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Conversation: 113-001

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Start Date: 24-Jan-1973 4:42 PM

End Date: 24-Jan-1973 6:10 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Agnew, Spiro T. (Vice President)Cabinet officersRogers, William P.Shultz, George P.Richardson, Elliot L.Kleindienst, Richard G.Morton, Rogers C. B.Butz, Earl L.Dent, Frederick B.Brennan, Peter J.Weinberger, Caspar W. ("Cap")Lynn, James T.Brinegar, Claude S.Ash, Roy L.Scali, John A.Armstrong, Anne L.Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Ehrlichman, John D.Nixon, Richard M. (President)Cabinet officersFlanigan, Peter M.Timmons, William E.Ziegler, Ronald L.Price, Raymond K., Jr.Stein, HerbertCole, Kenneth R., Jr.Bush, George H. W.

Recording Device: Cabinet Room

113a.mp3

113b.mp3

NARA Description:

On January 24, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, George P. Shultz, Elliot L. Richardson, Richard G. Kleindienst, Rogers C. B. Morton, Earl L. Butz, Frederick B. Dent, Peter J. Brennan, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, John A. Scali, Anne L. Armstrong, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Ronald L. Ziegler, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Herbert Stein, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., and George H. W. Bush, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 4:42 pm and 6:10 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 113-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 111-4/113-1

Date: January 24, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:42 pm and 6:10 pm
Location: Cabinet Room

The President met with Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, William P. Rogers, George P. Shultz,
Elliot L. Richardson, Richard G. Kleindienst, Rogers C. B. Morton, Earl L. Butz, Frederick B.
Dent, Peter J. Brennan, Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy
L. Ash, John A. Scali, Anne L. Armstrong, H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry
A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Ronald L. Ziegler, Raymond K. Price, Jr.,
Herbert Stein, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., and George H. W. Bush
[This conversation continues from Conversation No. 111-4; a portion of this conversation was
not recorded while the tape was changed]

     1974 budget
          -Labor support
               -Brennan’s view
               -Future
               -Programs
          -Congressional Democrats
               -Committees
               -John L. McClellan
          -Labor support
               -Tax reform, jobs
          -Agriculture
               -Congress
               -Price supports
                     -Previous administrations
                     -Proposed cuts
                           -Support
               -Gale W. McGee
                     -Press conference
               -Disaster loans
                     -Minnesota, South Dakota
                           -Costs
               -Rural Electrification Administration [REA]
                     -Costs
               -Compromise
                     -Shultz’s view
               -Cuts
          -1972 election
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              NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                        Tape Subject Log
                          (rev. 10/08)



      -President’s constituency
      -Congress
            -Spending
      -Taxes, tax money, inflation
-Selling the budget program
      -Public
      -Revenue sharing
      -Congress
      -Republicans
            -George H. Mahon
            -Bipartisanship
            -Problems
-Compromise
-Maritime concerns
-Agriculture
      -World markets
            -Trade increases
-Labor
      -Jobs
      -Food prices
            -Stability
-Agriculture
      -Farmers
            -Market-based programs
      -Herman E. Talmadge and Strom Thurmond
            -Peanut subsidy
            -Carl B. Albert
      -Farm constituency
            -Problems
            -Congress
-Need for industry encouragement
      -Job creation
      -Alaska Pipeline
            -Court case
      -Refineries
      -Jobs
-Public support
-Programs
      -Compromise
      -Budget cuts
            -Amount
      -Congress
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                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                        Tape Subject Log
                                          (rev. 10/08)



                      -Tax increases
                 -Defense budget

     [General conversation/Unintelligible]

The President, et al. left at 6:10 pm