During the Nixon White House taping period, James T. Lynn held two key sub-cabinet and cabinet-level positions. He began the period as Undersecretary of the Department of Commerce, a role he started in 1971. In February 1973, President Nixon appointed him to his cabinet as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, where he served for the remainder of the Nixon administration.
On April 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Maurice H. Stans, and James T. Lynn met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:37 pm to 4:27 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 477-011 of the White House Tapes.
On April 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and members of the Cabinet, including John N. Irwin, II, John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, Winton M. ("Red") Blount, Jr., Rogers C. B. Morton, Clifford M. Hardin, James T. Lynn, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, George P. Shultz, George H. W. Bush, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, Robert J. Brown, Robert J. Dole, Arthur J. Sohmer, Donald E. Johnson, and Malcolm R. Lovell, Jr., met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 8:04 am to 9:43 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 055-003 of the White House Tapes.
On August 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro Agnew, and Cabinet officers, including William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, David Packard, John N. Mitchell, William T. Pecora, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, John G. Veneman, George W. Romney, David M. Kennedy, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, George P. Shultz, George H. W. Bush, John N. Irwin, II, Charls E. Walker, J. Philip Campbell, James M. Beggs, James T. Lynn, Laurence H. Silberman, Richard C. Van Dusen, Peter G. Peterson, Herbert G. Klein, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, Robert J. Brown, Paul W. McCracken, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Arthur F. Burns, General George A. Lincoln, Herbert Stein, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Frank J. Shakespeare, and Stephen B. Bull, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:10 am to 11:27 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 069-002 of the White House Tapes.
On November 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Cost of Living Council, including John B. Connally, Paul W. McCracken, Arthur F. Burns, J. Philip Campbell, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, George W. Romney, George P. Shultz, Virginia H. Knauer, Gen. George A. Lincoln, Herbert Stein, Peter M. Flanigan, Joseph Mullaney, Earl D. Rhode, Richard B. Cheney, Albert E. Abrahams, Marvin H. Kosters, Joseph E. Malaga, Richard J. Alfultis, William I. ("Bill") Greener, Jr., James T. Lynn, Laurence H. Silberman, Donald A. Paarlberg, J. Charles Partee, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Dr. C. Jackson ("Dan") Grayson, Jr., George H. Boldt, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:00 am and 3:36 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 082-004 of the White House Tapes.
On February 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Peter G. Peterson, Jim Peterson, Holly Peterson, Michael Peterson, William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, Rogers C. B. Morton, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, David M. Kennedy, George P. Shultz, George H. W. Bush, James T. Lynn, Mrs. James T. Lynn, Brandon W. Sweitzer, Jean Braden, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald H. Walker, Gerald Reilly, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:28 pm to 1:37 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 675-013 of the White House Tapes.
On July 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and representatives of the maritime industry and labor unions, including Jesse M. Calhoon, Leo V. Berger, Edwin A. Johnson, Joseph Kahn, Chung C. Wei, John R. Gilbride, James F. Goodrich, Samuel D. Timmons, Walter F. William, Charles W. Colson, Peter G. Peterson, Helen B. Bentley, Walter Oates, James T. Lynn, Andrew E. Gibson, and Robert J. Blackwell, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 10:40 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 103-011 of the White House Tapes.
On August 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Cost of Living Council, including George P. Shultz, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Hebert Stein, Peter G. Peterson, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Gen. George A. Lincoln, Virginia H. Knauer, Arthur F. Burns, James T. Lynn, Laurence H. Silberman, J. Philip Campbell, James W. McLane, C. Robert Lane, Marvin H. Kosters, William I. ("Bill") Greener, Jr., Joseph Mullaney, Richard B. Cheney, I. David Wheat, Jr., Marina con Neumann Whitman, William Walker, Ronald L. Ziegler, and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 5:07 pm and 11:59 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 107-002 of the White House Tapes.
On January 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and James T. Lynn met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:42 am to 9:43 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 838-012 of the White House Tapes.
On January 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and James T. Lynn talked on the telephone from 9:42 pm to 9:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-130 of the White House Tapes.
On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird, Elliot L. Richardson, Richard G. Kleindienst, Rogers C. B. Morton, Earl L. Butz, Frederick B. Dent, Peter J. Brennan, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, John A. Scali, Anne L. Armstrong, George P. Shultz, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Ronald L. Ziegler, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Herbert Stein, William L. Safire, Leonard Garment, George H. W. Bush, the White House photographer, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 8:38 pm to 9:05 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 111-002 of the White House Tapes.
On January 24, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, George P. Shultz, Elliot L. Richardson, Richard G. Kleindienst, Rogers C. B. Morton, Earl L. Butz, Frederick B. Dent, Peter J. Brennan, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, John A. Scali, Anne L. Armstrong, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Ronald L. Ziegler, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Herbert Stein, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., and George H. W. Bush, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 4:42 pm and 6:10 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 113-001 of the White House Tapes.
On January 24, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, George P. Shultz, Elliot L. Richardson, Richard G. Kleindienst, Rogers C. B. Morton, Earl L. Butz, Frederick B. Dent, Peter J. Brennan, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, John A. Scali, Anne L. Armstrong, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Ronald L. Ziegler, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Herbert Stein, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., George H. W. Bush, and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 4:42 pm and 6:10 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 111-004 of the White House Tapes.
On February 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Earl L. Butz, James T. Lynn, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:58 pm to 4:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 408-003 of the White House Tapes.
On February 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, George P. Shultz, Elliot L. Richardson, Richard G. Kleindienst, Rogers C. B. Morton, J. Philip Campbell, Frederick B. Dent, Peter J. Brennan, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, John A. Scali, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Ronald L. Ziegler, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, George H. W. Bush, Bryce N. Harlow, and Arthur J. Sohmer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 9:39 am to 11:59 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 114-001 of the White House Tapes.
On March 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and mayors representing the US Conference of Mayors and National League of Cities, including Roman S. Gribbs, Louie Welch, E. J. ("Jake") Garn, Dick Greco, Jr., Richard G. Lugar, Jack D. Maltester, Lyman S. Parks, Tom Moody, Thomas P. Allen, Stanley A. Cmich, James L. Taft, Jr., Kyle Testerman, John W. Driggs, Pete Wilson, Stephen May, James T. Lynn, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Falk, Dana G. Mead, and Paul H. O'Neill, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 11:59 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 116-008 of the White House Tapes.
On March 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and mayors representing the US Conference of Mayors and National League of Cities, including Roman S. Gribbs, Louie Welch, E. J. ("Jake") Garn, Dick Greco, Jr., Richard G. Lugar, Jack D. Maltester, Lyman S. Parks, Tom Moody, Thomas P. Allen, Stanley A. Cmich, James L. Taft, Jr., Kyle Testerman, John W. Driggs, Pete Wilson, Stephen May, James T. Lynn, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Falk, Dana G. Mead, and Paul H. O'Neill, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 11:59 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 117-001 of the White House Tapes.
On March 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, Earl L. Butz, James T. Lynn, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, John D. Ehrlichman, and Roy L. Ash met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:46 pm and 6:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 870-005 of the White House Tapes.
On March 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, William E. Simon, Elliot L. Richardson, Richard G. Kleindienst, John C. Whitaker, Earl L. Butz, Frederick B. Dent, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong, John A. Scali, George H. W. Bush, Donald E. Johnson, William D. Ruckelshaus, Herbert Stein, Russell E. Train, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Herbert G. Klein, Leonard Garment, Ronald L. Ziegler, Richard A. Moore, Arthur J. Sohmer, Kenneth W. Clawson, William J. Baroody, Jr., David N. Parker, David R. Gergen, Stanley S. Scott, Franklin R. Gannon, John S. Guthrie, Jr., Tod R. Hullin, Patrick J. Buchanan, Lawrence M. Higby, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Frederic V. Malek, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:00 am and 3:10 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 117-007 of the White House Tapes.
On March 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Republican Congresional leaders, including James T. Lynn, Joseph T. Sneed, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, John G. Tower, Norris Cotton, Wallace F. Bennett, William E. Brock, III, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, John B. Anderson, William J. ("Jack") Edwards, John J. Rhodes, Barber B. Conable, Jr., Robert C. ("Bob") Wilson, David T. Martin, Samuel L. Devine, George H. W. Bush, Roy L. Ash, John D. Ehrlichman, William E. Timmons, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Richard K. Cook, Thomas C. Korologos, Ronald L. Ziegler, Donald E. Santarelli, Henry E. Petersen, and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:39 am and 11:00 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 118-001 of the White House Tapes.
On April 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William J. Casey, George P. Shultz, William P. Clements, Jr., Richard G. Kleindienst, Joseph T. Sneed, John C. Whitaker, Stephen A. Wakefield, Earl L. Butz, J. Philip Campbell, Frederick B. Dent, William N. Letson, Peter J. Brennan, Richard F. Schubert, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Frank C. Carlucci, James T. Lynn, Floyd H. Hyde, Claude S. Brinegar, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Anne L. Armstrong, George H. W. Bush, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., David R. Gergen, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Raymond K. Price, Jr., William E. Timmons, Herbert Stein, Kenneth W. Clawson, and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 8:39 am to 10:35 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 123-002 of the White House Tapes.
On April 30, 1973, James T. Lynn and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 11:09 pm to 11:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-059 of the White House Tapes.
On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, George P. Shultz, Elliot L. Richardson, Rogers C. B. Morton, Frederick B. Dent, Peter J. Brennan, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong, John A. Scali, J. Philip Campbell, Richard G. Kleindienst, William P. Clements, Jr., George H. W. Bush, William E. Timmons, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, Ronald L. Ziegler, Kenneth W. Clawson, William J. Baroody, Jr., Richard A. Moore, W. Richard Howard, David R. Gergen, Patrick J. Buchanan, David N. Parker, Frederic V. Malek, Lawrence M. Higby, Bruce A. Kehrli, Stanley S. Scott, Stephen B. Bull, Rose Mary Woods, Arthur J. Sohmer, Lee W. Huebner, Jerry H. Jones, Donald F. Rodgers, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Herbert G. Klein, Thomas C. Korologos, Gerald L. Warren, Andrew T. Falkiewicz, Max L. Friedersdorf, Lyndon K. Allin, Fred F. Fielding, Michael J. Farrell, James H. Falk, Richard M. Fairbanks, III, James H. Cavanaugh, Dana G. Mead, Geoffrey C. Shepard, and C. Gregg Petersmeyer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 11:52 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 120-001 of the White House Tapes.
On May 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers, including William P. Rogers, George P. Shultz, Elliot L. Richardson, Rogers C. B. Morton, Earl L. Butz, Frederick B. Dent, Peter J. Brennan, Caspar W. ("Cap) Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong, John A. Scali, John B. Connally, George H. W. Bush, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, William E. Colby, Herbert Stein, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Ronald L. Ziegler, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 7:58 am and 9:17 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 120-003 of the White House Tapes.
On May 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including [David] Kenneth Rush, William E. Simon, Elliot L. Richardson, Rogers C. B. Morton, Earl L. Butz, Frederick B. Dent, Richard F. Schubert, Frank C. Carlucci, James T. Lynn, John W. Barnum, Roy L. Ash, John A. Scali, Anne L. Armstrong, George H. W. Bush, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, Arthur J. Sohmer, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Leonard Garment, Raymond K. Price, Jr., General Brent G. Scowcroft, Frederic V. Malek, David N. Parker, Herbert G. Klein, and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:38 am and 11:59 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 121-002 of the White House Tapes.
On May 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including [David] Kenneth Rush, George P. Shultz, Elliot L. Richardson, Rogers C. B. Morton, Earl L. Butz, Frederick B. Dent, Peter J. Brennan, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong, John A. Scali, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, George H. W. Bush, Herbert Stein, John B. Connally, Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Herbert G. Klein, Ronald L. Ziegler, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Leonard Garment, Raymond K. Price, Jr., David R. Gergen, David N. Parker, Frederic V. Malek, and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:41 am and 11:59 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 124-002 of the White House Tapes.
On June 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including [David] Kenneth Rush, George P. Shultz, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, Elliot L. Richardson, J. Philip Campbell, Frederick B. Dent, Richard F. Schubert, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, John W. Barnum, Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong, George H. W. Bush, Herbert Stein, John T. Dunlop, Rogers C. B. Morton, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Peter M. Flanigan, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., William E. Timmons, Ronald L. Ziegler, General Brent G. Scowcroft, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Virginia H. Knauer, David R. Gergen, David N. Parker, Frederic V. Malek, and Arthur J. Sohmer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 4:32 pm and 5:42 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 126-001 of the White House Tapes.
On July 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, George P. Shultz, Dr. James R Schlesinger, Elliot L. Richardson, Rogers C. B. Morton, Earl L. Butz, Frederick B. Dent, Peter J. Brennan, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong, Melvin R. Laird, Bryce N Harlow, John B Connally, George H. W. Bush, Herbert Stein, John T. Dunlop, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., John A. Love, Ronald L Ziegler, Peter M. Flanigan, Raymond K. Price, Jr., William E. Timmons, Frederic V. Malek, Arthur J. Sohmer, David R. Gergen, and David N. Parker, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:39 am and 10:32 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 128-003 of the White House Tapes.