Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 475 › Conversation 475-017
Nixon & Peterson on CIEP and International Trade
Thursday, April 8, 1971 · 10:07 AM–10:20 AM ET · Oval Office · 13 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Peter G. Peterson to finalize the procedural strategy and organizational focus for an upcoming Council on International Economic Policy (CIEP) meeting. They discussed the President’s intent to position Peterson as his primary representative to streamline decision-making on sensitive trade issues, including textiles, agriculture, and footwear quotas. The discussion also addressed potential coordination efforts involving David M. Kennedy, Henry Kissinger, and other cabinet members to handle complex economic negotiations with foreign officials.
- CIEP
- International Trade
- Trade Policy
- Quotas
- Textiles
- Economic Diplomacy
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NARA Description
On April 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Peter G. Peterson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:07 am to 10:20 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 475-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 475-17
Date: April 8, 1971
Time: 10:07 am - 10:20 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Peter G. Peterson
President’s review of materials regarding meeting with Council on International Economic
Policy [CIEP], April 8, 1971
-President’s opening remarks
-Comments on importance and organization of Council
-Introduction of Peterson
-Table of organization
-High points of briefing
-Substantive materials
-Chart
-Outside people
-Review groups
-David M. Kennedy
-Review group
-Shoes and textiles
-Peterson’s role
-Review group
-Treasury Department
-Possible conflict with CIEP
-John B. Connally
Textiles
-Agenda
-Commercial
-Quotas and categories
-Anthony J. Jurich, Commerce Department, and State Department
-Jurich and Harry S. Dent
-Roger Milliken
-Department and industry officials
US trade
-Economic and military aid
-Japan and other countries
-Issue before council
-Henry A. Kissinger and Peterson
-President, William P. Rogers, Connally, Peterson, and Maurice H. Stans
-Kennedy
-President’s conversation with Stans
-Rogers
-Approach
-Kennedy’s visit to Europe
-Timing
-Papers on CIEP
-Grains
-Cheese
-Shoes
-Work projects
-Grains and cheese
CIEP meeting
-Procedures on Council meetings
-Peterson’s role as President’s representative
-Shoes
-Stans
-Franco Mario Malfatti
-Malfatti
-Photo session with President and Kennedy
-Timing
-Press
-Mary Anne Allin
-Shoes
-Stan’ trip to Spain
-Quota
-Kennedy
-Use of word “monetary”
-Agriculture, shoes, other economic issues in Europe and Asia
-Kennedy as President’s ambassador
-Strategy
-Shoes, textiles, and agriculture
-Malfatti
-Peterson
-Malfatti
-Dealings with
-President’s role
-Political problems
-Citrus and tobacco
-California
-Tobacco
-Border states
-Kennedy’s trip
-Malfatti
-Timing
-Textiles
-Work of Council
-Kissinger’s staff
-Kissinger and Peterson
-Textiles and military aid
-Carl J. Gilbert
The President and Peterson left at 10:20 amAlso recorded on April 8, 1971
- 475-011 8:45 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:08 am.
- 475-012 9:08 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:08 am to 9:13 am.
- 475-013 9:13 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:13 am and 9:18 am.
- 475-014 9:13 AM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:13 am and 9:18 am.
- 475-015 9:13 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:13 am and 9:18 am.
- 475-016 9:18 AM · 54 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Rose Mary Woods, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:18 am to 10:07 am.
- 052-001 10:40 AM · 1 hr 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the Council on International Economic Policy, including William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, George P. Shultz, Paul W. McCracken, Henry A. Kissinger, Carl J. Gilbert, David M. Kennedy, Rocco C. Siciliano, Deane R. Hinton, Donald A. Webster, C. Fred Bergsten, and Peter G. Peterson, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:40 am to 12:17 pm.
- 052-002 12:17 PM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 1:04 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 475-017, April 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/475-017 (accessed October 12, 2026).