Conversation No. 550‑1

Date:  July 28, 1971
Time:  4:58 pm ‑ 5:16 pm
Location:	Oval Office

The President met with H.R. (ABob@) Haldeman ; this recording begins at an unknown time while the meeting is in progress.

The President's schedule
-William D. Eberle
-Martin C. (AMarty@) Anderson
‑John S. Davies
‑"Early Bird" group
-Leslie C. Arends
‑Murray M. Chotiner
‑Request for meeting
‑Return from European trip
‑Purpose
‑Timing of return from trip
‑Purpose
‑F. Donald Nixon
‑Israel
-American Jewish community
-Campaign contributions
‑Ambassadors
‑Robert C. Hill
-William P. Rogers
‑White House activities
-Law firm
-John N. Mitchell
-Intelligence reports

Staff changes
‑Haldeman's conversation with Mitchell
‑Robert H. Finch
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Finch
‑Possible job as head of the Office of Emergency Preparedness [OEP]
‑Staffing and responsibilities
-Peter M. Flanigan
‑Darrell M. Trent
‑Rumsfeld

‑North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] post
‑White House post
‑Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP] post
‑Frank Dale
‑Possible Ambassadorial post in Latin America
‑Haldeman's forthcoming conversations with Finch and Rumsfeld
‑OEP job
‑Compared to Departments of Defense, State, Treasury, Justice

The President's schedule
‑Forthcoming visit to Canton, Ohio, July 30-31, 1971
‑Pro Football Hall of Fame induction events
‑American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC] coverage

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:58 pm.

‑Chotiner

Bull left at an unknown time before 5:16 pm.

‑Pro Football Hall of Fame
‑Frank Gifford interview with the President, July 31, 1971
‑Chotiner
‑Transportation

Pro Football Hall of Fame event

Arthur F. Burns
‑Effect of story
-Ronald L. Ziegler
‑Reorganization of the Federal Reserve Board [FRB]
‑Effect of comments
-George P. Shultz
‑Conversation with Alan Greenspan
-Proposed statement
-People=s Republic of China [PRC]
‑Request for meeting
‑Handling

Rudolph A. Peterson
‑Haldeman's conversation with John B. Connally
‑Possible job appointment

Stock market
‑Report
‑Effect of news stories

Conservatives
‑William F. Buckley, Jr.
‑Call to Henry A. Kissinger
‑Mitchell's forthcoming call to J. Daniel Mahoney
‑Comments about the administration's policies
‑Effect
‑Congress
‑The public
‑National Review and Human Events magazines= constituency
‑Mahoney
-Mitchell=s forthcoming call
‑Buckley
‑Schedule

Schedule
‑"Early Bird" group
‑Mitchell, Clark MacGregor
‑Prisoner of War [POW] group presentation
-Catholic War veterans
‑"Early Bird" group
‑Size

Haldeman left at 5:16 pm.

Conversation No. 550‑2

Date:  July 28, 1971
Time:  5:16 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with H.R. (ABob@) Haldeman.

Schedule
-John S. Davies

Haldeman left at 5:16 pm.

Conversation No. 550‑3

Date:  July 28, 1971
Time:  5:16 pm ‑ 6:22 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with H.R. (ABob@) Haldeman.

The President's schedule
‑Elliot L. Richardson
-Veteran=s legislation
-Goals meeting
‑Welfare
‑The President's forthcoming conversation with Ronald W. Reagan
-Timing
-@Early Bird@ group
‑Size
‑Purpose of event
-John N. Mitchell
‑Clark MacGregor and William E. Timmons
‑Leslie C. Arends
‑Timing
‑Karl E. Mundt, Arends, William G. Bray, Joel T. Broyhill, Ancher Nelsen, Donald L. Jackson
‑Richardson meeting
‑John D. Ehrlichman
‑California trip
‑Reagan
‑Meeting with the President
-Henry A. Kissinger

Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 5:18 pm.

‑"Early Bird" Group
‑Arends= attendance at reception
-Stephen B. Bull

Butterfield left at 5:20 pm.

-Richardson
‑Catholic war veterans group
-Size

Butterfield entered at 5:24 pm.

‑Arends
‑Postponement of reception
‑Rescheduling

Butterfield left at 5:28 pm.

‑July 29, 1971 meeting with Sen. John G. Tower and Mitchell
‑Purpose of meeting
‑July 29, 1971 meetings
‑William D. Eberle
‑Martin C. (AMarty@) Anderson
-Ehrlichman
‑Catholic War Veterans

Spiro T. Agnew
‑Memorandum
-News story
‑People=s Republic of China [PRC] initiative
‑Possible White House source for story
‑Relations with Robert H. Finch
‑Meeting with the President, William P. Rogers, Kissinger
‑Trip to Africa and Asia
‑Golf
‑Compared to the President's handling of trips

Conservatives
-Patrick J. Buchanan=s role

White House staff
‑MacGregor, Finch, Daniel P. (APat@) Moynihan

Congress
‑Arends, Michael J. (AMike@) Mansfield
‑Rogers

The President's schedule
‑Morning schedule, July 29, 1971
‑Tower, Mitchell

Mitchell
‑Trip to Switzerland
‑Swiss Banks
‑Accounts
-Trip to Great Britain
‑Meetings with foreign officials
-Elizabeth II [Elizabeth, Queen of England]
-[James] Harold Wilson
-Switzerland

White House staff
‑Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld
‑Rumsfeld
‑Possible post
‑White House staff
‑Diplomatic assignment
‑Foreign travel

Foreign travel by the President
‑Unknown place
‑Reception

Steel industry

[The President talked with Ehrlichman at an unknown time between 5:28 pm and 5:39 pm]

[Conversation No. 550‑3A]

The President's schedule
-Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz
-Mitchell, Tower

Steel industry
‑Status of labor negotiations

[End of telephone conversation]

[Pause]

[The President talked with the White House operator at 5:39 pm]

[Conversation No. 550‑3B]

[See Conversation No. 7‑18]

[End of telephone conversation]

Ehrlichman entered at an 5:39 pm.

Welfare legislation
‑Status in Congress
‑The President's forthcoming meeting with Reagan
‑Ehrlichman's conversation with Richardson
‑Nelson A. Rockefeller

The President's schedule
‑Forthcoming meeting with Rockefeller
‑New York trip
‑John A. Volpe
‑Trip report

Department of Transportation
‑Volpe
‑Work
‑Requested policy work

[The President talked with Connally between 5:41 pm and 5:43 pm]

[Conversation No. 550‑3C]

[See Conversation No. 7‑19]

[End of telephone conversation]

Shultz entered at 5:44 pm.

Schedule
‑Meeting

Labor disputes
-Railroads
-Willie J. Usery, Jr.
-Proposed meeting with Charles Luna

Pentagon Papers

Labor disputes
-Railroads
‑James D. Hodgson
‑West Coast longshoremen
-J. Curtis Counts
‑Meeting with Reagan, Tom McCall, Daniel J. Evans
‑Steel industry
-Lack of progress
‑Evans meeting with Shultz

Arthur F. Burns
‑The President's conversation with Connally
‑Meeting request
‑Previous meeting with the President
-Burns= stance
‑Ronald L. Ziegler's press comment

Economy
‑1971, 1972 forecasts
‑Stock market
-Profit statements
‑International economic situation
‑Effect on business community
-Sales
-Machine tools
‑Paul A. Volcker's view
‑Release of statistics
‑Budget figures
-Balance of payments
‑Retail sales
-International debt

Schedule

Shultz left at 5:51 pm.

Schedule
‑Shultz
‑Interruption of meetings

Connally
‑Forthcoming Newsweek cover story
-Compared to Agnew

Economy
‑International economic news
‑Timing
‑July‑August comparison
-Steel
-Budget
‑U.S. situation
‑Public attitude
‑Sales figures
-Advertising
-Balance of payments

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 5:51 pm.

Refreshment

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:00 pm.

The President=s schedule
-Shultz
-Proposed telephone call
-Ehrlichman
-Bull
-Schedule

Ehrlichman left at 6:00 pm.

The President's schedule
‑Shultz's interrupted meeting
‑Connally
-Call to Rockefeller
-New York businessmen
-Appropriations Committee
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
‑Forthcoming American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC] interview

‑Football questions
‑Vince Lombardi
‑Speech preparation
‑Length
‑Outdoor settings for speeches

Meeting
‑Schedule decision
‑Effect of People=s Republic of China [PRC] initiative on the President's image

Agnew
‑Memorandum to the President
‑White House news source
-Haldeman
‑Perceptions
‑News story source
‑Finch
-Haldeman
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Leonard Garment
-PRC initiative
‑Moynihan

[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 6:00 pm and 6:04 pm]

[Conversation No. 550‑3D]

[See Conversation No. 7‑20]

[End of telephone conversation]

Agnew
‑White House staff
‑Moynihan
‑Kissinger

The President's July 29, 1971 schedule
‑Shultz
‑Time of meetings

[The President and Haldeman talked with Rogers between 6:04 pm and 6:19 pm]

[Conversation No. 550‑3E]

[See Conversation No. 7-21; two items have been withdrawn from the conversation]

[End of telephone conversation]

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The President and Haldeman left at 6:21 pm.

Conversation No. 550‑4

Date:  July 28, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 6:21 pm and 6:40 pm
Location:  Oval Office

Unknown men (Secret Service) entered.

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This recording was cut off at an unknown time before 6:40 pm.