On October 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:31 pm to 2:45 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 588-021 of the White House Tapes.
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[National Security]
[588-002-w001]
[Duration: 2m 19s]
Taiwan–People’s Republic of China [PRC] relations
-Consensus on One-China policy
-Compared to Two-China policy
-Benefit to US
-The President’s comments
-Diplomatic resolution desired
-Complexity of situation
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Taiwan–People’s Republic of China [PRC] relations
-Consensus on One-China policy
-Italian domestic political situation
-The President's view
-US domestic concern
Moro's observations
-Middle East
-US efforts
-Israel and Egypt
-Positions
-Suez Canal
-Rogers efforts
-The president's reply
-Italy's role
-Moro's view
-Italy's objective
-US support
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:31 am.
The President’s schedule
-Sons of Italy
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:18 pm.
Economic situation
-John B. Connally
-US objective
Americo Cortese, Peter Gay, Frank Montemuro, Paul Landi, Nicholas Cipriani, William Cercone
Greetings
Introductions
-[Unintelligible]
-Standard of Ohio
Photo opportunity
Presentation to Moro
The President's presentation of gifts
-Columbus Day
-Paper weights
-Golf balls
Herbert G. Klein
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
Expressions of appreciation
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 12:26 pm.
[Unintelligible]
Moro et al. left at 12:27 pm; Butterfield and Volpe remained.
The President's schedule
-Butterfield
-Unknown person's telephone call to Volpe
Volpe left at 12:29 pm.
Weather
The President left and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 12:29 pm.
Proposal
Connally
The President entered and Butterfield left at 12:30 pm.
Weather
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and
12:31 pm.
[Conversation No. 588-2A]
[See Conversation No. 11-32]
[End of telephone conversation]
Poll
-Popular approval of Nixon
-George Meany
The President talked with John N. Mitchell between 12:31 pm and 12:34 pm.
[Conversation No. 588-2B]
[See Conversation No. 11-33]
[End of telephone conversation]
Supreme Court appointment
-Mildred L. Lillie
-Catholic
-Husband
-Italian
The President talked with White House operator at 12:35 pm.
[Conversation No. 588-2C]
[See Conversation No. 11-34]
[End of telephone conversation]
-Name background
The President talked with John N. Mitchell between 12:35 pm and 12:36 pm.
[Conversation No. 588-2D]
[See Conversation No. 11-35]
[End of telephone conversation]
Supreme Court appointment
-Lillie
-Husband, A.V. Falcone
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Haldeman
-Wife's position on Women's Liberation
-Woman appointee
-Lillie
-Position
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Lillie
-Position on a woman appointee
-Mitchell
-Robert C. Byrd
-James O. Eastland
-Steve [Surname unintelligible]
-Horatio Alger story
-Membership in organizations
-The President’s view
-Judicial views
Polls
-Approval ratings
-Meany's position
-Compared with the President’s position
-Labor
-The President's economic program
-Federal action
-Strikes
-Anti-inflation program
-The President's economic plan
-Union compared with non-union workers
-Meany
-Louis P. Harris
-Charles W. Colson
Media
-Reporting
-Local stations
-Public broadcasting
Gen. Albert Redman of White House Communications Agency [WHCA]
Forthcoming trip to PRC
-Dwight L. Chapin's preparation for PRC trip
-Kissinger
-Peter G. Peterson
-Use of telephones by staff
-The President's 1959 visit to USSR
-Redman
-Secret Service
-Car
-Ground station communications and media station
-Boeing 747
-Set-up
-Capability
-Instructions for Kissinger
-Inspection by PRC
-Communications
-Telephones
-Speaker of the House, Carl B. Albert
-Ground station
-Purpose
-Congress
-Videotapes
-John A. Scali
-Public interest
-Europe
-American networks
-Coverage
-Kissinger
-Rogers
-Secret Service car
-The President's experience with Soviets
-Yugoslavs
-Rumanians
-Chinese
-Use of car
-The President’s view
-Communications
-Secret Service
-Secretaries
-Kissinger
-Women
-Rose Mary Woods
-Military men
-Ability
-Navy yeomen
-Stewards
-Women accompanying the President to PRC
-Woods
-Chou En-lai
-Mrs. Nixon
-Adele (Langston) Rogers
-Woods
-Kissinger
-Mrs. Nixon
-Rogers
-Public relations
-Constance M. Stuart
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-John A. Scali
-Klein
-USSR
-Robert H. Finch
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 12:36 pm.
Polls
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:13 pm.
-Unions
-Meany compared with Nixon
-Ehrlichman
-Strength
-Strikes
-Harris
-US economy
-The President's handling
News magazines
-Evaluation
-Kissinger
-Disney World
-Time, Newsweek articles
-Life
-Florida economy
-Television special
The President's schedule
-Disney World
-Television special
-Republican women event
-Walt Disney's widow
-Haldeman’s role
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[Privacy]
[588-002-w004]
[Duration: 38s]
Press coverage
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-God son’s opinion
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Press story
-Veracity
Newspapers
-Ziegler
-Los Angeles Times
-Newsday
-Roland Evans and Robert D. Novak
-Administration’s dealings
-The President’s view
-Marty Schram’s article
-Haldeman’s view
-New York Times
-Robert B. Semple, Jr.
-Administration's relations
-Klein
-Editorial policy
-Max Frankel
-Semple
-Los Angeles Times
-Administration’s position
-Irwin
-Semple
-Kissinger
-Availability to press
-Romana A. Banuelos
Newspaper story on Banuelos
-[Forename unknown] Rosenberg
-Harry Bernstein
-Justice Department
-Mitchell
-Los Angeles office
Evans and Novak
-Kissinger
-Book
-Foreign policy
-Richard J. Whalen's review
-Access to White House staff
-Kissinger
-William L. Safire
-Rumsfeld
-Finch
-Rogers C. B. Morton
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Jimmy Allison
-Hugh Scott
-Clark MacGregor
-Columns
-J. Edgar Hoover
-Jack N. Anderson
-Approach
-William C. Sullivan
-Responses
Television
-Comments regarding the President's Phase II economic speech
-[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Edith Effron
-Theory of network intent
-Novak, et al.
-Compared with isolation presentation
-Slanting of presentations
Media
-The President’s Phase II speech
-Peter Lisagor
-Revenue sharing speech
-Mark Hueres [?]
-Ziegler
-Safire
-Possible administration approach
-New York Times
-James B. (“Scotty”) Reston
-Los Angeles Times
-Otis Chandler
-Norman Buck
-Washington Post
-Relations with editorial boards
-Associated Press [AP], United Press International [UPI], Scripps-Howard
-The President's memories of the campaign
-Klein
-UPI
The President's schedule
Press
-Coverage of church services
-Mrs. Nixon
-Mitchell
Pictures
The President's schedule
-Press briefing, October 12, 1971
-Bipartisan meeting
-Leaders' meeting
-F. Edward Hebert
-Cabinet meeting
-Phase II
-George P. Shultz
-Ziegler
-Announcement of US-USSR Summit
-Kissinger
-Rogers
-Editorial writers
-Pittsburgh
-Oklahoma City
-Vermont Royster
-World Series
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Film work
-Robert P. Griffin [?] birthday salute
-March of Dimes
-National Association of Manufacturers [NAM]
-Connally, James D. Hodgson, Maurice H. Stans, Paul W. McCracken,
Herbert Stein
-Possible radio statement
-Charles H. Percy
-Chicago
-Testimonial dinner
-Griffin
-State Department
-Singapore
-International Telecommunications Satellite [INTELSAT]
-Morocco
-Television stations
-Sickle cell anemia
-Gerald R. Ford
-Mrs. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Telephone calls
-Griffin
-Percy
-Otto Passman
-Grand Commander of the Conference of English-speaking Scottish [Unintelligible]
Free Masonry and Supreme Council in Amity
-Congressmen petition
-Support for Taiwan
-UN
-Possible presentation to the President
-Clement P. Zablocki, Joe D. Waggonner, Robert L.F. Sikes, Unintelligible
Name, William J. Scherle, and Passman
-George H.W. Bush
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
-Ceremonial duties
-The President’s position
-INTELSAT events
-Sickle cell anemia
-NAM events
-Republicans
-Radio
-Percy and Griffin
-[Forename unknown] Miller
-Television
-Radio
-Telephone calls
-Visit of Robert S. McNamara
-Crime
-Ehrlichman
-Harris
-Colson
-Fort Detrick
-Cancer research, biological warfare laboratory
-Possible visit by Prime Minister of Turkey
-Kissinger
-National Municipal League
-Revenue sharing
-Welfare
-American Nurses Association
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Salvation Army
-Norman Vincent Peale
-New York
-New York Hilton
-Mrs. Nixon
-Knights of Columbus
-Volpe
-Presidential box at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
-President Hubert Maga
-Republic of Dahomey
-Reaction
-Visit to UN General Assembly
-American Federation of Labor-Council of Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO]
-State Department
-Vietnam Prisoner of War [POW] resolution
-African nations
-Louise Gore
-United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization [UNESCO]
-Richardson
-Frank Shakespeare
-Kissinger
Chief Zosimo T. Monzon
-Military record
-Future plans
-Family life
-The President’s appreciation and support
-Family
-Possible future assignment
-Lyndon B. Johnson's staff as ex-President
-Vocation
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[Federal Statute]
[588-002-w011]
[Duration: 1m 1s]
PRC
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[Personal Returnable]
[588-002-w012]
[Duration: 2m 8s]
John D. Mitchell
-Dinners for the states
-Circumstances
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-William E. Timmons
Herbert W. Kalmbach
-Maintenance work at San Clemente
-Ken Kammeir
-Fees
-Hal Lynch
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Gavin Herter [?]
-Counter offer
-Preference of Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
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Walter J. Hickel
-Future role in government
-Alaska development
-Stans
-Mitchell
-USSR
-Siberia
-Kissinger
Buchanan
-Briefing Book
-Press Conferences
-Staff morale
The President's schedule
-Film appearances
-Standard Oil
-Big business
-Connally, Hodgson
-Eisenhower Theatre
-Opening
-Reception
-Mrs. Nixon
-Alice Marriott
-North Carolina
-Trip
-Connally
-Idanell B. (“Nellie”) Connally
-Charles R. Jonas
-Size of delegation
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[Personal Returnable]
[588-002-w014]
[Duration: 5s]
The President’s schedule
-North Carolina
-Trip duration
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
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The President’s schedule
-North Carolina
-Congressional delegation
-Wives
-Sects on Air Force One
-The President's planes, Air Force One
-Maintenance and refurbishing
-Gen. James D. Hughes
-Air Force
-Back-up plane
-Purposes
-PRC trip
-USSR trip
-Old Air Force One
-Rogers
-PRC trip
-USSR trip
-Campaign
-Very Important Persons [VIPs]
Unions
Public support for the President's economic policies
-Prospects in good times
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Unemployment
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[Personal Returnable]
[588-002-w015]
[Duration: 1m 18s]
Politics
-Charles W. Colson
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Drop in polls
-Only viable candidate
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-Birch E. Bayh, Jr.
-George S. McGovern
-Fred R. Harris,
-John V. Lindsay
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
-Possible viability
-Labor
-George Meany
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An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 12:30 pm.
Item for the President
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 2:13 pm.
-Announcement of Soviet Summit
Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:30 pm.
The President's schedule
-Meeting with Shultz
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
Bull left at an unknown time before 2:13 pm].
-Shultz and Rumsfeld
The President's schedule
-Meany
The President and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman left at 2:13 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.