Conversation: 763-023
Prev:  763-021 Next: 763-024Start Date: 7-Aug-1972 3:51 PM
End Date: 7-Aug-1972 4:12 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Flanigan, Peter M.; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On August 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Peter M. Flanigan, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:51 pm to 4:12 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 763-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 763-23 Date: August 7, 1972 Time: Between 3:51 pm - 4:12 pm Location: Oval Office Peter M. Flanigan met with Stephen B. Bull. Presentation of Presidential gifts -Louisiana -Watch The President entered and Bull left at 3:51 pm. 54 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) Council on International Economic Policy [CIEP] -The President’s possible meeting with Henry A. Kissinger, George P. Shultz, Flanigan, Herbert Stein, Peter G. Peterson -Possible subjects of meeting -Peterson's report -Trade -Leonid I. Brezhnev -William D. Eberle's previous meeting with Kakuei Tanaka -European Economic Community [EEC] -Relations with US on economic matters -Sweden -Austria -Switzerland -Possible confrontation between the US and the EEC -The President’s view -US-EEC relations -US-Soviet Union trade -State Department -US-Japan trade -The President’s forthcoming meeting with Tanaka -US-EEC relations -Peterson -Eberle -Flanigan, Kissinger -Peterson -US-Soviet Union trade -US-Japan trade -Hawaii -State Department -Leaks -US-EEC relations -EEC policies -Effect on Atlantic System -Reaction by Congress -Administration policy -Confidential basis of work -European press -John B. Connally -US-Japan trade -Possible trade agreements 55 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Tanaka -Kissinger’s staff -The President’s forthcoming meeting with Tanaka -Eberle -The President’s forthcoming meeting with Tanaka -Anticipation of trade agreements -Avoidance of letdown -Monetary policy -Shultz -Policy group -Forthcoming meeting of International Monetary Fund [IMF] -Timing -Finance ministers -Positive nature of recent US positions -Possible statements by the President -The President's involvement in policy making -Flanigan’s forthcoming meeting with Shultz -US policies -Effect on 1972 election -Possible US leadership position -George S. McGovern -Knowledge of international monetary matters Corporation for Public Broadcasting [CPB] -Appropriations bill -The President's veto -Casper W. (“Cap”) Weinberger -John O. Pastore -Changes in structure -Thomas B. Curtis -Chairman -Henry Loomis -President -Nominating board -Policy board -Public affairs -Martin Z. Agronsky show -Ford Foundation funding -Distribution -Educational and cultural material 1972 election 56 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -The President's advisors -Flanigan, Kissinger, and Stein -Nonpolitical roles -Kissinger -Dinners -John D. Ehrlichman -Role in domestic policy -Role in campaign -Foreign policy advisors -Melvin R. Laird -William P. Rogers -Flanigan's lack of involvement in political meetings -Stein -Charles W. Colson -Meet the Press -Avoidance of partisan appearances -McGovern speeches -Kissinger -White House staff briefings -Clark MacGregor -Robert R. Brown -Speeches by Flanigan -Jobs -Adherence to issues -Flanigan -Private contacts -Fund raising role -Restraint -Stein -Kissinger -Kissinger -Previous speech at University Club -New York -Previous policy barring Jews from admission -Possible briefings by Flanigan -Donald McI. Kendall’s group [Business and Industry for the Re- election of the President] -Rogers -Kissinger -Stein -Ehrlichman -Avoidance of fundraisers 57 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Press briefings -Ronald L. Ziegler -Kissinger Robert O. Blake -Connection to Whittier, California -R. Sargent Shriver -Deputy Chief of Mission [DCM] -Ambassador to [Mali] -W[illiam] Averell Harriman -Adlai E. Stevenson, II -United Nations [UN] -Party allegiance -Family -[Marjorie (Edwards) Blake] -Frank O. Blake -Herman L. Perry [?] -Shriver -Statements while Ambassador to France -Arthur K. Watson -The President’s view Shriver -Rogers -Offer to Shriver of position as Ambassador to the UN -Flanigan’s possible meeting with Rogers -Filing of speeches by ambassadors -State Department -Individual embassies -Possible statements on Vietnam -Rogers -The President’s view -Robert J. Dole’s statement -Flannigan's possible meeting with Rogers Flanigan left at 4:12 pm