Conversation: 003-016
Prev: 003-015 Next: 003-017Start Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1971 7:56 PM
End Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1971 8:01 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Safire, William L.; Kissinger, Henry A.Recording Device: White House Telephone
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:18:49
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:23:19
NARA Description:
On May 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, William L. Safire, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 3:56 pm to 4:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 3-16
Date: May 12, 1971
Time: 3:56 pm - 4:01 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with William L. Safire.
Gross National Product [GNP] figures
-George P. Shultz
-Revised increases
-Shultz
-Possible talk with Safire
-Release date
The President conferred with Henry A. Kissinger at 3:57 pm.
President's schedule
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
[End of conferral]
GNP figures
-Release
-Shultz
-Administration handling
-Possible leak
-News magazines Conv. No. 3-16 (cont.)
-US News and World Report publication deadline
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Shultz and Safire meeting
-Administration handling
-Importance
-Compared with 1065 Dow Jones level
-Third revision
-Possible leak
-US News, Time, Newsweek
-John A. Scali
-Louis Rukeyser of ABC
-Timing
-Shultz and Safire meeting