Conversation: 055-002
Prev: 055-001 Next: 055-003Start Date: 22-Apr-1971 5:11 PM
End Date: 22-Apr-1971 6:41 PM
Participants:
Kuykendall, Daniel H.; Devine, Samuel L.; Cederberg, Elford A.; Michel, Robert H.; Davis, Glenn R.; Frelinghuysen, Peter H. B.; Conable, Barber B., Jr.; Kyl, John; Hunt, John E.; Buchanan, John H., Jr.; Steiger, William A.; Talcott, Burt L.; Wiggins, Charles E.; Wyman, Louis C.; Myers, John T.; Blackburn, Benjamin B., III; Fish, Hamilton; Dickinson, William L.; MacGregor, Clark; Timmons, William E.; Ehrlichman, John D.; Cook, Richard K.;Recording Device: Cabinet Room
NARA Description:
On April 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Republican congressmen, including Daniel H. Kuykendall, Samuel L. Devine, Elford A. Cederberg, Robert H. Michel, Glenn R. Davis, Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen, Barber B. Conable, Jr., John H. Kyl, John E. Hunt, John H. Buchanan, Jr., William A. Steiger, Burt L. Talcott, Charles E. Wiggins, Louis C. Wyman, John T. Myers, Benjamin B. Blackburn, III, Hamilton Fish, Jr., William L. Dickinson, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, John D. Ehrlichman, and Richard K. Cook, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 5:11 pm and 6:41 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 055-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 55-2
Date: April 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:11 pm and 6:41 pm
Location: Cabinet Room
The President met with Daniel H. Kuykendall, Samuel L. Devine, Elford A. Cederberg, Robert
H. Michel, Glenn R. Davis, Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen, Barber B. Conable, Jr., John H. Kyl, John
E. Hunt, John H. Buchanan, Jr., William A. Steiger, Burt L. Talcott, Charles E. Wiggins, Louis
C. Wyman, John T. Myers, Benjamin B. Blackburn, III, Hamilton Fish, Jr., William L.
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Dickinson, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, John D. Ehrlichman, and Richard K. Cook
[Recording begins while the meeting is in progress]
Election issues
-Domestic
-Budget
-Economy
-Deficit
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Employment
-Taxes
-Welfare reform
-President’s Williamsburg speech
-Welfare
-President’s policies
-Democrats
-Foreign policy
-Vietnam War
-Democrats
-1952 election
-Adlai E. Stevenson, II
-Eisenhower
-Foreign policy
-Domestic policy
-Economy
-Inflation
-Government reform
-Welfare
-Education
-Health
-Republican principles
-Leadership
Gifts to Congressmen
[General conversation/Unintelligible]
Vietnam
-Anti-war groups
-Withdrawal
[General conversation/Unintelligible]
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Support for President
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 2m 17s ]
The President, et al. left at an unknown time before 6:41 pm; Ehrlichman, MacGregor, and
Timmons remained
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Ehrlichman, MacGregor, and Timmons left at an unknown time before 6:41 pm