Conversation: 775-011
Prev:  775-010 Next: 775-012Start Date: 12-Sep-1972 12:28 PM
End Date: 12-Sep-1972 1:15 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Hickel, Walter J.; White House photographer; MacGregor, Clark; Ehrlichman, John D.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On September 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Walter J. Hickel, White House photographer, Clark MacGregor, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:28 pm to 1:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 775-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 775-11 Date: September 12, 1972 Time: 12:28 pm - 1:15 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Walter J. Hickel. [The White House photographer and members of the press were present at the beginning of the meeting.] Greetings Refreshments 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) Photograph -John D. Ehrlichman's and Clark MacGregor's schedule The President's wardrobe -The President’s trip to the Soviet Union -James H. Duff Duff Herman Welker -Arrival in Senate with the President in 1950 Harry S. Truman Carey Estes Kefauver Hickel's schedule -Arrival at White House -Northwestern air strike MacGregor and Ehrlichman entered at 12:31 pm. [General conversation] 1972 Presidential campaign -Contributions -MacGregor -Don S. Hewitt -George S. McGovern policies -Businessmen -Hickel -Visits through US -Tone of feeling in US -Domestic situation -Hickel’s views -Retired persons -Financial community -Industrialists -Vietnam War as a factor 16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Possible mandate -Effect on America -Unemployment -Compared to Depression era -Factors -Department of Health, Education, and Welfare [HEW] -Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD] -Department of Transportation -Department of Interior -Foreign policy -Public opinion -Hickel’s travels -South -University of San Diego -The People's Republic of China [PRC] -Soviet Union -Vietnam War -Domestic concerns ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 18m 53s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** -Hickel’s travels -Questions and answers -Audience response -Inflation -Unemployment -Taxes -Foreign policy -Vietnam 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -PRC -Soviet Union -Middle East -Preview of issues -The President's administration -Positive actions -Productivity -Rise in Gross National Product [GNP] -Decrease in unemployment -Earnings on rise -Georgia -Mass transit -Issues -Revenue sharing -Welfare reform -Environment protection -Transportation -Housing -Government reorganization -Congressional support -Need for mandate -Effect on Presidential actions -Domestic proposals -Compared to foreign policy -Administrative reorganization -Department of Transportation -Highway Trust Fund -Congressional support -The President's State of the Union Address in 1971 -Policies of reform -Congressional response -McGovern’s allies -Governmental responsiveness -Positive effect of reforms -Welfare reform -Executive reorganization -Revenue sharing -Initiative on health services -Publicity -Colleges 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Cities ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 12s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** The President's administration in review -Gains in foreign policy -Arms control -Environmental control, health -Soviet Union -Domestic policy -Continued Congress support -New Congress initiative -Transportation -Urban development -Support from American people -Changes in economic America -Transportation -Urban development -Present compared to future -Eric Hoffer -Hickel’s view -Transportation problems -John A. Volpe -Vietnam War -Hickel’s view -Domestic policies -Cities as new monument -Transporation -Washington, DC 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Subway system -The President’s policies -Support from residents -Hickel's talk with John C. Whitaker -Composite transportation system -New opportunities compared to 1950s -Anti-trust laws -Deregulation in system -Railroads -International Brotherhood of Teamsters -New laws -Congress action -Government regulations -Need for improvement Foreign policy -Hickel -Arctic -Soviet Union -PRC -Possible visits -The President’s view -Dean Rusk, Stewart Udall, Luther Hodges -1961 trip to the Soviet Union -Japan and Siberia -Indonesia -Singapore -Hong Kong -Mediation between US and PRC -Hong Kong -Malaysia -Singapore -Hickel’s view -Natural resources -Admiral Padown (?) -Source of resources -Japan -Exports from Alaska -Canada -Soviet Union 20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Sea of Japan -Vladivostock -Japanese technology -Singapore and Hong Kong -Human resources -Indonesia -Article in Readers' Digest written by Hickel -Request by Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis -Bob R. O’Brien -Alaska -Importance Presentation of Presidential gifts -Janice (Cannon) Hickel -Peking -Watch Hickel, McGregor and Ehrlichman left at 1:15 pm.