Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 63 › Conversation 063-003
Nixon, Cabinet officers & Rogers
Tuesday, June 29, 1971 · 8:05 AM–10:07 AM ET · Cabinet Room · 29 min
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On June 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Cabinet officers, including William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, Winton M. ("Red") Blount, Rogers C. B. Morton, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, John G. Veneman, Richard C. Van Dusen, John A. Volpe, George P. Shultz, and George H. W. Bush, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:05 am and 10:07 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 063-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 63-3
Date: June 29, 1971
Time: 8:05 am - unknown before 10:07 am
Location: Cabinet Room
The President met with William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell,
Winton M. (“Red”) Blount, Rogers C. B. Morton, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, John G.
Veneman, Richard C. Van Dusen, John A. Volpe, George P. Shultz, and George H. W. Bush
[Recording begins while the conversation is in progress]
Civil servants
-Leakers
-Debriefing
-Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, and Dwight D. Eisenhower
administrations
-Compared with the Nixon administration
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s role
The President’s decisions
-Advice
-Possible leaks
-Effect
-Upcoming election
-Bureaucracy
-Departmental in-fighting
-Foreign policy, Justice and Treasury Departments
-Leaks
-Appointments
Press
-Motives
The President’s decisions
-Appointments and other departmental matters
-Haldeman’s role and methods
-Upcoming election
-Leaks
-Motives
Economic policy
-The President’s June 28, 1971 meeting
-Economists
-Arthur F. Burns
-Investment tax credit, income tax exemptionsShow the rest of the log (90 more lines)
-Wage and Price Board
-Public statements
-Statements to the President
-Solutions
-Wage and price controls
-Federal budget
-Tax policy
-Burns
-Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]
Historical record
-Advisors
-Burns
-The President’s responsibility
Economic policy
-Solutions
-Taxation, budget, controls
-Spokesman
-Connally
-June 29, 1971 announcement
-Shultz’s role
-Domestic Council role
-Leaks
-Newsweek, Time, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal
-Television
-War, foreign policy coverage
-Effect
-Investors
-The President’s June 28, 1971 meeting
-The President’s actions
Departments
-Upper echelon
-Civil servants
-1972
-Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics
-Role
-Secretary of Labor’s role
-Press response
-Civil servants
Economic policy
-Federal Reserve Board
-Burns
-William McChesney Martin
-Wages and prices
-The President’s forthcoming meeting
-Tax policy
-Depreciation allowance
-Investment tax credit
-Leaks
-Effects
Leaks
-Haldeman’s meeting with the White House staff
-Motives
-Daniel Ellsberg
-Alger Hiss
-Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
-Victor Perlo
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Ellsberg
-Prosecution
-White House staff advice
-Effect
-Prosecution
-Mitchell
-Supreme Court justices
-Upcoming election
Decision making
-National Security Council [NSC], Domestic Council meetings
-The President’s use of advice
-Leaks
-The President’s actions
-Press
-Effects
-Announcements in departments
-Haldeman’s role
-Compared with General Walter Bedell Smith
-Career with Eisenhower
The President left at 8:32 am
[General conversation/Unintelligible]
Recording was cut off at an unknown time before 10:07 amTranscript (AI-generated)
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 063-003, June 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/063-003 (accessed November 2, 2026).