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Start Date: 22-Jul-1971 12:49 PM

End Date: 22-Jul-1971 12:57 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; 

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:09:45

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:18:59

542a.mp3

542b.mp3

NARA Description:

On July 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:49 pm to 12:57 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 542-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 542-12

Date: July 22, 1971
Time: 12:49 pm - 12:57 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

     The President's schedule
          -Diplomatic Credentials Ceremony
               -Sierra Leone
          -Future Farmers of America
               -Bryce N. Harlow
                      -Press

     Stewart J.O. Alsop
          -Health
                -Absence from Henry A. Kissinger's July 19, 1971 briefing

     William P. Rogers
          -Meeting with Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
                -Request for Presidential phone call

     Kissinger
          -Request for meeting on the People’s Republic of China [PRC] representation issue
               -The President, Rogers
               -Scheduling
                     -Time of meeting
                     -Diplomatic credentials ceremony
                     -Cabinet meeting
                     -Meeting with Melvin R. Laird
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                           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                       Tape Subject Log
                                         (rev. 10/08)



     Poll results
           -Presidential approval
           -Effect of events
           -PRC United Nations membership
                  -Result
           -PRC initiative
                  -Public awareness
                  -Approval                                         Conv. No. 542-11 (cont.)
                  -State of the Union
                        -Effect on poll
                  -Comparison of effect of events on poll results
                  -Forthcoming presidential trip to the PRC
                        -Approval, disapproval
                  -PRC initiative effect on world peace
                  -The President's world leadership quality
                        -Rating of leaders as negotiators

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:49 pm.

     Future Farmers of America group
          -Members
                -Paul Findley
          -Set-up of meeting with the President

     The President's afternoon schedule
          -Executive Office Building

The President, Haldeman and Bull left at 12:57 pm.