Conversation: 640-006
Prev: 640-005 Next: 640-007Start Date: Wednesday, December 22, 1971 5:11 PM
End Date: Wednesday, December 22, 1971 5:31 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Flanigan, Peter M.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:51:59
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:08:49
NARA Description:
On December 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Peter M. Flanigan, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:11 pm and 12:31 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 640-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 640-6
Date: December 22, 1971
Time: Unknown after 12:11 pm until 12:31 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
President's schedule
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Anthony T. (“Tony”) Rossi and Achilles Mangelli
Bull left and Flanigan entered at 12:15 pm.
Savings and Loans
-James H. Edgerton
-Effect of commission report
-Flanigan's advice
-Edgerton
Ambassadorships
-Japan
-Frederick M. Eaton
-Robert S. Ingersoll
-George P. Shultz [?]
-Relationship with the President
-Reed O. Hunt
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 640-6 (cont.)
-Background
-Style
-Eaton
-Spain
-Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr.
-Style
-Compared to Cornelius V. (“Sonny”) Whitney
-Holland
-Lloyd I. Miller
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 12:15 pm.
-Henry L. Hillman
-Robert W. Galvin
-Hillman
-Elsie Hillman
-Nelson A. Rockefeller support
-Pennsylvania
-John N. Mitchell
-Eaton
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Arlen Specter and Arlin Adams
-Rockefeller
-J. Fife Symington
-Vincent W. de Roulet
-Herbert W. Kalmbach
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 640-6 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[National Security]
[Duration: 14s ]
SPAIN
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-Galvin
-Department of Defense [DOD]
-Reputation
-Hillman
-Pennsylvania
-Galvin
-Australia
-Jack Drown
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Helena (Colesie) Drown
-Kissinger’s opinion
-William Liedtke, Jr.
-Miller
-Cincinnati
-Support of the President
-Maurice H. Stans
-John D. Lodge
-Argentina
-Pay
-Drown
-Buchanan
-Drown
-Liedtke
-Miller
-Argentina
-Galvin
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 640-6 (cont.)
-Oil
-Liedtke
-Hillman
-Spanish speaking ability
-Importance in Argentina
-State Department
-Ingersoll
-Donald McI. Kendall
-Interest in Latin America
-Compared to Brazil
-Description of job
-[David] Kenneth Rush
-Dick Watson
-Buchanan
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[National Security]
[Duration: 58s ]
ARGENTINA
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-Kissinger input
-State Department
-Spanish speakers
-California
-Businessmen
-Drown
Flanigan left and Bull entered at 12:29 pm.
Charles W. Colson
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 640-6 (cont.)
President's schedule
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:31 pm.
President’s schedule
-James Suffridge appointment with the President
-George Meany
-Unknown person
-Colson
-Meany's location
-Mitchell
Haldeman left at 12:31 pm.