On September 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, William L. Safire, Clark MacGregor, Herbert G. Klein, Stephen B. Bull, Patrick J. Buchanan, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:00 pm to 4:58 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 573-001 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler and members of the press. Alexander P. Butterfield was present after 4:02 pm H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, William L. Safire, Clark MacGregor, Herbert G. Klein, Stephen B. Bull, and Patrick J. Buchanan were present after 4:03 pm. [General conversation] [A transcript of this portion of the conversation appears in Public Papers of the Presidents, Richard M. Nixon, 1971 , pp. 949-959] Canada Japan Mexico Butterfield left at 4:38 pm. [General conversation] Kissinger and the members of the press left at 4:39 pm. Economic action Question about Black Vice Presidential candidate - Blacks, Jews, Catholics - Buchanan's reaction Military service draft extension legislation - US peace initiative in the Vietnam war negotiations - Reaction of the President's opponents - Congressional action - Effect of vote - US position in the world - Supremacy issue - Congressional statements - Gordon L. Allott, Howard H. Baker, Jr., Len Jordan, Robert A. Taft, Jr., Lawton M. Chiles, Jr. and David H. Gambrell - Allott's position - Conference report - Reasons - Polls - Youth - Military bases South Vietnam - Nguyen Van Thieu - Election - Comparison with other countries - Greece - African nations [Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN- T- MDR-2014-031. Segment declassified on 05/17/2019. Archivist : MAS] [National Security] [573-001- W001] [Duration: 12s] South Vietnam - Election - Comparison with other countries - African nations - Ethiopia The President's recent press conferences - Effectiveness - Vietnam - Draft - Attica - Economy - Phase II - Number of news leads - James B. Reston - Chou En- Lai interview - Kissinger An unknown woman entered at an unknown time after 4:39 pm. Cancel request The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 4:45 pm. Kissinger entered at 4:45 pm - The President's forthcoming trip to the People's Republic of China [PRC] - Timing - Reston - Chou En- Lai interview - Kissinger - Article - Vietnam - Ngo Dinh Diem - Coup - Nguyen Van Thieu - Communists - Democracy - Vietnamese election - Voting eligibility in US in 1800 - US foreign aid - Number of countries - Voting eligibility in US in 1800 - Percentage - Women - Property requirements - Slaves - United Nations [UN] membership for PRC - Military service draft - Votes against draft bill - Possible consequences - Effect on negotiations - Possible press coverage - Demeanor of reporters - Length - Frank Cormier - Question on Edmund S. Muskie's statement on the vice presidency - Muskie - Nelson A. Rockefeller - Action at Attica - Jewish candidate - Questions of prejudice - Edward W. Brooke - The US public - Catholic question - Summary - Television - Attica - Exposure for the President - Use of television time - Press conference - Length of answers - Detroit Economic Club - Next press conference - Reston - Interview with Chou En- Lai - The President's response to question on summit - Agreement - Discussion of issues - Vietnam policy - Communist takeover - Prevention - Peter Lisagor [Previous PRMPA Privacy (D) reviewed under deed of gift 03/13/2020. Segment cleared for release.] [Privacy] [573-001- W006] [Duration: 35s] The President's recent press conferences - James B. ("Scotty") Reston - The President's response to question on summit - Agreement - Discussion of issues - Vietnam policy - Peter Lisagor - Marguerite Higgins Vietnam - Book by Marguerite Higgins [Previous PRMPA Privacy (D) reviewed under deed of gift 03/13/2020. Segment cleared for release.] [Privacy] [573-001- W007] [Duration: 5s] Vietnam - Book by Marguerite Higgins - Marguerite Higgins' relationship with Peter Lisagor - Thesis on death of Ngo Dinh Diem Vietnam - Higgins - Diem - Effect of Diem's death on Vietnam Press conference - Use of quotes on television - Election - Citation of context and historical context US foreign aid - Stae Department - Contested elections - Greece - Number of countries - The President's instruction - Asia - Malaysia - Singapore - Philippines - India - South Korea - Africa - David D. Newsome - Senegal - Democratic process - Kenya - Joseph Mobutu - Tom Mboya - Press conference - Media - Question to Ziegler The President's schedule - Carl B. Albert - Breakfast meeting - Pay raise The President, Ziegler, Safire, MacGregor, Klein, Bull, Buchanan, and Haldeman and Kissinger left at 4:58 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Kissinger, Henry A.; Safire, William L.; MacGregor, Clark; Klein, Herbert G.; Bull, Stephen B.; Buchanan, Patrick J.; [Unknown person(s)].
- Része ennek White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration, Oval Office Sound Recordings