Conversation: 602-006
Prev: 602-005 Next: 602-007Start Date: Tuesday, October 26, 1971 3:35 PM
End Date: Tuesday, October 26, 1971 4:18 PM
Participants:
Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bennett, Wallace F.; Shultz, George P.; MacGregor, Clark; Ehrlichman, John D.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; [Unknown person(s)]; Acker, Marjorie P.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:58:53
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:41:27
NARA Description:
On October 26, 1971, Alexander P. Butterfield, Wallace F. Bennett, George P. Shultz, Clark MacGregor, John D. Ehrlichman, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, unknown person(s), and Marjorie P. Acker met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:35 am to 12:18 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 602-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 602-6
Date: October 26, 1971
Time: 11:35 am - 12:18 pm
Location: Oval Office
Alexander P. Butterfield met with Wallace F. Bennett, George P. Shultz, Clark MacGregor, and
John D. Ehrlichman.
The President's location
Shultz
James D. Hodgson
Sculptor, [Forename unknown Remington ?]
-Unknown man's wife
-Work by assistants
Ehrlichman
Water quality
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-Gordon L. Allott
John B. Connally
The President and White House photographer entered at an unknown time after 11:35 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Greetings
The President's schedule
-William P. Rogers
-Press conference
White House photographer and Butterfield left at an unknown time before 12:18 pm.
Finance legislation
-William Proxmire
-Paul H. Douglas
-Charles H. Percy
-Health
-Russell B. Long
-Scenario for Senate vote
-Long
-Abraham A. Ribicoff
-House Resolution [HR] 1
-Ribicoff
-HR 1
-Vance Hartke
-Long
-Amendment
-Ceiling on interest
-Arthur F. Burns
-Finance Committee
-Tax cut
-Long
-Wright Patman
-Huey Long
-Staff briefing
-Activities
-American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organization [AFL-CIO]
position
-Income
-Taxation
-Finance Committee
-Republicans
-Feeling about House version of the bill
-Expropriation amendment
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 602-6 (cont.)
-Long
-Sugar Bill
-Interdepartmental relations
-State Department
-Treasury Department
-Connally
-The President's position
-Sugar Bill
-Grace Shipping Line
-Bennett's position
-Long
-State Department
-Scenario for Senate vote
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Long
-Conversation with Bennett
-Amendments
-HR 1
-Views
-Banking Committee
-Bill on interest and dividends
-Proxmire
-John J. Sparkman
-HR 1
-Tax bill
-Senate passage
-Senate hearings
-Social Security
-Family assistance
-Conversations with Elliot L. Richardson, Long and committee staff
-Task force
-Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
-Labor
-Family assistance plan
-Work requirements
-Long
-Possibility of committee support
-Family assistance
-Ribicoff plan
-Possibility of approval
-Scenario for House-Senate compromise
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 602-6 (cont.)
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Work at staff level
-Responsiveness to Long
-Bennett, Herman E. Talmadge
-Possible compromise position support
-Talmadge
-Clinton P. Anderson
-Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
-Carl T. Curtis
-Possible subdivisions of the bill
-Senate schedule
-Supreme Court confirmations
-Okinawa Reversion Treaty
-W. Stuart Symington
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[National Security]
[Duration: 3s ]
SECURITY
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-J. William Fulbright
-Long
-Revenue sharing bill
-Welfare
-Social Security
-Medical bills
-Taxes
-Social Security taxes
-Social Security legislation
-Tax bill
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 602-6 (cont.)
-Withholding rate
-Mansfield
-Democratic Policy Committee
-Finance Committee
-HR 1
-Long
-Hugh Scott
-Finance Committee
-Anderson
-Talmadge
-Byrd
-Curtis
-Ribicoff
-John J. Williams
-Long
-Connally
-The President's schedule
Office of Management and Budget [OMB]'s relationship with Bennett
Judges
-American Bar Association [ABA]
-Utah
ABA
-The President's reminiscence
-Relationship with ABA
Gift presentations
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Frances (Grant) Bennett
The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 11:35 am and 12:18
pm.
[Conversation No. 602-6A]
Request for photograph to be brought to Oval Office
[End of telephone conversation]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 602-6 (cont.)
Indira Gandhi
United Nations [UN]
-The President's conversation with Ronald W. Reagan
Marjorie P. Acker entered at 12:15 pm.
Photograph
-The President's instructions on photograph
Acker left at 12:16 pm.
UN vote on Taiwan
-The President's conversation with Reagan
-African nations
-Reaction
Bennett, et al. left at 12:18 pm.