Conversation: 464-009
Prev: 464-008 Next: 464-010Start Date: 9-Mar-1971 11:39 AM
End Date: 9-Mar-1971 12:03 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Flanigan, Peter M.; Peterson, Peter G.; White House operator;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:53:50
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:17:09
NARA Description:
On March 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, Peter G. Peterson, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:39 am to 12:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 464-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 464-9
Date: March 9, 1971
Time: 11:39 am - 12:03 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with George P. Shultz, Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, and Peter G.
Peterson
Greetings
[Unintelligible]
Textile trade negotiations with Japan
-Wilbur D. Mills’ position
-Japanese restraint
-Voluntary controls
-Steel
-Administration concerns
-Industry response
-An announcement regarding negotiations
-Effect of Mills’ comments
-A meeting with Japanese ambassador
-Industry position
-Administration’s position
-Possible results
-Textile legislation
-Options for administration
-Possible public statement
-Possible effect on textile industry
-Maurice H. Stans’ position
-Legislation
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-John N. Mitchell’s position
-Harry S. Dent’s position
-Kissinger
-President’s position
-Mills
Mills
-Position on textiles
-Position on Social Security and welfare reform
-Administration handling
Textile trade negotiations with Japan
-State Department suggestion
[The President talked with the White House operator at 11:45 am]
[Conversation No. 464-9A]
Dent
[End of telephone conversation]
-Mills
-Textile legislation
-Mills’ position on agreement
-Industry position on agreement
[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time after 11:45 am]
[Conversation No. 464-9B]
President’s call to Dent
-Availability
[End of telephone conversation]
Dent
-Location
-Roosevelt Room
Textile trade negotiations with Japan
-Dent’s position
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Japanese position
-Definition of terms
-Shultz’s view
-Problems
-US negotiating position
-Japanese imports in 1971
-[Forename unknown] Machino
-Japanese embassy Conv. No. 464-9 (cont.)
-Japanese ambassador
-US position
-Textile legislation
-Options
-Negotiations
-Stans
-Legislation
-Negotiations
-Mills
-A Meeting with [Name unintelligible]
-Mills
-Legislative approach
-Options
-Negotiations
-Effect of Mills’ comments
-US position
-Textile industry position
-Possible results
-The President’s position
-Japanese voluntary restraint
-Legislation
-Monitoring
-Mills
-US position
-Textile legislation
-Conditions
-Mills
-Importance to US
-Effect on foreign trade
-Textile legislation
-Dent’s involvement
-John W. Byrnes
-Mills
-Congressional position
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Effect on foreign trade
-Mills
-Dent
Shultz, et al. left at 12:03 pm
Conv. No. 464-9 (cont.)