Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 63 › Conversation 063-004

Nixon, National Commission on Productivity & Rosow

Tuesday, June 29, 1971 · 10:07 AM–2:50 PM ET · Cabinet Room · 38 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); National Commission on Productivity; Rosow, Jerome M.; Branch, Harllee, Jr.; Carter, Edward W.; Roche, James M.; Wriston, Walter B.; O'Connell, John; Shaver, J. Warren; Lohrentz, W. L.; Atkinson, Robert; Lundin, Oscar A.; Abel, I[lorwith] W.; Beirne, Joseph A.; Meany, George; Smith, Floyd E. ("Red"); Woodcock, Leonard; Weinberg, Nat; Goldfinger, Nathaniel; Newell, Reginald; Coleman, William T., Jr.; Dunlop, John T.; Johnson, Howard W.; Miller, Arjay; Wallis, W. Allen; Connally, John B.; Hodgson, James D.; McCracken, Paul W.; Stans, Maurice H.; David, Edward E., Jr. (Dr.); Greenberg, Leon; Heffner, Hubert (Dr.); Kohlberg, William H.; Passer, Harold C.; Wool, Harold; Savit, Carl; Weidenbaum, Murray L.; Shultz, George P.; White House photographerConversation063-004 on Tape 63StartTuesday, June 29, 1971 at 10:07 AMEndTuesday, June 29, 1971 at 2:50 PMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 063-004 ↗

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On June 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and members of the National Commission on Productivity, including Jerome M. Rosow, Harllee Branch, Jr., Edward W. Carter, James M. Roche, John O'Connell, J. Warren Shaver, W. L. Lohrentz, Robert Atkinson, Oscar A. Lundin, I[lorwith] W. Abel, Joseph A. Beirne, George Meany, Floyd E. ("Red") Smith, Leonard Woodcock, Nat Weinberg, Nathaniel Goldfinger, Reginald Newell, William T. Coleman, John T. Dunlop, Howard W. Johnson, Arjay Miller, W. Allen Wallis, John B. Connally, James D. Hodgson, Paul W. McCracken, Maurice H. Stans, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Leon Greenberg, Dr. Hubert Heffner, William H. Kohlberg, Harold C. Passer, Harold Wool, Carl Savit, Murray L. Weidenbaum, George P. Shultz, and White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:07 am and 2:50 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 063-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 63-4

Date: June 29, 1971
Time: 10:07 am - unknown before 2:50 pm
Location: Cabinet Room

Jerome M. Rosow met with Harllee Branch, Jr., Edward W. Carter, James M. Roche, Walter B.
Wriston, John O’ Connell, J. Warren Shaver, W. L. Lohrentz, Robert Atkinson, Oscar A. Lundin,
I[lorwith] W. Abel, Joseph Beirne, George Meany, Floyd E. (“Red”) Smith, Leonard Woodcock,
Nat Weinberg, Nathaniel Goldfinger, Reginald Newell, William T. Coleman, Jr., John T.
Dunlop, Howard W. Johnson, Arjay Miller, Wilson Allen Wallis, John B. Connally, James D.
Hodgson, Paul W. McCracken, Maurice H. Stans, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Leon Greenberg,
Dr. Hubert Heffner, William H. Kolberg, Harold C. Passer, Harold Wool, Carl Savit, and Murray
L. Weidenbaum

     [General conversation/Unintelligible]

The President and George P. Shultz entered at 10:07 am; the White House photographer was
present at the beginning of the meeting

     Members of the Commission

     The President’s schedule
          -Later meeting with Commission

     Commission history

     World economy
         -United States’ economy
               -Importance
               -World War II
               -Recent period
               -Future
               -World War II
                    -Steel production
                          -Compared with Japan
                    -Position
                          -Compared with Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR],
                               Western Europe, and Japan in 1945

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     World economy

[To listen to the segment (11m39s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-534.]
Show the rest of the log (27 more lines)
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[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. 85-967JC. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript.
The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

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     World economy

[To listen to the segment (19m47s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-534.]

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The President left at 10:47 am

     [General conversation/Unintelligible]

     Commission working groups

     Agenda

Recording was cut off at an unknown time before 2:50 pm

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Conversation 063-004, 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/063-004 (accessed November 2, 2026).