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On April 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Robert J. Dole, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:40 pm to 6:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 248-021 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Robert J. Dole and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman Greetings [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/27/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [248-021- W001] [Duration: 5m 11s] Robert J. Dole's political activities - Possible convention sites - Florida - Del Ray Beach - Palm Bay - Republican National Committee [RNC] - Fundraising - John D. Ehrlichman - Mike [Surname unknown] - Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo - Palm Bay Club - Miami - Chicago - San Francisco - Houston - Future meeting in July 1971 - Possible convention sites - San Francisco - Houston - Dallas - Philadelphia - Television - Other cities - Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. - Importance of maintaining strategy - Kansas City, MO - Other possibilities - Possible decision - July 1971 - Importance of convention - John C. Whitaker - Timing of convention - John D. Ehrlichman - Franklin R. Gannon [?] - H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman - Labor Day 1972 campaign - Labor Day - Timing of convention - Beginning of school year - Television audience - Timing of convention Vietnam resolutions - Marlow W. Cook - Dole's conversation with Henry A. Kissinger - Need for initiative - Leadership - Gerald R. Ford - Possible hearings - Foreign Relations Committee - Possible letter - Strategy - Foreign Relations Committee - J. William Fulbright - Cook's conversation with Melvin R. Laird - Withdrawal of forces - Timing - Wording of resolution - Prisoners of War [POWs] - POWs - Delay - Cook's resolution - Possible implementation - POWs - South Vietnam - Polls - POWs - Polls - Wives - Polls - Opinion Research Corporation [ORC] - Results - Withdrawal of troops - Democrats - Responsibility for Vietnam - Korean War - Dwight D. Eisenhower - Edmund S. Muskie - Polls - Results - POWs - Withdrawal of forces - POWs - Risks - Muskie - Strategy -1968 campaign - John F. Kennedy - Lyndon B. Johnson - Kennedy - Laos - Overthrow of Ngo Dinh Diem - Vietnam - Johnson Dole's suit against American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC] - National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC] - Julian Goodman - Letter - Robert E. Hampton - First Amendment - Composite picture - Public Broadcasting System [PBS] panel - Fulbright and General [Forename unknown] Marshall - Brigadier General Daniel ("Chappie") James, Jr. Vietnam - Senate - Laos - Lieutenant William L. Calley, Jr. - Polls - ORC - Statement - Democrats - Influence of 1972 elections - Withdrawal - POWs - South Vietnam - Casualty rates - Korea - Democratic candidates opposing President - Muskie - Hubert H. Humphrey - Edward M. ("Ted") Kennedy - Republicans opposing President - James B. Pearson - Deadline - Senate - Democrats - Young voters - Polls - Casualties - Muskie and Humphrey - End- The- War sentiment - President's actions to end war - Casualties - Withdrawal - Avoid Communist takeover - Polls - Goal of war - Avoid Communist takeover - Polls - George H. Gallup - Louis Harris - Withdrawal - Communist takeover - POWs - Robert C. Byrd - Strategy Dole's visit to West Coast - Timing - Need for initiative - Major General James D. ("Don") Hughes, Charles W. Colson, [Thomas] Hale Boggs, and James - Gimmick - People's Republic of China [PRC] - Ping- Pong President's PRC initiative - Ping- Pong team visit - Chou En- Lai - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] - Democrats -"Doves" Vietnam - War issue - Importance Economy - Issue - Retail sales - Stock market - Interest rates - Inflation Vietnam - War issue - Democrats - Johnson - Republican response to policies - Responsibility - Congressional activity -1952 election - Adlai E. Stevenson, II - Eisenhower - Administration's policies - Withdrawal - Democratic responsibility - Humphrey - Johnson - Humphrey and Muskie [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/27/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [248-021- W005] [Duration: 58s] Arlen Specter - Pennsylvania - Willingness to campaign for President - Political aspirations - Mayor - Governor - Chairman - Qualifications - Liberal, Jewish - Support for President's reelection - Importance of Pennsylvania Issues - Vietnam - Democrats - President's actions - President's PRC initiative - USSR - Peace -"Generation of peace" 1960's - Democrats - Unemployment Prosperity issue Vietnam - Withdrawal Supersonic Transport [SST] - Number of prototypes - Airplane business - J. F. Kennedy's letter Dole's associates, other Senators - William E. Brock, III - Clifford P. Hansen - Barry M. Goldwater - James L. Buckley - J. Glenn Beall, Jr. - Robert A. Taft, Jr. Vietnam - Withdrawals - Timing - POWs - Communist takeover - Withdrawal - Figures - Casualties - Figures - Draft - Dole's forthcoming call to Taft The President, Dole, and Haldeman left at 6:15 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Dole, Robert J.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob").