Conversation: 283-023
Prev:  283-022 Next: 283-024Start Date: 6-Oct-1971 10:32 AM
End Date: 6-Oct-1971 11:10 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Safire, William L.; Sanchez, Manolo; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:44:26
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:09:49
NARA Description:
On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, William L. Safire, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:32 am to 11:10 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 283-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 283-23 Date: October 6, 1971 Time: 10:32 am - 11:10 am Location: Executive Office Building The President met with William L. Safire. Draft of October 7, 1971 speech announcing Phase II of Economic Stabilization Program -International front -Domestic front -Wholesale price index -Wage stabilization -Price Board -Herbert Stein -Cooperation 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/10) -Business, labor, Congress, American people -Inflation -Rate -John B. Connally -Wage Board -Appointees -Agreement for establishment -Cost of Living Council [COLC] -Arthur F. Burns -Price Board -Rent Board -Profit Board -Employment -Wages -Ceiling on prices -Profits -Productivity -Windfall profits -Re-wording of themes of speech -Stabilization -Bureaucracy -Efforts to fight inflation -Use of a Agood sentence@ -Adjustments -@Great year@ Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 10:32 am. Refreshment Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:10 am. The President's forthcoming Phase II speech -@Great year@ -Foreign policy -International monetary situation -Year -Prosperity -Assignment for Raymond K. Price, Jr. -Samples from incoming letters -Use of anecdotal material 20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/10) Conv. No. 283-23 (cont.) -Impact on average listener -Impact of images compared to technical terms -Great events -Henry A. Kissinger's forthcoming trip to the People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Ronald L. Ziegler -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] -Berlin -Persons working for background on speech -Price -John A. Scali -@Great Year@ -Peter M. Flanigan -Price Board -Jurisdiction -Pay Board -Profits -Price Board -Jurisdiction -Profits -Inflation -Restraints on wages and prices -Profits -Windfall -Inflation psychology -US history -American spirit -Competitive ethic -Wage and price reduction emphasis -Replacement of inflation psychology -Chain stores -The President's timetable for work on speech draft -Safire's schedule -Showing text to others -Stein -Briefing orientation -George P. Shultz -Budget -Recommendations Safire left at 11:10 am. 21 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/10) Conv. No. 283-23 (cont.)