493–15

Conversation No. 493-15

Date: May 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:32 pm and 1:06 pm
Location: Oval Office

Alexander P. Butterfield met with Stephen B. Bull

President’s schedule
-John A. Scali

The President entered at an unknown time after 12:32 pm
John B. Connally [?]
-Use of Camp David [?]

An item to be returned

An unknown woman

Camp David

[Pause]

Princess Grace Patricia Kelly and Prince Louis H. M. B. Rainier III of Monaco

Will Hays, Mrs. Will Hays [?]
-A letter
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-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Mr. Hays identified
-California doctor

Another letter [?]

Butterfield and Bull left and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 12:36 pm
Conv. No. 493-15 (cont.)
President’s meeting with Connally
-Lockheed
-Steel prices
-Connally’s forthcoming statement
-Connally
-Compared with Republicans in House and Senate

News
-Administration handling
-President’s role
-Agnew
-Schedule
-Revenue sharing

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-Importance
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Public opinion
-Antiballistic Missiles [ABMs]

Vietnam
-A poll on Washington, DC demonstrations, May 6, 1971
-A graph
-[Forename unknown] Benham [?]
-Possible publicity
-An Opinion Research Corporation [ORC] poll
-US withdrawal
-Prisoners of War [POWs], Communists
-President’s policies
-Congressional cutoff of funds
-POWs, communists
-US withdrawal
-Patrick J. Buchanan’s and Haldeman’s role
-Publicity
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-A poll on Washington, DC demonstrations
-Comparison with ORC poll
-Polls
-Publicity
-Democrat leaders
-Newspapers
-Mail to Congressmen
-A George H. Gallup poll on war Conv. No. 493-15 (cont.)
-Albert E. Sindlinger [?]
-ORC poll
-Possible use of Buchanan’s statement
-Possible White House publicity
-Louis Harris and Gallup polls
-President’s policies
-A poll after press conference
-Wording of questions
-”Sam Jones”, Bella S. Abzug

Gateway National Bank
-President’s position
-Congressional action
-President’s possible visit
-Logistics
-Floyd Bennett Field
-Purpose
-Possible demonstrations
-Field
-Nelson A. Rockefeller, William T. Cahill
-Rogers C. B. Morton and unnamed senators
-Logistics
-Purpose
-Long Island, New Jersey
-Guests
-Rockefeller and Cahill
-[Name unintelligible]
-Number
-Morton
-[Name unintelligible]

Visitors to Oval Office
-Taping system
-Richard A. Moore
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-Photographs [?]
-Moore’s role
-Taping system
-Use
-Knowledge
-Use

President’s schedule Conv. No. 493-15 (cont.)
-US ambassador to Bolivia
-State Department, Kissinger
-Ernest V. Siracusa
-A speech concerning President’s policies
-Tin
-Previous career
-Peru
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] Conference on Cities, May 28, 1971
-Indianapolis
-President’s role
-Other attendees
-Significance
-Coverage
-British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC], Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation [CBC], “Today” show
-Possible Indianapolis Speedway appearance
-Indianapolis 500 date
-NATO Conference on Cities
-President’s possible speech
-Coverage by Telstar

[Machine noise - 15 seconds]
-Significance
-President’s possible speech

Domestic issues
-Public opinion
-Jobs

President’s schedule
-Indianapolis trip
-NATO Conference on Cities
-Indianapolis 500
-Possible length of stay
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-Presentation of trophy
-Publicity

[Transcript #1: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under
court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access [SA] 8, Ronald V.
Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records
Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]
Conv. No. 493-15 (cont.)
[End of transcript]

-Indianapolis 500
-Lyndon B. Johnson Library

SALT talks

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Position on President
-Joseph C. Kraft, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

President’s schedule for May and June
-Indianapolis
-Florida
-Texas
-Indianapolis
-Tulsa
-Midway Island
-Tricia Nixon’s wedding
-Indianapolis
-Frederick L. Hovde’s retirement dinner
-Possible California trip
-Length of stay
-Compared with White House Correspondents’ dinner
-Dinners
-Albert H. Smith, Jr.
-NATO Conference on Cities
-Public opinion
-Des Moines trip
-Demonstrations
-Timing
-Possible effect on international situation
-Indianapolis 500
-Value
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Sports and social class distinctions
-Racing
-Supporters of President’s
-Bowling

Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:36 pm
Conv. No. 493-15 (cont.)
President’s schedule
-Barber

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:06 pm

Race drivers
-Compared with boxing fans
-Support for President
-Italian heritage
-Andy Granatelli

President’s schedule
-Indianapolis
-Possible overnight stay
-Race
-Possible stops
-President’s mother’s birthplace
-Race
-Length of stay
-Possible presentation of trophy
-Significance
-Baseball, football
-Kentucky Derby
-Compared with Indianapolis 500
-Indianapolis 500
-Crowds

[Transcript #2: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under
court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for SA 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v.
James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration
produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]
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An unknown man

Haldeman left at 1:06 pm




Conversation
Conv. No. 493-15
No. 493-16
(cont.)

Date: May 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:06 pm and 2:30 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people entered


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