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On April 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, John P. ("Jack") Sutherland, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:41 pm and 1:18 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 480-010 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman Vice President Spiro T. Agnew - Veterans' demonstration - Capitol grounds - President of Senate - Speaker of House - Carl B. Albert - Health Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:41 pm The President's schedule - Barber Bull left at an unknown time before 12:50 pm Agnew - Forthcoming demonstration - Use of Capitol - Attorney General's [Richard G. Kleindienst's] opinion - Effect on Congress - Ellipse - Agnew's meeting - Administration's possible position - Southern Christian Leadership Conference [SCLC] - Precedent - Possible crisis - Effect on Congress - Vietnam - Numbers - Veterans - Schedule - Albert - Health - Democratic leadership - Personal life [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/03/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [480-010- W003] [Duration: 1m 49s] Democratic presidential candidates - Television show - Samuel W. Yorty - Inclusion - Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr. - J. William Fulbright - Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr. - American Broadcasting Company [ABC] - Duration - Commentary - Samuel W. Yorty - Presidential candidacy - Carl B. Albert - The President's opinion John B. Connally - Potential presidential candidacy - The President's opinion Wilbur D. Mills - Potential presidential candidacy - The President's opinion - H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman's opinion John B. Connally - Arthur F. Burns - John D. Ehrlichman - Henry A. Kissinger Campaign practices - Interview with Edmund S. Muskie's mother -"Chapman's friend" - Age - Jane F. (Gray) Muskie - Background - E. S. Muskie - Wife - Portland, Maine - Children - Gene Muskie - Daughters - President - E. S. Muskie - Abraham Lincoln simile - Education - Presidential aspirations - Daughters - Political views Interviews with other E. S. Muskie family and staff members - Portland Press Herald - Mickey Wiesenthal [sp?] Ronald L. Ziegler entered at an unknown time after 12:41 pm The President's schedule - John P. ("Jack") Sutherland - Alma mater's yearbook - Photo session with the President Ziegler left at an unknown time before 12:50 pm Campaign practices -"Chapman's friend" - Jay Lovestone's meeting with Hubert H. Humphrey and George Meany Sutherland and Ziegler entered at 12:50 pm Photo session - Notes - Autographed photo of the President - Unknown forthcoming event, May 8, 1971 - Golf balls - Cuff links Ziegler - Editors' meeting - Performance Sutherland and Ziegler left at 12:54 pm Campaign practices -"Chapman's friend" - Lovestone's meeting with Humphrey and Meany - Supersonic Transport [SST] - American Federation of Labor- Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL- CIO] -1968 election campaign - Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson - James L. Buckley - Republicans - Locals - Economic situation - Democrats - Jackson - E. S. Muskie -1962 campaign - Leaks The President's schedule - Televised press conference - Office press conference - California trip - Press conference - Announcement - Demonstrations - Timing - Veterans - April 19, 1971 - April 24, 1971 - May 1-5, 1971 - April 24, 1971 - May 5, 1971 - Press conference - California trip - Timing - Photographers - State visits - Church - President's meetings - Number - Daily - Frequency - Leonard Garment's call - Sammy Davis, Jr. - Flexibility - Staff members - Press conferences - Statements - Speeches - Agriculture Day - California trip - Press conference - Florida weekend - Giuseppe Saragat - Alabama Elections in Berkeley, California - Results - Activism - Faculty and students - Electorate - Blacks - Hippies - Radicals - Longshoremen's union - Stanford University Santa Cruz, California incident - Reaction - Los Angeles Times - Burning of building - Haldeman's son's reaction May Day demonstrations - Security - Disruption on White House grounds -"Salute to Agriculture" - Washington Post story on cameras at White House - Police state image - Daniel P. ("Pat") Moynihan - San Clemente - Florida - Security - Number of police at the White House - Ziegler Berkeley, California Economy - George P. Shultz - Industrial production - Briefing, April 15, 1971 - Paul W. McCracken Donald H. Rumsfeld and Robert H. Finch - Compared to Connally - Performance Ehrlichman entered at an unknown time after 12:54 pm The President's schedule - Davis - Awards at Open Door Hour -[Muscular Dystrophy Association of America] - Nebraska - Garment - Davis - Picture - Harold Russell - Press - Davis Davis - Schedule - Press - Robert J. Brown - Schedule - Shady Grove - Brown - Wife - Retirement - Revenue sharing - Entertainment The President's schedule - Davis - Muscular Dystrophy Association of America - Davis - Picture Ehrlichman left at an unknown time before 1:18 pm Davis - Appearance - Possible meeting with the President The President's schedule - Morocco [canceled visit of King [Moulay] Hassan II] - Press conference The President and Haldeman left at 1:18 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Sutherland, John P. ("Jack"); Ehrlichman, John D.