Conversation: 554-006
Prev:  554-005 Next: 554-007Start Date: 4-Aug-1971 1:55 PM
End Date: 4-Aug-1971 2:18 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; White House operator; Stennis, John C.; Sanchez, Manolo; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:12:36
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:36:07
NARA Description:
On August 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, John C. Stennis, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:55 pm to 2:18 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 554-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 554-6 Date: August 4, 1971 Time: 1:55 pm - 2:18 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Charles W. Colson. Press conference -Economy 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 554-5 (cont.) The President talked with the White House operator at 1:55 pm. [Conversation No. 554-6A] [See Conversation No. 7-61] [End of telephone conversation] Press conference -Economy -John B. Connally -Industry -Wage and price settlements -Secretary of Labor [James D. Hodgson] -Reports -Political aspect -Connally meeting with Colson -Unemployment rate -Figure -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Dan Rather The President talked with John C. Stennis between 1:56 pm and 1:59 pm. [Conversation No. 554-6B] [See Conversation No. 7-62] [End of telephone conversation] Letter -President's instructions -Clark MacGregor -Dictation Economy -Unemployment rate -Press conference -Current figure compared to 1961-63 -Rather -Possible reporting 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 554-6 (cont.) -Assessment of figures -Current rate compared to April - July 1971 -Married men -Veterans -Economic expansion -Colson forthcoming call to Frank Stanton of Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] -Rather's estimates -John W. Chancellor -People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip -Attitude toward administration -American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC] -John A. Scali -Press relations -President’s previous meeting with business editors -Paul W. McCracken, George P. Shultz, Connally -Media bias -Time, Newsweek, New York Times editors -William L. Safire -Unknown person -McCracken -Maurice H. Stans -Hodgson -1970 election -Peter M. Flanigan -Spiro T. Agnew, Stans, Hodgson, Flanigan, Shultz, Connally -Nationwide tour -Meetings with business leaders -Editorials boards -Television -Press coverage -Time, Newsweek, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, The Nation’s Business -Shultz -Time -Networks -Creation of editorial board -Psychological impact -Leading indicators -Consumer Price Index [CPI] -Retail sales, gross national product [GNP], housing starts, inventory, 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 554-6 (cont.) inflation, unemployment -CPI -Compared to previous administration -John F. Kennedy -Dwight D. Eisenhower -Unemployment -Louis P. Harris -Work on issues poll -Talk with Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr. -1972 election -Economy as political issue -Peace issue Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 1:59 pm. Unknown item for Colson Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:18 pm. -Gordon L. Allott's comments -Rather -Charles Percy -Illinois -Impressions -Compared to reality -Unemployment -Vietnam -Casualties -Press conference -Wage and price guidelines -Board -Business community’s views -Stock market -President's confidence -Press relations -Forthcoming meeting -Connally -Flanigan Pentagon Papers -John D. Ehrlichman, Egil G. (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr. 20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 554-6 (cont.) -Forthcoming Senate hearings -Appropriation -Possible political impact -Investigation -Material -Analysis -Unknown man -Political aspect -Sensitivity -Vietnam elections -Henry A. Kissinger -Subject -Ngo Dinh Diem -Coup -Interviews -W[illiam] Averell Harriman, Roger Hilsman, McGeorge Bundy -Timing of release -Vietnam elections -Kennedy administration officials ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 1m 17s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ********************************************************************** Colson left at 2:18 pm.