Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 2 › Conversation 002-143
Nixon phone call with Ford on Supersonic Transport and Legislative Strategy
Monday, May 10, 1971 · 7:15 PM–7:22 PM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon and Representative Gerald R. Ford discussed legislative strategy regarding the upcoming Congressional vote on the Supersonic Transport (SST) program. The two leaders reviewed lobbying efforts and potential political influence, including Ford’s outreach to figures like John N. Mitchell, Richard J. Daley, and W. Clement Stone. Additionally, they coordinated plans for a breakfast meeting involving key Congressional leadership to advance the administration's revenue sharing proposals.
- Supersonic Transport
- Legislative Strategy
- Revenue Sharing
- Congressional Lobbying
- Gerald R. Ford
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On May 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford talked on the telephone from 7:15 pm to 7:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-143 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 2-143
Date: May 10, 1971
Time: 7:15 pm - 7:22 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Gerald R. Ford.
Supersonic Transport [SST]
-Forthcoming vote in Congress
-Opposition
-Strategy
-Ford's conversation with John N. Mitchell
-W. Clement Stone
-Richard J. Daley
-Chicago Democrats
President's schedule, May 11, 1971
-Clark MacGregor
-Luncheon on Capitol Hill
-Lobbying
-President's possible calls
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
SST vote
-Time
-Debate
Revenue sharing
-Wilbur D. Mills
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Breakfast meeting
-Mills
-John W. Byrnes
-Ford
-Carl B. Albert
-John B. Connally
-George H.W. Bush
-Byrnes
[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from
December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M.
Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this
transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]
[End of transcript]Also recorded on May 10, 1971
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- 496-017 6:15 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:15 pm and 7:47 pm.
- 496-019 6:15 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at 6:15 pm.
- 002-139 7:04 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 7:04 pm to 7:08 pm.
- 002-140 7:08 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:08 pm and 7:12 pm.
- 002-141 7:12 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:12 pm.
- 002-142 7:12 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:12 pm and 7:15 pm.
- 496-018 7:47 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:47 pm and 8:04 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 002-143, May 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-143 (accessed October 10, 2026).