Conversation: 006-129
Prev: 006-128 Next: 006-130Start Date: 3-Jul-1971 4:12 PM
End Date: 3-Jul-1971 4:22 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;Recording Device: White House Telephone
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:33:34
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:43:30
NARA Description:
On July 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 4:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-129 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 6-129
Date: July 3, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:12 pm and 4:22 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Charles W. Colson.
Unemployment figures
-"Statistical fluke" statement
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-Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS]
-Administration’s position
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Privacy]
[Duration: 3s ]
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-Adjustments
-Commissioner of Labor Statistics
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Privacy]
[Duration: 25s ]
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-Timing
-Unemployment rate
-Calls, July 2
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Privacy]
[Duration: 8s ]
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END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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-Possible attacks on competence
-W. Allen Wallis
-Charles H. Percy Conv. No. 6-129 (cont.)
-Jack Miller
-William J. Baroody, Jr.
-Milton Friedman
-Shultz
-Economic writers
-Views of changes
-Television coverage
-Press release
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Privacy]
[Duration: 4s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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-Administration’s response
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Privacy]
[Duration: 4s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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-Possible attacks on competence
-Consumer Price Index [CPI] figures
-August, September, October figures
-Monthly unemployment figures
-News impact Conv. No. 6-129 (cont.)
-President's statement to James D. Hodgson