On April 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:41 pm to 1:23 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 478-011 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Ronald L. Ziegler General Accounting Office [GAO] - Supersonic Transport [SST] - Call to unknown woman Press - Henry A. Kissinger - Time and Newsweek - Freeze - Hugh S. Sidey - Staff - John D. Ehrlichman and George P. Shultz - William L. Safire - Time and Newsweek Ping- Pong team - Interest - Unknown girl's activities - People's Republic of China [PRC] tour - Hawaii - Age Ziegler's press conference - Announcement of John A. Scali as Special Consultant - Ideas - Public relations activities - Cutbacks - Films - Public information structure - Director of Communications office - President's goals - Informing American people President's schedule - Hours spent by President on questions and answers [Q&A] - Meeting with American Society Newspaper Editors [ASNE], April 16, 1971 - Live radio - Public relations - Public information Media - President's use of television in past year - Press conferences - Howard K. Smith - Cyrus L. ("Cy") Sulzberger - Barbara Walters - Women's press - ASNE - Usefulness - Follow- Up - Flexibility - Communication with American people - ASNE - Press conference - White House press - Suggestions - Selection of a pool - Sigma Delta Chi - White House press - Oval Office press conference - Peter Lisagor - Schedule - Kissinger - Timing - Office press conference - Schedule - Televised press conference - Schedule - Scali's role in administration - New perspective - Experience - Reassessment - Questions - Pentagon - Jerry W. Friedheim - Mistakes - Attitude Ziegler left at 12:51 pm Ziegler's performance President's conversation with Kissinger - Scali - Summit meeting - Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] - Prospects - Summit - Scali - Announcement - PRC - Kissinger President's schedule - Camp Pendleton trip - Publicity - Parade - Activities - California - Timing - Demonstrations - Camp David - Camp Pendleton trip - Announcement Public relations - Charles W. Colson and Safire - Stock market -"Nixon market" - Bernard J. ("Bunny") Lasker's possible letter to President - President's predictions - Possible return of letter to Lasker - Investment advice - Market figures - Election day - Inaugural day - Rise - Fortunes - Letter - Story - New York Times article -"Nixon market" - Anniversary of April 28, 1970 stock market high - Circulation - Anniversary of date of stock market high - President's meeting of Wall Street leaders - Cambodia - Office press conference - Safire - Unknown Cabinet Room meeting - Farm related - Emphasis on day of stock market high - Meeting with Lasker President's schedule - John B. Connally - Forthcoming meeting - Sequoia - Dinner plans - Sequoia - Daylight Saving Time - Camp Pendleton trip - Kissinger's views - Visibility - Parade - Timing - Mayday demonstrations - Correspondents' dinner - Press conference - Camp Pendleton - Western White House - Ellsworth F. Bunker - General Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. - Camp Pendleton - President's possible remarks - Citations - Symbolism - First Marine Division - Peter G. Peterson meeting [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/09/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [478-011- W002] [Duration: 12s] The President's schedule - Forthcoming dentist appointment The President's schedule - Camp David - Church - Sequoia Personnel - Possible appointment of Edgar D. Whitcomb - Prisoners of War [POWs] - US ambassador to the Philippines - Henry A. Byroade - Kissinger [An unknown person talked with the President at an unknown time between 12:51 pm and 1:23 pm] [Conversation No. 478-11A] Schedule [End of telephone conversation] State Department - Marshall Green - William J. Porter - Assistant Secretary for Southeast Asia - Byroade - Porter Appointments - Rudolph A. Peterson - United Nations [UN] Day chairman Defense Department - Stanley R. Resor - Tenure - Melvin R. Laird - Resignation President's schedule - President of American Farm Bureau Federation [AFBF] - D. Elton Trueblood - Landrum Bolling - Earlham College - Trip to Moscow - Kissinger's staff - Charles S. Rhyne - Book on international law - Dinners for foreign ambassadors - Kissinger - Asian dinner - European dinner - Timing - Near East, Middle East, and South Asian countries - Greece - Turkey - Cyprus - Israel - India - Ceylon - Nepal - Iran - Afghanistan - Pakistan - Arab states - Timing - Israel/Arab countries - Farm and business publishers - Schedule - Meeting with President - Dinner - Clifford M. Hardin - Use of Blair House - Maurice H. Stans' dinner - Blair House Congress - John N. Mitchell - List of supporters - Clark MacGregor President's schedule [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/09/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [478-011- W005] [Duration: 2m 45s] The President's schedule - W. Clement Stone dinner - Follow up - Ohio - New York - Pennsylvania - Texas - Florida - California - New York - Nelson A. Rockefeller - Supporters of the President - James L. Buckley - Jacob K. Javits - Interest - Charles H. Percy - W. Clement Stone - Donation - Obligation - John A. ("Jack") Mulcahy - W. Clement Stone compared with John A. ("Jack") Mulcahy - Outcome - Jewish fundraiser -[first name unknown] Murphy - Caucus The President's schedule - Robert M. White's swearing- In - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Brother - Theodore H. ("Teddy") White - Carl M. Yastrzemski - Award to President - Compared with other visitors - Press conference - Yastrzemski - Certificate for leadership - Speeches regarding drugs - Young people Stans' report - Peter M. Flanigan - Haldeman's summary President's schedule - Shultz - Haldeman and Ehrlichman - Time - Executive Office Building The President and Haldeman left at 1:23 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Ziegler, Ronald L.; [Unknown person(s)].
- Part of White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration, Oval Office Sound Recordings