Conversation: 068-007
Prev: 068-006 Next: 068-008Start Date: Tuesday, August 10, 1971 1:14 PM
End Date: Tuesday, August 10, 1971 3:54 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Joint Chiefs of Staff; Agnew, Spiro T. (Vice President); Laird, Melvin R.; Packard, David; Moorer, Thomas H. (Adm.); Ryan, John D. (Gen.); Westmoreland, William (Gen.); Chapman, Leonard F. (Gen.); Zumwalt, Elmo R., Jr. (Adm.); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; White House photographerRecording Device: Cabinet Room
NARA Description:
On August 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and staffers, including Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, Melvin R. Laird, David Packard, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Gen. John D. Ryan, Gen. William C. Westmoreland, Gen. Leonard F. Chapman, Jr., Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., Brig. Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 11:54 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 068-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 68-007 Date: August 10, 1971 Time: Unknown after 9:14 am until 11:54 am Location: Cabinet Room Unknown people met Preparation of room for Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS] meeting -Seating arrangements Page | 11 White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973 Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542 Unknown men entered at an unknown time after 9:14 am -President, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew Agnew -Newspaper report Forthcoming meeting -Seating arrangements General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and an unknown man entered at an unknown time after 9:14 am -President, JCS, Agnew -Haig -Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, Agnew, JCS -Agenda -Seating arrangements Members of the JCS entered at an unknown time after 9:14 am Seating arrangements -President, Agnew, Melvin R. Laird, David Packard, Moorer, Henry A. Kissinger Agnew entered at an unknown time after 9:14 am Greetings Order of presentation -Army, Air Force, Navy -Marine Corps -General Leonard F. Chapman, Jr. Kissinger Football The President met with Agnew, Laird, Packard, Moorer, General John D. Ryan, General William C. Westmoreland, Chapman, Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., Kissinger, and Haig; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting Page | 12 White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973 Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542 National defense -Political conservatives ****************************************************************************** [This segment was declassified on 02/28/2002.] [National Security] [068-007-w001] [Duration: 1h 27m] Department of Defense ****************************************************************************** [Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN-T-MDR-2014-013. Segment partially declassified with 10s cleared for release and 1s remaining exempt as 068-007-w001 per Executive Order 13526, 3.3(b)(6) on 12/29/2017. Archivist: MAS] [National Security] [068-007-w001] [Duration: 10s] Reversion of Okinawa ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National Security] [068-007-w001] [Duration: 1s] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** Page | 13 White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973 Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542 Department of Defense ****************************************************************************** -Budget -John B. Connally, George P. Shultz -Briefing -Laird -President, Vice President -William P. Rogers ****************************************************************************** [This segment was declassified on 02/28/2002.] [National Security] [068-007-w002] [Duration: 12m 50s] Defense ****************************************************************************** -Presentation -Budget -Public reaction to taxes -Personnel ****************************************************************************** [This segment was declassified on 02/28/2002.] [National Security] [068-007-w003] [Duration: 2m 57s] Page | 14 White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973 Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542 Defense ****************************************************************************** ****************************************************************************** [Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and released 04/29/2019.] [Unintelligible] [068-007-w004] [Duration: 37s] General conversation President’s introductory remarks ****************************************************************************** Presentation of gifts by President ****************************************************************************** [Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and released 04/29/2019.] [Unintelligible] [068-007-w005] [Duration: 1m 2s] General conversation Unknown individual’s plans to contact unknown individual ****************************************************************************** Page | 15 White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973 Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542 The President, et al. left at 11:54 am