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519–1
- President Richard M. Nixon
- H. R. Haldeman
- Alexander P. Butterfield
- Ronald L. Ziegler
- Rose Mary Woods
June 14, 1971
Conversation No. 519-1
Date: June 14, 1971
Time: 8:49 am - 10:04 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Wedding
-Public relations
-Press accounts
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
-Washington Post story
-Credibility of press criticism
-Dan Rather comment
-John A. Scali [?]
-Explanation
President’s schedule
-Visit of Israelis
Support for President
-General Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Melvin R. Laird
-New York Times magazine article
-Content
-Vietnamization
-Laird television appearance [?]
-Coverage by press
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
Administration policy
-Farm question
-Clifford M. Hardin
-John C. Whitaker role
-Concern for question
-Administration accomplishments
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Richard A. Moore role
-Housing
-Liberal
2
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Reaction to administration action
-National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP]
Pentagon Papers and control of classified material
-New York Times story
-Concern within staff
-Leon E. Panetta
-Release of classified documents Conv. No. 519-1 (cont.)
-Alger Hiss case
-Henry A. Kissinger’s staff
-Leslie H. Gelb
-Brookings Institution
-Tom C. Huston
-Brookings access to classified material
-Security precaution
-Administration action
-Brookings classified holdings
-Richard V. (“Dick”) Allen
-Brookings staff
-Morton H. Halperin and Gelb
-Halperin status
-William A. K. (“Tony”) Lake
-Previous employment
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Gelb
-J. Edgar Hoover
-New York Times
-Neil Sheehan
-Herbert G. Klein role
-Status
-Use of classification system
-Publishing of classified information by newspapers
-Action against violators of the law
-Timing
-Kissinger’s staff
-Kissinger visit to Brookings Institute
-Democratic National Committee [DNC]
-George P. Shultz role
-Charles L. Shultze role
-Intellectuals
-Morality
-Hiss case
3
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Damage to administration by release of information
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Popular view of government credibility
-Infallibility of President
-Infallibility of President
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Pearl Harbor
-Testimony by an admiral Conv. No. 519-1 (cont.)
-Credibility of compromised information
-Haig
-Follow-up by media
-New York Times publication
-Chronological framework of New York Times story
-Gulf of Tonkin
-Reasons
-Kissinger’s conversation with Max Frankel
-Extent of information
-John F. Kennedy role
-Administration response to New York Times story
-Access
-Press loyalty to country
-Damage incurred
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Reflection on Lyndon B. Johnson
-Reflection on Walt W. Rostow
-Origination of story
-Possible political repercussions
-Damage to Democrats
-Administration response
-Publication of administration story
-Gelb
-Huston role
-Patrick J. Buchanan role
-Victor Lasky role
-Brookings role
-Statement in Senate
-Possible speakers
-Goldwater
-Robert J. Dole
-Brookings rebuttal
-Effect of published story on Senate speech
4
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Huston role
-Leaks other than “Pentagon Papers”
Haig
Wedding
-Replay of news coverage
Conv. No. 519-1 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 49s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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American Broadcasting Company [ABC] drug documentary
-ABC request
-Filming of “behind the scenes” meetings
-Method
-Timing of release
-White House input
-Intrusion of equipment
-Comparison with Kennedy documentary of “Wallace School Decision”
-Effect of technique
-Removal of objectionable scenes
-Producer
-Scali role
-Public relations benefits
Meeting with new appointees
-Use of President’s time
-Benefits
-Restriction of meetings to secretaries
-John A. Volpe
5
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
President’s schedule
-Other meetings
-National Association of Real Estate Brokers [NAREB]
-National Association of Home Builders [NAHB]
-Charles W. Colson
-Peter M. Flanigan
-President’s standing with business
-Legislation Conv. No. 519-1 (cont.)
-George S. McGovern-Mark O. Hatfield
-Agnew
-Camp David weekend
-Upcoming Florida and California trips
-Timing
-Midway Island
-California meetings
-Participants
-Shultz people
-John B. Connally [?] people
-Length of meetings
-Value of meetings
-Scheduling
-Budget meetings
-Timing
-In relation to Camp David trip
-Amount of material to be covered
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 10s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
******************************************************************************
-Return to Washington for meetings
-Announcement on Rochester trip
-Airport arrival
6
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 42s ]
Conv. No. 519-1 (cont.)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
******************************************************************************
-Budget meeting
-Length
-John D. Ehrlichman
-California meeting
-Content
-Timing
-Chicago trip
-Timing of departure
-Inclusion of other meetings
-Advantages
-Timing
-Minot Island, Maine trip
-Cancellation
-Florida trip
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 32s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
******************************************************************************
7
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Weather
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 9:40 am
-Florida trip
-Stephen B. Bull
Butterfield left at 9:43 am
Conv. No. 519-1 (cont.)
-Florida trip
-Alternative to Maine
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 45s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
******************************************************************************
Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 9:44 am
ABC drug documentary
-White House control
Ziegler left at 9:45 am
-Ziegler’s role
-Scali’s role
President’s schedule
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon’s schedule
-July commitments
-Summer schedule
-Press conferences
-Rochester visit
-Use of prime time
-Ratings in the summer
8
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Television time
-Wedding
-Drug movie
-President’s upcoming meeting with American Association of Retired
Persons [AARP]
-Cancellation
-Need for decision
-Public relations Conv. No. 519-1 (cont.)
-Benefits
-Television overkill
-Press conferences and President’s position
-Need for California press conference
-Timing
-Roger Milliken meeting with John N. Mitchell
-Milliken request for meeting with President
-Peter G. Peterson, Harry S. Dent meeting with President
-Handling of textile talks
-David M. Kennedy’s view
-Connally’s role
-Mrs. Nixon’s schedule
-Willy Brandt dinner
-Rochester
-Winton M. (“Red”) Blount dinner
-AARP meeting
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 17s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
******************************************************************************
-California
-August 8th commitment
-Midway Island meeting
-Press conference
9
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 18s ]
Conv. No. 519-1 (cont.)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
******************************************************************************
Rose Mary Woods entered at 10:00 am
-Drug meeting with ambassadors
-Jack [Surname unknown]
Haldeman left at unknown time after 10:00 am
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 5m 19s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9
******************************************************************************
Woods left at 10:04 am
10
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
Date: June 14, 1971
Time: 8:49 am - 10:04 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Wedding
-Public relations
-Press accounts
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
-Washington Post story
-Credibility of press criticism
-Dan Rather comment
-John A. Scali [?]
-Explanation
President’s schedule
-Visit of Israelis
Support for President
-General Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Melvin R. Laird
-New York Times magazine article
-Content
-Vietnamization
-Laird television appearance [?]
-Coverage by press
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
Administration policy
-Farm question
-Clifford M. Hardin
-John C. Whitaker role
-Concern for question
-Administration accomplishments
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Richard A. Moore role
-Housing
-Liberal
2
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Reaction to administration action
-National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP]
Pentagon Papers and control of classified material
-New York Times story
-Concern within staff
-Leon E. Panetta
-Release of classified documents Conv. No. 519-1 (cont.)
-Alger Hiss case
-Henry A. Kissinger’s staff
-Leslie H. Gelb
-Brookings Institution
-Tom C. Huston
-Brookings access to classified material
-Security precaution
-Administration action
-Brookings classified holdings
-Richard V. (“Dick”) Allen
-Brookings staff
-Morton H. Halperin and Gelb
-Halperin status
-William A. K. (“Tony”) Lake
-Previous employment
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Gelb
-J. Edgar Hoover
-New York Times
-Neil Sheehan
-Herbert G. Klein role
-Status
-Use of classification system
-Publishing of classified information by newspapers
-Action against violators of the law
-Timing
-Kissinger’s staff
-Kissinger visit to Brookings Institute
-Democratic National Committee [DNC]
-George P. Shultz role
-Charles L. Shultze role
-Intellectuals
-Morality
-Hiss case
3
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Damage to administration by release of information
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Popular view of government credibility
-Infallibility of President
-Infallibility of President
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Pearl Harbor
-Testimony by an admiral Conv. No. 519-1 (cont.)
-Credibility of compromised information
-Haig
-Follow-up by media
-New York Times publication
-Chronological framework of New York Times story
-Gulf of Tonkin
-Reasons
-Kissinger’s conversation with Max Frankel
-Extent of information
-John F. Kennedy role
-Administration response to New York Times story
-Access
-Press loyalty to country
-Damage incurred
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Reflection on Lyndon B. Johnson
-Reflection on Walt W. Rostow
-Origination of story
-Possible political repercussions
-Damage to Democrats
-Administration response
-Publication of administration story
-Gelb
-Huston role
-Patrick J. Buchanan role
-Victor Lasky role
-Brookings role
-Statement in Senate
-Possible speakers
-Goldwater
-Robert J. Dole
-Brookings rebuttal
-Effect of published story on Senate speech
4
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Huston role
-Leaks other than “Pentagon Papers”
Haig
Wedding
-Replay of news coverage
Conv. No. 519-1 (cont.)
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 49s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
******************************************************************************
American Broadcasting Company [ABC] drug documentary
-ABC request
-Filming of “behind the scenes” meetings
-Method
-Timing of release
-White House input
-Intrusion of equipment
-Comparison with Kennedy documentary of “Wallace School Decision”
-Effect of technique
-Removal of objectionable scenes
-Producer
-Scali role
-Public relations benefits
Meeting with new appointees
-Use of President’s time
-Benefits
-Restriction of meetings to secretaries
-John A. Volpe
5
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
President’s schedule
-Other meetings
-National Association of Real Estate Brokers [NAREB]
-National Association of Home Builders [NAHB]
-Charles W. Colson
-Peter M. Flanigan
-President’s standing with business
-Legislation Conv. No. 519-1 (cont.)
-George S. McGovern-Mark O. Hatfield
-Agnew
-Camp David weekend
-Upcoming Florida and California trips
-Timing
-Midway Island
-California meetings
-Participants
-Shultz people
-John B. Connally [?] people
-Length of meetings
-Value of meetings
-Scheduling
-Budget meetings
-Timing
-In relation to Camp David trip
-Amount of material to be covered
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 10s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
******************************************************************************
-Return to Washington for meetings
-Announcement on Rochester trip
-Airport arrival
6
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 42s ]
Conv. No. 519-1 (cont.)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
******************************************************************************
-Budget meeting
-Length
-John D. Ehrlichman
-California meeting
-Content
-Timing
-Chicago trip
-Timing of departure
-Inclusion of other meetings
-Advantages
-Timing
-Minot Island, Maine trip
-Cancellation
-Florida trip
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 32s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
******************************************************************************
7
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Weather
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 9:40 am
-Florida trip
-Stephen B. Bull
Butterfield left at 9:43 am
Conv. No. 519-1 (cont.)
-Florida trip
-Alternative to Maine
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 45s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
******************************************************************************
Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 9:44 am
ABC drug documentary
-White House control
Ziegler left at 9:45 am
-Ziegler’s role
-Scali’s role
President’s schedule
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon’s schedule
-July commitments
-Summer schedule
-Press conferences
-Rochester visit
-Use of prime time
-Ratings in the summer
8
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Television time
-Wedding
-Drug movie
-President’s upcoming meeting with American Association of Retired
Persons [AARP]
-Cancellation
-Need for decision
-Public relations Conv. No. 519-1 (cont.)
-Benefits
-Television overkill
-Press conferences and President’s position
-Need for California press conference
-Timing
-Roger Milliken meeting with John N. Mitchell
-Milliken request for meeting with President
-Peter G. Peterson, Harry S. Dent meeting with President
-Handling of textile talks
-David M. Kennedy’s view
-Connally’s role
-Mrs. Nixon’s schedule
-Willy Brandt dinner
-Rochester
-Winton M. (“Red”) Blount dinner
-AARP meeting
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 17s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
******************************************************************************
-California
-August 8th commitment
-Midway Island meeting
-Press conference
9
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 18s ]
Conv. No. 519-1 (cont.)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
******************************************************************************
Rose Mary Woods entered at 10:00 am
-Drug meeting with ambassadors
-Jack [Surname unknown]
Haldeman left at unknown time after 10:00 am
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 5m 19s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9
******************************************************************************
Woods left at 10:04 am
10
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
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