President Nixon met with Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin, agronomist Norman E. Borlaug, and aide John C. Whitaker to discuss administrative details regarding an upcoming agriculture exhibit. The brief meeting focused primarily on scheduling logistics and the potential impact of weather on the event's proceedings. No major policy decisions were recorded during the short interaction.
On May 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Clifford M. Hardin, Norman E. Borlaug, and John C. Whitaker met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:08 am to 10:10 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 493-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 493-5
Date: May 6, 1971
Time: 10:08 am - 10:10 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Clifford M. Hardin, Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, and John C. Whitaker
Agriculture exhibit
-Weather
-Schedule
[General conversation]
President, et al. left at 10:10 amNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.