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Title Description Participants Media
Conversation 055-001

On April 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Republican senators, including Barry M. Goldwater, Henry L. Bellmon, John G. Tower, Howard H. Baker, Jr., Robert J. Dole, Edward J. Gurney, J. Caleb Boggs, Carl T. Curtis, Clifford P. Hansen, Jack R. Miller, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Kenneth E. BeLieu, Eugene S. Cowen, Harry S. Dent, and Henry A. Kissinger, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 5:17 pm to 6:21 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 055-001 of the White House Tapes.

 Nixon, Richard M. (President), Goldwater, Barry M., Bellmon, Henry L., Tower, John G., Baker, Howard H., Jr., Dole, Robert J., Gurney, Edward J., Boggs, J. Caleb, Curtis, Carl T., Hansen, Clifford P., Miller, Jack R., MacGregor, Clark, Timmons, William E., BeLieu, Kenneth E., Cowen, Eugene S., Dent, Harry S., Kissinger, Henry A.
Conversation 055-002

On April 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Republican congressmen, including Daniel H. Kuykendall, Samuel L. Devine, Elford A. Cederberg, Robert H. Michel, Glenn R. Davis, Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen, Barber B. Conable, Jr., John H. Kyl, John E. Hunt, John H. Buchanan, Jr., William A. Steiger, Burt L. Talcott, Charles E. Wiggins, Louis C. Wyman, John T. Myers, Benjamin B. Blackburn, III, Hamilton Fish, Jr., William L. Dickinson, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, John D. Ehrlichman, and Richard K. Cook, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 5:11 pm and 6:41 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 055-002 of the White House Tapes.

 Kuykendall, Daniel H., Devine, Samuel L., Cederberg, Elford A., Michel, Robert H., Davis, Glenn R., Frelinghuysen, Peter H. B., Conable, Barber B., Jr., Kyl, John, Hunt, John E., Buchanan, John H., Jr., Steiger, William A., Talcott, Burt L., Wiggins, Charles E., Wyman, Louis C., Myers, John T., Blackburn, Benjamin B., III, Fish, Hamilton, Dickinson, William L., MacGregor, Clark, Timmons, William E., Ehrlichman, John D., Cook, Richard K.
Conversation 055-003

On April 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and members of the Cabinet, including John N. Irwin, II, John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, Winton M. ("Red") Blount, Jr., Rogers C. B. Morton, Clifford M. Hardin, James T. Lynn, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, George P. Shultz, George H. W. Bush, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, Robert J. Brown, Robert J. Dole, Arthur J. Sohmer, Donald E. Johnson, and Malcolm R. Lovell, Jr., met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 8:04 am to 9:43 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 055-003 of the White House Tapes.

 Nixon, Richard M. (President), Agnew, Spiro T. (Vice President), Irwin, John N., II, Connally, John B., Laird, Melvin R., Mitchell, John N., Blount, Winton M. ("Red"), Jr., Morton, Rogers C. B., Hardin, Clifford M., Lynn, James T., Hodgson, James D., Richardson, Elliot L., Romney, George W., Volpe, John A., Shultz, George P., Bush, George H. W., Ehrlichman, John D., MacGregor, Clark, David, Edward E., Jr. (Dr.), Price, Raymond K., Jr., Ziegler, Ronald L., Butterfield, Alexander P., Brown, Robert J., Dole, Robert J., Sohmer, Arthur J., Johnson, Donald E., Lovell, Malcolm R., Jr.
Conversation 055-004

On May 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Spiro T. Agnew, and Republican Congressional leaders, including John N. Irwin, II, John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Margaret Chase Smith, Gordon L. Allott, Norris Cotton, Milton R. Young, John G. Tower, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, John B. Anderson, John J. Rhodes, Richard H. Poff, Robert C. ("Bob") Wilson, Barber B. Conable, Jr., Robert T. Stafford, H. Allen Smith, Frank T. Bow, William B. Widnall, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, Kenneth R. BeLieu, Herbert G. Klein, Ronald L. Ziegler, Patrick J. Buchanan, and Bryce N. Harlow, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 8:04 am to 10:04 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 055-004 of the White House Tapes.

 Nixon, Richard M. (President), Irwin, John N., II, Connally, John B., Laird, Melvin R., Scott, Hugh, Griffin, Robert P., Smith, Margaret Chase, Allott, Gordon L., Cotton, Norris, Young, Milton R., Tower, John G., Ford, Gerald R., Arends, Leslie C., Anderson, John B., Rhodes, John J., Poff, Richard H., Wilson, Robert C. ("Bob"), Conable, Barber B., Jr., Stafford, Robert T., Allen, George H., Bow, Frank T., Widnall, William B., Shultz, George P., Ehrlichman, John D., MacGregor, Clark, BeLieu, Kenneth E., Klein, Herbert G., Ziegler, Ronald L., Buchanan, Patrick J., Harlow, Bryce N.
Conversation 055-005

On May 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and members of the President's Commission on School Finance and the President's Panel on Nonpublic Education, including Neil H. McElroy, William G. Colman, Hilda A. Davis, Dorothy M. L. Ford, Eugene Gonzales, David H. Kurtzman, Rev. William E. McManus, Wendell H. Pierce, William G. Saltonstall, William B. Thompson, Clarence Walton, Ivan E. Zylstra, Norman Karsh, Clint Pace, Terrel H. Bell, John R. Ottina, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Joseph B. White, Phillips Grace, Paul H. O'Neill, John D. Ehrlichman, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Edward L. Morgan, and Dr. Sidney P. Marland, Jr., met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:30 am to 11:36 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 055-005 of the White House Tapes.

 Nixon, Richard M. (President), President's Commission on School Finance, President's Panel on Nonpublic Education, McElroy, Neil H., Colman, William G., Davis, Hilda A., Ford, Dorothy M. L., Gonzales, Eugene, Kurtzman, David H., McManus, William E. (Rev.), Pierce, Wendell H., Saltonstall, William G., Thompson, William B., Walton, Clarence, Zylstra, Ivan E., Karsh, Norman, Pace, Clint, Bell, Terrel H., Ottina, John R., Weinberger, Caspar W. ("Cap"), White, Joseph B., Grace, Phillips, O'Neill, Paul H., Ehrlichman, John D., Cole, Kenneth R., Jr., Morgan, Edward L., Marland, Sidney P., Jr. (Dr.)