On November 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:08 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 610-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidThe President's schedule
-William McMahon
-Possible statement to the press
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[Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number
LPRN-T-MDR-2014-032. Segment declassified on 05/17/2019. Archivist: MM]
[National Security]
[610-001-w005]
[Duration: 12s]
The President's schedule
-William McMahon
-Weakness
-Henry A. Kissinger’s opinion
-The President’s opinion
-Henry A. Kissinger’s opinion
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Department of State [DOS]
-News leaks
-Rogers
-White House
-Green
-PRC talks
-Martin J. Hillenbrand
-Soviet talks
-The President's forthcoming meeting with Chou En-lai
-Diplomatic arrangements
-Kissinger
Laird
John N. Mitchell, George P. Shultz and H. R. Haldeman entered and Kissinger left at 4:15 pm.
Kissinger
-The PRC initiative
James R. (“Jimmy”) Hoffa
-Possible clemency
-Possible pardon
-Frank E. Fitzsimmons's efforts
-International Brotherhood of Teamsters
-Executive clemency
-Procedures
-Mitchell
-Recommendation
-Parole board
-Mitchell
-Timing
-Possible parole
-Public perception
-1972 election
-Executive clemency
-Mitchell’s view
-Possible quid pro quo by Fitzsimmons
-Pay Board
-The President’s economic program
-George Meany
Pay Board
-Shultz’s view
-Meany and Leonard Woodcock
-American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-
CIO]
-Woodcock and Fitzsimmons
-Meany
-Public perception
Hoffa
-Fitzsimmons's efforts
-Executive clemency
-Possible conditions
-1972 election
-Teamsters
-Views of Barry M. Goldwater and John J. Rhodes
-Activities of opponents
-Parole board
-Woodcock's meeting with Shultz
-Fitzsimmons
-Meany's views
-I[lwirth] W[ilbur] Abel’s view
-Quid pro quo
-The President’s economic program
-Time served
-Sentence
-Executive clemency
-Parole Board's actions
-James Hoffa, Jr. and attorney
-Hoffa's labor connections
-Resignations
-Hoffa's finances
Teamsters
-Construction unions
-Maurice A. Hutcheson
-Walter P. Reuther
-Robert F. Kennedy
-Fitzsimmons and Woodcock
-United Auto Workers [UAW]
-Reuther
-Alliance for Labor Action
-AFL-CIO
-Woodcock
-General Motors strike
-Differences in viewpoints
-Fitzsimmons
-Social issues
-Dues collection
-Voter registration
-Reuther
-Effectiveness for minorities
-Chicago
Hoffa
-Executive clemency
-Possible conditions
-Others awaiting presidential action
-Restoration of civil rights
-Typicality
-Possible reaction
-Mitchell's lunch with Time-Life and Fortune staffs, November 1, 1971
-Rogers and Kissinger
-Political prisoner question
-Parole period
-Discrimination
-Conduct in prison
-Executive clemency
-Political considerations
-Public perception of labor leaders
-Edward M. Kennedy's possible reaction
-Robert Kennedy
-Possible effects on the Administration
-Benefit
-Criticism
-Teamsters endorsement of Hubert H. Humphrey in 1968
-Executive clemency
-Discrimination
-Timing
-1972 election
-Parole board
-Possible action
-Perception
-Conditions
-Fitzsimmons
-Fitzsimmons
-Possible vote
-Effect on Teamsters and construction workers
Hoffa
-Teamsters' impressions
-Fitzsimmons
-The President's speech to Teamsters convention
-Unionists' support
-Executive clemency
-Possible reaction by critics
-Compared to release of Black Panther
-Dr. Thomas W. Matthew
Matthew
-Executive clemency
-Leonard Garment's memorandum to the President
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[Previous PRMPA Privacy (D) reviewed under deed of gift 03/17/2020. Segment cleared for
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[Privacy]
[610-001-w008]
[Duration: 26s]
Thomas W. Matthew
-Alleged activities
-Stealing
-Government and finance committee [?]
-Projects
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James R. (“Jimmy”) Hoffa
-As symbol
-Robert Kennedy's activities
-Executive clemency
-Edward Kennedy's possible reaction
-John L. McClellan's possible reaction
National economy
-Pay Board
-Wage contracts
-Shultz's conversation with Arnold R. Weber
-Retroactivity
-Railroad workers
-Freeze period
-Meany's view
-Retroactivity
-Prices
-Views of Woodcock and Fitzsimmons
-Automobile workers
-Milton Friedman's views
-Sanctity of contracts
-Timing of decision
-Meany's possible action
-Administration's response
-Weber
-John B. Connally
-Contingency plan
-Price commission
-Reasonable standards
-Wage and price freeze
-Possible fate
-Timing
-Support
-Labor
-Canada
-Preparation
-The President's program
-Possible action
-Extension of freeze
-Involvement
-Standards
-Legal status
-Congress
-James Tobin
-Article of October 31, 1971
-Yale University
-John F. Kennedy
-Article
-Content
-Kermit Gordon's view
-Possible reaction
-Presidential intervention
-Tobin
Shultz and Haldeman left at 4:53 pm.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/17/2020.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[610-001-w009]
[Duration: 4m 1s]
1972 campaign
-New Hampshire primary
-Petitions
-December 23, 1971
-Suggested plan
-Delegations
-Announcement of the President’s candidacy
-Timing
-January 5-6, 1972
-Response to New Hampshire Secretary of State
-Delegates and alternates
-Wisconsin, Ohio, and Florida primaries
-Timing
-Announcement of the President’s candidacy
-Timing
-January 1972
-Response to New Hampshire Secretary of State
-January 20, 1972 deadline
-Petitions
-Attention
-Potential criticism
-Ronald L. Ziegler
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National economy
-Pay Board
-Prospects
-Wage and price controls
-Meany's possible action
-Meany’s support with labor
-Shultz
-Mitchell's conversation with Fitzsimmons, October 30, 1971
-Public board
-Administration's action
-Congress
-Labor
-Need for planning
-Shultz and Weber
-Arthur F. Burns
-L. Patrick Gray's actions
-Meany's possible action
-Administration's reaction
-Shultz
Hoffa
-Executive clemency
-Mitchell’s view
-The President’s further actions
The President's schedule
-Mitchell
-McMahon
-Rogers
Mitchell left and Robert L. Kunzig and Frederic L. Malek entered at 5:02 pm.
Kunzig
-Role in administration
-Justice Department
-American Bar Association [ABA]'s action
-General Services Administration [GSA]
-Confirmation as judge
-Nomination
-Retirement of predecessor
-Timing
-Deal with White House
-Previous confirmations
-Hugh Scott
-Possible leak
Presentation of gifts by the President
Kunzig
-Performance
Kunzig and Malek left at 5:18 pm.
Conversation No. 610-2
Date: November 1, 1971
Time: 5:08 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person [Dr. W. Kenneth Riland?]
The President talked with an unknown person.
[End of telephone conversation]
The President and the unknown person left at 5:08 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.