On July 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:38 pm and 2:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 534-012 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield at an unknown time after 1:38 pm The President's schedule - Camp David meeting - John K. Andrews, Jr. speech draft for July 3, 1971 H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 1:38 pm; Butterfield left at an unknown time before 2:05 pm Declassification project in response to Pentagon Papers case - Haldeman's conversation with Richard V. Allen - Recommendations July 3, 1971 speech draft - Sentiments - Andrews - Draft compared to William L. Safire's effort -1969 Bicentennial Commission remarks Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 1:38 pm Request for copy of 1969 remarks Bull left at an unknown time before 2:05 pm Pentagon Papers case - Declassification project head - Allen's recommendations - United States Information Agency [USIA] deputy general counsel - Background - Charles W. Colson's recommendation - E. Howard Hunt, Jr. - Allen's lack of knowledge - Knowledge within intelligence community - Possibility of assignment of head of project to work under Colson - Tom C. Huston - Approach to work - Scope of project - Need for commander - Allen - Colson - Hunt - Outside consultancy - USIA employee - Conspiracy orientation in outlook - Dual nature of project - Resistance by Departments of State and Defense to declassification effort - Joint Chiefs of Staff opposition - Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] - World War II, Korea, Cuban missile crisis documents - Alternatives - Steering committee - Allen's suggestions - Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman - John N. Mitchell - John G. Tower - Other roles - Frank H. Ichord's possible role - Congressional Committee hearings on conspiracy - Hiss case - Conspiracy investigation - Mitchell's views - Effectiveness as Attorney General - Richard G. Kleindienst - Declassification - Tonkin Gulf, Dominican crisis, Cuban missile crisis, Berlin crisis of 1961, Bay of Pigs, U-2 shootdown, Berlin crisis of 1958, Lebanon, Korea, Berlin blockade, Berlin wall - Focus on incidents - Results and benefits - Public announcement - Ehrlichman - Hunt Unemployment - George P. Shultz's analysis of drop - James D. Hodgson - Effect of technical factors - Public perceptions of economic conditions - Attempts to keep below six per cent - Statistics - Arthur F. Burns' memorandum - Recommendation of new economic policy - Burns Pentagon Papers case - Leaks - Efforts to combat links - Allen's perceptions - Fred J. Russell - Congress - John E. Hunt - Background - Samuel L. Devine - Russell - Controllability - Further consideration of Hunt - Colson - Haldeman's meeting - Possible Presidential statement - John D. Ehrlichman's conversation with William P. Rogers - Patrick Buchanan's recommendations - Call to John B. Connally The President's schedule - Departure for Executive Office Building office - Drop- By in Roosevelt Room - Property Review Board meeting - F. Edward Hebert, Leslie C. Arends, Kenneth J. Gray, Samuel S. Stratton An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 1:38 pm Gift presentation items for Congressmen, wives Arrangements The President and Haldeman left at 2:05 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob").
- Part of White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration, Oval Office Sound Recordings