Conversation: 063-004
Prev: 063-003 Next: 063-005Start Date: 29-Jun-1971 10:07 AM
End Date: 29-Jun-1971 2:50 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); National Commission on Productivity; Rosow, Jerome M.; Branch, Harllee, Jr.; Carter, Edward W.; Roche, James M.; Wriston, Walter B.; O'Connell, John; Shaver, J. Warren; Lohrentz, W. L.; Atkinson, Robert; Lundin, Oscar A.; Abel, I[lorwith] W.; Beirne, Joseph A.; Meany, George; Smith, Floyd E. ("Red"); Woodcock, Leonard; Weinberg, Nat; Goldfinger, Nathaniel; Newell, Reginald; Coleman, William T., Jr.; Dunlop, John T.; Johnson, Howard W.; Miller, Arjay; Wallis, W. Allen; Connally, John B.; Hodgson, James D.; McCracken, Paul W.; Stans, Maurice H.; David, Edward E., Jr. (Dr.); Greenberg, Leon; Heffner, Hubert (Dr.); Kohlberg, William H.; Passer, Harold C.; Wool, Harold; Savit, Carl; Weidenbaum, Murray L.; Shultz, George P.; White House photographer;Recording Device: Cabinet Room
NARA Description:
On June 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and members of the National Commission on Productivity, including Jerome M. Rosow, Harllee Branch, Jr., Edward W. Carter, James M. Roche, John O'Connell, J. Warren Shaver, W. L. Lohrentz, Robert Atkinson, Oscar A. Lundin, I[lorwith] W. Abel, Joseph A. Beirne, George Meany, Floyd E. ("Red") Smith, Leonard Woodcock, Nat Weinberg, Nathaniel Goldfinger, Reginald Newell, William T. Coleman, John T. Dunlop, Howard W. Johnson, Arjay Miller, W. Allen Wallis, John B. Connally, James D. Hodgson, Paul W. McCracken, Maurice H. Stans, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Leon Greenberg, Dr. Hubert Heffner, William H. Kohlberg, Harold C. Passer, Harold Wool, Carl Savit, Murray L. Weidenbaum, George P. Shultz, and White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:07 am and 2:50 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 063-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 63-4
Date: June 29, 1971
Time: 10:07 am - unknown before 2:50 pm
Location: Cabinet Room
Jerome M. Rosow met with Harllee Branch, Jr., Edward W. Carter, James M. Roche, Walter B.
Wriston, John O’ Connell, J. Warren Shaver, W. L. Lohrentz, Robert Atkinson, Oscar A. Lundin,
I[lorwith] W. Abel, Joseph Beirne, George Meany, Floyd E. (“Red”) Smith, Leonard Woodcock,
Nat Weinberg, Nathaniel Goldfinger, Reginald Newell, William T. Coleman, Jr., John T.
Dunlop, Howard W. Johnson, Arjay Miller, Wilson Allen Wallis, John B. Connally, James D.
Hodgson, Paul W. McCracken, Maurice H. Stans, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Leon Greenberg,
Dr. Hubert Heffner, William H. Kolberg, Harold C. Passer, Harold Wool, Carl Savit, and Murray
L. Weidenbaum
[General conversation/Unintelligible]
The President and George P. Shultz entered at 10:07 am; the White House photographer was
present at the beginning of the meeting
Members of the Commission
The President’s schedule
-Later meeting with Commission
Commission history
World economy
-United States’ economy
-Importance
-World War II
-Recent period
-Future
-World War II
-Steel production
-Compared with Japan
-Position
-Compared with Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR],
Western Europe, and Japan in 1945
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
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World economy
[To listen to the segment (11m39s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-534.]
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[A transcript of the following portion of the conversation was prepared under court order for
Special Access [SA] 65, Pauline W. Kitts, et al. v. General Motors Corporation, Civil Action
No. 85-967JC. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.
The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]
[End of transcript]
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World economy
[To listen to the segment (19m47s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-534.]
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The President left at 10:47 am
[General conversation/Unintelligible]
Commission working groups
Agenda
Recording was cut off at an unknown time before 2:50 pm