Conversation: 590-011
Prev: 590-010 Next: 590-012Start Date: Wednesday, October 13, 1971 5:00 PM
End Date: Wednesday, October 13, 1971 5:43 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; White House operator; [Unknown person(s)]Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 04:05:21
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 04:46:57
NARA Description:
On October 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:00 pm to 1:43 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 590-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 590-11
Date: October 13, 1971
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 590-10 (cont.)
Time: 1:00 pm - 1:43 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Rose Mary Woods.
Greetings
The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and
1:09 pm.
[Conversation No. 590-11A]
The President's schedule
-Ambassadors
[End of telephone conversation]
Woods's report
-Donald McI. Kendall
-Parents
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Goldthwaite H. Dorr
-Forthcoming birthday
Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 1:00 pm.
The President's schedule
-Ambassadors
Stephen B. Bull [?] entered at an unknown time after 1:00 pm.
Bull left at an unknown time before 1:15 pm.
-Procedure
-Philippines
-Panama
-Philippines
-Eduardo Romualdez
-Imelda Marcos
-Visit to the US
-Ferninand E. Marcos
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 590-11 (cont.)
-October 23, 1971
-Florida
-Doar’s birthday
-Al Smith dinner
-Possible press conference
-Republican Women
-Florida
-Walt DisneyWorld
-Doar
-Woods
-Court
-Birthday party
-Press conference
-Law firm
-John N. Mitchell's views
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Press
-The President's Supreme Court announcement
-Press conference
-Marshal Josef Broz Tito
-In-office press conference
-Kendall's parents
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Henry A. Kissinger's location
Haldeman left at 1:09 pm.
The President talked with White House operator at 1:09 pm.
[Conversation No. 590-11B]
[See Conversation No. 11-84]
[End of telephone conversation]
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Michigan
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman returned at an unknown time after 1:09 pm.
Kissinger
Cabinet
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-George P. Shultz
-Appearances
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Attendance at dinner
-Administration’s accomplishments
-Cost of Living Council [COLC]
-Maurice H. Stans
-Richardson
-John B. Connally
Haldeman left at 1:15 pm.
The President's schedule
-West Virginia
-Mrs. Nixon
-Elkins, West Virginia
-Proposed telephone call to Kendall
Cabinet
-Rumsfeld
-Richardson
-Compared to Robert H. Finch
-Compared to John A. Volpe
-Connally
-William P. Rogers
-Melvin R. Laird
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 590-11 (cont.)
-Rogers C. B. Morton
-Stans
-Trip to Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Peter G. Peterson
-Stans
-The President's philosophy
-Mitchell
-Kissinger
-Laird
-John H. Chafee
Woods's conversation
-John W. Mulcahy
-Terence Cardinal Cook
-Supreme Court decision
-Education
-Tax deduction
-Private schools
-Supreme Court
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Health Education and Welfare [HEW]
-Situation of Catholic Church
-Gift presentation at unknown event
-Money
-Treasury Department
Cabinet
-Morton
-Public relations efforts
-Administration accomplishments
-California
-Woods's conversation with Mrs. Patricia R. Hitt
-Robert J. Hitt
-Background
-The President's role during the Eisenhower administration
-Rogers
Intra-administration rivalries
-Kissinger
-Rogers
-Israel
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 590-11 (cont.)
Mrs. Nixon's schedule
-Liberia
-William R. Tolbert, Jr.
-Blacks
Blacks and Jews
-Question of political support
-Israel
-William Kunstler
-Falashas
An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 1:15 pm.
[Unintelligible]
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 1:42 pm.
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Steve [Surname unintelligible]
-Presidential certificate
-Boy Scout troop
The President's schedule
-Unknown man
White House responsibilities
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Woods
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 590-11 (cont.)
-Guest lists
-Stag events
-Marshal Josef Broz Tito
-Mechanics of composing the guest list
-Charles W. Colson
-Henry C. Cashen, II
-Harry S. Dent
-Guest lists
-Robert J. Brown
-Harry F. and Katherine Haldeman
-JoAnne Haldeman
-Church services
-Coordination problems
-Butterfield
-Woods
-Colson
-Victor Reisel
-Brown
-Shirley Temple Black
-Tito
-Brown
-Mrs. Haldeman
-Distribution
-Church services
-Dent
-Joe Lewis
-Affiliation
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 590-11 (cont.)
The President's social responsibilities
-Hand shaking
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-White House policemen
-Secret Service
-Military aides
-White House tour
-Mrs. Nixon
-Diplomatic credential ceremonies
-Dinner guests
-Tito
White House social events
-Guest list
-Host
-Tito
-George W. Romney
-Minister of Housing from Spain
-Policy
-Tito
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Vice President’s office
-Frank [?] Blair
-Brown
-White House staff
-Blacks
-Brown
Rose Mary Woods left at 1:43 pm.