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On April 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, William M. Lukash, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:24 am to 11:49 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 481-006 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Stephen B. Bull President's schedule - Meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler [The President talked with the White House operator at 11:24 am] [Conversation No. 481-6A] [See Conversation No. 1-125] [End of telephone conversation] H. R. Haldeman entered at 11:25 pm Bull left at an unknown time before 11:30 am Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield's trip to People's Republic of China [PRC] - Congressional interest - Chou En- Lai The President's PRC initiative BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/25/2019. Segment will remain closed.] [Personal Returnable] [481-006- W001] [Duration: 1m 44s] The President talked with Dr. William M. Lukash at 11:25 am [Conversation No. 481-6B] [See Conversation No. 001-126] [End of telephone conversation] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 Henry A. Kissinger - Unknown man [Ziegler?] The President's schedule - Leslie Towne ("Bob") Hope - Fund- Raising dinner - Mamie G. D. Eisenhower - Phone call to Hope - President's possible attendance The President's meeting with American Society of Newspaper Editors [ASNE], April 16, 1971 - J. Edgar Hoover's call to the President - Response to questions - Radio - Kissinger - Dinner at Katharine L. Graham's Ziegler entered at 11:30 am - Report - Cocktail party - Attendees - William V. Shannon - Ziegler's possible call to Shannon - Sylvan H. Meyer - Cuba and Chile - Emmett Dedmon - Question on PRC - Hoover - Robert F. Kennedy - Army - W. Ramsey Clark - Responses - Reaction - Audience response - Applause - Unknown woman - Radio - Statler Hotel - Quality of room - Television - Shoreham Hotel - Size - Number of questions - Editorial conference - Media coverage - Meyer's comment - Radio coverage - Prisoners of war [POWs] - Hoover - PRC - President's daughters - Forum - Television - Coverage - News conference - ASNE - Hoover - Tenure - Vietnam - Lieutenant William L. Calley, Jr. - Hoover - President's response - Compassion - Fairness - Cartoon in the President's office - Harry S. Truman administration - Vice President Spiro T. Agnew - Dedmon - Agnew The President's schedule [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/25/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal- Returnable] [481-006- W003] [Duration: 5s] The President's schedule - Dentist appointment Ziegler left at 11:39 am The President's schedule - John L. McClellan - Schedule - Attorney General [John Mitchell] - John A. Volpe - John D. Ehrlichman - George W. Romney - Jennie (Benedetto) Volpe [?] - Unknown visit by Italian women - Camp David - Farm editors - News conference - Timing - Farm editors - Clifford M. Hardin - Briefing - Conference - Attendance - Number - Possible White House tour - Blue Room - White House tour - Wives - Jaycees leadership - Attendance - White House tour - Rose Garden - State Dining Room - Press coverage - Briefings Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:30 am [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/25/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal- Returnable] [481-006- W004] [Duration: 7s] The President's schedule - Dental appointment Bull left at an unknown time before 11:49 am The President's schedule - Senate loyalists - House loyalists - Daniel H. Kuykendall - Press conference -4- H Club - Attendance - Number - Rose Garden - White House tour - Rose Garden - President's participation The President's with ASNE - Panelists - Certificate of appreciation - Memento - Paperweight The President's schedule - Building Trades Council executive committee - Opposition to the President - Willie J. Usery - Views - John D. Ehrlichman, Charles W. Colson, Peter M. Flanigan, and George P. Shultz - Views - James D. Hodgson - Views - President's leadership - Boat - Julie Nixon Eisenhower The President and Haldeman left at 11:49 am. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; White House operator; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Lukash, William M.; Ziegler, Ronald L.