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Start Date: 13-Aug-1971 9:36 AM

End Date: 13-Aug-1971 10:08 AM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Kissinger, Henry A.

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:20:41

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:49:13

563a.mp3

563b.mp3

NARA Description:

On August 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:36 am to 10:08 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 563-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 563-2

Date: August 13, 1971
Time: 9:36 am - 10:08 am
Location: Oval Office

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

     President's schedule
          -Camp David
                 -Departure time
          -Quadriad
          -Arthur F. Burns
          -Service secretaries

     Speechwriting
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                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. 10/06)
                                                                     Conv. No. 563-2 (cont.)


          -Anecdotes
               -Raymond K. Price, Jr.

     President’s schedule
          -Price
          -Quadriad
                -Paul A. Volcker, Herbert Stein, Peter G. Peterson
                -John B. Connally, George P. Shultz, Paul W. McCracken, Burns
                -John D. Ehrlichman
                -Camp David
                -Burns
                -Stein
          -Summer interns
                -Photograph opportunity
                      -Press
                      -Parade magazine
                           -Rose Garden
          -Camp David
                -Connally
                -Shultz
                -Helicopters
                -Connally, Shultz, Ehrlichman, Volcker
                -Burns
                      -Helen (Bernstein) Burns
                      -Helicopter
                -Possible announcement
                      -Quadriad
                -Burns
                -Room assignments
                      -Dogwood Lodge
                      -Birch Lodge
                      -Connally

Henry A. Kissinger entered at 9:46 am.
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                         NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. 10/06)
                                                              Conv. No. 563-2 (cont.)


         -National Security Council [NSC]
              -Defense budget
                    -Melvin R. Laird
                    -Shultz and David Packard
                    -Taxes

    Defense budget
         -US military dispositions in Pacific
              -Air Force

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[National Security]
[Duration: 18s ]


    DEFENSE


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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    Vietnam
         -US military dispositions
              -Sortie rate
              -Budget


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Privacy]
[Duration: 39s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5

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              -Thailand
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                             NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. 10/06)
                                                                          Conv. No. 563-2 (cont.)



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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Privacy]
[Duration: 23s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2

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     President's schedule
          -NSC meeting
          -Service secretaries

     Vietnam
          -Demilitarized zone [DMZ]
               -Possible us military action
          -Kissinger’s schedule
               -Negotiations
                     -Kissinger's conversation with Ellsworth F. Bunker

     Kissinger's forthcoming conversation with People’s Republic of China [PRC] officials
          -US-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] relations
                -Accidental War Treaty
          -[Emperor of Japan] Hirohito
                -Forthcoming visit to Anchorage
          -US-USSR relations
                -Possible summit
                      -Announcement
                           -Timing
          -Travel
                -Route

Kissinger left at 9:53 am.
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                                Tape Subject Log
                                  (rev. 10/06)
                                                          Conv. No. 563-2 (cont.)


President's schedule
     -Quadriad
            -Camp David
     -Burns

National economy
     -President's forthcoming program
           -Preparation
                 -Connally, Shultz
                 -McCracken
                 -Stein
                 -Burns

President's schedule
     -Camp David
            -Quadriad
            -Connally
            -Ronald L. Ziegler possible announcement
            -Burns
                  -Budget
            -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
                  -Rose Mary Woods
            -William L. Safire
            -Helicopters
            -Volcker, Stein, Peterson

Textiles
     -Peterson
           -Paper
                -Viewpoints

President's schedule
     -Camp David
            -Shultz
                  -Arnold R. Weber
                  -Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
            -Connally
                  -Volcker
            -Number of attendees
            -Safire
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                Tape Subject Log
                                  (rev. 10/06)
                                                                 Conv. No. 563-2 (cont.)


Speeches
     -Geoffrey Shepard
          -Price
     -Arthur A. Shenfield
          -Rockford College
     -Writers
          -John K. Andrews, Jr.
          -[John J. McLaughlin]
     -Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] [and Knights of Columbus]
          -Straw man technique
          -Rockford College
          -Cheer lines
                -Price

Bicentennial Commission
     -Democrats
     -Membership
          -Southern Democrats
     -White House staff
          -David J. Mahoney, Jr.
          -Safire
          -Leonard Garment

President's schedule
     -Church services
            -Preachers
                 -Woods's list
                 -William F. (“Billy”) Graham
                       -Mother
                 -Protestant
                 -Oral Roberts
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                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                        Tape Subject Log
                                          (rev. 10/06)
                                                               Conv. No. 563-2 (cont.)


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Privacy]
[Duration: 3s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4

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     Camp David
         -Staff accommodations
               -Haldeman
               -Connally
               -Burns
         -Aides
               -Helicopter pilots
               -Secret Service agents
               -Doctor
         -Staff recommendations

     Speeches
          -Haldeman's forthcoming conversation with Price

     President's schedule
          -National Park
                 -Rogers C.B. Morton
          -Speech
          -Quadriad

The President and Haldeman left at 10:08 am.
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                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. 10/06)