Conversation: 845-011
Prev:  845-010 Next: 845-012Start Date: 31-Jan-1973 4:52 PM
End Date: 31-Jan-1973 6:13 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Connally, John B.; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On January 31, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:52 pm and 6:13 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 845-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 845-11 Date: January 31, 1973 Time: Unknown between 4:52 pm and 6:13 pm -18- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 845-11 (cont’d) Location: Oval Office The President met with John B. Connally. The President's schedule -Delay -Meeting with Japanese officials -Translation -Eisaku Sato -Kakuei Tanaka -Nationalism -Nobusuke Kishi Japan -Economics -Sato -Tanaka -Ambitions -Balance of trade -People's Republic of China [PRC] Connally's meeting with George P. Shultz -Energy crisis -Possibility of gasoline rationing -Fuel oil supplies -University of Texas, Austin -San Marcos State Teachers College -Lyndon B. Johnson -Environmentalists -Price -Compared to crude oil -Crude Oil -Domestic -Foreign -Arab and Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries [OPEC] sales -Marketing -Japan, Germany, Italy, US -Impact of US -19- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 845-11 (cont’d) Congress relations -Trade legislation Energy crisis -US foreign oil relationships -Canada -[Shah of Iran] Mohammed Reza Pahlavi -Saudi Arabia -Venezuela -Import program -Congress -Trade -Japan -Tariffs, importation controls Trade -Labor -Seafarers Union -Frank Fitzsimmons -Oil companies -Transportation of oil to US -Raw materials -Oil -Production -Shipping -El Paso -Algeria -Soviet Union -Economic indices, 1972 -Stock market -Strength of US dollar -Budget -Japan -Canada Issues -Energy crisis -Trade -20- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 845-11 (cont’d) Energy crisis -US import program -Economic Resources Corporation -World War II -Tin, rubber -US government role -Congress -Possible purchase from US oil companies with overseas operations -Saudi Arabia -Libya -[Shah of Iran] Pahlavi -Gulf Oil -Standard Oil -Japan -British Petroleum -Oil reserves -Abu Dhabi -[Shah of Iran] Pahlavi -US oil companies -Need for US government support -Great Britain -British Petrolium -North Sea -US needs -Alaskan pipeline -Environmental considerations Domestic programs -Cuts Criticism of the President Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:52 pm. Connally's schedule -Tate phone call Connally left at an unknown time before 6:13 pm. The President's remarks at prayer breakfast -Text -21- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 845-11 (cont’d) -Typing -Majorie P. Acker Bull left at an unknown time before 6:13 pm.