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Conversation 567-014

TapeTape 567StartTuesday, September 7, 1971 at 8:18 AMEndTuesday, September 7, 1971 at 8:33 AMTape start time02:31:58Tape end time02:39:58ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Recording deviceOval Office
AI Summary

President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinated the logistics for the President's upcoming travel, including a trip to Alaska and appearances in Detroit and the West Coast. They discussed necessary adjustments to the President's schedule regarding a speech to Congress on the New Economic Policy and the potential conflict with a visit from the Apollo 15 astronauts. Additionally, the pair strategized a political counterattack against Democratic critics, specifically referencing an analysis by Charles Colson regarding the administration's economic policy communications.

New Economic PolicyPresidential travelApollo 15 astronautsPolitical strategyCongressional relationsCharles W. Colson
AudioNARA Description

On September 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:18 am and 8:33 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 567-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 567-14

Date: September 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:18 am and 8:33 am
Location: Oval Office

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

    Schedule
         -The President's forthcoming trip to Alaska
               -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
               -California
         -Detroit meeting (Detroit Economic Club)
               -Time
         -Flight to Anchorage, Alaska
               -Portland, Oregon stopover
               -Stops
                     -Seattle
         -West coast events
               -Finance dinner
                     -California location
               -Seattle
                     -Time
                     -John D. Ehrlichman's advice
                     -Date

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    Congress
        -The President's forthcoming address on the New Economic Policy, September 9,
        -Visit of the Apollo 15 astronauts
              -Speech
              -Schedule changes
        -Protocol
              -The President's request to the Majority leader and to Speaker of the House
                    -Clark MacGregor
              -Robert C. Byrd

                     -Michael J. Mansfield

     Economic policy
         -Comments by Edmund S. Muskie, Hubert H. Humphrey
         -George Meany's stance
         -Analysis by Charles W. Colson
              -Counterattack
                    -Colson
                    -Timing
                    -John B. Connally
                    -Spiro T. Agnew

     The President's schedule
          -Raymond K. Price, Jr. meeting
               -Time

The President and Haldeman left at 8:33 am.
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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And I thought I'd do this and change to Detroit in Thursday, which is a better day for it anyway.
coming just as soon as it does after the other one to Detroit on Thursday.
And then we'll fly directly to Anchorage and get that out of the way and then come back as we had planned to come back to the port on the way back.
And he's due to Detroit out of the back.
That's only an hour.
Just fly home to Detroit.
I'll just go out and let you know when to go.
I don't know.
Then direct from here to Anchorage.
From here to Anchorage.
Okay.
And just go outside.
And down to Portland.
And spend the night in Portland.
Well, that works out fine.
This is Portland.
No.
What is it?
So there you go.
Oh, is that what we're going to do?
California cross country?
Yeah.
Are we going to do that?
No, I think so.
Well, if we do, we wouldn't want to go.
We wouldn't want to go across.
We'd just come right back.
I'd want to try to run the crew set.
All right.
So we can go out and stay online.
Do you mean you could do Seattle on the way to Portland?
No, do Seattle on the way to the tank or the other year?
On Sunday.
Well, let's see.
There's no need to.
We don't need to stack a lot of stuff up anyway.
Yeah.
They don't, I was talking to Eric, and we don't have any really good for Seattle anyway, so maybe that's a better choice than what we did.
Well, it's a problem.
But we've got to get it there.
Seattle's on fire.
We should do it on the first night, didn't you know?
Yeah.
If we do that, we're going to screw it up.
Now, today is when we should move on to Congress.
We're going to do this thing on Thursday.
There is one hang-up that I don't think poses any problem, and that is that the Apollo 15 astronauts are supposed to be here on Thursday, and they were going to address the house, or with the house, apnea.
Now, I'm sure their schedule could be changed so that they do them in the morning and send them in the afternoon or something like that.
Uh, it's, they were not going to do it in one session.
So, it's a, and we're, we're going to have to face the crime that, well, that's something the Congress will need to work out, uh, with them.
The thing we've got to do, though, is, is, uh, the proper protocol is that you're supposed to, uh,
request to the speaker and the majority leader who isn't here.
But we'll, you know, we've done all that in motion.
I don't call it.
That isn't the way it's done.
It's done through McGregor.
And that's what you did this morning.
We'll have to deal with Bird, which is from just as well as this thing.
Just work out that way.
They want to see, because the president can't request to be carried out.
No, no, no, I understand.
I mean, it's just not, it's, so I can get them very early.
Okay, go ahead.
Other than this thing this morning, we're good.
Yeah, we have to get it.
It looks like they're trying to pick up me easily on Google.
I read our own analysis by Colson.
It was good.
I have to thank somebody that is not waiting until Thursday.
He did have it in there for one paragraph, but it was important, by a margin important, that they really have some.
We've got to have people splash back at them when they're that way.
I think you ought to get a little closer.
We should have a nun man in there to help them on it.
You've got to get somebody to go all the way.
Their analysis is quite correct.
You allow these people to get their heads above water, and they continue to put them up.
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