Conversation: 550-003
Prev: 550-002 Next: 550-004Start Date: Wednesday, July 28, 1971 9:16 PM
End Date: Wednesday, July 28, 1971 10:22 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Ehrlichman, John D.; White House operator; Connally, John B.; Shultz, George P.; Sanchez, Manolo; Rogers, William P.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:21:21
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:19:23
NARA Description:
On July 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, John B. Connally, George P. Shultz, Manolo Sanchez, and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:16 pm to 6:22 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 550-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 550-3
Conv. No. 550-1 (cont.)
Date: July 28, 1971
Time: 5:16 pm - 6:22 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
The President's schedule
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Veteran’s legislation
-Goals meeting
-Welfare
-The President's forthcoming conversation with Ronald W. Reagan
-Timing
-”Early Bird” group
-Size
-Purpose of event
-John N. Mitchell
-Clark MacGregor and William E. Timmons
-Leslie C. Arends
-Timing
-Karl E. Mundt, Arends, William G. Bray, Joel T. Broyhill, Ancher Nelsen,
Donald L. Jackson
-Richardson meeting
-John D. Ehrlichman
-California trip
-Reagan
-Meeting with the President
-Henry A. Kissinger
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 5:18 pm.
-"Early Bird" Group
-Arends’ attendance at reception
-Stephen B. Bull
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
Butterfield left at 5:20 pm.
-Richardson
-Catholic war veterans group
-Size
Butterfield entered at 5:24 pm.
-Arends
-Postponement of reception
-Rescheduling
Butterfield left at 5:28 pm.
-July 29, 1971 meeting with Sen. John G. Tower and Mitchell
-Purpose of meeting
-July 29, 1971 meetings
-William D. Eberle
-Martin C. (“Marty”) Anderson
-Ehrlichman
-Catholic War Veterans
Spiro T. Agnew
-Memorandum
-News story
-People’s Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-Possible White House source for story
-Relations with Robert H. Finch
-Meeting with the President, William P. Rogers, Kissinger
-Trip to Africa and Asia
-Golf
-Compared to the President's handling of trips
Conservatives
-Patrick J. Buchanan’s role
White House staff
-MacGregor, Finch, Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan
Congress
-Arends, Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Rogers
The President's schedule
-Morning schedule, July 29, 1971
-Tower, Mitchell
Mitchell
-Trip to Switzerland Conv. No. 550-3 (cont.)
-Swiss Banks
-Accounts
-Trip to Great Britain
-Meetings with foreign officials
-Elizabeth II [Elizabeth, Queen of England]
-[James] Harold Wilson
-Switzerland
White House staff
-Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Rumsfeld
-Possible post
-White House staff
-Diplomatic assignment
-Foreign travel
Foreign travel by the President
-Unknown place
-Reception
Steel industry
[The President talked with Ehrlichman at an unknown time between 5:28 pm and 5:39 pm]
[Conversation No. 550-3A]
The President's schedule
-Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz
-Mitchell, Tower
Steel industry
-Status of labor negotiations
[End of telephone conversation]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
[Pause]
[The President talked with the White House operator at 5:39 pm]
[Conversation No. 550-3B]
[See Conversation No. 7-18] Conv. No. 550-3 (cont.)
[End of telephone conversation]
Ehrlichman entered at an 5:39 pm.
Welfare legislation
-Status in Congress
-The President's forthcoming meeting with Reagan
-Ehrlichman's conversation with Richardson
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
The President's schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Rockefeller
-New York trip
-John A. Volpe
-Trip report
Department of Transportation
-Volpe
-Work
-Requested policy work
[The President talked with Connally between 5:41 pm and 5:43 pm]
[Conversation No. 550-3C]
[See Conversation No. 7-19]
[End of telephone conversation]
Shultz entered at 5:44 pm.
Schedule
-Meeting
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
Labor disputes
-Railroads
-Willie J. Usery, Jr.
-Proposed meeting with Charles Luna
Pentagon Papers
Conv. No. 550-3 (cont.)
Labor disputes
-Railroads
-James D. Hodgson
-West Coast longshoremen
-J. Curtis Counts
-Meeting with Reagan, Tom McCall, Daniel J. Evans
-Steel industry
-Lack of progress
-Evans meeting with Shultz
Arthur F. Burns
-The President's conversation with Connally
-Meeting request
-Previous meeting with the President
-Burns’ stance
-Ronald L. Ziegler's press comment
Economy
-1971, 1972 forecasts
-Stock market
-Profit statements
-International economic situation
-Effect on business community
-Sales
-Machine tools
-Paul A. Volcker's view
-Release of statistics
-Budget figures
-Balance of payments
-Retail sales
-International debt
Schedule
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
Shultz left at 5:51 pm.
Schedule
-Shultz
-Interruption of meetings
Connally
-Forthcoming Newsweek cover story Conv. No. 550-3 (cont.)
-Compared to Agnew
Economy
-International economic news
-Timing
-July-August comparison
-Steel
-Budget
-U.S. situation
-Public attitude
-Sales figures
-Advertising
-Balance of payments
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 5:51 pm.
Refreshment
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:00 pm.
The President’s schedule
-Shultz
-Proposed telephone call
-Ehrlichman
-Bull
-Schedule
Ehrlichman left at 6:00 pm.
The President's schedule
-Shultz's interrupted meeting
-Connally
-Call to Rockefeller
-New York businessmen
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Appropriations Committee
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Forthcoming American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC] interview
-Football questions
-Vince Lombardi
-Speech preparation
-Length
-Outdoor settings for speeches Conv. No. 550-3 (cont.)
Meeting
-Schedule decision
-Effect of People’s Republic of China [PRC] initiative on the President's image
Agnew
-Memorandum to the President
-White House news source
-Haldeman
-Perceptions
-News story source
-Finch
-Haldeman
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Leonard Garment
-PRC initiative
-Moynihan
[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 6:00 pm and
6:04 pm]
[Conversation No. 550-3D]
[See Conversation No. 7-20]
[End of telephone conversation]
Agnew
-White House staff
-Moynihan
-Kissinger
The President's July 29, 1971 schedule
-Shultz
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Time of meetings
[The President and Haldeman talked with Rogers between 6:04 pm and 6:19 pm]
[Conversation No. 550-3E]
[See Conversation No. 7-21; two items have been withdrawn from the conversation]
Conv. No. 550-3 (cont.)
[End of telephone conversation]
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The President and Haldeman left at 6:21 pm.