Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 414 › Conversation 414-012

Nixon & Cole on Revenue sharing and Public relations

Friday, March 2, 1973 · 9:31 AM–9:38 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·5 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Cole, Kenneth R., Jr.Conversation414-012 onTape 414StartFriday, March 2, 1973 at 9:31 AMEndFriday, March 2, 1973 at 9:38 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 414-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. discuss how the administration should respond to inquiries regarding state revenue sharing and a specific story involving a governor's office. Cole seeks guidance on addressing concerns from state and city officials who remain uneasy despite federal assurances. The two agree to maintain the official stance that the administration expects to proceed with special and general revenue sharing programs.

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Hello.

I was asked by Buchanan and what we ought to respond to in case we get something in regard to that the governor's story, the governor's 30-year-old, who was a special resident in Sharon.

What was the version of that accurate in the second?

Yeah.

What is your view of that?

Can we say that we still expect to get a special reference?

Sure.

All right.

Under both special revenue sharing and general revenue sharing, the states and cities actually can afford

Yeah.

We weren't able to reassure them about all that when they were here apparently.

What was the problem?

So that'll probably be overrated.

and like the veterans there's no way no way

NARA Description

On March 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:31 am to 9:38 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 414-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 414-12 (cont’d)

Also recorded on March 2, 1973

037-027 9:24 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan talked on the telephone from 9:24 am to 9:27 am.
414-009 9:24 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:24 am to 9:27 am.
414-010 9:24 AM · 18 sec — 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 9:24 am and 9:27 am.
414-011 9:24 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:24 am and 9:27 am.
037-028 9:27 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:27 am and 9:31 am.
037-029 9:31 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:31 am to 9:38 am.
414-013 9:40 AM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:40 am to 10:25 am.
414-014 10:25 AM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:25 am and 11:00 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 414-012, March 2, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/414-012 (accessed September 18, 2026).