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Start Date: 28-Jul-1971 12:46 PM

End Date: 28-Jul-1971 1:20 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Butterfield, Alexander P.

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:10:43

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:43:06

549a.mp3

549b.mp3

549c.mp3

NARA Description:

On July 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:46 pm to 1:20 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 549-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 549-13

Date: July 28, 1971
Time: 12:46 pm - 1:20 pm
Location: Oval Office

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

     The President's schedule
          -Postponement of William M. Magruder's briefing
               -John D. Ehrlichman

     [Pause]

     The economy
          -Public perception
          -Administration’s strategy

     [Pause]

     Legislative action
          -Cloture bill
                -Timing
                -Vote
                -Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield, Robert C. Byrd (?)

     The economy
          -Administration coordination of effort
              -The President's conversation with Ehrlichman
                    -Use of John B. Connally, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, Spiro T.
                          Agnew
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     The President's schedule
          -Canton, Ohio
               -Hall of Fame football game
                      -Frank T. Bow
                      -Scheduling problem
                           -Perceptions
               -John A. Scali, Rose Mary Woods
                                                                      Conv. No. 549-13 (cont.)
     White House staff
          -Clark MacGregor
               -Handling of Congressional liaison duties
                    -View of Congress


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     Speechwriting
          -Handling
                -Requirements
          -Raymond K. Price, Jr.
          -John J. McLaughlin
          -John K. Andrews, Jr.
                -Approach to writing
          -William L. Safire
          -Radio speeches

Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 12:46 pm.

     Information
          -MacGregor's recommendation
               -Dwight L. Chapin, Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
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Butterfield left at an unknown time before 1:20 pm.
     United Nations [UN] development program job
            -Rudolph A. Peterson
                  -Paul G. Hoffman's job
                        -Henry A. Kissinger, George H.W. Bush
                  -John B. Connally
                  -Foreign aid
                  -Connally                                             Conv. No. 549-13 (cont.)

     Bush
            -Role as speaker
                  -The US-People's Republic of China (PRC) initiative
            -Report to Congress
            -The UN
            -New York City contacts
            -Presidential leadership issue
                  -Kissinger

     Charles S. Rhyne
          -Assignment of special ambassador
                -[Forename unknown] Tyson comparison
                -Panama Canal negotiations
                      -Robert O. Anderson
                -Length
                -Peter M. Flanigan

     The President's schedule
          -The Bohemian Grove
               -Caveman encampment
                      -Handling of visit
               -George M. Mardikian

     White House staff
          -Roles in assignment follow-up
               -Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, Ehrlichman
               -Flanigan
          -Flanigan
               -State Department
                     -William D. Eberle
                     -William P. Rogers
               -Political, economic responsibilities
          -Douglas L. Hallett
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                               Tape Subject Log
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           -Outlook
                 -Ivy League
           -Possible role
                 -Colson, Haldeman
           -Role
                 -Price
           -Handling
     -Patrick J. Buchanan                                     Conv. No. 549-13 (cont.)

Conservatives
    -Buchanan
    -New York meeting
          -Domestic policy
                -Inflation, unemployment, welfare
          -Foreign policy
                -Soviet Union, Mediterranean, PRC, Vietnam
    -Members
          -National Review
                -William F. Buckley, Jr., James Burnham, Frank Meyer, William Rusher
          -Human Events
                -[Forename unknown] Weir (?), Allen H. Ryskind
          -New York Conservative Party
                -J. Daniel Mahoney
          -Young Americans for Freedom [YAF]
                -Randal C. Teague
          -Anthony Harrigan
                -Southern States Industrial Conference
          -John Jones (?)
                -American Conservative Union
          -Neil McCaffrey
                -Conservative Book Club
    -James L. Buckley
    -Security arrangements
    -Conservatives outside of Congress
          -Ronald W. Reagan, James Buckley
    -Issues
          -Soviet arms buildup
                -Congressional support
    -Kissinger
          -Possible conversation with William Buckley
    -Understanding of foreign policy issues
          -First Mansfield Amendment
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          -William Buckley
                -Opposition to Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT]
                -The PRC initiative
                     -William J. (“Jack”) Edwards, Otto E. Passman, Reagan, James Buckley
                -Kissinger conversation
                -Human Events
          -Buchanan
                -Conservative opposition                             Conv. No. 549-13 (cont.)
                     -PRC perceptions
                           -Soviet Union perception
          -William Buckley
          -Burnham
          -Other foreign policy issues
                -Vietnam war
                     -Action on Cambodia, Laos
          -Administration’s response
                -George P. Shultz
                     -San Clemente
                           -YAF
                -Kissinger
                     -Reagan
                     -Barry M. Goldwater
          -Response

The President left at an unknown time before 12:46 pm.

     [Pause]

The President reentered at an unknown time after 1:20 pm.

     The President's schedule
          -Lunch
          -Agnew's return from trip
               -Timing of arrival at White House

Haldeman left at 1:20 pm.
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                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. 10/08)