Conversation: 714-011
Prev:  714-010 Next: 714-012Start Date: 20-Apr-1972 11:48 AM
End Date: 20-Apr-1972 12:03 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan); Ehrlichman, John D.; Sanchez, Manolo; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:37:02
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:52:32
NARA Description:
On April 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:48 am to 12:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 714-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 714-11 Date: April 20, 1972 Time: 11:48 am - 12:03 pm Location: Oval Office 27 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 7/07) The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon between 11:48 and 11:52 am. [Conversation No. 714-11A] [See Conversation No. 23-48; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation.] John D. Ehrlichman entered at an unknown time after 11:48 am. [End of telephone conversation] Budget -Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT] -Previous cuts -Defense contracts -Weapons -Amount Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 11:52 am. Refreshment Ehrlichman's schedule -Speech Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:02 pm. Budget -Ehrlichman's review -George P. Shultz's figures -Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger -Higher education -Current state -Cuts in subsidies -Science -Ideology of teachers -Dr. Edward E. David, Jr. -Possible resignation -Science -Cuts -Percentage -Approach -Shultz -MIT 28 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 7/07) -Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW] contracts -Transportation Department contracts -Research -Grants -Subject -Cuts -Defense contracts -Inventory -Weinberger -Stanford University -Review of contracts -Higher education -Cut in grants -Contracts -Penalty clauses -Non-renewal of grants -Instructions to departments -Cuts in grants -Weinberger -University of Chicago -Teaching assistants -Austerity -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Shultz's memorandum -Austerity budget -Instructions to Weinberger -National Science Foundation [NSF] -Cuts -Amount of funding -Jeb Stuart Magruder -Cuts -Support -Peter G. Peterson -Weinberger -Cuts in taxes -NSF -MIT -NSF -Cuts -Management contract -Lincoln Labs -Higher education -Cuts in grants for teaching assistants 29 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 7/07) -Minimums -Exceptions -Defense example -Weinberger -Loopholes -Protests -Handling Ehrlichman's schedule -Speech -American Enterprise Institute [AEI] -William J. Baroody, Jr. -Police officials -Press coverage -Charles W. Colson's analysis Press -Ronald L. Ziegler -Network news subjects -Vietnam, International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT], economy and John B. Connally's speech -Sunday stories -Ehrlichman's dealings -Story on crime -Picture of the President -Story -Law Enforcement Assistance Act [LEAA] -Other stories -Exploitation Ehrlichman's schedule -Trip to Camp David -Time Ehrlichman's speech -Audience Ehrlichman left at 12:03 pm.