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481–6
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Stephen B. Bull
  • White House operator
  • H. R. Haldeman
  • William M. Lukash
  • Ronald L. Ziegler
April 17, 1971
Conversation No. 481-6

Date: April 17, 1971
Time: 11:24 am - 11:49 am
Location: Oval Office
Conv. No. 481-5 (cont.)
The President met with Stephen B. Bull

President's schedule
-Meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler

[The President talked with the White House operator at 11:24 am]

[Conversation No. 481-6A]

[See Conversation No. 1-125]

[End of telephone conversation]

H. R. Haldeman entered at 11:25 pm

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:30 am

Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield's trip to People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Congressional interest
-Chou En-lai

The President's PRC initiative

[The President talked with Dr. William M. Lukash at 11:25 am]

[Conversation No. 481-6B]

[See Conversation No. 1-126]

[End of telephone conversation]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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[Duration: 1m 44s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 Conv. No. 481-6 (cont.)

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Henry A. Kissinger
-Unknown man [Ziegler?]

The President's schedule
-Leslie Towne (“Bob”) Hope
-Fund-raising dinner
-Mamie G. D. Eisenhower
-Phone call to Hope
-President's possible attendance

The President's meeting with American Society of Newspaper Editors [ASNE], April 16,
1971
-J. Edgar Hoover's call to the President
-Response to questions
-Radio
-Kissinger
-Dinner at Katharine L. Graham's

Ziegler entered at 11:30 am

-Report
-Cocktail party
-Attendees
-William V. Shannon
-Ziegler's possible call to Shannon
-Sylvan H. Meyer
-Cuba and Chile
-Emmett Dedmon
-Question on PRC
-Hoover
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-Robert F. Kennedy
-Army
-W. Ramsey Clark
-Responses
-Reaction
-Audience response
-Applause
-Unknown woman Conv. No. 481-6 (cont.)
-Radio
-Statler Hotel
-Quality of room
-Television
-Shoreham Hotel
-Size
-Number of questions
-Editorial conference
-Media coverage
-Meyer's comment
-Radio coverage
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Hoover
-PRC
-President's daughters
-Forum
-Television
-Coverage
-News conference
-ASNE
-Hoover
-Tenure
-Vietnam
-Lieutenant William L. Calley, Jr.
-Hoover
-President's response
-Compassion
-Fairness
-Cartoon in the President's office
-Harry S. Truman administration
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Dedmon
-Agnew
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President's schedule

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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[Duration: 5s ] Conv. No. 481-6 (cont.)


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3

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Ziegler left at 11:39 am

-John L. McClellan
-Schedule
-Attorney General [John Mitchell]
-John A. Volpe
-John D. Ehrlichman
-George W. Romney
-Jennie (Benedetto) Volpe [?]
-Unknown visit by Italian women
-Camp David
-Farm editors
-News conference
-Timing
-Farm editors
-Clifford M. Hardin
-Briefing
-Conference
-Attendance
-Number
-Possible White House tour
-Blue Room
-White House tour
-Wives
-Jaycees leadership
-Attendance
-White House tour
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-Rose Garden
-State Dining Room
-Press coverage
-Briefings

Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:30 am

Conv. No. 481-6 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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[Duration: 7s


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4

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Bull left at an unknown time before 11:49 am

-Senate loyalists
-House loyalists
-Daniel H. Kuykendall
-Press conference
-4-H Club
-Attendance
-Number
-Rose Garden
-White House tour
-Rose Garden
-President’s participation

The President's with ASNE
-Panelists
-Certificate of appreciation
-Memento
-Paperweight

The President's schedule
-Building Trades Council executive committee
-Opposition to the President
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-Willie J. Usery
-Views
-John D. Ehrlichman, Charles W. Colson, Peter M. Flanigan, and George P.
Shultz
-Views
-James D. Hodgson
-Views
-President's leadership Conv. No. 481-6 (cont.)
-Boat
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower

The President and Haldeman left at 11:49 am
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