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On June 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Peter M. Flanigan, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:20 pm to 6:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 516-012 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Rose Mary Woods Wedding plans - Rose Mary Woods previous conversations - Julie Nixon Eisenhower BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 01/28/2020. 2m 10s segment cleared for release. 1m 22s remain closed as 516-012- W001.] [Personal Returnable] [516-012- W001] [Duration: 1m 22s] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [516-012- W001] [Duration: 2m 10s] Sequoia trip - Harrison McCall President's schedule - Goldthwaite Doar - Forthcoming birthday on October 21, 1971 - President's previous visit - Rose Mary Woods' previous visit - Prior to visiting New York [Pause] Copying of letter - Mrs. Guthrie President's book - Researcher's comment - Dr. [Forename unknown] Bell - Researcher invitation to White House Use of President's time - Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo - Picture taking - Possible poses [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 01/29/2020. 2m 8s segment cleared for release. 6s remain closed as 516-012- W002.] [Personal Returnable] [516-012- W002] [Duration: 2m 8s] Wedding plans - Priscilla Kidder - Dancing - Order of President's participation - Thelma C. (Ryan) ("Pat") Nixon - Anne C. B. (Finch) Cox - Julie Nixon Eisenhower - Martha (Beall) Mitchell - Helene (Colesie) Drown H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman entered at 5:32 pm Wedding plans - Helene (Colesie) Drown plans - Rose Mary Woods - Cake arrangements - Dinner at White House on June 10, 1971 BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal Returnable] [516-012- W002] [Duration: 6s] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 Wedding plans - Helene (Colesie) Drown plans - Rose Mary Woods - Forthcoming dinner - Nancy Lammerding - Cake Haldeman's previous phone call with Terry McGinnity [author of newspaper article] - Background - Princeton Theological Seminary - Family - Work - Religious - Norman Vincent Peale role - Princeton Theological Seminary - Return to Catholicism - Philadelphia Inquirer article - New articles - Bulletin - Feedback from article - Effect of call - Roger E. Johnson - Impression of Haldeman - Suitability for politics - Support for President - Invitation to visit White House - Job prospects - Comparison with other prospect - Raymond K. Price, Jr. role - Reverend John J. McLaughlin [?] - Use of talents - Patrick J. Buchanan -"Popular" writing ability - Feeling about radicals - Buchanan schedule - Publication of work - Dean Manyan [?] - American Manifesto - Use for broadcast - Religious beliefs - Support for President - Reference to family assistance - Implication - Haldeman impression - Efforts as fiction writer - Use of McGinnity talents - Letters to editor - Speech writing - Focus - Phraseology - Imagery - Beliefs regarding war -"Internal war" - Radicals versus conservatives - Strategy for hiring Wedding plans - Television set up - Television specials - Sponsors - Gulf Oil Company - Commercials McGinnity - Hiring - Price - McLaughlin -[Richard K.?] Cook - McLaughlin - Member of priesthood - Belief in President's values - Benefits to President Sequoia trip - Attendance - John B. Connally - William P. Rogers - John D. Ehrlichman - Peter M. Flanigan - Exposure to Rogers [Haldeman talked with the White House operator at unknown time between 5:32 pm and 5:57 pm] [Conversation No. 516-12A] [See Conversation No. 5-5] [End of telephone conversation] McGinnity - President's impression [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 01/28/2020. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [516-012- W006] [Duration: 27s] Terry McGinnity - H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman's impression - Voice and physical appearance - Potential as political candidate - Toughness - Writers as political candidates Terry McGinnity - H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman's impression - Writer drawbacks - Buchanan - Kevin P. Phillips [Haldeman talked with Flanigan at an unknown time between 5:32 pm and 5:57 pm] [Conversation No. 516-12B] [See Conversation No. 5-6] [End of telephone conversation] Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:32 pm Sequoia trip - Other invitations Bull left at an unknown time before 5:57 pm Job placement - Flanigan - Political leaning of staff Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 5:32 pm President's schedule Sanchez left at unknown time before 5:57 pm Sanchez - Competence - Attitude - Help for staff Polls - Image - Issues - Need for focus on issues - Thomas W. Benham analysis of poll - Implications - China feeling - Harris versus Gallup results - Poll taking - Distortion - Haldeman experience - Benham analysis - Press problems - Possible summit with Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] - Effect of upcoming People's Republic of China [PRC] trip - Meeting with Mao Tse- Tung - Effect of Vietnam War Call to Hubert H. Humphrey Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:32 pm Arrival of guests for Sequoia trip President's schedule Haldeman and Bull left and Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 5:57 pm Connally memo - International Monetary Fund [IMF] matters - Paul W. McCracken - George P. Shultz - Peter G. Peterson Butterfield left at an unknown time before 6:01 pm Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:57 pm Sequoia trip - Guests - Arrival The President and Bull left at 6:01 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator; Flanigan, Peter M.; Bull, Stephen B.; Sanchez, Manolo; Butterfield, Alexander P.