Conversation: 531-028
Prev: 531-027 Next: 531-029Start Date: Tuesday, June 29, 1971 8:32 PM
End Date: Tuesday, June 29, 1971 9:50 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Sanchez, Manolo; White House operator; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Bull, Stephen B.; Ehrlichman, John D.; MacGregor, Clark; Malek, Frederic V.; Higby, Lawrence M.; Swann, Mary; Mitchell, John N.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Sanchez, Manolo; White House operator; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Bull, Stephen B.; Ehrlichman, John D.; MacGregor, Clark; Malek, Frederic V.; Higby, Lawrence M.; Swann, Mary; Mitchell, John N.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:39:16
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:48:40
NARA Description:
On June 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, Frederic V. Malek, Lawrence M. Higby, Mary Swann, and John N. Mitchell met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:32 pm to 5:50 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 531-028 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 531-28
Date: June 29, 1971
Time: 4:32 pm - 5:50 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
President's schedule
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
Presidential statements
-Use of teleprompter
-Delivery style
-Richard A. Moore's views
-Delivery style
Honor America Day program
-Producer
-J. Willard Marriott
-Television network time
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Frank Borman
-Kate Smith
-Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
-Jack Benny
-Interviews
Presidential statements
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Use of teleprompter
-Quality of writing
-Use of teleprompter
An unknown person [Manolo Sanchez?] entered at an unknown time after 4:32 pm.
Refreshments
The unknown person [Sanchez?] left at an unknown time before 5:03 pm.
Conv. No. 531-27 (cont.)
Presidential statements
-President's forthcoming speech at the National Archives, July 3
-Staff work on speech
-William L. Safire
-William H. Carruthers
-President’s possible delivery
-Closing
-Speechwriting
-Use of President’s rhetoric
-Writers
-John K. Andrews, Jr.
-Use of teleprompter
President's schedule
-National Commission on Productivity
-Rumsfeld
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Mr. and Mrs. Winton M. (“Red”) Blount
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
-Political dinner
-National Park Dinner in Yosemite
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Ryan
-Rex W. Scouten
-Arrangements
-Haldeman’s view
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] graduation
-Remarks
-Drug announcement
-Presidential appointees
-National Park Dinner
-Date
-Purpose
-Poll results
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Size
-Advantages
-Groups in attendance
-Arthur Godfrey
-Advantages
-Subsequent visit to park
-Jackson Hole, Yosemite
-Scheduling announcement Conv. No. 531-28 (cont.)
-Midwest media briefing
-John D. Ehrlichman's views on format
-Pentagon Papers statement
-Revenue sharing
-Timing
-Ehrlichman's views
-Timing of court decision on Pentagon Papers
-Preparation of President's statement
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Ehrlichman
-Staff work
-Delivery of President's statement
-Press conference
-Timing
-National Association of Counties
-Peoples Coalition meeting in Milwaukee
-Billy Graham
-New Hampshire, Maine
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-Visits to 50 states
-Planning, spontaneity
-Blount dinner
-FBI graduation ceremony
-Preparation of remarks
-Nobusuke Kishi
-Walter P. McConaughy
-Kishi
Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
-Ehrlichman
-Pentagon Papers
-Views on prosecution
-Judgement
-Views concerning declassification program
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Wording of statement
Declassification
-National Security Council [NSC] committee recommendations
[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 4:32 pm and
5:03 pm]
Conv. No. 531-28 (cont.)
[Conversation No. 531-28A]
[See Conversation 6-24]
[End of telephone conversation]
Haldeman's schedule
-Rose Mary Woods[?]
[The White House operator talked with the President at an unknown time between 4:32 pm and
5:03 pm]
[Conversation No. 531-28B]
[See conversation 6-25]
[End of telephone conversation]
President's schedule
-Paul W. McCracken
-John B. Connally's role in government
-Mamie G.D. Eisenhower
-Birthday celebration
-Eisenhower scholarship fund
-Mrs. Nixon
-Unintelligible name
-President’s attendance
[The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. between 5:03 pm and 5:06 pm; Haldeman can
be heard in the background]
[Conversation No. 531-28C]
[See Conversation No. 6-26]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
[End of telephone conversation]
Security classification
-Numbers of people with clearances
-Board of Regents of University of California
-Possible change in system
-Kissinger Conv. No. 531-28 (cont.)
Leaks
-President's comments to Cabinet
-Haldeman's role
-Dwight D. Eisenhower and Sherman Adams
Peter G. Peterson
-Position of aide
-Martin C. (“Marty”) Anderson
-Haldeman's conversation with Ehrlichman
Anderson
-Possible role with Administration
-Edwin L. Harper
-Ehrlichman's needs
President's schedule
-Camp David
-July 4
-Washington, DC celebration
-Possible trip to Florida
-Midwest trip
-Camp David
-Camp Hoover
-Accommodations
-Robert H. Finch
-Peter M. Flanigan
-John C. Whitaker
US and People’s Republic of China [PRC] relations
-Handling
-Kissinger
-President's possible visit
-Announcement
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-David K.E. Bruce
New York Times story
-Kissinger's reaction
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Possible source
Leaks Conv. No. 531-28 (cont.)
-Administration reaction
-Ambassador to Japan
-Ehrlichman's meeting with John A. Volpe and James M. Beggs
-President's comments to Cabinet
-National Journal article
-National security
-Foreign economic policy
President's schedule
-George P. Shultz, James D. Hodgson
-Ehrlichman
-Alexander P. Butterfield
Leaks
-Haldeman's forthcoming meeting with the White House staff
-Connally
President's schedule
-National Security Council [NSC] meeting
-Shultz
An unknown woman entered at an unknown time after 4:32 pm.
President's schedule
-Shultz
The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 5:45 pm.
Vietnam
Soybeans
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
Security classification
-Possible changes
-Haldeman’s role
-Dwight D. Eisenhower's changes
-New classification
-Maurice H. Stans
-Lyndon K (“Mort”) Allin's memos
Conv. No. 531-28 (cont.)
Shultz
National economy
-Louis F. Harris poll
-Mansfield amendment
-Gallup poll
-Shultz's view of public confidence
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:32 pm
Shultz's schedule
-Hodgson
Bull left at an unknown time before 5:45 pm.
President's forthcoming meeting with Shultz and Hodgson
-Counsel for National Labor Relations Board [NLRB]
-Ehrlichman
[Haldeman talked with Ehrlichman at an unknown time between 4:32 pm and 5:45 pm]
[Conversation No. 531-28D]
President's forthcoming meeting with Shultz and Hodgson
-Counsel for NLRB
-Ehrlichman
Unknown news story
[End of telephone conversation]
Pentagon Papers
-[Forename unknown] Plassky's [sp?] story
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
Counsel for NLRB
-Richard T. Burress
-International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and
Helpers of America [TEAMSTERS]
-Prospects for confirmation
-Peter G. Nash
-Prospects for confirmation
-Jack F. Kemp Conv. No. 531-28 (cont.)
-Burress
-Ehrlichman's conversation with John J. Rhodes
-Hodgson's conversations with Burress supporters
-Nash
-President's conversation
-Charles W. Colson
-Clark MacGregor
[Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 5:35
pm]
[Conversation No. 531-28E]
[See Conversation No. 6-27]
[End of telephone conversation]
Frederic V. Malek
[Haldeman talked with MacGregor at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 5:35 pm]
[Conversation No. 531-28F]
[See Conversation No. 6-28]
[End of telephone conversation]
[Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 5:35
pm]
[Conversation No. 531-28G]
[See Conversation No. 6-29]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
[End of telephone conversation]
Haldeman's conversation with MacGregor
-Nash
-Conference on Mansfield amendment
[Haldeman talked with Malek at an unknown time between 5:05 pm and 5:35 pm]
[Conversation No. 531-28H] Conv. No. 531-28 (cont.)
[See Conversation No. 6-30]
[End of telephone conversation]
Nash
-Support on Capitol Hill
-Burress
-Industry and business support
-Stans
-Labor support
[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and
5:35 pm]
[Conversation No. 531-28I]
[See Conversation No. 6-31]
[End of telephone conversation]
Malek
-Declassification project
-Tom C. Huston
[The President talked with MacGregor between 5:35 pm and 5:39 pm]
[Conversation No. 531-28J]
[See Conversation No. 6-32]
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 5:35 pm.
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 5:39 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
[End of telephone conversation]
Memorandum to Lawrence M. (“Larry”) Higby
-President's previous conversation with MacGregor
[Haldeman talked with Higby at an unknown time between 5:39 pm and 5:44 pm]
[Conversation No. 531-28K] Conv. No. 531-28 (cont.)
MacGregor's memo to Higby
[End of telephone conversation]
The President left at an unknown time after 5:39 pm.
An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 5:39 pm.
[Unintelligible]
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 5:44 pm.
The President entered at an unknown time before 5:44 pm.
Memorandum
[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 5:39 pm and
5:44 pm]
[Conversation No. 531-28L]
[See Conversation No. 6-33]
[End of telephone conversation]
[The President talked with Mary Swann between 5:44 pm and 5:45 pm]
[Conversation No. 531-28M]
[See Conversation No. 6-34]
[End of telephone conversation]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
President's conversation with Swann
-Effect
-Cabinet officers' possible conduct
-Volpe
-George W. Romney
-William P. Rogers
-John N. Mitchell
Conv. No. 531-28 (cont.)
[The President talked with the White House operator at 5:45 pm]
[Conversation No. 531-28N]
[See Conversation No. 6-35]
[End of telephone conversation]
Use of secretaries
-Rose Mary Woods
-Maggie [Surname unknown]
-Prestige
[The President talked with Mitchell between 5:46 pm and 5:50 pm; the President talked to
Haldeman in the background]
[Conversation No. 531-28O]
[See Conversation No. 6-36]
[End of telephone conversation]
Haldeman left at 5:50 pm.