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Conversation 007-051

TapeTape 7StartMonday, August 2, 1971 at 1:00 PMEndMonday, August 2, 1971 at 1:08 PMTape start time02:20:18Tape end time02:23:31ParticipantsHaldeman, H. R. ("Bob");  White House operator;  Connally, John B.;  Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob");  White House operator;  Connally, John B.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AI Summary

H. R. Haldeman and Treasury Secretary John Connally coordinated lobbying efforts to secure support for the Lockheed loan guarantee legislation. They reviewed the status of various senators, noting disappointing results from President Nixon's outreach to Barry Goldwater and George Aiken. The pair strategized on further persuasion tactics, specifically requesting presidential contact with J. Caleb Boggs while agreeing to abandon efforts to influence William V. Roth, Jr. due to perceived conflicts of interest.

Lockheed CorporationLoan guaranteesCongressional lobbyingSenate relationsConflict of interest
AudioNARA Description

On August 2, 1971, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-051 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 7-51

Date: August 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:00 pm and 1:08 pm
Location: White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.

     Requested a call to John B. Connally

     [Pause]

Haldeman talked with Connally.

[See Conversation No. 553-6J]

     Lockheed Amendment
         -The President's calls to Carl T. Curtis, Barry M. Goldwater and George D. Aiken
         -J. Caleb Boggs
         -Curtis, Goldwater and Aiken
         -Connally's call to Roman L. Hruska and Henry L. Bellmon
         -Boggs
         -Clark MacGregor's office
               -William V. Roth, Jr.
                     -Conflict of interest
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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This is Harleman.
Can I have Secretary Conley, please?
Thank you.
I'm sorry.
Okay.
Thank you.
Yes, sir.
Secretary?
Yeah.
The president has called Aiken and Goldwater and Curtis.
That's good.
Question, did you want him to call Boggs?
If he can, I think he'd make the difference with Boggs, with O'Keeley Boggs.
What report did he get on any favorable on any of them?
Not very, no.
Curtis is questionable.
He'll probably be all right on that one.
Yeah.
Goldwater definitely said no.
Yeah.
And Aiken made a
pretty clear he'd say no.
He said he'd stay out of the debate, but he couldn't vote for it because there's nothing in it for New England.
Well, he misled us up there then.
He indicated that if the president would talk to him, he'd probably do it.
Well, he may still, I suppose.
I just got Roman Orozco.
You've got Hruska?
Yep.
Good.
And I've got Bellman on the other line.
So if you can talk to Boggs, I think he'd be helpful to you.
Now, McGregor's office, I guess, suggested he should call Roth.
Do you want him to call Roth?
I think Roth's out.
Mark McGregor's supposed to be trying to get Roth to not vote on the grounds that he was general counsel for Hercules, and they're one of the biggest suppliers for Lockheed.
He's got a conflict of interest, but I think Roth's gone.
That's my information.
Okay.
Very good, sir.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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