Conversation: 050-007
Prev: 050-006 Next: 050-008Start Date: 16-Mar-1971 3:06 PM
End Date: 16-Mar-1971 4:00 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cabinet officers; Rogers, W.; Connally, John B.; Packard, David; Mitchell, John N.; Blount, Winton M. ("Red"), Jr.; Morton, Rogers C. B.; Campbell, J. Philip; Stans, Maurice H.; Hodgson, James D.; Romney, George W.; Volpe, John A.; Shultz, George P.; Finch, Robert H.; Rumsfeld, Donald H.; Bush, George H. W.; Ehrlichman, John D.; Dole, Robert J.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; MacGregor, Clark; Brown, Robert J.; David, Edward E., Jr. (Dr.); Price, Raymond K., Jr.;Recording Device: Cabinet Room
NARA Description:
On March 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Cabinet members as well as staffers, including William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, David Packard, John N. Mitchell, Winton M. ("Red") Blount, Jr., Rogers C. B. Morton, J. Philip Campbell, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George H. W. Bush, John D. Ehrlichman, Robert J. Dole, Alexander P. Butterfield, Clark MacGregor, Robert J. Brown, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., and Raymond K. Price, Jr., met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 3:06 pm to 4:00 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 050-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 50-7
Date: March 16, 1971
Time: 3:06 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Cabinet Room
The President met with William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, David Packard, John N. Mitchell,
Winton M. (“Red”) Blount, Rogers C. B. Morton, J. Philip Campbell, Maurice H. Stans, James
D. Hodgson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, Donald H.
Rumsfeld, George H. W. Bush, John D. Ehrlichman, Robert J. Dole, Alexander P. Butterfield,
Clark MacGregor, Robert J. Brown, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., and Raymond K. Price, Jr
[Recording begins while the conversation is in progress]
Revenue sharing
-Unknown people’s responses
-A Boston paper
-Mrs. Young
-Barbara M. Watson [?]
-President’s meeting
-Administration campaign
-Congressional response
-Governors’ response
-Mayors’ response
-Minority responses
-Public campaign
-National Citizens’ Committee
-National Governors’ Conference
-William W. Scranton
-Albert P. Brewer of Alabama
-Carl B. Stokes of Cleveland
-Effectiveness
-[Forename unknown] Morgan
-Governor Robert W. Scott of North Carolina
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-Governor Linwood Holton of Virginia
-Purpose
-Staff
-Head of Veterans Administration under Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Congressional liaison staff work
-Edward L. Morgan
-Need
-Alternatives
-Wilbur D. Mills
-[Thomas] Hale Boggs
-John W. Byrnes
-Byrnes and [Forename unknown] Stuart
-Meeting with the President in Des Moines
-Mills
-Tax credits
-Byrnes
-Problems
-Public opinion
-Atlanta, Cleveland, Minneapolis-St. Paul
-Stans’ meetings with newspaper officials
-Labor
-Minorities
-Extension Service employees
-Minorities
-Extension Service employees
-Congress
-Concern for constituents
-William J. Scherle of Iowa
-Council Bluffs
-Formula
-Cities and mayors
-Possible mayoral meetings with the President
-Council of Mayors
-Richard G. Lugar
-Chairman of League of Cities
-[Forename unknown] Davies
-Chairman of Conference of Mayors
-Public opinion
-Citizens’ committees
-Press
-Meetings with editorial boards
-Congress
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-Meetings with Congressional committees
-Need for action
-Mills
-Alternatives
-Mills
-Mayors
-Mills
-George H. W. Bush
-Alternatives
-Social Security, public works, entitlement programs
-Public opinion
-Conservation groups
Volpe’s travels
-Southeast Asia
-Federal Aviation Administration and Coast Guard employees in South Vietnam
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] meeting
-Oil Spills Conference
-Proposals
-Intentional spills
-Coast Guard
-International Maritime Organization
-India
-Speaker of Parliament
-Aviation security, auto safety, public transportation
[A transcript of the following portion of the conversation was prepared under court order for
Special Access [SA] 65, Pauline W. Kitts, et al. v. General Motors Corporation, Civil Action
No. 85-967 JC. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.
The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]
[End of transcript]
-Airport security
-Previous State Department conference
-Attendance by Soviet Union
-International Civil Aviation Organization
-Visits with heads of state
-Thailand
-South Vietnam
-Philippines
-Japan
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-Vietnam visit
-Southeast Asian development
-Nixon Doctrine
-Objective
-Vietnam visit
-Meeting with General Creighton W. Abrams, Jr., and General John D. Ryan
-Meeting with Massachusetts Seabees
-Timing
-Cambodian invasion
-Morale
-Meeting with a governor
-Communist sanctuaries
-Conclusions
-Laos operations
-US withdrawal of troops
-State Department cooperation
-Length
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Vietnam
[To listen to the segment (12m31s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-511.]
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Foreign travel by Cabinet members
-Democrats
-Boggs’ press conference
-[Name unintelligible]
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-Publicity
-President’s leadership
-Effect on 1972 election
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Laos
[To listen to the segment (52s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-511.]
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Nature of foreign policy
-The President’s leadership
-Effect on 1972 election
Revenue sharing
-Hodgson’s travels
-Bob James [?]
-Los Angeles Times editorial board, county supervisors and mayors in Southern
California
-Union and labor response
-Picketing
Organized labor
-Wages and other economic concerns
-Rhode Island
-Anti-ballistic missile workers
-Non-union competition
-1971 wage settlements
-A meeting with president of Food Fair
-Teamsters’ Union, building trades
-Davis-Bacon Act
-Possible wage and price freeze
-Davis-Bacon Act
-Media opinion
-National Coal Association [NCA] agreement
[General conversation/Unintelligible]
The President, et al. left at 4:00 pm
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