On October 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:32 am to 11:36 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 593-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 593-12
Date: October 15, 1971
Time: 11:32 am - 11:36 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield and Manolo Sanchez.
The President's schedule
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 11:36 am.
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H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered and Sanchez left at 11:36 am.
The President's schedule
-George P. Shultz
Rose Mary Woods entered at 11:36 am.
-Signing of Executive Order
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Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 11:36 am.
The President's schedule
-Signature autopen
Butterfield left at 11:38 am.
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Camp David
-Hobart D. Lewis and Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
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-Henry A. Kissinger's office
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Woods left at an unknown time before 11:44 am.
Supreme Court appointments
-John N. Mitchell
-Warren E. Burger
-Possibility of resignation
-Herschel H. Friday
-Woman
Appointees' threatened resignations
-Robert Brown
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Emil (“Bus”) Mosbacher, Jr.
-Kissinger
-Chief of Protocol
PRC trip
-Nature of trip
-Chou En-lai
-Kissinger
-The President's suggestions
-Haldeman’s view
-Crowds
-Haldeman’s previous conversation with Kissinger
-Communiqué
-Public relations
US foreign relations
-The President's trip to Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Public relations
-Crowds
-Romania
-Kissinger
-The President’s view
The President's trip to PRC
-Crowd
-Itinerary
-Provinces
-Advance team
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Relations with Kissinger
-Public relations
-Itinerary
-Cities
-Meeting with leaders
-Government
-People
Kissinger entered at 11:44 am.
-Advance
-Chapin
-Itinerary
-Chinese
-George Meany
-Advance
-Kissinger’s concern
-Reception
-Popular reception
-Thelma C. (“Pat’) Nixon
-USSR
-Chou En-lai
-Crowds
-Haldeman's memorandum
-Chapin
-Instructions
-Mrs. Nixon
-USSR
-Communications
-Ground station
-Washington
-Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran
-Telecommunications capability
-Iranian Vice President
-Kissinger's role
-Chapin
-Soviet visit
-Mrs. Nixon
-Mao Tse-tung
-Kissinger’s efforts
-The president's forthcoming meeting
-Crowds
-The President’s possible visit to sites
-Haldeman's memorandum
-Chapin
-Kissinger
US foreign policy
-John B. Connally’s trip
-Textile agreement
-Press conference
-Announcement
-Peter G. Peterson
-Woods
-Timing
-State department
-Japanese
-PRC
The President's schedule
-Camp David
Kissinger left at 11:59 am.
Kissinger
-Crowds
-Romania
-Nicolae Ceasescu
-Soviets
Lyndon B. Johnson
-Crowds
-Kissinger
Mrs. Nixon
The President
-Meeting people
Kissinger
-Chapin
-Alexander P. Butterfield
Mosbacher
-Possibility of going to PRC
-Possibility of going to USSR
-Official party
The President's trip to PRC
-Military aids
-Function
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-John A. Scali
-Gerald L. Warren
-Press corps
-Kissinger
-China
-Press
-Yugoslavia
-Kissinger
-Communications
-[Forename unknown] Persepolis
-Shah
-Television
-Telecommunications
-Chinese
-Size and composition of press party
-Scali
-Networks
-Haldeman's comments
-Moon coverage
-Daily newspapers
-Magazines
-Photographers
-Kissinger
-Camp David
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”)\ Atkins
-James D. (“Don”) Hughes
-Military staff size
-Dinner
-Marine Band
-Technical assistance
-The President’s view
-The President's feeling about situation in the US
-Secret Service
Press
-Maxine Cheshire
-Newspaper story
-Kissinger
-Benjamin C. Bradlee
-Unknown woman
-Washington Post
-Taft Schrieber
-Rowland Evans and Robert D. Novak
-William L. Safire
-Newsday magazine article
-The President's finances
-Costs of being President
-White House response
-Fisher Roland stock
-Haldeman’s view
-George A. Smathers
-Rebozo
-Kissinger
-Bradlee
-Unknown priest
Haldeman left at 12:15 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.