Conversation: 563-011
Prev: 563-010 Next: 563-012Start Date: 13-Aug-1971 1:54 PM
End Date: 13-Aug-1971 2:10 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Sanchez, Manolo;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:43:33
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:14:31
NARA Description:
On August 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:54 pm to 2:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 563-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 563-11
Date: August 13, 1971
Time: 1:54 pm - 2:10 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
President’s conversation with Charles W. Colson
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Media book [by Edith Efron]
-Publication information
-Haldeman’s view
-Methodology
-Media bias
-New York Times, US News and World Report
-Compared to accuracy issue
- US News and World Report, Newsweek
-Human Events, New Republic
-Media's decision-making
Media
-Coverage of John V. Lindsay, busing
-Look article about Haldeman
-Wire services' coverage
-Press view of the President
-Press
-Television network news
-President's news summary
-Decision making
-Selectivity
-Theodore H. (“Teddy”) White's views concerning television news
-Look article
-Political biases of newsmen
-Efron’s book
James Keogh's book
-Status
Allen S. Drury
-Forthcoming book on the President
-Content
-Photographs
-Fred Maroon
-Text
-Distribution
-Conservative Book Club
-Look magazine
Look
-Coverage of administration
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 563-11 (cont.)
-[Tricia Nixon’s and Edward R.F. Cox’s] wedding
-Haldeman story
-Richard (“Dick”) Wilson
-Drury book
Jeffrey Hart
-Book on President
-Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis's views
-Position
-National Review
Book reviewers
Forthcoming books concerning President's administration
-Timing
-Speeches
-Church services
-Frank van der Linden
-Books concerning Kennedy family
President's foreign policy
-Publicity
-People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republic [USSR]
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Vietnam
-PRC
-PRC trip
-Announcement
-Timing
-USSR trip
-Announcement
-Berlin
-Kissinger
-Press reports
-Publicity
-President’s forthcoming economic program
Public relations
-Administration’s program
-Public confidence
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 563-11 (cont.)
Media
-Posture toward Administration
-William A. Gill
-[New Hampshire story]
-Ronald L. Ziegler's conversation with James C. Hagerty
-Reporting of administration
-John A. Scali's comments
-Avram R. (“Av”) Westin
-Norris Cotton
-Reporting of administration
-White House response
-Scali and Ziegler
Vietnam
-Administration’s handling
-Summer
President's schedule
-Wolf Trap Farm
-Attendees
-Opera
-Programs
-“No, No, Nanette”
-“The Merry Widow”
-President's visit
-Arrival at events
-Ford's Theater
-Abraham Lincoln
-Entrance
-Timing
-“Ruffles and Flourishes” and “Hail to the Chief”
-Baseball games
-Theater
-"No, No, Nanette"
-Kennedy Center
-“Ruffle and Flourishes”
-President’s box
-Anteroom
-Announcement
-Dress for forthcoming event at Kennedy Center
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 563-11 (cont.)
-Black tie compared to white tie
-Antal Dorati
-President’s possible action
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Schedule
-Kennedy Center board
-Forthcoming call from Haldeman
-Forthcoming Camp David meeting
-Arthur F. Burns
-Peter G. Peterson
-Burns
-George P. Shultz
-Duration
-Possible leaks
Critics
-Administration’s response
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-President's role
-Television broadcast
-Gill
Book
President's schedule
-Unknown man
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 1:54 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 563-11 (cont.)
President's briefcase
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:10 pm.
President's schedule
-New York
-Stock exchange
-Fortune, Wall Street Journal, Business Week
-Breakfast
-Dallas
-Illinois
-State Fair
-Lincoln
-Bill-signing
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Ronald W. Reagan
-Yorba Linda
-Kissinger
-Briefing
-Richard J. Daley
-Kissinger
-Briefing
Busing
-Shultz's view
Haldeman left at 2:10 pm.