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On September 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:13 am and 9:05 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 578-002 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: President met with H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman; an unknown person was present at the beginning of the conversation. President's schedule - September 24 - Afternoon - Departure for Northwest trip - Day - Time Press relations - The President's question and answer [Q&A] session at Detroit Economic Club, September 23, 1971 - Television coverage - Evening news - National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC] - Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] - Time Length - Wage and price control Phase II question - News reporters coverage - Comparison to television coverage - Haldeman's conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler - Type of coverage - Effect - Impact - Ziegler's analysis - Amount of coverage - Demonstrators - Television coverage -"Today Show" - Lead story - Wage and price control - Type of coverage - Still shots - Demonstrators - President's comments - Pollution - Employment - Amount of coverage - CBS - Question on Supreme Court nomination - Television coverage - Impact - Frequency - Local telecasts - Detroit - Coverage for administration - Chicago - Illinois - Wisconsin - Indiana - Ohio - Key States - Michigan - Time - Length of coverage - Effort - Ziegler's handling of press - Ziegler's analysis on coverage - Administration's position - Type of impact - Amount of effort - Pros and cons for results - President's appearance - Questions and answers - Preparation - Type of question - Responses - President's responses - Questions asked by newsmen - Politeness - Pros and cons - Antagonism - Comparison to press conference - News coverage - Unknown person - Time of day - Television - Detroit - News coverage - Night time - Past experiences - Coverage - President's efforts - Trips - Guidelines by administration - Restrictions on questions - Balance of questions - Foreign - Domestic - Questions - Vietnam - Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] - Conservative revolt - Patrick J. Buchanan - Significance - Number of people - Types of questions - Election in Vietnam - Number - Nguyen Van Thieu - People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative - Vietnam - Technical preparation and staffing - Mark I. Goode - Type of individual needed - Richard A. Moore - Director of operations - President's experience in Detroit - Introduction of President for newsman - Panel of questioners - Television audience - Awareness - Type of introduction - Television and radio audience - Need for introductions - Radio audience in Michigan - Comparison to television audience - Lack of knowledge of President's appearance - Demonstrators - Location - Moore - Goode - William H. Carruthers - Demonstrations - Moore - Goode - Carruthers - Demonstrators - Moore - Completion of question period - Cut- Off - Goode or Moore - Control of situation - Format - Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] speech - Future press situations - Limitation on answers - Buchanan - Number of words - Background information - Wage and price freeze question - Number of words statement - International monetary conditions - Profits - Preparation of answers - Thought process - Type of response - Number of words -"One liners" - Henry A. Kissinger's preparations - John B. Connally's preparations - Buchanan - George P. Shultz - Kissinger - Paul W. McCracken - Questions - Types of questions - Question of who should answer questions - Back ups - Buchanan - Review of speeches - Example - The President's comment about welfare and work - Speech writers - Raymond K. Price, Jr. - Buchanan - Politics - Repetition by President - Concern - John F. Osborne - John F. Kennedy - Quote - Number of repetitions - President's speeches to Congress - Type of lines - Repetition - Types of lines - Welfare and employment - Type of line - Impact - Repetition of statements - Possible audience assumptions - Old material compared to new material - Listening ability of audience - Appearances after 9:00 pm - Television coverage - Questioners - Atmosphere - Inhibitions because of television - Detroit television - Working people - Location - Office compared to home - Detroit trip - Type of coverage - Preparation - Grand Rapids - Demonstration - Willie J. Usery - Teamsters - United Auto Workers [UAW] - American Federation of Labor- Congress of Industrial Organization [AFL- CIO] - Reasons for demonstration - Anti- Police - Blacks - Anti- War - Organization - Signs - Actions - Laughter - Audiences - Type - Advance men - Planning for audience - Program - Warm- Up of audience - Rock music - Meeting with milk producers - Detroit Economic Club - Detroit response to President's appearance for Economic Club - Amount of preparation time - Precedent - Detroit - President's appearance - Impact - Press reactions PRC announcement - Kissinger - Connally Press relations - Phase II - Possible press conference - Line of questioning - Teachers' salaries - Specifics of questions - Comprehensiveness - Duration - Connally Haldeman's conversation with Arthur F. Burns - Meeting - State Department The President and Haldeman left at 9:05 am. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)].