Conversation: 500-016
Prev:  500-015 Next: 500-017Start Date: 18-May-1971 11:30 AM
End Date: 18-May-1971 12:16 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; Shultz, George P.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Frank, Joniece; Kleppe, Thomas S.; Flanigan, Peter M.; Atkins, Oliver F. ("Ollie"); Frank, John N.; Frank, John N. (Mrs.); Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:22:53
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:06:39
NARA Description:
On May 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Joniece Frank, Thomas S. Kleppe, Peter M. Flanigan, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, John N. Frank, and Mrs. John N. Frank met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:30 am to 12:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 500-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 500-16 Date: May 18, 1971 Time: 11:30 am - 12:16 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with John D. Ehrlichman and George P. Shultz. Supersonic Transport [SST] -Boeing -President's schedule -William E. Timmons' Senate vote projections -William M. Allen's previous testimony -Possible Boeing statement 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Effect -Boeing -Contract position -Cost figures -Allen -Timmons -Possible Boeing statement -Senate -House of Representatives conferees -Senate -Boeing -George H. Mahon, Allen J. Ellender -Future contracts -Governor Daniel J. Evans -Future participation in SST program -Lockheed -Future -Boeing -Government and private efforts -Research and development -Sharing costs -707's and 727's -Gerald R. Ford -Efforts for SST -Forthcoming meeting with Ehrlichman -House of Representatives -Allen -Role Boeing -Actions -President’s view -Future contracts -Prohibition -Tanker -Allen -Future meeting with Ehrlichman -A hydrofoil -Actions -Shultz's May 19, 1971 speech to aerospace industry meeting in Williamsburg Senate 20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Peter H. Dominick -Health -Kissinger -Statement regarding railroad strike -Action regarding railroad strike -Possible handling of policy matters -Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield Amendment -Clark MacGregor Conv. No. 500-16 (cont.) -Dominick -Health House of Representatives -[Thomas] Hale Boggs' action regarding debt amendment -Wilbur D. Mills -Effects -Mills and House Ways and Means Committee -Boggs' action regarding education bill -George H. Mahon -Leadership Railroad strike -Possible Congressional action -President’s view Boeing -Ehrlichman's meetings -Future -Ford -Robert P. Griffin Railroad strike -Senate Labor Committee vote -Wage increase -Prospects in House -Unions -Timing of action -Pending legislation President's schedule -Ambassador's presentation of credentials -Togo -Interview with businessmen magazine editors 21 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Herbert G. Klein -Time, Fortune, Barron's, Forbes -Shultz's possible role -President's role -Peterson Alexander Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 11:30 am. Conv. No. 500-16 (cont.) -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman Butterfield left at an unknown time before 12:10 pm. -Interview with businessmen magazine editors -Shultz's role -Railroad strike -Shultz's role -Maurice H. Stans and Paul W. McCracken -Peterson's role -Shultz's role Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 11:30 am. -Ground rules -Klein -Fortune editors -Klein Haldeman left at an unknown time before 12:10 pm. -Themes -State of economy in 1969 -Administration efforts -Rates of inflation -Quadriad meeting, May 21, 1971 -John B. Connally, McCracken, and Arthur F. Burns -Trip to Italy -Haldeman -Previous meeting -Date -President's role -Agenda, purpose 22 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) Economy -Interest rates -Burns and the Federal Reserve Board -Connally's testimony to Abraham A. Ribicoff's committee -Domestic compared with international economy -Federal Reserve -Connally, McCracken, and Burns trip -Talking paper for President Conv. No. 500-16 (cont.) -Connally, McCracken, and Burn trip -Peterson -Connally -Burns -Peterson Social Security -Congressional vote -Family Assistance Plan -President's statement -Purpose -Republican vote -Cost-of-living escalator -Budget outlay in Fiscal Year 1973 Economy -Possible June budget meeting -Location -Shultz's conversation with Connally and McCracken -Date -Second quarter estimates -Date -President's schedule -Tricia Nixon's wedding -Fiscal Year 1973 budget -John N. Mitchell -Importance for 1972 Republican platform -Property tax -Possible tax revision -Connally -Importance -Value-added tax -Compared with revenue-sharing and government reorganization -Revenue-sharing connection 23 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -View among state and local governments -Possible tax revision -Mills -Importance in 1972 -The poor -Middle America Domestic issues Conv. No. 500-16 (cont.) -Food stamps -Importance -President's speeches -Blacks -President's reply to the Black Caucus -A notebook -Constituencies -Hunger program, Family Assistance Plan -Importance -Tax credits -Tuition tax credits -Faculty salary subsidies -Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT] -Budget and economics review -Tax revision -Connally -Influences -Paul A. Volcker, Charls E. Walker -Budget ceilings -Review -1970 review -Space program -Moon shots -Ehrlichman's May 17, 1971 meeting with James C. Fletcher of National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA] -NASA's mission -Future meeting(s) -Saline water -Possible NASA role -President's review of option paper -Importance -Florida, Texas, California -Option paper 24 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) Economy -Housing starts [?] -Inflation figures -Consumer Price Index [CPI] -Interest rates -Mortgage money -Possible interest subsidy -Housing Conv. No. 500-16 (cont.) -Railroad strikes -Status -International situation -Causes -Connally's statement -Milton Friedman's article "The Mark Crisis" in Newsweek -Volcker's statement to President -Stock Market -Treasury Department -Volcker -”Establishment” -Burns -Position on gold -Currency values -Shultz’s view -Effect of US trade -Exports -Japanese yen -Stock market -Effect of railroad strike Domestic issues -Racial violence -May 17, 1971 Bedford-Stuyvesant incident -Cause -Police action -Unemployment -Prospects -Possible action -Effects -Possible action -May 17, 1971 incident -Cause 25 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Police action -John V. Lindsay's actions -1960's riots, 1971 Washington, D.C. demonstrations -Riot control -Law Enforcement Assistance Administration [LEAA] -1967 Washington, D.C. riots President's schedule Conv. No. 500-16 (cont.) -Meeting with National Small Businessman of the Year International trade statistics -Stans' work John N. Frank, Mrs. John N. Frank, Joniece Frank, Thomas S. Kleppe, and Peter M. Flanigan entered at 12:10 pm; Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins was present the beginning of the meeting. Greetings Ehrlichman and Shultz left at 12:10 pm. Introductions Republicans Photo arrangements Award Frank's business California, Oklahoma Gifts -Cuff links -Bow pins Frank's business President's family -Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon -Decoration of Oval Office -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Needlework 26 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) The Franks and Kleppe left at 12:15 pm. Small business Business magazine editors meeting [?] -Roosevelt Room -McCracken, Shultz, Peterson, [Unintelligible name], James Conv.D. No. Hodgson, 500-16 (cont.) Rogers C. B. Morton, Stans -President's possible role Flanigan left at 12:16 pm.