Conversation: 651-010
Prev: 651-009 Next: 651-011Start Date: 19-Jan-1972 10:30 AM
End Date: 19-Jan-1972 11:18 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Price, Raymond K., Jr.; Woods, Rose Mary; [Unknown person(s)]; Ziegler, Ronald L.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:34:21
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:17:54
NARA Description:
On January 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Rose Mary Woods, unknown person(s), and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:30 am to 11:18 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 651-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 651-10
Date: January 19, 1972
Time: 10:30 am - 11:18 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Raymond K. Price, Jr.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 651-10 (cont.)
State of the Union Address
-Changes
-Number of words
-Rose Mary Woods
-Vietnam section
Woods entered at an unknown time after 10:30 am.
Speech draft
-Further revisions
-Final copy
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
Woods left at an unknown time before 11:00 am.
State of the Union Address
-Foreign Policy section
-Reference to John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address
-Possible interpretation
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Dulles
-World War II
-Nixon Doctrine
-Possible removal
-Reorganization of text
-Context
-Changes in world
-Edward M. Kennedy’s speech, January 18, 1972
-Professional liberal establishment
-Interventionist views
-Phraseology
-Revisions
-Agriculture section
-Value
-Revisions
-Farm income
-Developing rural America theme
The President’s previous conversation with Nelson A. Rockefeller
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 651-10 (cont.)
-Rockefeller’s State of the State Address
-Newspaper accounts
-John V. Lindsay
Professional liberals compared to conservatives
State of the Union Address
-Revisions
-American industry
-Productivity compared to technology
-Peter G. Peterson’s view
-Phraseology
-Foreign competition
-Goals
-Subtlety
-Changes
-Delivery to Ronald L. Ziegler
State of the Union Address
-Revisions
-Welfare reform
-Duration before Congress
-John D. Ehrlichman
-New York Harbor
-Congress’s work in political year [1972]
-Americans’ view
-Farmers
-Prosperity
-Farm income
-Circulation
-Woods
-Release
-Timing
-Ziegler
-Press coverage
-Woods
An unknown woman entered at an unknown time after 10:30 am.
Request that Ziegler join them
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 651-10 (cont.)
The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 11:00 am.
Edward Kennedy’s speech
-Text
-Tone
-Authorship
-Speechwriter
-Statesmanship
-Responsibility
-Truthfulness
Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 11:00 am.
State of the Union Address
-Release to press
-Timing
-Length of statements
-Submitted address
-Pre-release
-Garnett D. (“Jack”) Horner
-Wire services
-Submitted address compared to delivered address
-Recapping and justification
-Appeal for bipartisanship
-Press interest
-Joint release
-Pre-release to evening press and wires
-Delivered address
-Compared with 1970 and 1971 addresses
-New initiatives
-Tone
-Tax reform
-Technology
-Nonpartisanship
-Release to press
-Pre-release to evening press and wires
-General release
-Newspapers and networks
-Network briefing
-Congress
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 651-10 (cont.)
-Value
-Ziegler’s previous conversation with Ehrlichman
-Submitted address
-Production changes to submitted address
-Ehrlichman’s briefing
-The President’s expectations of Congressional action
-Revenue sharing
-Welfare reform
-Government reorganization
-Health
-Environment
Foreign policy [State of the World] statement
-Release
-Date
State of the Union Address
-Compared with Edward Kennedy’s speech
-Press coverage
-Democrats’ stand on issues
-Possible consequence
-The President’s policy
-Price’s views
-Content
-Content
-Policies
Edward Kennedy
-Popularity
-Ziegler’s view
-Washington, DC
-Women’s press corps
State of the Union Address
-Changes
-Woods
-Copies
Price left at 11:09 am.
Forthcoming press briefing
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 651-10 (cont.)
-Expropriation
-Policy statement
-Peterson
-Economic issue
-Deficit
-Paul A. Volcker’s statement
-Context
-Hobart Rowen
West Coast Dock strike
-Administration action
-Timing
-State of the Union Address
-Florida
Ziegler’s schedule
Amnesty
-News summary
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s statement
-Prison
Jack N. Anderson Papers
-Patrick J. Buchanan’s concern
-Administration handling
-Compared with Pentagon Papers
-Public reaction
-Henry A. Kissinger
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Kissinger
-Possible press conference
-Administration credibility
-Foreign policy
-India
-Use of United States aid
-Kissinger
-Meetings and conversations with the President
-Tone
-Options for the President
-Ziegler’s briefings
-India
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 651-10 (cont.)
-US policy
-Ziegler’s briefing in Florida
-The President’s conversations with Kissinger
-Reports in columns
-Administration credibility
-Critics
-Secrecy in government
-Kissinger
-Mood
-J. William Fulbright and associates
-Policy-making role
-The President’s role as policy-maker
-Backgrounder on India
-Plane
-Press room
-US policy
-Kissinger’s representation
-Ziegler’s remarks to Kissinger
-Effect
-Purposes
-Press views
-Buchanan’s view
-Kissinger’s further remarks
-Administration credibility
-Critics
-Public view
-Secret negotiations
-Future disclosures by administration
-Public’s possible reaction
-Public’s view
-Policy formulation
-Credibility
-Leaks
-Timing
State of the Union Address
-Release and distribution
-Friends of administration
Ziegler left at 11:18 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 651-10 (cont.)