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Start Date: 23-Mar-1971 4:46 PM

End Date: 23-Mar-1971 5:04 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

472-020.mp3

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.)