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Start Date: 28-Jun-1972 2:30 PM

End Date: 28-Jun-1972 3:09 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Ehrlichman, John D.

Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:38:48

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:15:09

346a.mp3

346b.mp3

NARA Description:

On June 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 3:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 346-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 346-10

Date: June 28, 1972
Time: 2:30-3:09 pm
Location: June 28, 1972

The President met with John D. Ehrlichman.

     The President's schedule

     The President's forthcoming press conference
          -Anticipated questions and possible answers
               -Political questions
               -Foreign policy
          -Meat prices
               -Controls
                      -Statements by White House
                            -Impact
               -Stock market
               -Australian Meat Board
                      -E.K. Johnson
                            -John B. Connally
                      -Robert J. Kleberg, Jr.
                            -Interests
                            -View
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                 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                  Tape Subject Log
                                    (rev. Jan-02)                Conv. No. 346-10 (cont.)


           -Government procurement
               -Kleberg’s view
               -Frank C. Carlucci
               -Defense Department
               -General Services Administration [GSA]
               -Melvin R. Laird
               -Caspar W. Weinberger

Kleberg
     -Background
     -Possible future role in Administration

President's forthcoming press conference
     -Anticipated questions and proposed answers
            -Busing in Detroit
                  -Justice Department
                  -William S. Broomfield
                        -President's letter
                  -Moratorium
                  -Ehrlichman's forthcoming trip
                        -Illinois
                        -Press conference in Lansing, Michigan
                  -Robert P. Griffin's legislation
                        -Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]
                              -Legal services
                  -Democratic platform statement
                        -President's response
                  -Efficacy of busing
                        -The President’s view

Legislation
     -Busing
     -Abortion
     -Amnesty
     -Homosexual rights
           -Marriages

California
     -Marijuana (ballot) initiative
           -Impact
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                 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                 Tape Subject Log
                                   (rev. Jan-02)          Conv. No. 346-10 (cont.)


                -Election turnout
                -George S. McGovern's reaction

President's forthcoming press conference
     -Anticipated questions and proposed answers
            -Welfare
                  -Day care
     -Social Security increase
            -Clark MacGregor
            -Wilbur D. Mills and Carl B. Albert
            -Congressional schedule
                  -Timing for legislation
            -Financing
                  -Patrick J. Buchanan’s view
                  -Payroll taxes
                  -President's 1969 income tax reform
                  -Impact of Frank F. Church's proposal
     -Legal Services Corporation
            -The President’s view
            -Proposals
                  -Ronald W. Reagan
            -Board of Directors
                  -Jacob K. Javits proposal
                  -President's appointments
            -OEO
     -Public television funding
     -Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo case
            -Pentagon Papers
                  -Washington Post
                  -Henry A. Kissinger
            -Jack N. Anderson
            -The President’s comments
     -Meat prices
            -Wording
            -Instructions to staff members
            -Impact on families
            -Options
     -Welfare reform
            -Abraham A. Ribicoff amendment
                  -Numbers of people affected
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           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                           Tape Subject Log
                             (rev. Jan-02)    Conv. No. 346-10 (cont.)


            -Administration's proposal
            -Senate sponsors
            -McGovern's proposal
            -Administration proposals
            -Payment levels
            -Work requirements
-Gun control
      -National Rifle Association [NRA]
      -Senate action
      -Types of handguns
            -Roman L. Hruska
            -NRA
            -Smith & Wesson
            -Colt
            -Saturday night specials
                  -The President’s comments
      -Birch E. Bayh, Jr. and Hruska
      -Statements
-Welfare reform
      -Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan
      -McGovern's proposals
      -President's program
      -Family assistance
      -House Resolution [HR] 1
      -Senate
-Elliot L. Richardson's analysis
      -Ribicoff's proposal
      -Russell B. Long
      -Connally
-Revenue sharing
      -Nelson A. Rockefeller and Javits
      -Congressional action
-Social services
      -Richard B. Ogilvie and Rockefeller
      -Timing of decision
      -Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
      -Weinberger
      -Timing of decision
-Tax increase
      -Congressional appropriations
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                      NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. Jan-02)    Conv. No. 346-10 (cont.)


                -Brookings Institution reports
                     -Outlook
                -The President’s view
                     -Wording
                -Herbert Stein's comment
                     -Second term Presidents

     Meat prices
          -Carlucci
          -Government procurement
               -GSA
               -Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
               -Storage
               -The President’s instructions
                    -Forthcoming report

Ehrlichman left at 3:09 pm.