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Conversation 273-024

TapeTape 273StartThursday, August 12, 1971 at 7:22 PMEndThursday, August 12, 1971 at 7:26 PMTape start time03:41:47Tape end time03:45:26ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Connally, John B.Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building
AI Summary

President Richard M. Nixon and Treasury Secretary John B. Connally met to finalize preparations for the administration's forthcoming economic program. They discussed the implementation of an import tax and the political implications regarding textile negotiations with Japan. The pair also coordinated a strategy for consulting key congressional leaders, including Wilbur D. Mills, John W. Byrnes, and Russell B. Long, prior to the public announcement.

Economic policyImport taxJohn B. ConnallyTextilesCongressional consultation
AudioNARA Description

On August 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:22 pm to 7:26 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 273-024 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 273-24

Date: August 12, 1971
Time: 7:22 pm - 7:26 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with John B. Connally.

     President's forthcoming economic program
          -President's previous meeting with Connally and George P. Shultz
                 -Import tax
          -Import tax
                 -Politics
          -Textiles
                 -Connally's possible conversation with John N. Mitchell
                       -National security
                             -Japan
                       -Us trade as percentage of Gross National Product [GNP]
          -Effect of announcement
                 -People's Republic of China [PRC]
          -Congress
                 -Consultation
                       -Connally's possible calls

                            -Wilbur D. Mills
                            -John W. Byrnes
                            -Russell B. Long
                -Schedule
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Mae'n rhaid i mi ddweud y gwirionedd.
Mae'n rhaid i mi ddweud y gwirionedd.
Rwy'n meddwl bod llawer o rwydwaith yn gweithio ar hyn o bryd, ac rwy'n meddwl bod llawer o rwydwaith yn gweithio ar hyn o bryd.
Rwy'n meddwl bod llawer o rwydwaith yn gweithio ar hyn o bryd.
Rwy'n meddwl bod llawer o rwydwaith yn gweithio ar hyn o bryd.
Mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud y gwir.
Mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud y gwir.
Mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud y gwir.
Diolch yn fawr am wylio'r fideo.
Helo, John, ble fyddwn i'n canfod chi?
O ie, roeddwn i eisiau ddweud wrthych chi, os ydych chi'n bosibl yn disgwyl,
Roeddwn i'n ceisio gwneud rhywbeth i ddod o gwmpas George ar gyfer y cyllideb cyllideb.
Ac yn fawr, rydw i hefyd yn ymwneud â phynciau o amrywiaeth.
Ond o ran y gwaith gwleidyddol, dyna'r peth gorau a'r holl beth yma.
ac mae hefyd'r busnes ar y llyfr, a'r holl bethau eraill.
Felly, roeddwn i eisiau i chi wybod, roeddwn i wedi'i ddarparu i fynd i mewn yno, ac wrth i ni ddod i'r cyfarfod cyffredinol, roeddwn i eisiau gwneud rhyw fath o hysbyseb a chyfarfod.
Na?
Wel, doeddwn i ddim yn gwybod a ydych chi wedi cael fy sgwner neu ddim, ond dyna'r hyn roeddwn i'n ceisio ei wneud, yw dod i fynd ymlaen.
Felly, roeddwn i wedi bod yn meddwl am hynny, ac mae'n rhaid i mi fynd i mewn i'r pecyn.
Ie, wel,
Diolch yn fawr.
Wel, rydyn ni'n gwybod.
Nawr, ar hyn o bryd, rydw i'n credu y byddwn ni'n gallu cyflawni'r cyflawniad.
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