Conversation: 773-017
Prev:  773-016 Next: 773-018Start Date: 8-Sep-1972 12:25 PM
End Date: 8-Sep-1972 1:05 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On September 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:25 pm to 1:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 773-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 773-17 Date: September 8, 1972 Time: 12:22 pm - 1:05 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with John D. Ehrlichman. Greetings Political meeting -John N. Mitchell Tax issue -Statement -The President’s view -Knowledge -Conversation between Ehrlichman and John B. Connally -The President’s view -Arthur F. Burns -Idea of political decision 30 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Wealthy -Property tax -Elderly -Tax increase -Tax reform -Ronald L. Ziegler -Herbert G. Klein -Pierre E.M. Salinger -James C. Hagerty -The President’s view -George P. Shultz, Milton Friedman -Changes -Proposal -Tax credits -Individuals -Local government -Idea of deductions -Confusion -Long term goals proposal -Reduction of property taxes -Fixed income -Tax credit -Phase II -Political viewpoint -Shultz -Taxing the wealthy -The President’s view -Results -Poll indicators -The President's analysis -Type of issue -Minimum tax -Growth of government -Friedman -Reduction of growth -Methods -Direction of expenses -National priorities -Inflation growth, real growth -Controlled expenditures -Goals 31 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Time duration -Counties and states -Revenue sharing -Tax credit -Duration -Direct relationship with government -Year -Education system -Aiding the educators -School bonds -Shultz’s view -Elderly and pensions -Effect of tax credit on local government -Raising property taxes -Revenue sharing -The President's position -Shultz -Type of issue -Proposed position on issue -Tax payers -Possible meeting between the President and Richard G. Merriam -Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations [ACIR] -Value added tax [VAT] -Timing -Issue on tax credit -Timetable -Results of meeting -Outlook -Publicity Watergate -Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr. -Income -Dates -Harold R. Hughes -Adjusted gross income -Income sources -Ducor industries -Dates -Sources -Knowledge 32 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Release -Gary Hart -Press story by Herman M. (“Hank”)Greenspun -Release of information -Idea of placing information -Hart -Greenspun -Democrats -Possible allegations against F. Donald Nixon -The President’s view -Story -Date Water quality bill -Shultz -Forthcoming vote -Patrick J. Buchanan -Veto -Effect -Inflation -Funding -John C. Whitaker -Final version of bill -Forthcoming negotiations -Whitaker’s view -Office of Management and Budget [OMB] -Conservatives -Result of vote -Budget -Funding control US economic policies -Tax issue -Pressure from Congress -Present position -Ehrlichman’s view -Food prices -George S. McGovern -Wholesale Price Index -Consumer Price Index [CPI] -Actual meaning 33 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -The President’s view -Public effect -Shultz -Handling of bureaucrats Herbert G. Kalmbach -Robert D. (“Bobby”) Baker -Need for information -Ehrlichman’s efforts -The President’s instructions -Involvement of Democrats -O'Brien -The President's conversation on the Sequoia -Richard G. Kleindienst -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -US attorney in Louisiana -Senate race -John McKeithen -Republican -Politics -Kleindienst -Right wing compared with left wing on staff -Baltimore attorney -Connally -Conversation between Kalmbach and Ehrlichman James Roosevelt and John A. Roosevelt -Federal Communications Commission [FCC] -Nicholas Johnson -Possible resignation -Labor Commission -Labor Committee -James Roosevelt -Travel to Europe -US bicentennial celebration -David J. Mahoney, Jr. -Conversation with Ehrlichman -Kenneth W. Cole, Jr. -Slogans -Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill and Atlantic Charter 34 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Idea of Nixon charter -Comparison to Declaration of Independence ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 6s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** Watergate -O’Brien -Team of investigators -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -Story -Prices -Republicans and Democrats -The President’s view -Impact on average person -Impact of intellectuals -Impact on the President's image -The President’s view -Ehrlichman's analysis -Clark MacGregor Campaign issues -Republican National Committee -Fundraising -Robert J. Dole -Strategy -Democratic funding services -Combined meeting -Forthcoming Cabinet meeting -Topics -Vietnam War 35 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -William P. Rogers -Louis P. Harris poll -Adminstration policy -Charles W. Colson -Melvin R. Laird -Strategy for 1972 campaign -Legislative leaders -Colson -Laird -Rogers -The President’s position -Campaign strategy -Topics to be discussed -US–Soviet Union grain deal -McGovern -Adminstration response -Ehrlichman's analysis -Farmers of America -George Meany -Taxes -Watergate -Defense -Peter G. Peterson -Public responses to accusations -Maurice H. Stans -Labor people's reactions -Businessmen's reactions -Labor relations -McGovern -Nixon compared with McGovern -Henry Kimelman -Joseph W. Alsop -McGovern -Discrepancies in budget -Alsop -Gifts -Professor [name unknown] [Pomerantz?] from Harvard University -Kimelman 36 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 12m 3s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ***************************************************************** Public relations -Earl L. Butz's handling of grain deal charge -MacGregor -Handling -Watergate issue -Questions to Ehrlichman -Responses Watergate -Deposition -Information about Ehrlichman's conversation with Colson -E. Howard Hunt, Jr. -Watergate break-in -Call from Secret Service to Ehrlichman -Five people caught breaking into Democrat National Committee -Hunt -White House staffer -Time of call Tax issue Water pollution bill -William E. Timmons -Funding -The President’s view -Possible veto 37 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) Taxes -Conservatives -Shultz and Burns -Forthcoming meeting -Ehrlichman’s forthcoming conversation with Connally The President and Ehrlichman left at 1:05 pm.