Conversation: 911-032
Prev: 911-031 Next: 911-033Start Date: 3-May-1973 12:24 PM
End Date: 3-May-1973 12:40 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P.; [Unknown person(s)];Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On May 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:24 pm to 12:40 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 911-032 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 911-32
Date: May 3, 1973
Time: 12:24 pm - 12:40 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with George P. Shultz and an unknown man.
President’s schedule
-Meeting
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:40 pm.
Greetings
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2012)
Conversation No. 911-32 (cont’d)
President’s schedule
Watergate
White House staff relations with Cabinet departments
-Departments’ work
-Legitimacy, openness
-William P. Rogers’s opinion
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Kissinger
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s and John D. Ehrlichman’s departures
-Haldeman’s replacement
-British system
-Congressional confirmation
-Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Domestic Council
-Office of Management and Budget [OMB]
-Kissinger
-Personnel selection
-Cabinet’s role
-Loyalty to President
-Quadriad
-Domestic Council, Cabinet, Council on Economic Policy, National
Security Council [NSC] meetings
-Flanigan
-Shultz’s chairmanship
-Arthur F. Burns
-Concerns
-Shultz’s preparation of memorandum
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:24 pm.
White House staff relations
-Bull
-Reliability
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2012)
Conversation No. 911-32 (cont’d)
-Roy L. Ash
President’s schedule
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Leonard Garment
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:40 pm.
White House staff relations
-Shultz’s preparation of memorandum
-Compared to talking paper regarding Soviets
-Shultz
-Actions
-Responsibilities
-International monetary and trade policy
-Tax policy
-Criticism
-Simplification
President’s meeting with Labor-Management Advisory Council
National economy
-Price freeze
-Possible effects
-Congress
-Ronald L. Ziegler
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 12:24 pm.
President’s schedule
-Five minutes
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:40 pm.
White House staff
-Congressional confirmation
-Shultz’s meeting with Rogers
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2012)
Conversation No. 911-32 (cont’d)
-Kissinger
-India-Pakistan war
-US policy
-Questions
-President’s concerns
-Flanigan
-Peter G. Peterson
-Testimony
-Shultz’s meeting with Rogers
Shultz’s schedule
-Interamerican Development Bank meeting
-Jamaica
Garment
Shultz left at 12:40 pm.