Conversation: 003-016
Prev:  003-015 Next: 003-017Start Date: 12-May-1971 3:56 PM
End Date: 12-May-1971 4:01 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Safire, William L.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: White House Telephone
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:18:49
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:23:19
NARA Description:
On May 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, William L. Safire, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 3:56 pm to 4:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 3-16 Date: May 12, 1971 Time: 3:56 pm - 4:01 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with William L. Safire. Gross National Product [GNP] figures -George P. Shultz -Revised increases -Shultz -Possible talk with Safire -Release date The President conferred with Henry A. Kissinger at 3:57 pm. President's schedule 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) [End of conferral] GNP figures -Release -Shultz -Administration handling -Possible leak -News magazines Conv. No. 3-16 (cont.) -US News and World Report publication deadline -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Shultz and Safire meeting -Administration handling -Importance -Compared with 1065 Dow Jones level -Third revision -Possible leak -US News, Time, Newsweek -John A. Scali -Louis Rukeyser of ABC -Timing -Shultz and Safire meeting