Conversation 013-121

TapeTape 13StartThursday, November 4, 1971 at 3:47 PMEndThursday, November 4, 1971 at 3:52 PMTape start time04:00:23Tape end time04:00:38ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Colson, Charles W.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone

On November 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:47 pm to 3:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-121 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 13-121

Date: November 4, 1971
Time: 3:47 pm - 3:52 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 300-16]


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     President's schedule
          -Indira Gandhi

     National economy
          -Grain shipments to Soviet Union
                -Maritime unions
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                         NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. 10/06)



                     -Agreement
                     -John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
               -Peter G. Peterson's contacts with Soviet Embassy
               -Public announcement
                     -Timing
               -Colson's forthcoming conversation with Henry A. Kissinger
               -Continental Grain Company
               -Effect in Farm Belt
               -Public relations actions

     Frank Stanton
          -Conversation with Colson
               -Daniel L. Schorr report

     National economy
          -Wholesale prices
                -Colson's conversations with John W. Chancellor and Howard K. Smith
          -Stock market
                -Volume
                -Chase Manhattan's lowering of prime rate
                -Wholesale prices
                     -Schorr story
                -November 5th unemployment statistics
                     -Chancellor, Smith
          -Grain shipments to Soviet Union
                -Kissinger's forthcoming call to Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
                -Soviets' comments to Secretary of Agriculture
          -Pay Board
                -Colson's forthcoming meeting with Clark Mollenhoff
                     -James R. (“Jimmy”) Hoffa

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Hello.
Mr. President.
Yeah.
Mr. Coulson.
Yeah.
There you are.
Okay.
Hello.
Yes, sir, Mr. President.
Yeah.
Yeah.
What's new today?
Well, I...
I think we got some good news.
We got a call that the labor unions on the maritime side have bought our deal, and it looks like the corn will ship next week if the Russians stick to their end of the bargain, but we have...
It really is a rather historic thing, because both Kennedy and Johnson tried this.
They were boycotted by the unions who wouldn't handle a cargo, and they never were able to ship anything.
When and how can we get it out, Chuck?
Well, I've got everybody working on it right now, Mr. President.
If the Russian embassy agrees...
And Peterson has been working on this.
We'll be able to announce it tomorrow.
We want to announce it tomorrow because the unions have asked us to so that they're... Well, now, rather than Peterson, may I just respectfully suggest
that uh get kissinger to shove him if there's any problem oh yes indeed he knows about it no he doesn't have a call into him uh yeah and i just haven't talked to me it just happened within the last hour i'll have him call you all right that'd be great he uh it if nothing goes wrong it won't go wrong now from the union side but if nothing goes wrong on the deal yeah uh basically with the russians or continental grain it's going to be a big jolt in the farm belt we've got everybody out there good alerted to speed