Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 426 › Conversation 426-010
Nixon & Shultz on Price controls and Inflation
Thursday, March 29, 1973 · 5:11 PM–5:13 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and George Shultz discuss the administration's policy on price ceilings, aiming to maintain them indefinitely until consumer food prices decrease. Nixon emphasizes the importance of public rhetoric, instructing Shultz to signal that the ceilings will persist as long as necessary to stabilize the market. The two also coordinate their schedules for an upcoming meeting and a follow-up telephone call.
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NARA Description
On March 29, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:11 pm to 5:13 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 426-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 426-10 Date: March 29, 1973 Time: 5:11 pm - 5:13 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with George P. Shultz. [See Conversation No. 44-75]
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Also recorded on March 29, 1973
- 044-073 4:53 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:53 pm.
- 044-074 4:53 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 5:11 pm.
- 426-008 4:55 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:55 pm to 5:10 pm.
- 426-009 5:10 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:10 pm to 5:11 pm.
- 044-075 5:11 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:11 pm and 5:13 pm.
- 044-076 5:11 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:11 pm and 5:13 pm.
- 426-011 5:13 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:13 pm and 5:32 pm.
- 426-012 5:13 PM · 8 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 5:13 pm and 5:32 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 426-010, March 29, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/426-010 (accessed October 29, 2026).