Conversation: 621-018
Prev: 621-017 Next: 621-019Start Date: Saturday, November 20, 1971 1:45 PM
End Date: Saturday, November 20, 1971 3:45 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Kissinger, Henry A.; Colson, Charles W.; Woods, Rose Mary; White House operator; Bull, Stephen B.; Connally, John B.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:31:56
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:24:44
NARA Description:
On November 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, Charles W. Colson, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, Stephen B. Bull, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:45 am to 10:45 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 621-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 621-18
Date: November 20, 1971
Time: 8:45 am - 10:45 am
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with George P. Shultz.
[Conversation No. 621-18A]
[See Conversation No. 15-58]
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 8:45 am.
The President conferred with Haldeman during the telephone conversation.
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's previous conversation with Shultz
The President's schedule
-Trips
-Press coverage
-Announcements
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-California
-Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope Center
-Press coverage of American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial
Organizations [AFL-CIO] speech
-Gerald L. Warren's statement
-Ziegler
Henry A. Kissinger entered at 8:55 am.
Vietnam
Thomas H. Moorer
-Schedule
-Kissinger
-Melvin R. Laird
Kissinger's schedule
-British Ambassador
-Moorer
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 621-18 (cont.)
International monetary situation
-William P. Rogers
-Conversation with Kissinger
-Rogers's conversation with the President
-Cabinet
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Rogers
-John B. Connally
The President's schedule
-Foreign visits
-Scheduling
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Bill signing
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Autopen
-Congress's schedule
-Foreign visits and visitors
-Latin America
-Timing
-Congress schedule
-President’s annual foreign policy report
-PRC
-Eisaku Sato visit
-Australia
-New Zealand
-Japan
-Possible meeting in Hawaii
-Location
-Timing
-Logistics
-Australia
-American Samoa
-Guam
-Hawaii
-West Coast
-San Clemente
-Australia
-Japan
-Sato’s visit to San Clemente
-Willy Brandt’s visit to Key Biscayne
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 621-18 (cont.)
-New Zealand
-Indonesia
-France
-Great Britain
-West Germany
-Timing of announcements
-George R.S. Baring [Earl of Cromer]
-Timing of announcements
-PRC
-Great Britain
-France
-Press conference
-Lord Cromer
-Possible meeting with Rogers
Charles W. Colson entered and the President and Kissinger left at 9:12 am.
-Previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Return to Washington
-Press coverage
The President entered at an unknown time after 9:12 am.
-Changes of plan
-Announcements
-Previous visit to Florida
-Ziegler
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon’s schedule
-Reception
-Ziegler
-Reporters
-Weather
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Football game
-California
-Changes of plan
-Previous visit to Florida
-Press coverage
-Associated Press [AP]
-Frank Cormier
-Washington Star
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 621-18 (cont.)
-Previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Press coverage
-John A. Scali
-The President’s view
-New York Times
-Washington Post
-Press coverage
-White House staff activities
-National 4-H Congress
-Previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Reaction
-Richard A. Moore and Scali
-Reaction
-New York Times
-George Meany
-Christian A. Herter, Jr.
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Herter
-Colson’s view
-The President’s previous association with Herter
-Herter’s wife
-Common Cause
The President's schedule
-Previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Press coverage
-Cormier
-Cormier’s report
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 621-18 (cont.)
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Dan Rather
-Content and phraseology of story
-New York Times
-Mrs. Nixon
-Warren
-Washington Post
-Helen A. Thomas
-Conversation with Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Cormier
-Public reaction
-Colson’s view
The President's previous conversation with Shultz
-Press
-Meany
-The President's economic program
The President's schedule
-Previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Press coverage
-Networks
-Associated Press [AP] and United Press International [UPI]
-Rather
-Handling of applause and laughter
-Ziegler
-[Unintelligible man]
Edith Efron's book [The News Twisters]
-Press coverage
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower's conversation with the President
-Hubert H. Humphrey
The President talked with Rose Mary Woods at an unknown time between 9:12 am and 9:45 am.
[Conversation No. 621-18B]
Requested tape previously dictated for James D. Hodgson
[End of telephone conversation]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 621-18 (cont.)
The President's schedule
-Previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Herbert G. Klein
-Conversation with William L. Safire
-Hugh S. Sidey
-Press coverage
-The President’s view
-Content and phraseology
-Patrick J. Buchanan's possible review
-John K. Andrews, Jr.
-Memorandum previously dictated to Hodgson
-Colson
-Hodgson's possible speech
-Content and phraseology
-White House speechwriters
-Hodgson
National economy
-The President's program
-Pay Board
-Meany
The President's schedule
-Previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Press coverage
-Scali, Moore and Safire
-Telegrams to Meany
-Colson’s efforts
-Possible content and phraseology
-Possible attacks on Meany
-Pickets
-Wording
-Hodgson
-Hugh Scott
-Labor leader
-[Unintelligible name] from Peoria, Illinois
-James Suffridge
-Forthcoming telegram from Frank E. Fitzsimmons
-White House reaction
-Safire and Moore
-Connally
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 621-18 (cont.)
-Chairman of Cost of Living Council [COLC]
-Timing
-Hodgson's possible letter to the President
Hodgson
The President's schedule
-Previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Possible reaction
-Unknown Democrat
-Scott
-Telegrams
-Content and phraseology
-Possible poll
-Press coverage
-Newsmagazines
-Sunday supplements
-AP and UPI
-Safire
-Howard K. Smith
-Scali
-John W. Chancellor
-David Leonard and Meany
-Possible response
-Connally
-Hodgson's possible speech
Kissinger entered at 9:45 am.
New York Times story
-United Nations [UN]
-State Department
The President's schedule
-Previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Colson's staff
-Press coverage
-Calls to Kissinger from friends
-News summary staff
-Popular impression
-Two calls to Kissinger from friends
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 621-18 (cont.)
-Jill St. John
New York Times
-Freeze
The President's schedule
-Previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Meany
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
-Announcement of candidacy
-Forthcoming speech to AFL-CIO
Polls
-Labor issues
-Louis P. Harris
-Jackson
The President's schedule
-Foreign visits and visitors
-Timing of announcements
-Great Britain
-France
-Germany
Moorer's schedule
The President's schedule
-Previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Willie J. Usery, Jr.
-Victor Riesel
-Previous call to Colson
-Television coverage
-White House response
Haldeman and Colson left at 10:02 am.
Rogers
-Forthcoming trip to Latin America
The President's schedule
-Foreign visits and visitors
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 621-18 (cont.)
-Announcements
-Effect
International monetary situation
-Kissinger's meetings
-Connally
-Shultz
-Surcharge
-Connally
-Kissinger's forthcoming meeting with Connally
-Connally’s role
-Group of Ten meeting
-Price of gold
-Georges J.R. Pompidou
PRC
-The President's forthcoming trip
-Announcement
-Kissinger's note to Chou En-lai
-US negotiations with North Vietnam
-Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
-Le Duc Tho's schedule
-Pham Van Dong
-Haig's views
-The President's forthcoming trip
-Edwin O. Reischauer
-The President's forthcoming trip
-Contacts with US
-United Nations [UN]
-Paris Peace Talks
-Kissinger's forthcoming meeting
-George H. W. Bush
-Rogers
-Possible meeting with the President
-Rogers's and Richard F. Pedersen's views
Vietnam
-Military dispositions
-Fleet movements
-Possible statement
-Mining
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 621-18 (cont.)
-Richard M. Helms
-Propaganda
-Fleet movement
-Timing
-Chou's possible meeting with Pham Van Dong
-November 1972 election
-The President’s position
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Bombing
-Joint Chiefs of Staff
-1972 election
-Possible effect on negotiations
-Josip Broz Tito
-Effect on President’s foreign travel
PRC
-The President's forthcoming trip
-Speech in UN
-The President's forthcoming trip
-State Department
-Pedersen
-Possible actions
-India-Pakistan
Pakistan Ambassador
-Kissinger's forthcoming call
Kissinger talked with the white house operator at an unknown time between 10:02 am and 10:23
am.
[Conversation No. 621-18c]
[See Conversation No. 15-59]
[End of telephone conversation]
Vietnam Peace Talks
-Military dispositions
-November 1972 election
-Kissinger's forthcoming meeting with North Vietnam
-Helms and Moorer
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 621-18 (cont.)
The President's schedule
-Helms
The President talked with the White House operator at 10:23 am.
[Conversation No. 621-18D]
[See Conversation No. 15-60]
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's schedule
-Helms
Vietnam Peace Talks
-Military dispositions
-POWs
Mrs. Nixon's schedule
-Cambodian Ambassador
-Cabinet
-Rose Mary Woods
-The President
The White House operator talked with the President at an unknown time between 10:23 am and
10:24 am.
[Conversation No. 621-18E]
[See Conversation No. 15-61]
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's schedule
-Cambodian Ambassador
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:23 am.
Call from Connally
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 621-18 (cont.)
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:24 am.
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 10:23 am and
10:24 am.
[Conversation No. 621-18F]
[See Conversation No. 15-62]
[End of telephone conversation]
Connally
-Forthcoming meeting with Kissinger
Connally talked with the President between 10:24 am and 10:27 am.
[Conversation No. 621-18G]
[See Conversation No. 15-63]
[End of telephone conversation]
Connally
Colson
The White House operator talked with the President at an unknown time between 10:27 am and
10:45 am.
[Conversation No. 621-18H]
[See Conversation No. 15-64]
[End of telephone conversation]
Helms
-Location
-Forthcoming conversation with Kissinger
-Vietnam
The President's schedule
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 621-18 (cont.)
-Connally
-Previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Unknown people
-Press coverage
-The President's demeanor
-Kissinger's conversations with Haldeman
International monetary situation
-Connally
-The President's schedule
-Pompidou
-Edward R.G. Heath
-Price of gold
-Shultz's view
-Senate
-Textiles
-Kissinger's previous meeting with Shultz and Connally
-Connally
American society
-The President’s view
-Kissinger's students and fellow faculty
-Cabinet
-Connally
Schedule of foreign visits
-Announcements
Vietnam
-Military dispositions
-1972 election
Middle East
-Negotiations
-Yitzhak Rabin
-Kissinger's conversations with unknown man
-Syria
-Golan Heights
-Golda Meir
-Israel
-Sharm el-Sheikh
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 621-18 (cont.)
-Meir's schedule
-Anwar el-Sadat
-Rogers's schedule
Rogers
-The President's conversation with John N. Mitchell
-US policy towards Israel
-US aid to Israel
-The President's schedule
-Meir
-Rogers
-Haig and Kissinger
-Meir's schedule
-Joseph J. Sisco
The President's speech at AFL-CIO convention
-Press coverage
-Public perceptions
Kissinger left at 10:45 am.