Conversation: 579-009
Prev: 579-008 Next: 579-010Start Date: Tuesday, September 28, 1971 8:14 PM
End Date: Tuesday, September 28, 1971 8:23 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Butterfield, Alexander P.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:35:38
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:42:38
NARA Description:
On September 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:14 pm to 4:23 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 579-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 579-9
Date: September 28, 1971
Time: 4:14 pm - 4:23 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Manolo Sanchez.
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H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Sanchez left at 4:15 pm.
Public appearances by the President
-National League of Families convention
-Dinner
-Melvin R. Laird's speech
-The President's actions
-Vietnam
Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 4:15 pm and 4:23 pm.
[Conversation No. 579-9A]
Prisoner of war [POW] material
[End of telephone conversation]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 579-9 (cont.)
The President's schedule
-League of Families convention
-Time
-Speech
-Invocation
-Statement
-Seating
-Time
-Program
-Time
-The President's concerns for POWs
-Press coverage
-Informing press corps
-Military band
“Strolling Strings”
-Fanfare
-Dinner
-Number in attendance
-Laird's statement
-Administration and policy changes
Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:15 pm.
-Group
Bull left at an unknown time before 4:19 pm.
-League of Families convention
-Laird's speech
-Text
-Business meeting
-The President’s attendance
-Duration
-Importance
Funeral for Justice Black
-[General Lewis Hershey ?]
-White House correspondents
-The President's view of Black
-Minister for services
-Unitarian
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 579-9 (cont.)
-Civil rights, freedom
-Strict construction
-The President's attendance
-Public effect
-Politics
-Compared to White House correspondents' event
-John N. Mitchell
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 4:19 pm.
Statement by the President on draft extension bill
-Wording
Butterfield left at 4:20 pm.
Supreme Court appointments
-Black's funeral
-The President’s attendance
-Possible interpretations
-Mitchell
Haldeman left at 4:23 pm.