On December 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, unknown person(s), Charles W. Colson, John D. Ehrlichman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:22 pm to 1:45 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 638-013 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield. [The recording begins while the conversation is already in progress] The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time after 1:22 pm. [Conversation No. 638-13A] President's schedule - Departure - John D. Ehrlichman [End of telephone conversation] - Bill signing - H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman Ehrlichman and Charles W. Colson entered at 1:24 pm. Media - Networks - Antitrust action - Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] - John N. Mitchell - CBS - Removal of Richard S. Salant - Reorganization Butterfield left at 1:26 pm. - Value- Added tax [VAT] - Haldeman - Coverage - Strategy - Edmund S. Muskie - Rowland Evans and Robert D. Novak - Muskie - Position [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/13/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [638-013- W001] [Duration: 19s] 1972 campaign - Republican National Committee [RNC] - Young state legislators Stephen B. Bull entered and left at an unknown time after 1:26 pm. [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/13/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [638-013- W002] [Duration: 23s] 1972 campaign - Youth outreach - Young Republicans - Feelings on the country Supersonic transport [SST] - John B. Connally - Georges J.R. Pompidou - Reaction - Congress - Strategy - Outside petitions - Budget - Research - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] - Sputnik - Boeing [Background noise] George Meany - Health - Note from the President - Christmas - Hopes for a speedy recovery [Previous PRMPA Privacy (D) reviewed under PRMPA regulations 06/13/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Privacy] [638-013- W004] [Duration: 48s] George Meany - John N. Mitchell's intelligence -[Joseph] Lane Kirkland - Marital problems - Infidelity - Morality - Alimony Azores meeting - Results - France - Possible staff reaction - France - Germans and Japanese - Henry A. Kissinger - Publicity - Connally -"New Economic Policy" - John A. Scali and Ronald L. Ziegler - Kissinger - Role President's economic policy - Machine tool industry - Retail sales - Trend - Effect of weather and holiday season - New York Times article -[Forename unknown] Solomon - Unemployment - Unknown Georgetown University professor - Washington Post article - Support for the President's policies - Information for supporters - Dissemination - Talking point - Spiro T. Agnew speech - Muskie - John F. Kennedy - House Resolution [H R] 1 - Herman E. Talmadge - Social Security - Work requirements - Aid to dependent children - Conservatives - Possible veto - Congress - Wayne L. Hayes President's schedule - Bill signing - Cancer - Congress's schedule - Michael J. Mansfield - Visit to Redskins Park, November 23, 1971 - The President's conversation with Haldeman - Effect on the Washington Redskins [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/13/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [638-013- W006] [Duration: 2m 42s] Football - Washington Redskins - President's opinion - Offense - Los Angeles Rams - Field goals - Bad call - Touchback - Players - Roman Gabriel - The President's opinion - Jack Snow - Roy Jefferson - Clifton McNeill - Jerry Smith - Larry Brown - Jack Pardee - George E. Allen Christmas season - Effect on the staff - Administration's generation of news State of the Union address - President's schedule "A Day in the Life of the President" - Washington Star article - Julie Nixon Eisenhower - Christmas tree and decorations - Christmas message - CBS - Timing Staff Ehrlichman and Colson left at 1:45 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; [Unknown person(s)]; Colson, Charles W.; Ehrlichman, John D.; Bull, Stephen B.
- Part of White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration, Oval Office Sound Recordings