Conversation No. 551-10

Date: July 29, 1971
Time: 12:34 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with John D. Ehrlichman and L. Edwin Coate; the White House photographer
was present at the beginning of the meeting.
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     Coate
          -John C. Whitaker
          -New job
               -San Diego
          -Los Angeles

     Booksigning
     Presidential gifts

     San Diego
          -Republican National Convention

Coate left at 12:36 pm.

     Anderson
         -Moderate conservative focus
              -Job status

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:36 pm.

     Schedule
          -Economic issues
               -George P. Shultz

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:37 pm.

     The President's schedule

Martin C. (“Marty”) Anderson entered at 12:37 pm.

     The President’s schedule
          -Charles M. Teague, Olin E. (“Tiger”) Teague
          -Meeting with William D. Eberle
               -Role of international trade
                      -Compared to 1950's
                      -Soviet Union
                      -Japan, Germany
                      -Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]
                      -Trade barriers
                      -Foreign competition
                           -Import taxes
                           -Combines
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                     -Aviation industry
                           -Production of new McDonnell-Douglas aircraft
                                -Canada
                                -Italy
                     -Compared to free trade economists
                     -State Department position

Domestic Council                                           Conv. No. 551-10 (cont.)
    -Perception of Ehrlichman and his staff
    -Public attitude towards domestic issues
    -1972 election
    -Reprivatization, welfare
    -Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]
          -Question of extension
                -Congressional action
          -Special revenue sharing
          -Symbolism
          -Perceived effect of budget cuts
          -“Model Cities” programs, Community Action Agency day care centers
          -The President's stance
                -Public perceptions

1973 budget
     -Review of Great Society programs
          -Cutbacks
                -”Model Cities” program
                -Community Action Agency
                      -Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan
          -OEO
                -Symbolism of abolition
     -Education
          -Effect of funding
          -Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT]
                -Defense contract
                      -Attitude
          -Oklahoma
          -Columbia, Ivy League
     -Health
          -Programs
                -Compared to Kennedy administration
     -Transportation
          -John A. Volpe
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          -Housing
               -George W. Romney
               -Interest rates
               -Integration
                     -Effects
                           -John G. Tower
                                 -July 29, 1971 meeting with the President
                                 -Housing and Urban Development [HUD]  Conv. No. 551-10 (cont.)
                                 -Clark MacGregor
          -Busing
               -Administration stance
               -Austin, Texas case
          -Re-evaluation of programs
          -Congressional action
               -Compared to administration stance
          -Tax reform
          -Anderson
               -Possible future role

Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:37 pm.

     President’s schedule
          -Shultz

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:00 pm.

     1973 Budget
          -Domestic Council
               -Anderson
                     -Possible future role
               -Work, workload
               -Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
          -Federal agencies
               -HUD
               -OEO
                     -Donald H. Rumsfeld
                          -Empire building
               -Cutbacks
          -Tax proposals
          -Domestic programs
               -Day care centers
                     -Reprivatization
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                     -Role of federal government
                           -Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
                     -Private contracts
                           -1953 reminiscence of privately run center in Mexico

     Presentation of presidential paperweight

     Anderson                                                       Conv. No. 551-10 (cont.)
         -Possible future role
         -Mrs. Anderson
         -Role on White House staff
              -Perception

     Domestic Council
         -Issues
               -1973 budget
               -Possible future action
                    -Family Assistance Program

     The People’s Republic of China [PRC] initiative
          -Conservative’s reaction
          -Soviet Union’s reaction
          -Pakistan’s view
               -The President's July 29, 1971 meeting with Pakistan Ambassador [Agha
                     Hilaly]
                     -Hilaly’s role
                           -Chou En-lai

     Mr. and Mrs. Anderson
          -Possible return to the White House staff

Ehrlichman and Anderson left at 1:00 pm.