Conversation: 550-001
Prev: 549-026 Next: 550-002Start Date: Wednesday, July 28, 1971 8:58 PM
End Date: Wednesday, July 28, 1971 9:16 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:00:28
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:20:12
NARA Description:
On July 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:58 pm to 5:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 550-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 550-1
Date: July 28, 1971
Time: 4:58 pm - 5:16 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman ; this recording begins at an unknown time
while the meeting is in progress.
The President's schedule
-William D. Eberle
-Martin C. (“Marty”) Anderson
-John S. Davies
-"Early Bird" group
-Leslie C. Arends
-Murray M. Chotiner
-Request for meeting
-Return from European trip
-Purpose
-Timing of return from trip
-Purpose
-F. Donald Nixon
-Israel
-American Jewish community
-Campaign contributions
-Ambassadors
-Robert C. Hill
-William P. Rogers
-White House activities
-Law firm
-John N. Mitchell
-Intelligence reports
Staff changes
-Haldeman's conversation with Mitchell
-Robert H. Finch
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Finch
-Possible job as head of the Office of Emergency Preparedness [OEP]
-Staffing and responsibilities
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Darrell M. Trent
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Rumsfeld
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] post
-White House post
-Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP] post
-Frank Dale
-Possible Ambassadorial post in Latin America
-Haldeman's forthcoming conversations with Finch and Rumsfeld
-OEP job
-Compared to Departments of Defense, State, Treasury, Justice
The President's schedule
-Forthcoming visit to Canton, Ohio, July 30-31, 1971
-Pro Football Hall of Fame induction events
-American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC] coverage
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:58 pm.
-Chotiner
Bull left at an unknown time before 5:16 pm.
-Pro Football Hall of Fame
-Frank Gifford interview with the President, July 31, 1971
-Chotiner
-Transportation
Pro Football Hall of Fame event
Arthur F. Burns
-Effect of story
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Reorganization of the Federal Reserve Board [FRB]
-Effect of comments
-George P. Shultz
-Conversation with Alan Greenspan
-Proposed statement
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Request for meeting
-Handling
Rudolph A. Peterson
-Haldeman's conversation with John B. Connally
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Possible job appointment
Stock market
-Report
-Effect of news stories
Conservatives
-William F. Buckley, Jr. Conv. No. 550-1 (cont.)
-Call to Henry A. Kissinger
-Mitchell's forthcoming call to J. Daniel Mahoney
-Comments about the administration's policies
-Effect
-Congress
-The public
-National Review and Human Events magazines’ constituency
-Mahoney
-Mitchell’s forthcoming call
-Buckley
-Schedule
Schedule
-"Early Bird" group
-Mitchell, Clark MacGregor
-Prisoner of War [POW] group presentation
-Catholic War veterans
-"Early Bird" group
-Size
Haldeman left at 5:16 pm.