Conversation: 547-003
Prev: 547-002 Next: 547-004Start Date: Tuesday, July 27, 1971 1:05 PM
End Date: Tuesday, July 27, 1971 2:35 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Hughes, James D. ("Don"); Bull, Stephen B.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:15:04
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:16:43
NARA Description:
On July 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, James D. ("Don") Hughes, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:05 am and 10:35 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 547-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 547-3
Date: July 27, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:05 am and 10:35 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
The President's schedule
-John B. Connally meeting
-John N. Mitchell
-July 28, 1971
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Arrival at Andrews Air Force Base
-William P. Rogers
-White House Conv. No. 547-3 (cont.)
-Previous trips
-Compared to Vice President Nixon's Latin American trip during
Eisenhower administration
-John Foster Dulles
-Perceptions
-Compared to Henry A. Kissinger's arrival in San Clemente from People’s
Republic of China [PRC] trip
-Timing of arrival
-Purpose of Africa trip
Agnew
-Funeral of William V.S. Tubman
-Meeting with the President
-Use of helicopters
-Rogers, Melvin R. Laird
-Trip
-Press reaction
-Schedule
-Activities, conduct
-Golf
-African leader’s reaction
-Comment about Blacks
-Relations with the Secret Service
-Vice President's Secret Service detail
-Relations with the President's detail
-Secret Service
Robert S. McNamara
-Job with World Bank
-Candidacy
-Connally
-Kissinger's attitude, Rogers’ view
-Connally’s opinion
-Bi-lateral relationship
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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-Comparison with multilateral organization
-Handling
-Release of Pentagon Papers
-Reaction
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Perception
Agnew Conv. No. 547-3 (cont.)
-Trip abroad
-Comparison with the President
-Types of events, sites visited during trip
-Arrival ceremony
-Handling
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Compared to Harry S. Truman's attendance at funeral of Thomas J.
Pendergast
-Presidential succession
-Agnew
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, Truman
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Presidential radio speech series
-Raymond K. Price, Jr., William L. Safire
-Themes
-Possible name for series
-Frequency of speech broadcasts
-1976 Bicentennial era
-Safire
-Issues covered
-Steel settlement, Kansas City speech
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Labor Day
-Dignity of work
Pentagon Papers
-Douglas L. Hallet
-Duties
-Analysis of papers
-Future tasks
-Charles W. Colson Conv. No. 547-3 (cont.)
-Youth effort
Agnew
-Arrival ceremony, July 28, 1971
-President's role
-Congressional event, July 28, 1971
-Recommendations
-Buchanan, John D. Ehrlichman
Polls
-Albert E. Sindlinger
-Analysis
-Ehrlichman
-Colson's contacts
-Louis P. Harris
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Effectiveness
Economic group
-Ehrlichman
-Paul W. McCracken's comments in meeting
-Connally, George P. Shultz, Peter G. Peterson, Peter M. Flanigan
-McCracken
-Departure from job
-Other job possibilities
-Federal Reserve Board
-Arthur F. Burns’ possible actions
-Herbert Stein
-Shultz's attitude towards economic situation
-Haldeman's conversation about Edwin L. Harper's memorandum
-Activism
-Public perceptions
-Presentation
-Harper analysis
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Tape Subject Log
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-Wage and price control option
-Public reaction
-Establishment of group
-Connally, Peterson, Shultz
-Flanigan, Colson, McCracken
Public relations
-Safire's efforts Conv. No. 547-3 (cont.)
-Shultz
-Economic issues
-Burns
-Press coverage
-Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Peterson, Flanigan, Connally
-Focus of efforts
-Pentagon Papers
-PRC initiative
-Presidential leadership
-Establishment of goals
-White House staff
-Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Colson
-Kissinger
Robert H. Finch
-Possible job
-Office of Emergency Preparedness [OEP]
-Reaction
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-Business offers
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Mitchell
-Contact
-Possible meeting with the President
Press conferences
-Preparation of briefing book
-Buchanan Conv. No. 547-3 (cont.)
-Scheduling
-The President's trip to New York City
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Kissinger
-Budget
-Administration’s posture
Foreign relations
-Effect of the US initiative towards the PRC
-Press coverage
-Vietnam war
-New York Times article about Cambodia
-South Vietnam
-PRC
-Kevin P. Phillips
-Analysis
-Orientation
Radio speech preparation
Declassification effort
-Ehrlichman
-General Services Administration [GSA]
-World War II era documents
-Korean war
-Collection of documents for the President
-Bay of Pigs
-Cuban missile crisis
-Berlin
-John F. Kennedy-Lyndon B. Johnson administration
-Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.'s assignment
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
Agnew
-Arrival ceremony
-Mitchell
-Compared to Rogers
-Attendance by Cabinet members
-Rogers C. B. Morton, Rogers
Budget Conv. No. 547-3 (cont.)
-Approach
-Shultz's views
-Perception of Great Society Programs
-Effect of cuts
-Congress, special interest groups
-Timing
-Forthcoming election year
-1973
-Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]
-Family Assistance Program
-Unemployment
-Special revenue sharing
-Symbolism
-Job Corps
-Shultz’s attitude
Press coverage of President's visit to the Bohemian Grove
-Press pool
-Goldwater appearance precedent
-Coverage
-Grove members
-Robert B. Semple, Jr.
-Press pool
-Networks, wire services
-Press assignments
-Ziegler
Gen. James D. (“Don”) Hughes entered at 10:25 am.
Air Force One Presidential airplane
-Name change to "Spirit of '76"
-Lettering options
-Handling of change
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Wives of prisoners of war [POWs]
-Meeting with Kissinger
-Vigil
-Attitude
Hughes left at 10:28 am.
Bohemian Grove Conv. No. 547-3 (cont.)
-Presidential visit
-Press coverage
-President's situation compared to Goldwater
-Baseball game analogy
-Difference from White House events
-Goldwater's visit
-Boat trip on river
-Ziegler
-Presidential advance work
-Arrangements, assignment
-Level of handling
McCracken
-Contributions
-Shultz's comments on efforts
-Comparison with Stein
-Effectiveness as spokesman
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:28 am.
Alfred P. Chamie's arrival for meeting
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:35 am.
McCracken
-Perception of departure
-Washington, D.C.
-Stein
-Burns, Connally
-Briefings, Congressional testimony
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
Personnel
-President’s request for Haldeman to meet with Mitchell
-Finch
-Rumsfeld
Radio speech series
Haldeman left at 10:35 am. Conv. No. 547-3 (cont.)