Conversation 329-022

TapeTape 329StartTuesday, April 11, 1972 at 2:08 PMEndTuesday, April 11, 1972 at 2:45 PMTape start time01:20:35Tape end time01:23:59ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Alexander Butterfield and other aides to coordinate an upcoming meeting with congressional leaders. The discussion focused on establishing talking points for key policy issues, specifically addressing concerns regarding school busing, drug control, and rising food prices. Nixon instructed staff on the order of speakers, prioritizing Henry Kissinger’s foreign policy briefing while emphasizing that domestic economic explanations should be handled by George Shultz, Herbert Stein, or Elliot Richardson.

Congressional relationsBusingFood pricesDrug control policyEconomic policyHenry Kissinger

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NARA Description

On April 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:08 pm and 2:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 329-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 329-22

Date: April 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:08 pm and 2:45 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

     The President's conversation with Alexander P. Butterfield
          -President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board [PFIAB]
                -William P. Rogers
                -Melvin R. Laird

     The President's meeting with congressional leaders
          -Arrangements
                -Henry A. Kissinger
                -John D. Ehrlichman
                -Kissinger
          -Busing
                -Points to make
          -Food prices
                -George P. Shultz
                -Herbert Stein
                -Decline
          -John B. Connally's statement
                -Wholesale prices
                -Compared with Elliot L. Richardson and Shultz
                      -Stein
          -Length
          -Kissinger
          -Ehrlichman
                -Points to cover
                      -Busing
                      -Drugs
                      -Food prices

Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Tomorrow we have the .

Then I think .

That's the thing about it.

You may have to ask the shelter sign to do it.

When somebody should go on the food crisis or should play out, you should be talking about food crisis coming down on their head.

You need to think about it.

You see, he was a better salesman on all of his money.

St. Richardson would be on buses, or Shelter Stein, Shelter's mine, if you want that.

So I just try that, and that would be very nice.

Now, that'll expand to an hour and a half, but that's okay.

But Henry, go on first.

Don't go on too much.

The man comes along.

I don't know how he's going to do it.

where we can take those three points and put them together.

So those are the two that's not busted, drugged, and put right under something.

And then give each other a pedestal to be right on, prepared, something to pass up.

Okay?

Thank you.

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