Conversation: 566-007
Prev: 566-006 Next: 566-008Start Date: Tuesday, August 17, 1971 5:32 PM
End Date: Tuesday, August 17, 1971 6:12 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ford, Gerald R.; Griffin, Robert P.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Colson, Charles W.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Shultz, George P.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:47:50
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:25:58
NARA Description:
On August 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, Robert P. Griffin, Alexander P. Butterfield, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:32 pm to 2:12 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 566-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 566-7
Date: August 17, 1971
Time: 1:32 pm - 2:12 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Gerald R. Ford, Robert Griffin and Alexander P. Butterfield.
President's previous meeting with Oakland A's
Charles W. Colson's schedule
Butterfield left at 1:33 pm.
National economy
-President's program
-Leslie C. Arends, John W. Byrnes, Hugh Scott
-Scott’s location
-Momentum
-Public psychology
-Possible Congressional action
-President’s recent meeting with Congressmen
-Interest rates
-President's instructions to John B. Connally
-Taxes
-Investment tax credit, excise taxes, personal income tax exemption
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 566-7 (cont.)
-Possible Congressional action
-Democrats' possible response
-Republicans' possible reaction
-Reaction
-Detroit Free Press
-Denver Post
-Interviews
-Government employees
-Wages
-Prices
-1965-1969
-Allen J. Ellender
-Ford's comment to Wilbur D. Mills
-Forthcoming hearings
-Russell B. Long
-Possible Congressional action
-Timing
-Amendments
Colson entered at 1:36 pm.
-Possible attacks on President's opponents
-Colson's to Ford
-George Meany, George S. McGovern
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Partisanship
-Compared to national interest
-Reactions
-Colson's conversation with Louis P. Harris
-Edmund S. Muskie, Edward M. Kennedy
-Silence
-Muskie
-Dallas speech
-Wage and price freeze
-Press briefing after President's meeting with Congressmen
-Michael J. Mansfield, Mills
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Mills's role
-Possible attacks on President's opponents
-Reaction
-News coverage
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 566-7 (cont.)
-Compared to People’s Republic of China [PRC] announcement
-Possible attacks on President's opponents
-Humphrey
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
-James D. Hodgson
-Mills, Jackson
-Muskie, Kennedy, Humphrey
-Ford’s previous comment
-Timing of forthcoming Congressional action
-Mills and Byrnes
-Need for Republican unity on tax bill
-Jacob K. Javits
-Wage and price freeze
-Letter from unknown person
-William Proxmire
-Republican strategy
-Delay
-Possible repeal of accelerated depreciation rate [ADR]
-Lawsuit
-Reaction
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Congress
Griffin's schedule
-Michigan
Colson’s memo
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 566-7 (cont.)
National economy
-President's program
-Possible attacks on President's opponents
Griffin’s schedule
Ford, Griffin, and Colson left at 1:47 pm.
Colson and Bull entered at an unknown time after 1:47 pm.
Republicans
President's schedule
-Barber
Bull left at an unknown time before 1:51 pm.
Republicans
-Compared to Democrats
-PRC
-Reaction to President's economic program
-Javits, Nelson A. Rockefeller
National economy
-President's program
-Possible attacks on President's opponents
-Ford
-Meany
-Hodgson
-Virginia H. Knauer
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 1:47 pm.
-Labor
-Partisanship
-Forthcoming statement by President on automobile rollback
Colson left at 1:51 pm.
-Reaction
-Stock market
-President's August 15, 1971 speech
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 566-7 (cont.)
-Television ratings
-Viewing audience
-Housing starts
-Paul W. McCracken
President’s schedule
-Possible telephone call
Ziegler entered at 1:53 pm.
President's forthcoming speech
-Draft
-William L. Safire
National economy
-President's program
-John W. Byrnes's statement to press
-Mansfield and Byrnes
-Quotes
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 1:53 pm.
President's forthcoming speech
-Draft
-Safire
Butterfield left at 1:54 pm.
National economy
-President's program
-Statements by Congressional leaders
-Action
-Ziegler's forthcoming conversation with Safire
Ziegler left at 1:54 pm.
-President's previous meeting with Congressmen
-Ellender
-Long
-Momentum
-Housing
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 566-7 (cont.)
-Political effect
-Haldeman's conversation with Henry A. Kissinger
-Compared to Vietnam policy
-Relevance
President's schedule
-President’s forthcoming trip
-Charles H. Percy
-John N. Mitchell
-Donald E. Johnson
-Dallas to Los Angeles
-Veterans Hospital
-Rides
Thelma C. Nixon's schedule
-Staff work
-Constance M. (“Connie”) Stuart
-Size of crowds
President's previous visit to Bangor, Maine
-Crowd
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National economy
-Difficulty of problems
-President's program
-Unemployment
-Prices
-Public psychology
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 566-7 (cont.)
-Unemployment
-Attitudes
-Vietnam
Bull entered at an unknown time after 1:54 pm.
President's schedule
-George P. Shultz
Bull left at an unknown time before 2:06 pm.
President's forthcoming speech
-Schedule
-Drafts
-Safire
Shultz entered at 2:06 pm.
National economy
-President's program
-Arnold R. Weber's possible role
-Duration
-Wage and price freeze
-Office of Emergency Preparedness [OEP]
OEP
-Personnel
-Weber
-Gen. George A. Lincoln
-President’s program
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger's possible role
-Charles D. (“Tex”) Thornton's possible role
-Desirable background
-Business
-[Forename unknown] O’Bannon [sp?]
-Possible abolition of agency
-Political aspect
-Meany
-Donald H. Rumsfeld's possible role
-Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]
-Weber's possible role
-Lincoln
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 566-7 (cont.)
-Rumsfeld's possible role
-Lincoln, Rumsfeld
-Role
-Cost of Living Council [COLC]
-Connally
-Rumsfeld
-President’s program
-Decision
-COLC
-Weber
Haldeman and Shultz left at 2:12 pm.