronald L.Conversation529-004 on Tape 529 (tape position 00:11:38–00:19:08)StartThursday, June 24, 1971 at 11:46 AMEndThursday, June 24, 1971 at 11:58 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 529-004 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417178115 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with H.R. Haldeman, Alexander Butterfield, and Ronald Ziegler to coordinate the administration's political and public relations response to the House vote on the Mansfield amendment. The group deliberated on the appropriate wording for presidential statements to effectively manage the amendment's impact on ongoing negotiations. Additionally, the participants briefly touched upon scheduling matters and personnel considerations, including a potential role for Alexander Haig.

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NARA Description

On June 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:46 am to 11:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 529-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 529-004

Date: June 24, 1971
Time: 11:46 am - 11:58 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Alexander P. Butterfield.

     Schedule

     Mansfield amendment

           -House of Representatives vote

     Personnel
          -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. [?]

     Presidential statements
           -Wording

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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 07/08/2019.]
[Unintelligible]
[529-004-w001]
[Duration: 2m 34s]

[This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.]

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     Presidential statements
           -Ronald L. Ziegler
                -Effect of Mansfield Amendment on negotiations
                       -Public relations
                       -Wording

     The President’s schedule

     Ziegler’s statement

Ziegler entered at an unknown time after 11:46 am.

The President, et al. left at 11:58 am.

Transcript (AI-generated)

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Point two, here they are, certainly a loser.
They are sourced.
This is the room.
We put a piece of this in there.

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This is our Santa.
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I just encourage you to consider .
He's already 70% having to repeat what I think they did .
He did say .
They've got to say the right thing to destroy and .
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 529-004, June 24, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417178115). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/529-004 (accessed November 2, 2026).