On August 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Rose Mary Woods, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, Charles W. Colson, John B. Connally, and Bernard J. ("Bunny") Lasker met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:08 pm and 1:40 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 565-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 564-4/565-1
Date: August 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:08 pm and 1:40 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, Ronald Ziegler, Rose Mary Woods, and
Stephen B. Bull.
[The recording began while the conversation was in progress]
Press coverage
Request for Charles W. Colson
Bull left at an unknown time after 1:08 pm.
Peter M. Flanigan
-Location
Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 1:08 pm and 1:18
pm.
[Conversation No. 564-4/565-1N]
[See Conversation No. 8-1]
[End of telephone conversation]
National economy
-President's program
-Unknown draft
-Updating economic structure
-Timing
-John B. Connally
-National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA]
-Jobs
-Statistics
-Connally's previous press conference
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Conv. No. 564-4/565-1 (cont.)
-Food prices
-Connally's June 27, 1971 speech
-Credibility
-Treasury Department
Administration's credibility
-Lyndon B. Johnson
Press
-People’s Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-President’s economic program
-September 1971
National economy
-Newsweek
-Henry Hubbard's conversation with Ziegler, August 15, 1971
-Wage and price freeze
-Timing
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Dan Rather
-President's program
Connally's health
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 1:08 pm and
1:18 pm.
[Conversation No. 564-4/565-1O]
[See Conversation No. 8-2]
[End of telephone conversation]
Haldeman talked with the White House operator.
[Conversation No. 564-4/565-1V]
[See Conversation No. 8-3]
[End of telephone conversation]
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Conv. No. 564-4/565-1 (cont.)
Cancellation of call to Colson
Colson entered at 1:18 pm.
National economy
-President's program
-Reaction
-Stock market
-Volume of trading
-Automobiles
-Television coverage
-Request for Haldeman to call Bernard J. (“Bunny”) Lasker
Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 1:20
pm.
[Conversation No. 564-4/565-1P]
[See Conversation No. 8-4]
[End of telephone conversation]
National economy
-President's program
-Connally's previous press conference
-Colson's conversation with Frank Stanton
The President talked with the White House operator.
[Conversation No. 564-4/565-1W]
[See Conversation No. 8-5]
[End of telephone conversation]
-Devaluation
-Re-broadcast
-Stanton
-Reaction
-[Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] executives]
-PRC initiative
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The President talked with Connally between 1:20 pm and 1:23 pm.
[Conversation No. 564-4/565-1Q]
[See Conversation No. 8-6]
Colson talked with Connally.
Ziegler talked with Connally.
The President talked with Connally.
[End of telephone conversation]
Connally's previous press conference
-Press
-“Face the Nation”
President’s schedule
-Press conference
-Timing
National economy
-President's program
-Reaction
-Businessmen
-Stock market
-Stock market
-Record
-Timing
-Possible action
-William J. Casey
Haldeman talked with Lasker at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 1:40 pm.
[Conversation No. 564-4/565-1R]
[See Conversation No. 8-7]
[This portion of the conversation was contemporaneous with the Haldeman-Lasker telephone
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conversation]
National economy
-President's program
-Reaction
-George S. McGovern
-Louis P. Harris's views, August 15, 1971
-Public psychology
-Confidence
-Protectionism
-Surcharge
-Connally’s press conference
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
[End of telephone conversation]
Haldeman's previous conversation with Lasker
-Stock market
-Records
-Figures
-Studebaker Corporation
-Current status, August 16, 1971
-Dow-Jones Industrial Average
-Prospects
-Investor confidence
-President’s August 15, 1971 speech
National economy
-President's program
-President's forthcoming meeting with Congressmen, August 17, 1971
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Reaction
-Mills
-Connally
-Michael J. Mansfield
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Blacks
-As issue
-Alabama Court ruling, August 16, 1971
-George C. Wallace
National economy
-President's program
-Welfare reform
-President’s August 15, 1971 speech
-Vermont call
-Congress
-President’s 1969 proposal
-Delay
-Daniel P. Moynihan
-Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
-Revenue-sharing
-Congress
-President's previous conversation with Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Conservatives
-Reaction
-Conservatives
-Budget cuts
-Foreign aid
-Federal employees
-John F. Griner of the American Federation of Government Employees
[AFGE]
-Employee cuts
-George P. Shultz
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-HEW, Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO], Housing
and Urban Development [HUD]
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-Drug enforcement
President's schedule
-Forthcoming briefing at State Department
-Press
-Ziegler’s role
-Possible leaks
-Shultz
-Haldeman’s instructions to Manolo Sanchez
The President, et al. left at 1:40 pm.This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.