Conversation: 560-004
Prev:  560-003 Next: 560-005Start Date: 10-Aug-1971 5:45 PM
End Date: 10-Aug-1971 6:00 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Flanigan, Peter M.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:28:25
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:44:15
NARA Description:
On August 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Peter M. Flanigan, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:45 pm to 6:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 560-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 560-4 Date: August 10, 1971 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 560-3 (cont.) Time: 5:45 pm - 6:00 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Stephen B. Bull and Peter M. Flanigan. Alexander P. Butterfield Bull left at 5:45 pm. Ambassadorships Butterfield entered and left at 5:45 pm. -Appointees Ambassadorships -Appointees -State Department recommendations -William P. Rogers Ambassadorships -Appointees -[Robert P.?] Griffin -Wire to Herbert W. Kalmbach -Brother -Trustees Petrochemicals -Administration’s options -Cabinet Task Force recommendations -George P. Shultz -Maurice H. Stans -Oil Policy Council -Oil producers' views -Lockheed vote -Administration's promise -Oil producers’ view -Supplies -Plants -Option One -Views of Department of Defense [DOD], Department of Interior, Gen. 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 560-4 (cont.) George A. Lincoln, Clark MacGregor -Option Two -Views of Stans, John N. Mitchell, Department of State, Council of Economic Advisers [CEA], Flanigan -Impact on oil companies -Compared to Option One -Flanigan’s discussion with Congress -Lockheed vote -John B. Connally's role -William V. Roth, Jr. -President's call to [Thomas] Hale Boggs -Flanigan's possible conversation with Connally -Roth -Industry views -Robert P. Griffin's views -Oil producers' views and motives -Prices -Inflation Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:45 pm. President's schedule -Shultz Bull left at an unknown time before 6:00 pm. Petrochemicals -Oil producers' views and motives -Clifford P, Hansen [?] -Oil prices -Rigs -Inflation -Administration’s options -Timing of decision -Flanigan's possible call to Connally -Oil producers -Tariffs compared to quotas -Mitchell's views -Oil industry compared to Senators -Balance of payments, exports -President’s view 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 560-4 (cont.) -Flanigan’s possible call to Connally -Flanigan's possible call to Connally -Option Two -President’s view -Treasury Department -Connally's possible calls -MacGregor's views -Henry L. Bellmon, John G. Tower, Hansen -Option One -Politics -Roth -Balance of payments -Conversation with Flanigan International trade -Textiles -National security clause -Comparison to Dwight D. Eisenhower and oil -Possible impact -Steel, electronics industries -Rogers' conversation with Flanigan -Peter G. Peterson -Rogers' views -Takeo Fukuda -Forthcoming visit to US -Timing -Possible negotiations with Fukuda -Eisaku Sato -Possible agreement -Parameters -Ambassador [Nobuhiko Ushiba] -Connally -David Kennedy's views -Wilbur D. Mills -Duration -Cotton Textile Agreement -Textile industry -National Security clause -Political aspect -Okinawa -Tariff Commission Act 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 560-4 (cont.) -Quotas -Peterson -Quotas -Flanigan’s view -Bill -Mills -Escape clause -Rogers' possible negotiations with Fukuda -Possible agreement -Duration -Possible quota bill -Peterson -National Security clause -Views of Stans, Connally, Mitchell -Views of Henry A. Kissinger, Rogers, Shultz -Possible effect -Rogers’ forthcoming talk with the President -Decision -Timing -Quotas -Mills Ambassadorships Flanigan left and Stephen B. Bull entered at 6:00 pm.