Conversation: 262-005
Prev:  262-004 Next: 262-006Start Date: 19-Jul-1971 3:00 PM
End Date: 19-Jul-1971 5:05 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Connally, John B.; [Unknown person(s)]; Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:38:10
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:42:31
NARA Description:
On July 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, unknown person(s), and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:00 pm to 5:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 262-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 262-5 Date: July 19, 1971 Time: 3:00 pm - 5:05 pm Location: Old Executive Office Building Conv. No. 262-2 (cont.) The President met with John B. Connally. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National Security] [Duration: 12m 35s ] PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA [PRC] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** White House staff -Connally's conversation with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Relations with Connally Personnel -Department of the Treasury -Appointment of Blacks; women -Unknown woman as possible appointee -Charls E. Walker -Samuel R. Pierce, Jr. (?) -Internal Revenue Service -Hurley (?) [John?] -Job seeker -Lloyd Bentson's office -William Patrick (?) 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Unknown woman -White House action -Peter O'Donnell -Connally's conversation with Haldeman about staff member -White House staff -Relations with Connally -Appointments -The President -Potential Black appointees -Party affiliation -Treasury -Appointment of woman -Connally's handling of personnel matters -Bypassing of channels -Peter [Surname not given] [O'Donnell?] -John G. Tower Connally -Relationship with the President -Political judgment -Administration's chief economic spokesman -Arthur F. Burns -Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger -Paul W. McCracken -George P. Shultz -Position in the Cabinet -John N. Mitchell -Peter G. Peterson -Secrecy compared with consultation in handling policy changes -Shultz, McCracken -Personnel changes -John A. Volpe, George W. Romney -White House channels -Haldeman Personnel -Appointments -Peterson's assignment -State Department, National Security Council [NSC] 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) State Department -Administration’s position -Connally’s position -International Monetary Fund [IMF] -World Bank -Other funds -George A. Lincoln Conv. No. 262-5 (cont.) Personnel -Appointments -Peterson -NSC role -Peterson -William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird Connally -NSC -Henry A. Kissinger -Senior Review Group -Representative -Briefings Inter-American Development Bank World Bank Coordination of Policy in the NSC An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 3:00 pm. Refreshments The unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:32 pm. -Distribution of memorandum -Department of the Treasury -Connally's role -NSC functioning -Kissinger -Connally’s role -Mitchell’s role -Richard M. Helms 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [National Security] [Duration: 1m 8s ] Conv. No. 262-5 (cont.) PRC END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ********************************************************************** -Laird ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11 [Privacy] [Duration: 22s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11 ****************************************************************************** Lyndon B. Johnson -January 1969 conversation -Foreign policy leaks -State Department, Dean Rusk -Advisors to the President -The press Connally -Possible resignation from Cabinet -Connally's role as advisor -Wilbur D. Mills 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -George Meany -David Packard -Lockheed -Projected vote outcome in House, Senate [Unintelligible] The economy Conv. No. 262-5 (cont.) -Present conditions -Personal income, house sales, leading indicators -Stock market -Burns' views -Quadriad meeting Federal Reserve Board -J. L. Robertson -Paul A. Volcker -J. Dewey Daane -Gross National Product [GNP] for second quarter of 1971 -Robertson’s telephone call to Connally, Shultz -Burns -Volcker -Connally's call to Daane -Possible vacancy -Interest rates -Dollar exchange rates -Burns’ actions -Statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS] -Robert D. Novak -Incomes policy -Wage-price policy -Appointment -Burns Connally -Personnel and public relations questions -The White House staff -John D. Ehrlichman's role in domestic policy -Personnel and public relations -Haldeman -Ronald L. Ziegler 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Domestic policy -Ehrlichman -Peterson -Staff support -Possible duties at the Office of Emergency Preparedness [OEP] Foreign relations -Trade and international relations Conv. No. 262-5 (cont.) -Congress -Developments in relations with the PRC -Vietnam -Organization of American States [OAS] -Form of US relations with Latin American countries -Differences in countries -Costa Rica, Honduras, Brazil -Argentina, Peru, Chile, Bolivia -Trade -Eastern Europe, the PRC -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -The PRC -Vietnam Welfare -Work requirements -H.R. 1 -Possible veto after changes -Ronald W. Reagan -Views National character ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 2m 14s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ********************************************************************** 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Chico's [Surname unknown] Restaurant, Rockville, Maryland -President’s experience -Owner background -Owner’s accomplishments -Work ethic -Welfare Conv. No. 262-5 (cont.) Tax cuts -Mills -Administration’s position Robert S. McNamara -World Bank presidency term -Tenure -Kissinger -September 1971 meeting of the IMF -Pentagon Papers, Kissinger -Possible role with the Administration Personnel -Unknown woman -Ethnic appointments -Haldeman, Ehrlichman -Peterson -McCracken, Shultz -Domestic policy ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 [National Security] [Duration: 1m 41s ] PRC END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 ********************************************************************** 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) Leadership Issue -Vietnam, the Pentagon Papers Kissinger entered at 4:32 pm. US foreign relations -Developments in relations with the PRC Conv. No. 262-5 (cont.) -Kissinger's forthcoming briefing of his staff ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12 [National Security] [Duration: 50s ] PRC END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12 ****************************************************************************** -USSR -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Kissinger -Forthcoming meeting with the President Kissinger left at 4:35 pm. Africa -Africans, Blacks -Comments Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Judgement and beliefs -Second term in office -Henry A. Wallace comparison 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Comments on African leaders -Heritage of Black Americans -Standing with conservatives -Reason for stated positions -Standing in 1972 Predictions for 1972 -The Vietnam war Conv. No. 262-5 (cont.) US foreign policy -The PRC -Initiative -Idanell B. (“Nellie”) Connally, Connally's Children -Agnew -Taiwan, Republic of China -Chiang Kai-Shek -Clare Booth Luce -United Nations [UN] membership issue -US public reaction -Quemoy, Matsu -Two China policy -Chiang Kai-Shek -Security Council seat ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 15m 20s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9 ********************************************************************** Issues facing the nation -Foreign policy -Economy 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -International monetary issues -Character -Presidential qualities -Values ********************************************************************** Conv. No. 262-5 (cont.) BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 5m 44s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10 ********************************************************************** Connally left at 5:05 pm.