Conversation: 139-004
Prev:  139-003 Next: 139-005Start Date: 9-Aug-1972 1:47 PM
End Date: 9-Aug-1972 1:52 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On August 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 1:47 pm to 1:52 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 139-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 139-4 Date: August 9, 1972 Time: 1:47 pm - 1:52 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman. 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar-02) [See Conversation No. 200-17] Railroad bill -The President's talk with John A. Volpe, August 8, 1972 -Charles W. Colson -Truckers' reaction -Volpe -Railroads -Economic problems -Peter M. Flanigan's opposition -Deregulation reforms in transportation -Administrative opposition to bill -Public reaction -Help for big business -Railroad workers -Economic factors -Help for big business -Penn Central Railroad -Public reaction -Ehrlichman's work on bill -Volpe letter to Harley O. Staggers Aid to states -Washington Post report on Elliot L. Richardson -Richardson’s forthcoming press conference -Aid lid -Possible legislation -Leaks from Department of Health, Education, and Welfare [HEW] -Distortions in press story -Richardson’s forthcoming rebuttal -Richard B. Ogilvie -Nelson A. Rockefeller