Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 284 › Conversation 284-014
Nixon, Safire & Connally
Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 4:40 PM–5:25 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 35 min
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Position in tape: 01:10:00 – 01:44:55
part A, 1:09:58
NARA Description
On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, William L. Safire, White House operator, John B. Connally, and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:40 pm to 5:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 284-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 284-14
Date: October 6, 1971
Time: 4:40 pm - 5:25 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with William L. Safire.
Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Letters for speech, October 7, 1971
Forthcoming speech
-Phase II wage and price controls
-Figures
-Herbert Stein
-House
-Tax bill
-Unemployment
-Text changes
-International front
-World trade
-International monetary stability
-Jobs
-Full employment
-Statement by Edmund S. Muskie
-George Meany
-Letters
-Assignment
-Consultations
-90 day freeze
-Wage and price restraints
-Interest group
-Price Board
-Cooperation
-Muskie
-The President's request of the Congress
-Economic Stabilization Act extension
-Housing
-Prices
-Profits
-Stein
-Windfall
-Stein
-Restraints
-WordingShow the rest of the log (68 more lines)
-Inflation
-Future
-Markets abroad
-Examples
-Wording
-Henry A. Kissinger
-John B. Connally
-Paul A. Volcker
-Text changes
-Connally
-George P. Shultz
-Stein
-Paul W. McCracken
-Peter M. Flanigan, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Arthur F. Burns
-Connally
-Stein
-Kissinger
-Connally
The President talked with White House operator at an unknown time between 4:40 pm and 5:18
pm.
[Conversation No. 284-14A]
[See Conversation No. 10-96]
[End of telephone conversation]
-Price
-Ronald L. Ziegler
The President talked with John B. Connally between 5:18 pm and 5:19 pm.
[Conversation No. 284-14B]
[See Conversation No. 10-97]
[End of telephone conversation]
-Safire's schedule
-Wholesale prices
The President talked with White House operator at an unknown time between 5:18 pm and 5:19
pm.
[Conversation No. 284-14C]
[See Conversation No. 10-98]
[End of telephone conversation]
The President talked with Charles W. Colson between 5:19 pm and 5:22 pm.
[Conversation No. 284-14D]
[See Conversation No. 10-99]
[End of telephone conversation]
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Safire's schedule
-The President's schedule
-White House operator
-Lincoln Room
-Rose Mary Woods
Safire left at 5:25 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 284-014, October 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/284-014 (accessed November 4, 2026).