Conversation: 618-019
Prev:  618-018 Next: 618-020Start Date: 15-Nov-1971 11:10 AM
End Date: 15-Nov-1971 12:03 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; White House operator; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:01:38
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:55:20
NARA Description:
On November 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:10 am to 12:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 618-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 618-19 Date: November 15, 1971 36 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Time: 11:10 am - 12:03 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with John D. Ehrlichman. The President's economic program -Value added tax [VAT] -John B. Connally -Forthcoming conversation -Options The White House operator talked with the President at an unknown time between 11:10 am and 11:23 am. [Conversation No. 618-19A] [See Conversation No. 14-104] [End of telephone conversation] Education -Aid for private schools -Possible tax credit -Congress Possible poll -Taxes -Option 5 -Connally -Sales -Education -Property -National defense -Balancing budget -Public relations problems -VAT -Possible level Budget -Balance -Ehrlichman's forthcoming meeting 37 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.) -George P. Shultz and Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger -Edwin L. Harper -Connally -The President -Paul W. McCracken -Maurice H. Stans -Weinberger -Shultz -Connally's schedule -Henry A. Kissinger -Ehrlichman's forthcoming meeting with Shultz and Connally -Connally's schedule -Treasury Department -The President's schedule -Florida The President's schedule -Florida -Camp David -California -Foreign visitors -French, British, Germans -Trip to People's Republic of China [PRC] -Preparation -The President's conversation with Kissinger and William P. Rogers -Rogers -Legal training -Leonard Garment’s work -State of the Union speech State of the Union speech -Backgrounders -Jeb S. Magruder H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 11:23 am. -Length -Subsequent message to Congress -Budget message, economic report, national growth policy Urban policy 38 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.) -Nathan Glazer’s Commentary article -The President's letter to Daniel P. Moynihan -Family assistance -New York Moynihan -Forthcoming meeting with Ehrlichman -National growth State of the Union message -Content -VAT -Preparation -Property tax relief -Aerospace industry -Airline and airframe -California, the West, Texas -Connally's conversation with Eisaku Sato -Supersonic transport [SST] Budget -Ehrlichman's meetings -Connally, Shultz Elliot L. Richardson -Forthcoming meeting with the President -The President's forthcoming meeting with Ronald W. Reagan -Department of Health, Education and Welfare's [HEW] relations with Reagan -Child development legislation -House Resolution [HR] 1 -Moynihan's views -Blacks -Jews -Kibbutz -Yitzhak Rabin's background -Forthcoming appeal to the President -Possible handling -Knowledge regarding HR 1 -Russell B. Long -Richard B. Ogilvie -Public perception 39 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.) -Call to Ehrlichman -Performance State of the Union message -Content Revenue-sharing -Budget -Congress -VAT -Nelson A. Rockefeller -Administration approach Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -William C. Sullivan Request for refreshment order The President left at an unknown time before 12:03 pm. Budget -Continuing resolution -Allen J. Ellender and George H. Mahon The President entered at an unknown time after 11:23 am. FBI -Sullivan -Relationship with Richard A. Moore -Interest in intelligence District of Columbia [DC] -Tightening of welfare -Office of Management and Budget [OMB] -Egil G. (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr. Law Enforcement Assistance Act [LEAA] -Management -Jerris Leonard -Frank C. Carlucci -John N. Mitchell and Richard G. Kleindienst 40 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.) -Leonard -Criticism -Press -Linwood Holton -Justice Department -States -The Vice President [Spiro T. Agnew] -Forthcoming conference of governors -Handling of funds -Supervision -States' abuse -Examples -Forthcoming conference of governors -Agnew Crime -Statistics -Life magazine article -Poll -The President's judicial appointments -DC program -Symbolism -Youth -Drugs -Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe's office -Public relations -Athletes' cooperation -Statistics -State of the Union message -Riots -Colleges -Types of crime -Robbery and rape -Climate of lawlessness -Improvement -Compared to 1967 and 1968 -DC program -Drugs Cabinet 41 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.) Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Trip to Cleveland -Call to John K. Andrews, Jr. Andrews's work -Patrick J. Buchanan Budget -Continuing resolution -Possible agreement with Mahon and Ellender -Funding -Postal agreement -Cessation of spending -Possible agreement with Mahon and Ellender -Pending bills -Defense -Military procurement -Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO] -Possible veto -Foreign aid -Connally's views -Conversation with Haldeman -Congress -Blame -Praise -House of Representatives -Blame -Senate -Rogers's testimony regarding foreign aid -Shultz's call to Ellender -Ellender -Strategy -House of Representatives -The President -Proposal -Mahon -Shultz -Furloughs for federal employees -OEO -Agency for International Development [AID] -Defense Department 42 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.) -Possible impact on Vietnam War -Spirit of ‘76 -The President's possible meeting -Ellender, Michael J. Mansfield, Hugh Scott, Gerald R. Ford, Mahon and William R. Poage -Cabinet meeting -Rogers C. B. Morton -John A. Volpe -OEO -Ellender's knowledge -Conversation with Shultz -Mansfield's view -The President's leadership -Cabinet -Ronald L. Ziegler's possible statement -Shultz Forthcoming Cabinet meeting -Agenda -Volpe -Report on trips -Romania and Poland -The President's conversation with Kissinger Budget -Shultz's work -Ellender -Congressional leaders -Congress's actions -Amendments -Tax bill -Foreign aid -Appropriations -Continuing resolution -Defense -Mansfield Amendment -Foreign aid -DC -Military procurement -OEO -Ellender 43 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.) -Strategy -Shultz -House of Representatives' schedule -Wilbur D. Mills's letter to the President -The President's possible meeting with Congressmen -The President's possible actions -Weinberger -Connally's views -Weinberger The President's schedule -Cost of Living Council [COLC] -Congressmen -Richardson -McCracken -Stans -Congressmen -Shultz -Weinberger Budget -Congress -Clark MacGregor -Rogers's views -The President's forthcoming meeting with Congressmen -Melvin R. Laird -Rogers -OEO -The President's possible actions The President's schedule -COLC -Cabinet Room -Richardson -McCracken -Stans -Kissinger Ehrlichman and Haldeman left at 12:03 pm. 44 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.)