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Tape 602, Conversation 010 (602-010)

On October 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:45 pm to 1:39 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 602-010 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman. The President's schedule - Unknown man Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:45 pm. - Executive Office Building [EOB] Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:02 pm. - Arthur F. Burns - John B. Connally - Feelings about meetings on monetary affairs - John D. Ehrlichman - George P. Shultz - Peter G. Peterson - Henry A. Kissinger - William P. Rogers - Monetary affairs - Connally - Shultz - Peterson - Burns - Paul A. Volcker - Connally's staff - Controls - William L. Safire - Rogers - The President's previous meeting with Vietnam veterans - The President's view - New York Times correspondent - Gloria Emerson [?] - Press coverage Vietnam demonstrations - Washington, DC - Route - Press coverage Press - The President's comments to Ronald L. Ziegler - Backgrounder - Kissinger - Rogers - Reference to Nixon - Dick Whitaker - Language -[Arthur] Neville Chamberlain Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 12:45 pm. Charles W. Colson's schedule Butterfield left at an unknown time before 1:02 pm. Disney World - Press coverage - Mrs. Walt Disney - Haldeman's presentation of flag - Main Street parade - Meredith Willson - E. Cardon Walker - Vietnam veterans - Roy O. Disney - American youth American youth - The President's view - Robert H. Finch - Ivy League schools Disney World - Prospects for success - California - Florida - Description [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/13/2022. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [602-010- W001] [Duration: 1m 13s] 1972 campaign - John D. ("Jack") Wrather, Jr. - Previous conversation with H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman - Roy O. Disney - Fundraising dinner in California - President of Smucker's Jelly [Paul Smucker?] - Previous conversation with H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman - Assistance with President's re- Election Colson entered at an unknown time after 12:45 pm. 1972 campaign - Importance of winning - Unknown friend of Charles W. Colson in New York - President of Smucker's Jelly connection to the President United Nation [UN] vote to expel Taiwan - Ronald W. Reagan's view - George H.W. Bush - Possible Presidential statement - Financial support by US - Rogers - Patrick J. Buchanan - Possible conversation with Colson - Vote shifts concerning Taiwan expulsion vote - Position of domestic right - Spiro T. Agnew - Buchanan - Supreme Court Right wing support - Humanities endowment - Supreme Court nominees UN vote concerning Taiwan - Rogers - Samuel L. Devine - Possible actions - Conservatives - Possible Congressional action - Budget - Administration efforts - Administration's possible actions - Otto E. Passman - Colson's conversation - Edward W. Brooke - Robert J. Dole - Agnew's conversation with the President - Colson's conversation - Franklyn C. ("Lyn") Nofziger - Bush - Rogers - Right wing position - Liberal position - Pauline Frederick - People's Republic of China [PRC] - Popular reaction to UN - The President's view - Reagan - Request of the President - Television address - The President's response - UN role in India- Pakistan situation - Agnew - Hugh Scott - Gerald R. Ford - Congressional funding for UN - Brooke - Reagan [Previous PRMPA Privacy (D) reviewed under deed of gift 04/13/2022. Segment cleared for release.] [Privacy] [602-010- W013] [Duration: 2s] United Nations [UN] vote concerning Taiwan - Congressional funding for United Nations [UN] - Ronald W. Reagan - Comment on United Nations [UN] African delegates United Nations [UN] vote concerning Taiwan - Congressional funding for United Nations [UN] - Nations voting on Taiwan expulsion - Popular sentiment toward UN - Taiwan, PRC - Compared with popular support toward Supreme Court - Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW] - Colson's role - Statement on UN - Attitude toward Taiwan - Rogers's statement - UN action - US relations with Taiwan - PRC - Bush - Rogers - Funding for UN - The President's view - UN membership - Types of government - Latin America - Africa - Asia - US efforts Public opinion - Conservatives - Attitude - Stewart J.O. Alsop - Newsweek magazine - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] - Military strength - Silos - Submarines - Richard M. Helms - Defense - Alsop - Anti- Ballistic missile [ABM] treaty - USSR - Testing - Conservatives - Summit - Agnew - Supreme Court appointments - William H. Rehnquist - Lewis F. Powell, Jr. - James J. Kilpatrick Schedule US foreign relations - UN's vote on Taiwan expulsion - Rogers - Dole - Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. - Nofziger - Dole - Television - Reagan - Telephone call to the President - Pauline Frederick - Statements - Bush's - Rogers - Liberals and Conservatives - The President's desire for symbolic action - Press conference - President's trip to PRC - Bush - Rogers - Passman - Foreign aid - John J. Rooney - Passman - International Labor Organization [ILO] - George Meany [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/14/2022. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [602-010- W011] [Duration: 3m 18s] Spiro T. Agnew's political prediction - Edward M. ("Ted") Kennedy- Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson presidential ticket - The President's view - Charles Colson's view - George Meany - Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson Vietnam War - Political issue - Charles W. Colson's view - John F. Kennedy Media - John V. Lindsay - Compared to Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson 1972 election - Democratic candidates - Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson - Edward M. ("Ted") Kennedy - Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson - Viewed by Richard J. Daley and George Meany - Clean up the Democratic Party - Eugene J. McCarthy - Charles W. Colson's view Supreme Court confirmation vote - Rehnquist - Mathias - Possible Republican opponents - Possible Democratic opponents - The President's view - Marlow W. Cook - William B. Saxbe - Robert C. Byrd - Public opinion - Buchanan - Richard A. Moore - Rehnquist - Powell UN - Administration position - Bush Colson left at 1:36 pm. The President's schedule - Connally - Kissinger - Report - Forthcoming telephone call to Reagan - UN Public relations - Buchanan - UN - Taiwan - Colson - Impact for administration - Mail The President and Haldeman left at 1:39 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Sanchez, Manolo; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Colson, Charles W.

  • Part of White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration, Oval Office Sound Recordings