Conversation: 627-001
Prev:  626-015 Next: 627-002Start Date: 1-Dec-1971 9:15 AM
End Date: 1-Dec-1971 10:05 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:00:45
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:11:14
NARA Description:
On December 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:15 am and 10:05 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 627-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 627-1 Date: December 1, 1971 Time: Unknown between 9:15 am and 10:05 am Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Alexander P. Butterfield. Christmas season -Congress -Christmas President's schedule -Upcoming meetings -Florida -Willy Brandt -Timing -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -State of the Union speech -California trip dates -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's trip -Unknown departure time -Timing [Pause] -Henry A. Kissinger -Timing -Press conference in California -Eisaku Sato meeting -Announcement -President’s schedule -Mrs. Nixon’s arrival -Conflict [?] -President’s upcoming meeting with the Director of Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] -The President’s birthday -Suggestions -Congress -Special session -Italian meeting -Kissinger 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 627-1 (cont.) -Timing -State of the Union -Potential Congressional problem -Timing -Congress -President’s instructions to Haldeman -Foreign visitors -Mexico -Argentina -Barbados -Upcoming foreign ministers meeting -William P. Rogers -Africans -Europeans -Mexicans -Upcoming events -Joseph M. Luns -North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] -Spiro T. Agnew -People's Republic of China [PRC] -Schools -Presidential visits [?] -February -Schedule conflict -December, January, February [PRC] -State of the Union -March and April -Publicity from PRC visit -May Trip to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -Possible veterans meeting -Unknown law school Haldeman and Butterfield left at an unknown time before 10:05 am. 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06)