Conversation: 077-002
Prev: 076-007 Next: 077-003Start Date: 24-Sep-1971 8:13 AM
End Date: 24-Sep-1971 11:03 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Agnew, Spiro T. (Vice President); Rogers, William P.; Cabinet officers; Connally, John B.; Packard, David; Mitchell, John N.; Morton, Rogers C. B.; Hardin, Clifford M.; Stans, Maurice H.; Silberman, Laurence H.; Richardson, Elliot L.; Romney, George W.; Beggs, James M.; Kennedy, David M.; Shultz, George P.; Finch, Robert H.; Bush, George H. W.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Ehrlichman, John D.; Flanigan, Peter M.; Peterson, Peter G.; Klein, Herbert G.; Weber, Arnold R.; Price, Raymond K., Jr.; Warren, Gerald L.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Kennedy, Richard T. (Col.); Irwin, John N., II; Johnson, U. Alexis; Samuels, Nathanial; Agnew, Spiro T. (Vice President); Burns, Arthur F.; McCracken, Paul W.; Solomon, Ezra; Weinberger, Caspar W. ("Cap"); [Unknown person(s)];Recording Device: Cabinet Room
NARA Description:
On September 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers met with John B. Connally, David Packard, John N. Mitchell, Rogers C. B. Morton, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, Laurence H. Silberman, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, James M. Beggs, David M. Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, George H. W. Bush, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, Peter G. Peterson, Herbert G. Klein, Arnold R. Weber, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Gerald L. Warren, Alexander P. Butterfield, Colonel Richard T. Kennedy, John N. Irwin, II, U. Alexis Johnson, Nathanial Samuels, Paul A. Volcker, Arthur F. Burns, Paul W. McCracken, Ezra Solomon, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, and unknown person(s), met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:13 am and 11:03 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 077-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 77-2
Date: September 24, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:13 am and 11:03 am
Location: Cabinet Room
William P. Rogers met with John B. Connally, David Packard, John N. Mitchell, Rogers C. B.
Morton, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, Laurence H. Silberman, Elliot L. Richardson,
George W. Romney, James M. Beggs, David M. Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch,
George H. W. Bush, H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, Peter G.
Peterson, Herbert G. Klein, Arnold R. Weber, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Gerald L. Warren,
Alexander P. Butterfield, Colonel Richard T. Kennedy, John N. Irwin, II, U. Alexis Johnson,
Nathanial Samuels, Paul A. Volcker, Arthur F. Burns, Paul W. McCracken, Ezra Solomon, and
Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
Greetings
Speech
-”Today” show excerpts
The press
-Column
-Attitude
[Unintelligible]
An unknown woman [Mary Ellen [?] [Surname unknown] entered at an unknown time after 8:13
am; the unknown woman left at an unknown time before 9:05 am
[Unintelligible]
Greetings
League of California cities
-San Francisco
-The President’s address to police chiefs
-City council
-Fire chief
-Police chief
-City managers
-Auditors
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
Potter and Mary Ann (“Annie”) Stewart
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew entered at an unknown time after 8:13 am
Compliance in legal case
-Connecticut
-Arizona
-Supreme Court
-Connecticut
-Appeal of case
Unknown people entered at an unknown time after 8:13 am
[General conversation/Unintelligible]
Greetings
Initiative
New York
Greetings
The President entered at 9:05 am
The economy
-Members of the Cabinet as spokesmen
-Briefing
-Handling of sensitive economic issues
-Surcharge
-International monetary situation
Forthcoming International Monetary Fund [IMF] meeting
-A united front
-Meeting of the President, Connally, Burns
-The State Department
-Peterson, McCracken
-Foreign ministers
-The press
-Connally
-Schedule
-Temporary surcharge
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Tape Subject Log
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-IMF meeting
-US policy
-Permanent versus temporary action
-Japanese stance
-German stance
-French stance
-European stance
-Bargaining
-Benefits for the US
-Negotiations
-Changes in world attitude towards US
Meeting agenda
-Negotiations
-US trading partners
-US public perceptions
-The President’s August 15, 1971 speech
-Ten percent cut in foreign aid
-Implementation of ten percent import surcharge
-Symbolism
-Fair trade for the US
-US situation in London
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US and foreign trade
[To listen to the segment (39m8s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-558.]
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-J. William Fulbright and the Senate Foreign Relations
committee
-Rogers’ discussion about the status of the dollar
-Understanding of monetary situation
-Senate Finance Committee
The President left at 9:52 am
[General conversation/Unintelligible]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
Recording was cut off at an unknown time before 11:03 am