Conversation: 122-001
Prev: 121-003 Next: 122-002Start Date: Tuesday, April 10, 1973 1:37 PM
End Date: Tuesday, April 10, 1973 3:19 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Agnew, Spiro T. (Vice President); Flanigan, Peter M.; Scott, Hugh; Griffin, Robert P.; Mansfield, Michael J. ("Mike"); Byrd, Robert C.; Long, Russell B.; Fulbright, J. William; Bennett, Wallace F.; Aiken, George D.; Albert, Carl B.; O'Neill, Thomas P. ("Tip"), Jr.; Ford, Gerald R.; McFall, John J.; Arends, Leslie C.; Mills, Wilbur D.; Morgan, Thomas E. ("Doc") (Dr.); Schneebeli, Herman T.; Mailliard, William S.; Ehrlichman, John D.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Timmons, William E.; Cook, Richard K.; Korologos, Thomas C.; Dam, Kenneth W.; Eberle, William D.; Eberle, William D.Recording Device: Cabinet Room
NARA Description:
On April 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and bipartisan Congressional leaders, including George P. Shultz, Peter M. Flanigan, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Robert C. Byrd, Russell B. Long, J. William Fulbright, Wallace F. Bennett, George D. Aiken, Carl B. Albert, Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill, Jr., Gerald R. Ford, John J. McFall, Leslie C. Arends, Wilbur D. Mills, Dr. Thomas E. ("Doc") Morgan, Herman T. Schneebeli, William S. Mailliard, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, William E. Timmons, Richard K. Cook, Thomas C. Korologos, Kenneth W. Dam, William D. Eberle, and William Pierce, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:37 am and 10:19 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 122-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 122-1
Date: April 10, 1973
Time: Unknown after 8:37 am until 10:19 am
Location: Cabinet Room
The President met with Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, George P. Shultz, Peter M. Flanigan,
Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield, Robert C. Byrd, Russell B. Long,
J. William Fulbright, Wallace F. Bennett, George D. Aiken, Carl B. Albert, Thomas P. (“Tip”)
O’Neill, Jr., Gerald R. Ford, John J. McFall, Leslie C. Arends, Wilbur D. Mills, Dr. Thomas E.
(“Doc”) Morgan, Herman T. Schneebeli, William S. Mailliard, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L.
Ziegler, William E. Timmons, Richard K. Cook, Thomas C. Korologos, Kenneth W. Dam,
William D. Eberle, and William Pierce
[Recording begins while the conversation is in progress]
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Foreign trade
Trade legislation
[To listen to the segment (46m18s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-615, E-
616.]
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Foreign trade legislation
-American workers
-Effect of expanding imports
-National safeguard
-Five-year transition period
-Displaced workers
-Pensions
-Circumstances
-Proposed legislation
-Unemployment insurance
-Previous administrations
-Problems
-Congressional action
-Secretary of Labor
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Percentage of income
-Beneficiaries
-Opposition
-Employers
-Strikes
-Peter J. Brennan
-Relocation assistance
-Job training
-Business adjustment assistance
-Administration’s proposals
-Congressional action
-Mills’ view
-Administration’s proposals
-Pensions
-Individuals’ plans
-Conflicts
-Details
Forthcoming leadership meeting
-Energy problem
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Most favored nation legislation
Emigration
[To listen to the segment (7m5s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-616.]
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[General conversation/Unintelligible]
Recording ends at an unknown time before 10:19 am, while the conversation is in progress