Conversation: 450-023
Prev: 450-022 Next: 450-024Start Date: 17-Feb-1971 5:26 PM
End Date: 17-Feb-1971 5:53 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; Evans, Daniel J.; White House photographer; Bull, Stephen B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:36:10
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 04:18:09
NARA Description:
On February 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Daniel J. Evans, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:26 pm to 5:53 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 450-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 450-23
Date: February 17, 1971
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Time: 5:26 pm - 5:53 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with John D. Ehrlichman and Daniel J. Evans; the White House photographer
was present at the beginning of the meeting
Supersonic Transport [SST]
-President’s position
-Impact on economy
-Importance
-Administration efforts
Hanford nuclear reactor
-Office of Management and Budget [OMB]
-Funding
-George P. Shultz
-Status
-Evans’ meeting with Donald B. Rice
-Evans’ concerns
-Seattle power supply
-OMB decision
-Evans’ efforts
-Funding
-Effect in Washington state
-Funding
-Evans’ view
-Employment
-Future developments
-Administration efforts
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Budget
Revenue sharing
-Administration’s position
-Importance to people
-Importance to local and state government
-Problems
-Benefits
-Federal bureaucracy
-Increases in local debt
-Opposition by establishment
-Welfare reform
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-Effect
-Administration’s efforts
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable] Conv. No. 450-23 (cont.)
[Duration: 2m 9s ]
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Evans left at an unknown time before 5:53 pm
Health insurance
-Health maintenance organizations [HMO]
-The Vice President’s position
-Edgar F. Kaiser
-President’s position
-Kaiser Permanente Plan
-Focus
Appointments
-Law Enforcement Assistance Administration [LEAA]
-Myles J. Ambrose
-John N. Mitchell’s view
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-John B. Connally
-Jerris Leonard
-David Norman
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Work effectiveness
-Efforts
-Role
-William P. Rogers
-Michael Collins
-Air and Space Museum
-Judgeship for unknown men
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-Wallace H. Johnson
-Thomas J. Dodd
-Kleindienst
-Dr. James R. Schlesinger
-Rogers C. B. Morton’s view
-Ambassadorial positions
-Flanigan
-John W. Rollins Conv. No. 450-23 (cont.)
-Frank J. Shakespeare
-Fred J. Russell
-Qualifications
Revenue sharing
-Administration efforts
-Democrats
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Conversation with Ehrlichman
-Legislation
-Possible conversation with President
Previous press conference
-Domestic policy
Revenue sharing
-Administration’s position
-Clark R. Mollenhoff
-Public support
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:26 pm
Schedule
-Dr. W. Kenneth Riland
-Instructions
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Rose Mary Woods
Bull left at an unknown time before 5:53 pm
Farm policy
-Robert J. Dole
-Efforts
-White House gala
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-Compared to White House Labor dinner
-Possible program
-Public relations
-Film
-Hyde Park
-Possible appointment
-Importance of farmers and farm vote
-Dole Conv. No. 450-23 (cont.)
-Support for President
-Staff assignment
-John C. Whitaker
-Dole
Wage and price controls
-Shultz
-Cost of Living Council [COLC] action
-Herbert Stein
-Administration position
-Wage controls
-Construction
-John T. Dunlop
-George W. Romney
-James M. Hutton, III
-Businessmen
Schedule
Media
-Los Angeles Times
Ehrlichman left at 5:53 pm
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