Paul W. McCracken served as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers from January 1969 until December 1971. During the early months of the White House taping period, he advised President Nixon on combating inflation, though he notably opposed the mandatory wage and price controls implemented by the administration in August 1971. McCracken resigned his post in December 1971 to return to his academic career at the University of Michigan, limiting his presence on the tapes to the first year of the recording system.
On February 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and members of the Cabinet, including William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, Winton M. ("Red") Blount, Jr., Rogers C. B. Morton, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, and staffers H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Peter M. Flanigan, Herbert G. Klein, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Alexander P. Butterfield, Ronald L. Ziegler, William L. Safire, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Robert J. Brown, Paul W. McCracken, Arnold R. Weber, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Arthur J. Sohmer, Robert E. Patricelli, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., John R. Price, Jr., and Gary Cook, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:04 am and 11:59 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 047-001 of the White House Tapes.
On February 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Paul W. McCracken, Peter G. Peterson, Hedley W. Donovan, Robert Lubar, Daniel Seligman, William Bowen, Gilbert Burck, Lawrence Mayer, Louis Banks, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:07 am to 10:48 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 452-004 of the White House Tapes.
On February 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Paul W. McCracken, Arthur F. Burns, John B. Connally, Ronald L. Ziegler, Rose Mary Woods, the White House photographer, and members of the press met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:08 pm to 6:34 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 454-004 of the White House Tapes.
On March 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, Arthur F. Burns, George P. Shultz, Paul W. McCracken, Rose Mary Woods, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:06 am to 1:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 462-013 of the White House Tapes.
On March 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, Paul W. McCracken, Stephen B. Bull, Clarine (Billingsley) Mills, Jack Mills Dickson, Mrs. Jack Mills Dickson, Jack Young, Mrs. Jack Young, John S. Davies, White House photographer, Mrs. Randy Carlson, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:25 am and 11:15 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 470-005 of the White House Tapes.
On March 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Cabinet, including William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, James W. Hargrove, Rogers C. B. Morton, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, John G. Veneman, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, David M. Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George H. W. Bush, John D. Erhlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, Clark MacGregor, Peter G. Peterson, Herbert G. Klein, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, Raymond K. Price, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., William L. Safire, Paul W. McCracken, Herbert Stein, Robert J. Dole, and [First name unknown] Brown, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:02 am and 11:12 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 051-013 of the White House Tapes.
On April 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the Council on International Economic Policy, including William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, George P. Shultz, Paul W. McCracken, Henry A. Kissinger, Carl J. Gilbert, David M. Kennedy, Rocco C. Siciliano, Deane R. Hinton, Donald A. Webster, C. Fred Bergsten, and Peter G. Peterson, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:40 am to 12:17 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 052-001 of the White House Tapes.
On April 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Franco Mario Malfatti, Peter G. Peterson, C. Fred Bergsten, Neil A. Seidenman, David M. Kennedy, William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, George P. Shultz, Paul W. McCracken, Henry A. Kissinger, Carl J. Gilbert, Rocco C. Siciliano, Deane R. Hinton, Donald A. Webster, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:17 pm to 1:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 475-018 of the White House Tapes.
On April 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Paul W. McCracken, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:33 am to 11:05 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 476-011 of the White House Tapes.
On April 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and members of the Cabinet, including John N. Irwin, II, Paul A. Volcker, Melvin R. Laird, Richard G. Kleindeinst, Winton M. ("Red") Blount, Hollis M. Dole, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, John G. Veneman, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, David M. Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George H. W. Bush, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, Ronald L. Ziegler, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Peter M. Flanigan, John C. Whitaker, William E. Kriegsman, Arthur J. Sohmer, Robert J. Brown, Paul W. McCracken, Gen. George A. Lincoln, S. David Freeman, Milton Shaw, Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Chet Holifield, John O. Pastore, Howard H. Baker, Jr., and John B. Anderson, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 8:04 am to 9:07 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 053-001 of the White House Tapes.
On April 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Gen. George A. Lincoln, Henry A. Kissinger, Peter G. Peterson, Ronald L. Ziegler, Emily (Sears) Lodge, Paul W. McCracken, Stephen B. Bull, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:30 am to 11:13 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 478-002 of the White House Tapes.
On April 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Paul W. McCracken, Peter M. Flanigan, John C. Whitaker, and William E. Kriegsman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:14 pm to 3:51 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 485-002 of the White House Tapes.
On May 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Stephen B. Bull, Walter E. Washington, Arthur F. Burns, Paul W. McCracken, Paul A. Volcker, Richard G. Kleindienst, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:07 pm to 6:19 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 490-024 of the White House Tapes.
On May 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Paul W. McCracken, Ezra Solomon, George P. Shultz, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:40 am to 12:08 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 491-028 of the White House Tapes.
On May 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Max M. Fisher, Paul W. McCracken, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:50 am to 12:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 499-018 of the White House Tapes.
On June 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, Cabinet officers, and staffers, including John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, Winton M. ("Red"), Blount, Jr., Rogers C. B. Morton, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George H. W. Bush, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, Peter M. Flanigan, Peter G. Peterson, Herbert G. Klein, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Robert J. Brown, Edward L. Morgan, Edwin L. Harper, John C. Whitaker, Neal Ball, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Raymond J. Waldman, Leonard Garment, John F. Evans, Jr., Lewis A. Engman, Roy D. Morey, Peter Michel, Geoffrey C. Shepard, Martin C. ("Marty") Anderson, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Paul W. McCracken, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Arnold R. Weber, and Arthur J. Sohmer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 10:31 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 060-001 of the White House Tapes.
On June 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, John B. Connally, George P. Shultz, Paul W. McCracken, Arthur F. Burns, Manolo Sanchez, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:02 pm to 3:29 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 519-011 of the White House Tapes.
On June 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henrik S. Houttakker, Paul W. McCracken, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:32 pm to 4:35 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 531-002 of the White House Tapes.
On June 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and members of the National Commission on Productivity, including Jerome M. Rosow, Harllee Branch, Jr., Edward W. Carter, James M. Roche, John O'Connell, J. Warren Shaver, W. L. Lohrentz, Robert Atkinson, Oscar A. Lundin, I[lorwith] W. Abel, Joseph A. Beirne, George Meany, Floyd E. ("Red") Smith, Leonard Woodcock, Nat Weinberg, Nathaniel Goldfinger, Reginald Newell, William T. Coleman, John T. Dunlop, Howard W. Johnson, Arjay Miller, W. Allen Wallis, John B. Connally, James D. Hodgson, Paul W. McCracken, Maurice H. Stans, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Leon Greenberg, Dr. Hubert Heffner, William H. Kohlberg, Harold C. Passer, Harold Wool, Carl Savit, Murray L. Weidenbaum, George P. Shultz, and White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:07 am and 2:50 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 063-004 of the White House Tapes.
On June 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and members of the National Commission on Productivity, including George P. Shultz, Jerome M. Rosow, Harllee Branch, Jr., Edward W. Carter, James M. Roche, Walter B. Wriston, John O'Connell, J. Warren, Shaver, W. L. Lohrentz, Robert Atkinson, Oscar A. Lundin, I[lorwith] W. Abel, Joseph A. Beirne, George Meany, Floyd E. ("Red") Smith, Leonard Woodcock, Nat Weinberg, Nathaniel Goldfinger, Reginald Newell, William T. Coleman, Jr., John T. Dunlop, Howard W. Johnson, Arjay Miller, W. Allen Wallis, John B. Connally, James D. Hodgson, Paul W. McCracken, Maurice H. Stans, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Leon Greenberg, Dr. Hubert Heffner, William H. Kohlberg, Harold C. Passer, Harold Wool, Murray L. Weidenbaum, and Carl Savit, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 11:59 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 063-005 of the White House Tapes.
On June 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, unknown person(s), Ronald L. Ziegler, Paul W. McCracken, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:00 am to 12:08 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 532-012 of the White House Tapes.
On July 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Paul W. McCracken, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, John B. Connally, and Donald H. Rumsfeld met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:51 am to 11:36 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 542-004 of the White House Tapes.
On July 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Edwin L. Harper, Ronald L. Ziegler, Paul W. McCracken, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:26 am to 1:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 544-008 of the White House Tapes.
On July 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and representatives from the United Transportation Union and railroad management, including Stephen Ailes, John P. ("Jack") Hiltz, Charles Luna, George P. Shultz, James D. Hodgson, John A. Volpe, Gen. George A. Lincoln, Willie J. Usery, Jr., Arnold R. Weber, Paul W. McCracken, and Ronald L. Ziegler, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:37 am and 10:23 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 067-001 of the White House Tapes.
On August 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, George W. Romney, John B. Connally, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, and Paul W. McCracken met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:23 pm to 4:35 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 555-009 of the White House Tapes.
On August 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Paul W. McCracken, unknown person(s), and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:37 pm to 5:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 558-007 of the White House Tapes.
On August 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Paul W. McCracken, Herbert Stein, Stephen B. Bull, George P. Shultz, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:14 pm to 5:19 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 560-001 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 August 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and bipartisan Congressional leaders, including Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Robert P. Griffin, Milton R. Young, Allen J. Ellender, John J. Sparkman, John G. Tower, Wallace F. Bennett, Russell B. Long, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, William B. Widnall, Wilbur D. Mills, John W. Byrnes, John B. Connally, Charls E. Walker, Paul W. McCracken, Arthur F. Burns, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Peter G. Peterson, William L. Safire, and Kenneth E. BeLieu, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:39 am to 12:54 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 070-001 of the White House Tapes.
On September 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Stephen B. Bull, Arnold R. Weber, Gen. George A. Lincoln, Paul W. McCracken, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:47 am to 11:14 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 567-010 of the White House Tapes.
On September 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the Council on International Economic Policy, including Brandon Sweizer, Peter G. Peterson, Clifford M. Hardin, William P. Rogers, Nathanial Samuels, John B. Connally, Paul A. Volcker, Melvin R. Laird, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, David M. Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Paul W. McCracken, Carl J. Gilbert, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, Richard V. ("Dick") Allen, Deane R. Hinton, Donald A. Webster, Robert D. Hormats, Raymond J. Waldeman [?], Peter M. Flanigan, and unknown person(s), met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 10:36 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 071-001 of the White House Tapes.
On September 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and labor union representatives, including I[lorwith] W. Abel, [Joseph] A. Beirne, John H. ("Jack") Lyons, George Meany, Leonard Woodcock, Frank E. Fitzsimmons, [Joseph] Lane Kirkland, John B. Connally, James D. Hodgson, George P. Shultz, Arthur F. Burns, Paul W. McCracken, Willie J. Usery, and Ronald L. Ziegler, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:13 am and 12:39 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 072-001 of the White House Tapes.
On September 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the Cost of Living Council, including John B. Connally, Paul W. McCracken, Clifford M. Hardin, James D. Hodgson, George W. Romney, Maurice H. Stans, George P. Shultz, Gen. George A. Lincoln, Virginia H. Knauer, Arnold R. Weber, Herbert Stein, Arthur Burns, and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:29 am and 12:53 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 073-002 of the White House Tapes.
On September 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Paul W. McCracken met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:59 pm to 1:13 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 570-007 of the White House Tapes.
On September 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met with Cabinet officers and their wives, including William P. Rogers, Adele (Langston) Rogers, John B. Connally, Idanell ("Nellie") (Brill) (Connally), Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, Martha (Beall) Mitchell, Rogers C. B. Morton, Clifford M. Hardin, Martha L. (Wood) Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, Kathleen Stans, James D. Hodgson, Maria (Denend) Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, Anne Richardson, George W. Romney, Lenore L. Romney, John A. Volpe, Jennie (Benedetto) Volpe, David M. Kennedy, Lenora (Bingham) Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Helena M. ("Obie") Shultz, Robert H. Finch, Carol (Crothers) Finch, Joyce (Pierson) Rumsfeld, George H. W. Bush, Barbara (Pierce) Bush, Robert J. Dole, Dr. Arthur A. Fletcher, Robert E. Hampton, Dr. John A. Hannah, Thomas S. Kleppe, Virginia H. Knauer, Robert L. Kunzig, Gen. George A. Lincoln, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, Frank J. Shakespeare, Paul W. McCracken, Arnold R. Weber, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Peter M. Flanigan, Peter G. Peterson, Herbert G. Klein, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Herbert Stein, and Alexander P. Butterfield, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:01 am and 3:07 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 073-005 of the White House Tapes.
On September 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Republican Congressional leaders, including George P. Shultz, Paul W. McCracken, Herbert Stein, Charls E. Walker, Arnold R. Weber, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Gordon L. Allott, Peter H. Dominick, Wallace F. Bennett, Milton R. Young, Jacob K. Javits, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, John B. Anderson, John J. Rhodes, Robert C. ("Bob") Wilson, H. Allen Smith, Robert T. Stafford, Richard H. Poff, Barber B. Conable, Jr., Frank T. Bow, John W. Byrnes, William L. Springer, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Kenneth E. BeLieu, Patrick J. Buchanan, and Gerald L. Warren, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:09 am and 10:21 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 074-002 of the White House Tapes.
On September 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers met with John B. Connally, David Packard, John N. Mitchell, Rogers C. B. Morton, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, Laurence H. Silberman, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, James M. Beggs, David M. Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, George H. W. Bush, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, Peter G. Peterson, Herbert G. Klein, Arnold R. Weber, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Gerald L. Warren, Alexander P. Butterfield, Colonel Richard T. Kennedy, John N. Irwin, II, U. Alexis Johnson, Nathanial Samuels, Paul A. Volcker, Arthur F. Burns, Paul W. McCracken, Ezra Solomon, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, and unknown person(s), met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:13 am and 11:03 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 077-002 of the White House Tapes.
On October 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, unknown person(s), Stephen B. Bull, John B. Connally, George P. Shultz, Paul W. McCracken, Herbert Stein, Henry A. Kissinger, Ronald L. Ziegler, and William L. Safire met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:12 am to 1:11 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 584-003 of the White House Tapes.
On October 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and bipartisan Congressional leaders, including Wallace F. Bennet, Robert C. Byrd, Allen J. Ellender, Robert P. Griffin, Jacob K. Javits, Russell B. Long, Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Jack R. Miller, Hugh Scott, John J. Sparkman, Herman E. Talmadge, William Proxmire, John G. Tower, Page Belcher, John W. Byrnes, Gerald R. Ford, George H. Mahon, Albert H. Quie, Wright Patman, William L. Springer, [Thomas] Hale Boggs, John B. Connally, Paul W. McCracken, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, William E. Timmons, Richard K. Cook, and Eugene S. Cowen, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:57 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 078-004 of the White House Tapes.
On October 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers met with Charls E. Walker, Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, Rogers C. B. Morton, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George H. W. Bush, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Peter G. Peterson, Herbert G. Klein, Arnold R. Weber, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, Robert J. Brown, Robert J. Dole, Paul W. McCracken, and unknown person(s), met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 4:19 pm and 10:22 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 079-001 of the White House Tapes.
On October 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, Arthur F. Burns, Paul W. McCracken, George P. Shultz, Peter G. Peterson, Peter M. Flanigan, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:03 pm to 5:54 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 606-002 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 November 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Paul W. McCracken, George P. Shultz, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:13 am to 11:38 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 619-012 of the White House Tapes.
On December 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and bipartisan Congressional leaders, including Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Hugh Scott, John G. Tower, Carl B. Albert, [Thomas] Hale Boggs, John W. Byrnes, Gerald R. Ford, Wright Patman, William B. Widnall, Wilbur D. Mills, John B. Connally, Paul W. McCracken, Herbert Stein, Peter G. Peterson, George P. Shultz, Paul A. Volcker, Henry A. Kissinger, John A. Scali, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, William L. Safire, Nathanial Samuels, Ezra Solomon, White House photographer, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:08 pm and 1:22 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 086-003 of the White House Tapes.