Conversation: 476-008
Prev:  476-007 Next: 476-009Start Date: 9-Apr-1971 10:03 AM
End Date: 9-Apr-1971 10:27 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:19:42
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:43:29
NARA Description:
On April 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:03 am to 10:27 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 476-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 476-8 Date: April 9, 1971 Time: 10:03 am - 10:27 am Location: Oval Office The President met with George P. Shultz Economy -Paul W. McCracken -Possible resignation -John D. Ehrlichman -McCracken [The President talked with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. between 10:03 am and 10:27 am] [Conversation No. 476-8A] [See Conversation No. 1-55] [End of telephone conversation] Economy -Need for confidence in plan -Strategy -McCracken -Policy -Need for consistency -Construction trades 16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) Cambodia -Press story in New York Times -Terence F. Smith -Forrest Boyd -Political situation -Economy -Leaks -State Department -Marshall Green -Fred Ladd -Instructions to Henry A. Kissinger Economy -McCracken -Shultz’s role -News stories -Optimism -Indicators -Sales -Weather -Sears sales -Automobile sales -General Motors [GM] -American Motors Corporation [AMC] -Business community -Inventories -Federal Reserve Board [FRB] -Money supply -McCracken -Possible resignation -University of Michigan -Economic reports -Preparation -Shultz’s previous conversations with McCracken -President’s forthcoming conversation with McCracken -Profits statements -Long-term goals Haig entered at 10:05 am Defense -Anti-ballistic Missile [ABM] agreement 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] agreement -Ehrlichman -ABM agreement -Timing -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] missiles -Freeze on deployment -”Doves” -President’s initiatives Conv. No. 476-8 (cont.) -William P. Rogers and Kissinger -ABM sites -Washington and Moscow -Freeze on Soviet offensive missiles -ABM funds -Possible US-USSR agreement -”Doves” -Possible ABM freeze -USSR strength -Polaris -US strategy -ABM agreement tied to missile freeze -Impact -Budget -Military opinions Haig left at 10:08 am -Public statement -Need for confidentiality -Leaks -Melvin R. Laird -Rogers -Congress -Prospects for agreement with USSR -Shultz’s conversation with Ehrlichman -Domestic initiative -Impact -Budget -Congress -Possible funds -Department of Defense -Budget -Hardware 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Bases -Force structure -Manpower and bases -Prospects for agreement with Soviets -Cambodia ****************************************************************************** Conv. No. 476-8 (cont.) BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National Security] [Duration: 31s ] MIDDLE EAST END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** -Cambodia and Laos -President’s strategy -Perception of turn “right” -USSR options -Risks -Possible agreement with US -Leadership Vietnam -North Vietnamese -Negotiations -South Vietnamese elections -North Vietnamese -Negotiations -Prisoners of War [POWs] -Resources -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -North Vietnamese -Negotiations -Prospects 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -USSR -US policy -North Vietnamese -Risks -US election -”Doves” -US policy Conv. No. 476-8 (cont.) ABM agreement with USSR -Prospects McCracken Shultz left at 10:27 am