Conversation: 504-002
Prev: 504-001 Next: 504-003Start Date: Thursday, May 27, 1971 1:33 PM
End Date: Thursday, May 27, 1971 2:01 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Woods, Rose Mary; Kissinger, Henry A.; Bull, Stephen B.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:20:09
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:54:16
NARA Description:
On May 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:33 am to 10:01 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 504-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 504-2
Date: May 27, 1971
Time: 9:33 am - 10:01 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
President's schedule
-State Department
-William P. Rogers
[No conversation]
[Unintelligible]
Heads of State visits
-Blair House
-Visitors
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[National Security]
[Duration: 18s ]
Conv. No. 504-2 (cont.)
SAUDI ARABIA
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-Senegal
-Unknown person
-Accommodations
-President's trips
-Bangkok, Thailand
-Accommodations
-Blair House
-Haldeman's memo to Emil (“Bus”) Mosbacher, Jr.
-Senegal
-Forthcoming visit by Leopold Sedar Senghor, June 18, 1971
President's future meeting
-J. Edgar Hoover
-Newspapers
-Television
-President's attitude
-Vietnam War
-Polls
-Age
-Federal Bureau of Investigations [FBI]
Rose Mary Woods entered at an unknown time after 9:33 am.
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END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 Conv. No. 504-2 (cont.)
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-John D. Ehrlichman
Press
-Unknown woman
-Wire service people
-George W. Cornell, Frank Cormier, Helen A. Thomas, Bill Tice [?]
-Writing
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.'s writing
-Writings about President's southern trip
-Dan Rather
-President's southern trip
-Crowds
-Numbers
-Signs
-Commentary
President's southern trip
-George C. Wallace
-Party
-Unknown persons
-Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr.
-North
-Press conference
-Double standard
-South
-Blacks
-Kennedy family
-[Dwight] David, II and Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Press coverage
-Television
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-Texas
-Democrats
-Unknown persons
-Wallace
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Conv. No. 504-2 (cont.)
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
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[Duration: 29s ]
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Woods left at 9:38 am.
Head of State visits
-Henry A. Kissinger
-William P. Rogers
-Foreign visitors
-Senghor
-President's press conference
-Date
-Africans
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[National Security]
[Duration: 3s ]
HEAD OF STATE VISITS
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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-Accommodations
-Blair House
-Duration of stay
Hoover
-Press Conv. No. 504-2 (cont.)
Staff
-Responses to press
-Richard A. Moore
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Herbert G. Klein
-John A. Scali
Haldeman's possible daily meetings
-Scali
-Klein
-Moore
-Charles W. Colson
Responses to press stories
-Hoover
-California earthquake
-Press play for President
-Arts and theater coverage
-Funeral for policeman [Waverly M. Jones]
-Murder of Black girl
-Calls to Haldeman
-Police
-Murders in California
-Murder of a Black girl
-President’s response
-Letter
-Account
-Racial tension
Police
-Colson
-Ziegler
-Letter
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Woods entered at 9:45 am.
Invitation to unknown person
-Kissinger
Woods left at 9:46 am.
Conv. No. 504-2 (cont.)
President's schedule
-Working lunches and dinners
-Willy Brandt
-Edward R.G. Heath
-Brandt
-Size
-Criticism
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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[Duration: 1m 15s ]
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Congress
-Harold E. Hughes amendment vote on May 26, 1971
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 25s ]
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President’s schedule
-Governor Luis Ferre
-Duration of stay in Washington
-Meeting with the President, May 28, 1971
-Symbolism Conv. No. 504-2 (cont.)
-Egil G. (“Bud”) Krogh and Ehrlichman
-President's forthcoming meeting
-President's forthcoming meeting with Rogers
Certificates of appreciation
-High schools
-Cub Scouts
-Reserve Office Training Corps [ROTC]
-High schools
-Presidential visits
-Birmingham, Alabama
-Los Angeles
-San Clemente
News of the day
-Hoover
-Television
-Murders of police
-Funerals
-Ethnic and racial aspect
-President’s response
-Announcement of forthcoming police meeting, June 3, 1971
-Drug problem
-Department of Health, Education, and Welfare [HEW]
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Robert H. Finch
-Hard line
-Psychiatrists
-Drug dealers
-Marijuana
-Cures
-Methadone
-President's role
-Moral leadership
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-Children
-National speech to be made by President
-Radio speech
-Schools
-Educational television
-Speech with charts
-Speeches on foreign and domestic policy
-Alabama youth Conv. No. 504-2 (cont.)
-College lecture
-Colloquial style
Kissinger entered at 9:57 am.
Rogers meeting
-Before lunch
President’s schedule
-Rogers meeting
-King Faisal meeting
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-Latest developments
-Kissinger's meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, May 27, 1971
-Unknown person in Vienna
Stephen Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:57 am.
Thelma C.(“Pat”) Nixon's schedule
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:01 am.
SALT
-Vladimir S. Semenov
US relations with Soviet Union
-Leonid I. Brezhnev Doctrine
-Prague
-United Arab Republic [UAR]
-Character of relations
-Soviets
-Russians
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
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-Summit
-Semenov
-News summary
-Negotiations
-Timing
-Possible date
Kissinger left at 10:01 am. Conv. No. 504-2 (cont.)