Conversation: 510-003
Prev:  510-002 Next: 510-004Start Date: 2-Jun-1971 3:16 PM
End Date: 2-Jun-1971 4:15 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:02:18
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:58:37
NARA Description:
On June 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:16 pm to 4:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 510-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 510-3 Date: June 2, 1971 Time: 3:16 pm - 4:15 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with John D. Ehrlichman. Drug abuse -President's forthcoming meeting -Joint Chiefs of Staff -Department of Defense [DOD] officials 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -John N. Mitchell -Elliot L. Richardson -Possible State Department meeting -John N. Irwin, II -Possible use of tape by Ehrlichman -Robert S. Ingersoll's report -Public relations -Possible meeting on foreign policy aspects -Henry A. Kissinger -Appearance on "Issues and Answers" -Donald H. Rumsfeld, Robert H. Finch -Ash Council -Public education -Announcement of legislation -Government reorganization -Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe -Conversation with Ehrlichman -Work in drug treatment -Conversation with Ehrlichman -Possible announcement of appointment -Possible visit by President -Richard B. Ogilvie -Possible legislation -Equipment -Money -Retention of addicted soldiers in military -Treatment -Urinalysis -Director of administration's program Peter G. Peterson -Forthcoming conversation with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Ehrlichman -George P. Shultz -Charles Shultze -John W. Gardner Shultze -Brookings Institute -Possible role with administration 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) Meeting at 5 pm -Joseph Irwin Miller -Kissinger, Shultz, Ehrlichman ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 Conv. No. 510-3 (cont.) [Privacy] [Duration: 15s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ****************************************************************************** -Peterson -Purpose -Gardner -Shultze -Kermit Gordon Appointments -Hollis M. Dole -[Forename unknown] Allen Drugs -President's memo to Ehrlichman -Death penalty -Lindbergh law -Mandatory prison sentences -Role of doctors in addiction -President’s upcoming speech to the American Medical Association [AMA] -Jaffe -Pharmaceutical companies' actions -Provisions of new law -Role of doctors in addiction -Medics in Vietnam -Jaffe's views -Addiction -Motivation 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Drinking -Art Linkletter's views -Legalization of marijuana -Jaffe's views -Effect on society -Study of heroin addicts -Previous use of marijuana -Cigarettes and cancer Conv. No. 510-3 (cont.) -Marijuana -President's conversation with Julie Eisenhower, June 1 -Jaffe’s view -Reliability of statistics -Epidemic cycles -Boy Scouts' education program -Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.'s role -Statistics Black Caucus' budget requests -Cost -President's possible response -President's statements during meeting -Effect on federal budget -Tax increases Drug abuse -Polls -Haldeman Law and Order issue -Mitchell's role -J. Edgar Hoover -Popular fears Boeing Corporation -Department of Transportation [DOT] contract to Vertol Corporation -Urban mass rapid transit -President’s views Supersonic Transport [SST] -William M. Magruder's efforts -Possible US-Japan partnership -Ehrlichman’s conversation with Peterson and Magruder 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Magruder's Visit to Paris Air Show -Flight in Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]’s SST -Mitsubishi ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 Conv. No. 510-3 (cont.) [National Security] [Duration: 36s ] -U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** -Peterson -Magruder -Briefing -Japanese trade situation Law and Order -Ehrlichman's conversation with Robert R. Douglas -Nelson A. Rockefeller -$100,000,000 -Law Enforcement Assistant Act [LEAA] -Need for narcotics court in New York City -LEAA Unemployment figures National Science Foundation -Government funds for college professors -Applied sciences -Cambodia -Dr. Edward E. David, Jr. 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) Unemployment -Need for movement -National public service bill -President's possible action -Effect -Administration's actions -Special revenue sharing -Provisions Conv. No. 510-3 (cont.) -Shultz's views -Political considerations -Shultz -John B. Connally -Role with administration -Performance in office -Speech Revenue sharing -Wilbur D. Mills -David S. Broder's article -Edmund S. Muskie -Hearings -Views -Walter W. Heller, Joseph A. [?] Pechman -Political value -Mills -Rockefeller -Polls Polls -Foreign policy -USSR, Peoples Republic of China [PRC] -“Need for an enemy” -Connally President's press conference June 1 -Police handling of May Day demonstrators -President's demeanor -Response Administration’s positions -Response to opponents -Harry S. Truman 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Integrity of the Presidency -Raymond K. Price, Jr. and Leonard Garment -Muskie -President's press conference June 1 -President’s views -Politics versus principle -President's image Conv. No. 510-3 (cont.) -William L. Safire's views -White House correspondents' dinner Black Panthers -Ehrlichman's dispute with Mayor of Seattle -Ehrlichman's mail Need to establish positions -Connally's views -Spiro T. Agnew's attacks on press Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:15 pm President's schedule Bull left at an unknown time before 4:15 pm Administration appointments -Conservatives -General Counsel of National Labor Relations Board [NLRB] -Richard T. Burres -Conversation with Ehrlichman June 2 -Possible offense to labor -James D. Hodgson's views -President's relations with George Meany -Burres -Relations with Hodgson and Shultz -Service with Arthur F. Burns -Farm labor problems -Ehrlichman's possible conversation with Charles W. Colson -Burres Personnel -Martin C. Anderson 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Forthcoming conversation with Ehrlichman -Possible role with administration -Shultz -Views -Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger -Possible political plans -Replacement -Peter M. Flanigan Conv. No. 510-3 (cont.) -Edwin L. Harper -Flanigan -Harper -Anderson -Possible tole with administration Unemployment -Public service jobs bill -Pierre Rinfret's prediction -Level -Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC] approach -Urban problems President's press conference -Response to drug problem -Public reaction -Dan Rather Administration personnel -Connally -Kissinger -Cabinet -Richardson -William P. Rogers -Conversation with President of Colgate University ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Privacy] [Duration: 1m 24s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) ****************************************************************************** -George W. Romney -John A. Volpe -Romney -Volpe Conv. No. 510-3 (cont.) Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:15 pm President's schedule Bull left at an unknown time before 4:15 pm Administration personnel -Maurice H. Stans -Hodgson -Clifford M. Hardin -Presidency -Richardson -Connally -Richardson -[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson Erhlichman left at 4:15 pm