Conversation: 523-006
Prev: 523-005 Next: 523-007Start Date: Wednesday, June 16, 1971 9:16 PM
End Date: Wednesday, June 16, 1971 10:05 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Higby, Lawrence M.; Woods, Rose MaryRecording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:27:25
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:13:38
NARA Description:
On June 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, Lawrence M. Higby, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:16 pm to 6:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 523-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 523-6
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
Date: June 16, 1971
Time: 5:16 pm - 6:05 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Drug policy
-TV message Conv. No. 523-5 (cont.)
-Timing
-Radio message
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Content
-Focus on President's action
-Need for drug message
-Format
-Ziegler's role
Pentagon Papers
-Patrick J. Buchanan
[The President talked to an unknown person at an unknown time between 5:16 pm and 5:23 pm]
[Conversation No. 523-6A]
-Request for Ziegler
[End of telephone conversation]
Pentagon Papers
-New York Times
-Buchanan statement
-Domestic Council
-Presidential statement
-Henry A. Kissinger's role
-Kissinger's schedule
-Conversation with Egon Bahr
[Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 5:16 pm and 5:23 pm]
[Conversation No. 523-6B]
Status of Kissinger and John D. Ehrlichman statement
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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[End of telephone conversation]
Charles Bluhdorn
-Meeting with President
-Ehrlichman
-Need for meeting
-Bluhdorn objective Conv. No. 523-6 (cont.)
-Dominican Republic sugar quota
-Campaign contributions
-President's role
-Basis
Anti-war votes in Congress
-George S. McGovern-Mark O. Hatfield Amendment
-Terms
-McGovern and Hatfield strategy
-Results
-Vote
-Preliminary
Ziegler entered at 5:23 pm.
-Final vote from William E. Timmons
-Vote breakdown
Pentagon Papers
-Statement
-Possibilities
-Necessity
-Relation to McGovern-Hatfield Amendment
-Press release
-Content
-Wind down of war
-Alexander P. Butterfield
Drug speech
-Expectations
-Format
-Content
-Timing
Kissinger entered at 5:24 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
Outcome of McGovern-Hatfield Amendment
Pentagon Papers
-Necessity of statement
-Press reaction
-Henry Brandon call to Kissinger
-Press reaction to handling of classified data Conv. No. 523-6 (cont.)
-Stewart J.O. Alsop story in Newsweek
-Cuban missile crisis
-Use of Cabinet Room quote
-New York Times reaction
-President's use of quote
-Timing
-Effectiveness
-Alsop’s reaction
-Buchanan statement
-John F. Kennedy material publication
-Administration leak
-Alexander M. Haig Jr.
-Rowland Evans column
-Brandon
-Alsop
-James B. (“Scotty”) Reston responsibility
Kissinger meeting with Bahr
-Willy Brandt Remarks
-Perception
-Vietnam
-Pakistan
-Comparison to Mexican President's remarks
-Background
Kissinger left at 5:30 pm.
Pentagon Papers
-Statement by President
-Ziegler’s view
Drug statement
-Television appearance
-Background
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Domestic Council
-Supporters for statement
-Content of statement
-Timing
Larry Higby entered at an unknown time after 5:30 pm.
Schedule Conv. No. 523-6 (cont.)
Higby left at an unknown time before 5:46 pm.
Drug Statement
-Television appearance
-Radio message
-Location of delivery
-Energy message
-Content
-Personal statement
-Format
-Length
-Content
-President's role
-Appointment
-Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe
-Office increase
-Spending
-Enforcement
-Rehabilitation
-Buchanan effort
-Content
Pentagon Papers
-Statement by President
-Assessment of evening news
-Roger E. Johnson
-Charles W. Colson's office
-William P. Rogers’ statement
-Robert C. Mardian
-Rogers
-Ehrlichman and Attorney General preparation
-Statement by President
-Content
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-President's statement
-Format
-Timing
-Benefits of delay
-Congress
-Effectiveness of attack
-Lyndon B. Johnson's supporters
-Kissinger's role Conv. No. 523-6 (cont.)
-Call from Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
-Clark M. Clifford statement
-William H. Sullivan
-Mood of public
-Mishandling of classified data
-Publication of verbatim text
-June 16 story in New York Times
-El Paso gas
-Algeria problem
-Peter G. Peterson order from President
-African desk at Department of State
-The French
-Publication of verbatim text
-Story of breaking Japanese code
-Chicago Sun Times publication
-Precedent
-Robert T. Mardian
-Pearl Harbor precedent
-Department of Defense [DOD]
-Jewish reporters
-Feeling for Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Times
-Necessity for action
-Mardian
Ziegler left at 5:46 pm.
Terry McGinnity
-Forthcoming visit to Washington
Pentagon Papers
-Administration action
West Point news story
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Move of former office to Sweden
-Background
President’s meeting with John M. O'Neill and Melville Stephens
-Age of participants
-O'Neill background
-Naval Academy
-Colson role Conv. No. 523-6 (cont.)
-Qualifications
Agricultural problems
-Drought
-Programs
Domestic Council
-Drugs
Pentagon Papers
-Ehrlichman efforts
-Need for coordination
-Staff competence
-Institutional framework
-Ehrlichman and George P. Shultz focus
-Issue importance
-Florida barge canal
-Ehrlichman's role
President's schedule
-Shultz
-Congressional leaders meeting, June 17
-Timing
-Bipartisan nature
-Kennedy
-Edmund S. Muskie
Domestic issues
-Environment
-Health
-Poll results
-Health as an issue
-Other issues
-Vietnam
-Economics
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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-Drug addiction
-Race relations
-Crime and lawlessness
-International problems
-Youth protest and unrest
-Poverty and welfare
-Methodology
-Other issues Conv. No. 523-6 (cont.)
-Pollution and ecology
-Religion and moral delay
-Education
Rose Mary Woods entered at an unknown time after 5:46 pm.
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Rose Mary Woods left at an unknown time before 6:05 pm.
Drug statement
-Length
-Content
-Suggestions
-Necessity of statement
-Content
-Penalties to drug producers
-Death penalty
-Suspension of aid to producing countries
-Emphasis on enforcement
-Need for emphasis on treatment and rehabilitation
-Jaffe’s role
-Recent statements
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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-Ties to future statements
-American Medical Association [AMA] speech
-AMA speech
-Preparation
-President's schedule
-Length
-Noel C. Koch material
-Education emphasis Conv. No. 523-6 (cont.)
-Challenge to AMA
-Blue ribbon panel
-Contact with Jaffe
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 5:46 pm.
Item for President
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 6:05 pm.
AMA speech
-Health comments versus drug comments
-Other comments by President
-Jaycees
-Youth communication and education
-Role of doctors
-Education
President's schedule
-Visit to small farm town
-Junior Historical Society (?)
The President and Haldeman left at 6:05 pm.