Secret White House Tapes

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2–108
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • H. R. Haldeman
May 6, 1971
Conversation No. 2-108

Date: May 7, 1971
Time: 8:53 am - 9:11 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)



Reception at Department of Agriculture
-Clifford M. Hardin
-Martha L. W. Hardin
Agriculture
-Output
-Income
-Comparison

Cancer legislation
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-National Institute of Health [NIH]
-Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
-Report to President
-Haldeman
-Public relations
-Appointments
-Edward L. Morgan
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-President's program
-John D. Ehrlichman
-HEW and NIH programs
-Elliot L. Richardson
-President’s involvement

William P. Rogers
-Reports

Lockheed decision
-John B. Connally
-David Packard
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Melvin R. Laird
-Haldeman's role
-President's possible meeting with Packard
-Packard's possible resignation
-Vietnam
-Kissinger
-Connally
-Importance
-Justification
-Defense contractors
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Business Council

Economic indicators
-Unemployment figure
-Prices

[Transcript #1: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under
court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special AccessConv. 8, Ronald
No. 2-108
V. Dellums,
(cont.)
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]

Connally
-Support for President
-Vietnam
-Lockheed
-Leadership
-Compared with George W. Romney and John A. Volpe
-Peter G. Peterson

[Transcript #2: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under
court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 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.]

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