President Nixon consulted John Ehrlichman regarding a potential call to Nelson Rockefeller to discuss the status of Rockefeller's welfare experiments. Ehrlichman reported that recent tensions between Rockefeller and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare had been successfully resolved following a meeting with Elliot Richardson and John Veneman. Nixon subsequently decided to proceed with the call and scheduled a follow-up meeting with Ehrlichman for shortly thereafter.
On October 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 3:06 pm to 3:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-034 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 13-34 Date: October 29, 1971 Time: 3:06 pm - 3:08 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman. [See Conversation No. 302-15] Nelson A. Rockefeller -Forthcoming call to President -Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW] -Welfare experiments -Meeting with Elliot L. Richardson and John G. Veneman Ehrlichman's schedule
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