Conversation: 690-007
Prev: 690-006 Next: 690-008Start Date: Tuesday, March 21, 1972 3:07 PM
End Date: Tuesday, March 21, 1972 3:34 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan); Sanchez, Manolo; Bull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)]; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan); Sanchez, Manolo; Bull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)]Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:48:18
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:16:10
NARA Description:
On March 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:07 am to 10:34 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 690-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 690-007 Date: March 21, 1972 Time: 10:07 am - 10:34 am Location: Oval Office The President met with George P. Shultz. Economy -Pay Board -Labor members -Newspapers -American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO] -George Meany -John B. Connally, Herbert Stein, Donald H. Rumsfeld and Shultz -Discussion -Meany -Recent breakfast -Ehrlichman -Advice -Call from the President -The President’s schedule -Call from Shultz -Strategy -Meeting with Shultz -Organized labor -Leonard Woodcock -Frank E. Fitzsimmons Page | 4 White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973 Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542 -Public membership -Policy -Case-by-case basis -Meany -Meeting with the President -Meeting with Shultz -Newspapers -Reasons for actions -Longshoremen strike -Settlement -Meeting with Shultz -Instructions from the President -Connally -Recommended call from the President -Reasons -Call from Shultz -Possible meeting with the President -Recent breakfast -Small businesses -Possible exemption from controls -Low income exemption -Cost of Living Council [COLC] -Meeting with Shultz H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 10:17 am. -Call from Shultz -The President's instructions -Small businesses -Shultz's forthcoming meeting with the President -Democratic efforts -Joint Economic Committee -Organized labor -Consumer Price Index [CPI] -Reasons for actions -Wage and price controls -The President's press conference Shultz left at 10:19 am. Page | 5 White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973 Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542 The President’s forthcoming Soviet trip -Possible trip to Poland -William P. Rogers -Meeting with Haldeman -Haldeman's talk with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Polish government -Henry A. Kissinger -Soviets -Iran -Poland -US-Soviet Summit -Polish government -Haig -Rogers -North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] -Poland -Foreign policy -Relations with the US -Kissinger -The People's Republic of China [PRC] trip -Television coverage -Shanghai Communiqué -Compared to Soviet trip European trip -Rogers -Haldeman's talk with Haig The PRC trip -Marshall Green -Press -Taiwan, Republic of China -Television appearances -Meet the Press -Haldeman -Ronald L. Ziegler -Meeting with the President -News Page | 6 White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973 Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542 -Possible labor walkout from Pay Board -Trip to Florida -Press briefing -Timing -Rogers -Haldeman -Arrangements -Timing -Meeting with the President -Timing -Press briefing Issues Proper attire -Military aide [No conversation] International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case -Typewriters [C. Arnholdt Smith and political fundraising story] -News coverage -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Remarks -Life magazine -Clifford Irving case -Look magazine Haldeman left and Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon entered at 10:29 am. ********************************************************************** [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 11/29/2017. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [690-007-w002] Page | 7 White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973 Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542 [Duration: 3m 26s] Trees -The People's Republic of China -Gift -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Rex W. Scouten Manolo Sanchez and Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:29 am. Proper attire for meeting -Overcoat -Stephen B. Bull’s duty to inquire beforehand Manolo Sanchez and Stephen B. Bull left at an unknown time before 10:34 am. ********************************************************************** An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 10:29 am. [Nihat Erim] -National anthem -Coat -Bull Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 10:29 am. Coat The President, Mrs. Nixon, the unknown man and Sanchez left at 10:34 am.