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On March 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:47 pm to 6:22 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 468-019 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield Items for signing President's schedule - Thomas E. Dewey's funeral Papers for signing - Richard Morrison - Terry Wilson - Rose Mary Woods - A declaration Dewey - Announcement of death H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman entered at 5:50 pm Butterfield left at an unknown time before 5:52 pm President's schedule - Dinner, March 16, 1971 Dewey funeral - Day - President's attendance - Hobart D. ("Hobe") Lewis - Whitney M. Young, Jr. funeral - Day - Possible demonstrators - Location - Health of Dewey Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 5:52 pm Young - Query about job offer - John D. Ehrlichman - President's Cabinet offer - Previous statement Ziegler left at 5:53 pm President's schedule - Dewey funeral - Forthcoming press conference - Consumer Price Index [CPI] - George P. Shultz - Timing - March 26, 1971 - Maurice H. Stans' dinner - Timing - CPI - Coverage - President's possible statements - Timing - John B. Connally - Meeting with mayors - Mayors' complaints - John V. Lindsay - Richard G. Lugar - Ziegler's office - A list of attendees - Ehrlichman - President's previous meetings with mayors - Lindsay - Lugar in Indianapolis - White House meeting - Meetings with mayors and blacks - Ziegler - Press release - A mayors committee - Legislation proposals - Lindsay, Carl B. Stokes, Joseph Alioto - Staff awareness - Purpose - Information on past meetings - John V. ("Jack") Brennan - National Archives office - Retrieval of information - Young funeral - Travelers on President's plane - W. Ramsey Clark - Donald H. Rumsfeld - Margaret (Birchner) Young - Ehrlichman - William P. Rogers - Ziegler - Clark - Rumsfeld - Connection with Young - Rumsfeld's decision - Reason - Press coverage - Clark Daniel P. ("Pat") Moynihan's letter - Peter M. Flanigan - Stans - Business Council - Content - Flanigan - Possible business constituency - Stans - Letter from Fred J. Borch Supporting constituencies for the Administration - Business - Congress - Republican National Committee [RNC] - Governors - Business - John N. Mitchell - A possible meeting with the President Dewey funeral - President's attendance - Lewis, George C. Wallace, Barry M. Goldwater - Dewey's positions - Presidential candidate - Presidential advisor - President's attendance - Young funeral - Public opinion - Compared to Lyndon B. Johnson - Young funeral - President's attendance - Day - President's schedule - Possible demonstrations Demonstrations - President's response - Public opinion President's schedule - Meeting with mayors - Ehrlichman - Length - Previous Cabinet meeting - Ehrlichman - John A. Volpe - Stans - Greece - Nicaragua, Kenya - Compared with home slide shows - Dewey funeral - Wreath - Dewey's sons - Possible letters from the President - Wreath - Family and associates - Sons - Importance - Possible other funerals - Johnson - Harry S Truman - Johnson - Possible lying- In- State - Truman - Johnson - President's possible attendance - Washington, DC; Texas - Publicity value - Young funeral in Kentucky - Publicity value - Richard B. Russell's funeral - Symbolism - Coverage - Value - Dewey funeral - Meeting with mayors - Ehrlichman's view - Revenue sharing - Length - Ehrlichman - President's role - President's role in meetings - Blacks - Leonard Garment - Congress - National Security Council [NSC] - Henry A. Kissinger - Meeting with mayors - Length - Purpose - Previous meetings - President's view - Value - Purpose - Revenue sharing - Ehrlichman's role Haldeman left at 6:22 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Ziegler, Ronald L.