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On October 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, George H. W. Bush, William P. Rogers, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:05 pm to 3:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 599-017 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Stephen B. Bull. Room temperature BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/08/2019. Segment will remain closed.] [Personal Returnable] [599-017- W001] [Duration: 12s] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 The President's schedule - Alexander M. Haig, Jr. - Governors - Soviet Union - Aleksei N. Kosygin - Leonid I. Brezhnev - Nikolai V. Podgorny - Kosygin - Camp David - Warren E. Hearnes - Romania - Spiro T. Agnew - Ronald W. Reagan - Governors Pay Board - Labor representatives - George P. Shultz - James D. Hodgson - Donald H. Rumsfeld - George Meany Working lunches - White House mess - Blair House [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/08/2019. 6s segment cleared for release. 18s remain closed as 599-017- W002.] [Personal Returnable] [599-017- W002] [Duration: 6s] Barbara J. (Thompson) Eisenhower - The President's opinion BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEN NO.2 [Personal Returnable] [599-017- W002] [Duration: 18s] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 Travels - Haldeman's trip - Grand Teton National Park Charles W. Colson - Polls - Gallup - Soviet Summit announcement - Economic events - Supreme Court appointments - Media reaction - Dan Rather The President's speech on Supreme Court nominees - Political benefit - The President's policies - Edmund S. Muskie - The President's remarks at the National Federation of Republican Women Convention - Polls Bull entered at an unknown time after 2:05 pm. The President's schedule - William P. Rogers - George H. W. Bush - Haig Bull left at an unknown time before 2:15 pm. Bush, Rogers, and Haig entered at 2:15 pm. Greetings Forthcoming United Nations [UN] vote on Taiwan - Lists Haldeman left at 2:15 pm - African countries - Bush's efforts - Timing - Rogers's instructions to US ambassadors - Parliamentary maneuvers - US actions - Rogers assessment - Nationalist Chinese ambassador - Previous meeting with Rogers - Possible White House statement - Ronald L. Ziegler - Content - Henry A. Kissinger - Chou En- Lai - Kissinger Ziegler entered at 2:20 pm. UN vote on Taiwan - Possible White House statement - Photograph of the President's meeting - Possible statements to press - Rogers - US position - US efforts - The President's meeting with Rogers and Bush - Press stories - Carlos P. Romulo's comment - Photographs - Locale - Oval Office - Rose Garden Ziegler left at 2:24 pm. UN vote on expulsion of Taiwan - Kissinger's schedule - Nationalist Chinese ambassador - Kissinger's possible comments - Washington Post -[Forename unknown] Rosenfeld - Frederic V. Malek - People's Republic of China [PRC] comments - Albania - Soviet Union - Timing of Kissinger's return - Possible effect - Stopover - The President's view - Possible effect - Possible meeting with the President - Stopover - Anchorage, Alaska - The President's instructions - Ireland - Possible vote - Peter M. Flanigan - Airline - John D.J. Moore - Rogers's proposed telephone call - Israel - Argentina - Ambassador to US - The President's proposed telephone call - John D. Lodge - The President's proposed telephone call - Ecuador - Bush's efforts - Costa Rica - Fishing rights - Venezuela - Panama - Mexico - Luis Echeverria Alverez - Possible call from the President - Foreign minister - Robert H. McBride - Rogers forthcoming conversation - Argentina - Lodge - Mexico - Peru - Proposed telephone call - John B. Connally - Loans - Trinidad - Greece, Turkey - Agnew - Iran - Iran - Shah [Mohammed Reza Pahlavi] - Possible telephone call from the President - Argentina, Mexico, Italy, Morocco - Britain, Canada - Turkey - US efforts - The President's schedule - Turkey, Italy, Morocco, Mexico, Argentina The President talked with the white house operator at an unknown time between 2:24 pm and 3:00 pm. [Conversation No. 599-17A] [See Conversation No. 12-79] [End of telephone conversation] - Argentina - Rogers's schedule - Possible press conference - Italy - Aldo Moro - Graham A. Martin - Giuseppe Saragat - Giuseppe Lupis - Previous conversation with Bush - Emilio Colombo - Proposed telephone call - The President's position - US policy - Rogers view - British - Canadians - Moro - Pietro Nenni - Saragat - Ambassador to US [Egidio Ortona?] - The President's view - Netherlands - North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] - Possible telephone call - Translator - Logistics The President talked with White House operator at an unknown time between 2:05 pm and 3:00 pm. [Conversation No. 599-17B] [See Conversation No. 12-80] [End of telephone conversation] UN vote on expulsion of Taiwan - Morocco - King Hassan II - Botswana - US aid - The President's position - African nations Ziegler entered at an unknown time after 2:24 pm. The President's schedule Ziegler left at an unknown time before 3:00 pm. UN vote on expulsion of Taiwan - African nations - Ireland - Airlines - The President's position - Ghana - The President of Ghana - X - Thelma C. ("Pat") Nixon - The President of Ghana - Possible visit to US - Uganda - The President's schedule - Austria - Laos - US aid - Souvanna Phouma - Malta - Ambassador - The President's forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union - Ireland - John M. ("Jack") Lynch - Malta - Possible visit by the President - The President's conversation with Maltese ambassador - Albanian resolution - The President's schedule - British - Dominic Mintoff - Rogers schedule - Forthcoming telephone call - Laos - Ecuador - Fishing rights - Robert H. Finch - US position - Lodge - Martin - Italy - King of Morocco - Possible Presidential telephone call - Martin - Moroccan ambassador - King of Morocco - Possible telephone call - Argentina - Mexico - Echeverria - Japan - The President's schedule - Nobusuke Kishi - Echeverria - King of Morocco - Italy - Lynch - Turkey - Morocco - Ecuador - Ireland - Botswana - Ghana - The President's previous visit - Mrs. Nixon - Italy - Uganda - Argentina - Lodge - Laos - Malta - Public opinion - Bush's conversation with Romulo - Laos - South Africa - Portugal Ziegler entered at an unknown time after 2:24 pm. Photographer The President, et al. left at 3:00 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Bush, George H. W.; Rogers, William P.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; White House operator.