Conversation: 854-019
Prev:  854-018 Next: 854-020Start Date: 13-Feb-1973 10:59 AM
End Date: 13-Feb-1973 11:42 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; Bull, Stephen B.; Shultz, George P.; Sanchez, Manolo; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On February 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Stephen B. Bull, George P. Shultz, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:59 am to 11:42 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 854-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 854-19 Date: February 13, 1973 Time: 10:59 -11:42 am Location: Oval Office The President met with John D. Ehrlichman -20- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. August-10) Conversation No. 854-19 (cont’d) President’s schedule -Meeting with George P. Shultz -Personnel meeting -Publicity -Trade -Home front devaluation Public relations -Shultz's statements -Apolitical nature -Trade -American products -Press conference -Political points -Foreign consumption -Great Britain [?] -Coverage Personnel appointments -Cathy Douglas -William O. Douglas -Application for job at Justice Department -Assistant US Attorney -Rogers C. B. Morton -Meeting with President -Health -Second Circuit Court -Connecticut -L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III -Gray -Successor at Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -Loyalty -Biographies -Henry E. Peterson -Assistant Attorney General Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:59 am. -21- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. August-10) Conversation No. 854-19 (cont’d) Shultz’s arrival for meeting Bull left at an unknown time before 11:42 am. Personnel appointments -Petersen -Judgeship -FBI director -Apolitical civil servant -Gray -Removal as nominee -Watergate -Newsweek article -FBI director -List of names -Gray -Jerry V. Wilson -Washington, DC police chief -Retention -Meeting with President Nelson A. Rockefeller -Trip to Europe, Japan -Presidential politics -Anne L. Armstrong -Rockefeller’s political aspirations -Ronald W. Reagan Meeting with Shultz -Length Shultz and the White House photographer entered at 11:05 am. Presidential appointments -Judges -George L. Hart, Jr. -22- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. August-10) Conversation No. 854-19 (cont’d) -Supreme Court International monetary situation -Devaluation -Next crisis -Fixed rates of exchange Photographs -Chair International monetary situation -Value of dollar -Speculation -Gold Members of the press entered at an unknown time after 11:05 am. California [Photograph session] International monetary situation -Shultz’s statement -Devaluation -US foreign relations -Value of dollar -Cost of living -Phase III -August 15, 1971 decision -Devaluation -Public reaction -Trade -Lowering barriers -American products -Negotiations -Congress’s role -Restrictions -23- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. August-10) Conversation No. 854-19 (cont’d) -Safeguards -Flooding markets -Japan -US jobs -Free trade -Possibility of protectionism -Lowering barriers -Discrimination -Bargaining position -Trade legislation -Discussions -Russell B. Long -Wilbur D. Mills -Republican leaders -Business -Labor -Frank E. Fitzsimmons -Devaluation -Temporary solution -Need for trade legislation -US trade imbalance -Causes -Reduction -President’s speech to International Monetary Fund [IMF] -System of exchange rates -Congressional attitudes -Trade legislation -Mills, Long -Consultation -Travel abroad -Cost Members of the press and the White House photographer left at an unknown time before 11:42 am. Shultz’s press conference -24- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. August-10) Conversation No. 854-19 (cont’d) President’s economic message -State of the Union address -Draft -Trade -Environment -Timing of message -Shultz’s views Trade -Congressional relations -Mills -Japan -Paul A. Volcker -Negotiations -Abilities -Shultz’s press conference -Reactions -Henry A. Kissinger -Conversations with Pham Van Dong -Laos -Shultz -Consultation with President -Arthur F. Burns -Herbert Stein -Meetings with Burns, William P. Rogers, and Stein -Peter M. Flanigan -Involvement -Press briefings -Attendance -Process -President’s role -Negotiations -Policy group for President Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:05 am. Rogers’s schedule -25- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. August-10) Conversation No. 854-19 (cont’d) -Meeting with John A. Scali -Cuba -Hijackers -Situation paper -National Security Council [NSC] Bull left at an unknown time before 11:42 am. Press relations -Shultz’s press conference -Pierre Rinfret -Bombing -Reason for halt -Television [TV] appearance -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 11:05 am. Refreshments Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:42 am. Rinfret -US actions on trade Trade -Treasury consultants -Economists -Approval -US actions on trade -US policy -Free trade -Foreigners -Protectionist -Congress -Legislation -Support of labor -26- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. August-10) Conversation No. 854-19 (cont’d) -Importance -Compared to Burke-Hartke bill -Fitzsimmons -Schedules -Face the Nation appearance -Shultz’s meeting with Meany -Florida -Shultz’s meeting with Fitzsimmons -Arizona -Tucson -Meeting with President on plane -Ehrlichman’s telephone call -International monetary policy -Fitzsimmons’s briefing by President -Florida -Meany’s briefing by Shultz -TV appearances -Face the Nation -Press relations -US products -Phase III -Shultz’s TV appearances -Question and answer [Q & A] format -Image of leadership -International speculators -US dollar -Multinational corporations -Jobs -Labor leaders -International sales -Agriculture Labor relations -Fitzsimmons -Meeting with Shultz -Face the Nation -27- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. August-10) Conversation No. 854-19 (cont’d) -Trade legislation -Briefing by President -Shultz’s meeting with Meany -Golf game -Murray (“Dusty”) Miller -Telephone call to son from Presidential plane -Abilities -Teamsters -Statement -Unemployment insurance -Welfare -Labor-management Advisory Committee -Management representatives -Power -Walter Wriston -James M. Roche -retirement -Leonard Woodcock -Automobile industry -Peter Blair -Steel industry Edward W. Carter [?] -Prisoners of war [POWs] return POWs -Return -Helena M. (“Obie”) Shultz -TV coverage -Collaborators -Public reaction to POWs -Support for President -Sign -Washington Star -President's telephone calls to wives -Capt. Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr., Col. Robison Risner, Capt. James A. Mulligan, Jr. -Wives' fortitude -28- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. August-10) Conversation No. 854-19 (cont’d) Shultz's schedule -Meeting with Meany -Business Council -Shultz's address at dinner -Phase III -Trade -David Packard -Exports -Frederick Dent -Programs -Henry Kearns -Interest in markets -Stability -US markets -Public’s understanding Economic issues -Criticism of Administration -News summary -Hobart Rowen -Time -Stein’s view of economic outlook -Economists’ views -Credit crunch -Retail sales -Confidence -Rowen -Burns -Uncertainty -International businesses -Multinational corporations -Crises -Uncertainty President’s schedule -Scali -29- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. August-10) Conversation No. 854-19 (cont’d) -Departure for United Nations [UN] International monetary situation -Reassurances by Shultz -Sense of crisis -Attention -Kissinger -Vietnam -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Fisheries -Pismo Beach -Environmental clean-up -Monetary crisis -Handling -Game plan -President’s support for Shultz -Compared to Congressional relations -Budget -David M. Kennedy, John B. Connally -“Bureaucracy” -Convertibility -Burns Middle East -Kissinger -Golda Meir -Compared to Indira Gandhi -Visit to US -US-Israel relations -US position -Israel’s position -Israel’s allies -Moshe Dayan -Oil shortages in US -Effect on US policy UN -US support -Kurt Waldheim -30- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. August-10) Conversation No. 854-19 (cont’d) Shultz’s schedule -Kissinger Ambassador -Swearing-in Ehrlichman and Shultz left at 11:42 am.