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On September 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:19 am and 9:36 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 449-001 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Manolo Sanchez. Greeting The President left at an unknown time after 9:19 am. H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 9:19 am. Refreshments Sanchez left and John D. Ehrlichman entered at 9:22 am. Pentagon Papers - Melvin R. Laird - Henry A. Kissinger's telephone call about release of official version - Ehrlichman's contacts with J. Fred Buzhardt - Kissinger The President entered at an unknown time after 9:22 am. - Buzhardt - Pentagon General Counsel - Release of official expurgated version - Kissinger, Laird - Release - Kissinger - Issue - Administration policy - Kissinger - Washington Post story - Leak - Kissinger - Ehrlichman's talk with Kissinger - Politics of the issue Ehrlichman's and Charles W. Colson's forthcoming conversation with Kissinger - Kissinger - Effects on Vietnam elections - Vietnam issue - Administration strategy - Pressure - New York Times - Kissinger - Discrepancies between versions - Politics - Daniel Ellsberg - Differences between versions - New York Times - The President's schedule - International drug seminar - Forthcoming call from the Pentagon - Meeting between Kissinger, Colson and Ehrlichman - Political situation - Colson's role - Importance of issue - Democrats - Kissinger's concerns - Vietnam issue - Release of Pentagon version - Newspaper story - Japan - Use by political opposition - Eisaku Sato Pentagon papers and the declassification issue - Ehrlichman's schedule - Meeting with Richard M. Helms - List - Cuban missile crisis - Bay of Pigs [Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN- T- MDR-2014-020. Segment declassified on 04/30/2019. Archivist : MAS] [National Security] [449-001- W001] [Duration: 7s] Pentagon Papers and the declassification issue - John D. Ehrlichman's schedule - Meeting with Richard M. Helms - List - Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem Pentagon Papers and the declassification issue - Tom C. Huston - Bombing halt information - Timing of issue - Release - Pentagon Papers - Timing - Kissinger - Issue - Involvement in Vietnam - Democrats - Nixon administration - News story - Possession of documents - John N. Mitchell Ehrlichman's schedule Ehrlichman left at 9:27 am. Kissinger - Pentagon Papers Haldeman's schedule - Previous staff meeting - Meeting with Kissinger - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] summit Public affairs - Kissinger - Polls - Distribution - Contacts - Washington, DC - Negotiations - Polls - Gallup - Haldeman's previous conversation with Kissinger - Colson - Trial heat - Businessman Council on International Economic Policy [CIEP] - Meeting between Haldeman, Kissinger, and John B. Connally - Planning and staffing - Connally - White House - Kissinger - Peter G. Peterson - Responsibility - George P. Shultz - Economic programs - Importance - People's Republic of China [PRC] - Kissinger - Peterson - Peterson - Kissinger's strategy - Peterson's counsel - Other advisers - Connally - Shultz - Paul W. McCracken - Kissinger - Private meetings - CIEP - Decisions - CIEP staffing - Connally - Shultz - Kissinger - McCracken - Staffing - The President's plan - Kissinger's forthcoming conversation with Connally - Connally - Shultz's responsibility - Paul A. Volcker - Shultz - Meeting with the President - Shultz - Peterson - Commerce Department - Administration strategy - Peterson - Maurice H. Stans - Herbert W. Kalmbach - San Diego - Peterson The President's schedule - The President's forthcoming trip to Detroit, September 25-27, 1971 - Radio broadcast at the Detroit Economic Club - Television - Coverage - Live television - Midwest regional broadcast - The President's meeting with consumer leaders, September 21, 1971 - Arrangements - Proposals - The President's contact with consumers - Consumer affairs advisor [Virginia H. Knauer] - Stans's approach - Work with people prior to meeting - Television coverage of the President's trip - Film coverage - Portland, Oregon - Coverage - News shows - Local shows -"Today" show - Length of coverage on news shows - Picture The President and Haldeman left at 9:36 am. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Ehrlichman, John D.