Conversation: 472-020
Prev: 472-019 Next: 472-021Start Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1971 9:46 PM
End Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1971 10:04 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Buckley, James L.; Timmons, William E.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:45:17
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 04:02:14
NARA Description:
On March 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, James L. Buckley, and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:46 pm to 5:04 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 472-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 472-20
Date: March 23, 1971
Time: 4:46 pm - 5:04 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler
[Recording begins while the conversation is in progress]
An unknown person’s office
-Publicity
President’s previous interview with Howard K. Smith
-Coverage
-Public response
-Format compared with press conference
-Clifford M. Hardin
-Response
James L. Buckley and William E. Timmons entered and Ziegler left at 4:47 pm
John V. Lindsay
-President’s previous meeting with mayors
-President’s call to Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Lindsay
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
Supersonic Transport [SST]
-Upcoming Senate vote
-Importance
-President’s view
-Non-partisan issue
-International implications
-Environmental concerns
-President’s policy Conv. No. 472-20 (cont.)
-Safeguards
-Noise
-White House review
-Administration policy
-The President’s assurances
-Economy
-Jobs
-Balance of payments
-Transportation
-Tax revenues
-Administration’s position
-Technology innovation
-Exploration
-National spirit
-Leadership role
-Opposition
-Use of funds for domestic programs
-Space program
-US position
-Soviet Union
-France
-Great Britain
-Future
-President’s view
-Environment
-Use of funds for domestic programs
-Effect on national spirit in future
-Environment
-President’s position
-Buckley
-Environmental concerns
-Administration’s environmental policies
-Alaskan pipeline
-Background in contract negotiations
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Possible action in Congress
-Timmons’ view
-Congressional committee review
-Environment
-The President’s assurances
-Possible action in Congress
-Presidential review of bill
-Buckley’s review Conv. No. 472-20 (cont.)
-Environment
-Safeguards
-Review
-Compared with Anti-ballistic Missiles [ABM]
-Soviet Union
-The President’s assurances
-Appropriations
-Upcoming vote
-Tally
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Labor unions
-W[illiam] Stuart Symington
-Timmons’ concerns
-Humphrey
-George Meany
-Margaret Chase Smith
-Committee vote
-Kenneth E. BeLieu
-President’s meeting with Republican leaders
-Handling
-Winston L. (“Win”) Prouty
-Total to be cast
-Abstentions
-Prouty
-Reelection
-Campaign statements
-Buckley’s support
-The President
Buckley’s ride
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
Thomas E. Dewey funeral
-Buckley’s presence on Air Force One
-President’s role
-Dewey’s support for President
Buckley and Timmons left at 5:04 pm
Conv. No. 472-20 (cont.)