Conversation 021-081

On March 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 7:10 pm to 7:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-081 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 21-81

Date: March 14, 1972
Time: 7:10 pm - 7:19 pm
Location: White House Telephone

John B. Connally talked with the President.

     Economics
         -International monetary affairs
               -Herbert Stein’s statement
                     -Currency controls
                           -Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]
                           -Exchange controls in Europe
                                 -Effect on businessmen
                           -International monetary disequilibrium
                                 -Currency policy
               -Marina von N. Whitman statements
                     -Interest rates
                     -Industrial prices
                     -Price controls
                           -Lumber, metals and hides
               -Nathaniel Samuels
                     -Press conference at State Department
                     -Arthur F. Burns
               -Connally’s forthcoming speech
                     -Foreign Policy Council in New York

      -State Department and the CEA
      -Administration policy
      -Talk with the President
-Whitman
-Stein
-Samuels
-The President’s view
-Connally’s forthcoming speech
-Connally’s previous conversation with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Policy
-Whitman
-Stein
-Samuel’s press conference
      -The President’s view
      -US control
      -Group of Ten
-Connally’s forthcoming speech
      -Foreign Policy Council in New York
      -Administration position
-Samuels
-Whitman
      -The President’s view
      -Dow Jones
-Connally’s role
-Statements
      -Stein
            -The President’s view
      -Burns
      -CEA
      -State Department
-Control by the President
-Connally’s schedule
      -New York
      -Business leaders meeting
            -Walter N. Thayer
      -Forthcoming meeting
      -Speech
            -Foreign Relations Council
-The President’s view
      -CEA
-Samuels’ press conference
      -Connally’s talk with William P. Rogers

                           -Rogers’ awareness
                     -Connally’s forthcoming speech
                           -Story
                -Ronald L. Ziegler’s press statement