Conversation: 689-006
Prev: 689-005 Next: 689-007Start Date: 20-Mar-1972 4:48 PM
End Date: 20-Mar-1972 5:14 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Helms, Richard M.; Connally, John B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On March 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Richard M. Helms, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:48 pm to 5:14 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 689-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 689-6
Date: March 20, 1972
Time: 4:48 pm - 5:14 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Richard M. Helms.
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[National Security]
[Duration: 1ms ]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 689-6 (cont.)
CHILE
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International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT]
Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-Edward M. Kennedy's attack
-Laos
-John F. Kennedy
-Speech
-General Accounting Office [GAO] report
Helms left and John D. Connally entered at 4:53 pm
Social Security
-The President’s talk with John D. Ehrlichman
-Connally
-George P. Shultz
-Herbert Stein
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Arthur S. Flemming
-Special interest groups
-1972 election
-Elderly
-Richardson
-Flemming
-Percentages
Economy
-Social Security
-Budget
-Wage and price situation
-Pay Board
-Longshoreman
-Consumer Price Index [CPI]
-Retail prices
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 689-6 (cont.)
-Food prices
-Leaks
-Connally’s possible public statements
-The President’s forthcoming press conference
-Longshoremen
-Food
-Social Security
-Testimony
-Shultz
-Food prices
-CPI increase
-Price Commission
-Cost of Living Council [COLC]
-Department of Agriculture
-Procucers
-Retailers
-Farmers
-Cattlemen
-CPI
-Longshoremen
-George Meany
-CPI
-Shultz
-Leading indicators
-Housing
-Retail sales
-Gross National Product [GNP]
-Department of Commerce
-Personal savings
-Food prices
-CPI
-Cattle prices
-Decrease
-Food prices
-Grocery stores
-Economic indicators
Helms
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 689-6 (cont.)
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[National Security]
[Duration: 1m 22s ]
CHILE
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ITT
-Life magazine story
-C. Arnholt Smith
-Mayor of San Diego
-Democrat
-Contributor
-John Alessio
-Edmund G. (“Pat”) Brown
-Saturday Evening Post
-Life
-Howard Hughes story
-Dita D. Beard memorandum
-Typewriter
-Evidence
-Files
-Harold S. Geneen
-Meetings
-Connally
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Peter M. Flanigan
-The President
-Settlement
-W. Ramsey Clark
-The President's administration
-ITT divestment
Social security
-The President's talk with Ehrlichman
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 689-6 (cont.)
-Politics
-Connally
Environmental issues
-Water bill
-Connally
-Importance
-The President’s view
-1972 election
-Interest
-Public reaction
-Clean air
-Pure water
-Connally's idea
-Water bill
-Shutting down plants
-Potential unemployment
-Effects
-Economy
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[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 2m 17s ]
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Connally left at 5:14 pm.