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Conversation: 498-008

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Start Date: Thursday, May 13, 1971 5:00 PM

End Date: Thursday, May 13, 1971 5:25 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Sanchez, Manolo

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:50:12

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:10:52

498-008.mp3

NARA Description:

On May 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:00 pm to 1:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 498-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 498-008
Date: May 13, 1971
Time: 1:00 pm - 1:25 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Mr. and Mrs. John McCowan
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-Visit to the White House
-Thelma (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon's schedule
-The President's schedule
-Mrs. Nixon's conversation with Stephen B. Bull
The President's schedule
-Mr. and Mrs. McCowan
-Mrs. Nixon
-Senator Edward W. Brooke
-Tree planting ceremony
Supersonic transport [SST]
-Boeing
-William M. Magruder
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Boeing
-Concerns
-Cost of possible cancellation
-Jobs
-Governor Daniel J. Evans, Senators Warren G. (“Maggie”) Magnuson,
Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
-Concerns
Chicago police
-A poll
President’s Schedule
-Citizens' Committee for Government Reorganization meeting
-Betty Furness
-Joeseph A. Califano, Jr.
-Max M. Fisher
-Businessmen
-Paul W. McCracken's schedule
-The President's schedule
-Voluntary action event
-Meetings with the President
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Schedule
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-Colleges
-Security
The President's schedule
-Bohemian Grove
-Walter Trohan's letter to Rose Mary Woods
-Possible demonstrations
-Security concerns
-Press
-Barry M. Goldwater's visit in 1964
-Herbert H. Hoover
-Effect on club
Washington, D.C.
Demonstrations
-Opinion Research Corporation [ORC] poll
-The President's previous conversation with Richard J. Daley
-Chief Jerry V. Wilson
-Daley's views
Chicago police
-Daley's possible statement at Police Appreciation Night
-The President's support
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Adlai E. Stevenson III
-David Frost
Liberals
-The President's policies
-Family assistance
-Ehrlichman
-Environment
-Health
A call by President
Mrs. Nixon
-Schedule
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-Staff
-Oklahoma trip
-Staff
-The President's forthcoming trip to Oklahoma
-Tulsa trip
-Effect
-Possible trip to Texas
Demonstration against North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
-Indianapolis event
-Motives
-The President's schedule
-Announcement
-Agnew's schedule
Demonstrations
-J. Edgar Hoover, Ehrlichman, Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-Role of communists
-Issues
-Rennie Davis
-Vietnam
-May Day
-Future
"All In The Family" show
-Archie Bunker
-Setting, characters
-Success, ratings
-Change in storyline
-Carroll O'Connor
Movies
-Sex as box office attraction
The President's schedule
-Agnew's schedule
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 1:00 pm
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
The President's lunch
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:25 pm
Public relations
-Agnew
-John Connally
-Agnew
-Rural Electrification Administration [REA] youth
-The President's schedule as Vice President
-Gridiron Club dinner
-Speeches
-Compared with President as Vice President, Connally
Haldeman left at 1:25 pm.