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Conversation: 048-001

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Start Date: 23-Feb-1971 12:16 PM

End Date: 23-Feb-1971 11:59 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)President's Science Advisory CommitteeDavid, Edward E., Jr. (Dr.)Baldeschwieler, John D. (Dr.)Beckler, David Z. (Dr.)Bennett, Ivan L., Jr. (Dr.)Bronk, Detlev W. (Dr.)Buchsbaum, Solomon J. (Dr.)Cairns, Theodore L. (Dr.)DuBridge, Lee A. (Dr.)Fitch, Val L. (Dr.)Friedman, Herbert (Dr.)Garwin, Richard L.Gell-Mann, Murray (Dr.)Haggerty, Patrick E.Handler, PhilipHeffner, Hubert (Dr.)Hornig, Donald F. (Dr.)Olsen, Kenneth HarrySimon, Herbert A. (Dr.)Smith, Lloyd H., Jr. (Dr.)Tape, Gerald F. (Dr.)Wood, Harland G. (Dr.)Truxal, John (Dr.)Pagnotta, Frank R.

Recording Device: Cabinet Room

048a.mp3

048b.mp3

NARA Description:

On February 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the President's Science Advisory Committee, including Dr. Edward E. David, Dr. John D. Baldeschwieler, David Z. Beckler, Dr. Ivan L. Bennett, Jr., Dr. Detlev W. Bronk, Dr. Solomon J. Buchsbaum, Dr. Theodore L. Cairns, Dr. Lee A. DuBridge, Dr. Val L. Fitch, Dr. Herbert Friedman, Dr. Richard L. Garwin, Dr. Murray Gell-Mann, Patrick E. Haggerty, Philip Handler, Dr. Hubert Heffner, Dr. Donald F. Hornig, Kenneth Harry Olsen, Dr. Herbert A. Simon, Dr. Lloyd H. Smith, Jr., Dr. Gerald F. Tape, Dr. Harland G. Wood, Dr. John Truxal, and Frank R. Pagnotta, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 11:59 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 048-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 48-1

Date: February 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:16 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Cabinet Room

The President met with Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Dr. John D. Baldeschwieler, David Z. Beckler,
Dr. Ivan L. Bennett, Jr., Dr. Detlev W. Bronk, Dr. Solomon J. Buchsbaum, Dr. Theodore L.
Cairns, Dr. Lee A. DuBridge, Dr. Val L. Fitch, Dr. Herbert Friedman, Dr. Richard L. Garwin,
Dr. Murray Gell-Mann, Patrick E. Haggerty, Philip Handler, Dr. Hubert Heffner, Dr. Donald F.
Hornig, Kenneth Harry Olsen, Dr. Herbert A. Simon, Dr. Lloyd H. Smith, Jr., Dr. Gerald F.
Tape, Dr. Harland G. Wood, Dr. John Truxal, and Frank R. Pagnotta
[Recording begins while the conversation is in progress]

     Search for cure for cancer
          -National Cancer Authority
                -Approaches
                -Goals
                -Public support
          -Commitment of $100,000,000
                -Public support
          -Statistics of death from cancer
          -Economic cost of death from cancer
          -Cost of fighting cancer
          -National Institutes of Health [NIH] responsibility
          -Scientific disciplines related to cancer research
          -Precedential value of separate agency
                -Cardiovascular disease
                -Treatment of cancer compared to treatment of other diseases
          -Prospects for success
          -NIH
                -Leadership
                -Public fears
          -Need for individual as a symbol
          -Size of federal appropriation
                -Public relations

     Environment
          -Clean energy

     Future shock
          -New technology
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                -Effect of introduction
           -Cloud seeding of hurricanes
                -Effectiveness
                -Public response
                -Use of media to educate public
                -International problems

     International trade and productivity
           -Productivity gains
                -Unemployment and inflation
                -Administration’s aims
                       -Role of research and development
                -Unemployed scientists and engineers
                -Tax credits
                       -Scope
                       -Effect
                             -Unemployment
                       -High technology
                       -Ways and Means Committee
                -Employment devices
                       -Political problems
                -Manpower Training Bill
                -Public service jobs
                -Number
                -Abundance of students in United States
                -Balance of payments
                       -Agriculture
                       -High technology fields
                       -National Science Foundation
                       -Nature of unemployed

     Lunch


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           Italy

[To listen to the segment (38s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-505.]

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The President left at 1:03 pm

     [General conversation/Unintelligible]

David, et al. left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm