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Conversation 299-009

TapeTape 299StartWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 2:34 PMEndWednesday, November 10, 1971 at 2:45 PMTape start time00:13:59Tape end time00:18:30ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Colson, Charles W.Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building
AI Summary

President Nixon and Charles Colson discuss strategies for managing frustration with the business community, particularly academic elites and corporate leaders who remain dissatisfied with the administration despite efforts to engage them. Nixon expresses exasperation regarding these groups and emphasizes the necessity of maintaining a non-partisan approach to political maneuvering. The conversation briefly touches upon economic indicators, such as retail sales, and the prospects for pending tax legislation.

Business community relationsEconomic policyTax legislationNon-partisan strategyPolitical maneuvering
AudioNARA Description

On November 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:34 pm to 2:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 299-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 299-9

Date: November 10, 1971
Time: 2:34 pm - 2:45 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 14-14; three items have been withdrawn from the conversation]
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You were talking about cilinders, uh, coal and stuff.
Barrett and Papal Pentecost.
I'm not saying those are there.
What the hell do they want?
Base two.
What?
The retail sales seem to be bouncing pretty good, you could say.
I don't know what the hell we'd want to do to end this, fellas.
My God, Chuck, we've held their hand.
We've go to their meetings.
We've had them in the White House.
We've had them in the Blair House.
What in the name of God are we supposed to do?
Now, the Chamber of Commerce isn't so bad.
It's the big business guys.
It's frankly, let's face it, the Harvard School of Business, the Wharton School, the Stanford School of Business, right?
Computer types basically are just gone.
I don't think there is.
It doesn't change.
Well, certainly, I don't know, maybe the tax bill will get passed, I suppose.
It's Christmas soon, despite what somebody said we weren't going to.
It's definitely going to be.
Two and a half to three or something like that.
I didn't make one part of the comment.
I had to.
But the whole point is, you know, all these goddamn people said I was going to go out and start a campaign to build on the imposter that I am.
But, uh,
It wasn't much of a deal in it, but I was the most important thing is to keep it non-partisan.
And we'd just drive our enemies up the wall and figure we'd just circle until we were all taken.
They wanted me to get in there and sit down with the others, you know, thinking about partnership and other things.
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