Conversation: 510-005
Prev:  510-004 Next: 510-006Start Date: 2-Jun-1971 4:38 PM
End Date: 2-Jun-1971 5:42 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Connally, John B.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Sanchez, Manolo; Ehrlichman, John D.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:07:47
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:15:01
NARA Description:
On June 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, Alexander P. Butterfield, Manolo Sanchez, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:38 pm to 5:42 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 510-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 510-5 Date: June 2, 1971 Time: 4:38 pm - 5:42 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with John B. Connally and Alexander P. Butterfield at 4:38 pm Connally's schedule -John W. Byrnes 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) Explorers Butterfield left at an unknown time before 5:42 pm Boy Scouts -Connally's experience -President's experience Conv. 510-4 (cont.) Connally's previous Congressional testimony -John D. Ehrlichman's opinion -Revenue sharing -Members -James C. Corman -Sam M. Gibbons -John C. Watts -Joe D. Waggonner -James A. Burke -United States Postal Service [USPS] Revenue sharing -Wilbur D. Mills -Gerald R. Ford Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 4:38 pm Refreshments Heroin ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 [Privacy] [Duration: 5s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 ****************************************************************************** 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) Sanchez left at an unknown time before 5:42 pm -Seizures Eugene T. Rossides -Role with Treasury Department -Assistant Secretary for Enforcement, Tariff and Trade Affairs, Conv. No. and510-5 Operations (cont.) [The President talked with Ehrlichman at an unknown time between 4:38 pm and 5:42 pm] [Conversation No. 510-5A] Forthcoming drug abuse meeting -Attendees -Connally -Rossides -Number -Location [End of telephone conversation] -Melvin R. Laird -Service Secretaries -Joints Chiefs of Staff -John N. Mitchell -Connally's schedule Drugs -Administration's forthcoming actions -Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe -Interdepartmental cooperation -Department of State -Department of Defense -Department of the Treasury -Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW] -Employees -Abuse in Vietnam -Turkey -Connally's forthcoming conversation with John N. Irwin, II -William P. Rogers -Possible economic arrangement with United States 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) [The President talked with Ehrlichman at an unknown time between 4:38 pm and 5:32 pm] [Conversation No. 510-5B] -Forthcoming meeting -Henry A. Kissinger -Possible US economic arrangement Conv. No. 510-5 (cont.) -State Department -Problems -Possible meetings [End of telephone conversation] -Cost -Seizures of heroin by US agents -Locations -Possible jail sentences for pushers -Recent seizures of heroin -Producers -Effect -Investigation -Awards for Customs agents International economy -Effect on US economy -President’s forthcoming press conference -Formation and development of EEC -Kissinger -Future prospects -Britain, Japan, Australia -EEC 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [National Security] [Duration: 21s ] JAPAN Conv. No. 510-5 (cont.) END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ****************************************************************************** -Canada -Mexico, South America -Differences with United States ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8 [National Security] [Duration: 27s ] MONETARY POLICY END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8 ****************************************************************************** -Japanese exports -Effect of allowing currencies to float -Businessmen -Time before Bretton Woods agreement -Need to improve US trading position -Willy Brandt's forthcoming visit to United States -West German contribution to defense 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Maintenance of US worldwide military commitments -Effect of US tourism -Charitable contributions by Americans -US investments abroad -Balance of payments deficits -Canada, Japan, EEC -Agricultural commodities Conv. No. 510-5 (cont.) -Jobs -World bank loan to Bolivia -Connally's conversation with Robert Wyrostek [?] -Expropriation of US property -Pipeline to Argentina -Peter G. Peterson, Rogers -Kissinger -Connally's forthcoming lunch with Robert S. Mcnamara June 3 -Expropriation of property -Chile -Salvador Allende -Economic policy National economy -Connally's conversation with Arthur F. Burns -Status of dollar -Status of economy -Inflation -Productivity -Congress's possible actions -Public service jobs bill -Ehrlichman's possible conversation with Connally -Administration's bill -Possible effects on unemployment -Unemployment -Political considerations -Public service jobs bill -Inflation -Wholesale price index -Food -Unemployment, inflation -Burns' views -Inflation -Possible wage-price freeze 16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) International situation -Vietnam -Peace negotiations -US-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] relations -Anti-Ballistic Missiles Treaty [ABM] -Effect on Berlin negotiations Conv. No. 510-5 (cont.) -US-People’s Republic of China [PRC] relations National issues -Possible issue in 1972 election -Long-range concerns -1968 campaign -Lyndon B. Johnson -Hubert H. Humphrey -Administration's possible actions -Democrats' possible nominee -Edmund S. Muskie -Hubert H. Humphrey -Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy -Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson -Wilbur D. Mills -Jackson -Foreign policy -National economy -Permissiveness -Administration's possible actions -George P. Shultz -Ehrlichman -Importance of President's re-election -Connally's instructions to staff Treasury Department -Government reorganization -Charles E. Walker -Shultz National economy -Possible Wage-Price Board -Effect -Timing -Inflation 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Wage and Price freeze -Unemployment -US industry and business -Interest rates -Connally's speech to bankers in Europe -David Rockefeller's reaction -Interest rates -Burns' reaction Conv. No. 510-5 (cont.) -Interest rates -Wage and price freeze -Burns -Timing and implementation -Public service jobs bill -Welfare recipients -Connally’s upcoming conversation with Ehrlichman -Value-added tax -Property tax relief -Revenue sharing -Need for reduction -Political effect -Federal income tax credits -Popular reaction toward taxation -Action on President's domestic policy initiatives -Predictions of economists -Need for movement -Pierre Rinfret's position -Indicators -California -Size and importance -Savings -Inventories -Stock market -Issues -Foreign affairs -Kissinger, Rogers -Japan, Chile -Administration’s possible actions May Day Demonstrations -Ronald L. Ziegler's briefings -Questions at President's previous press conference 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) President's demeanor in press conferences -Possible response to May Day questions -Public's reaction Cabinet -Connally's reputation -Mitchell -Rogers Conv. No. 510-5 (cont.) -Laird -George W. Romney -John A. Volpe -Maurice H. Stans -Elliot L. Richardson -Clifford M. Hardin -Walter J. Hickel President's demeanor during crises -May Day demonstrations -Cambodia -Attacks on enemies Connally's schedule Connally left at 5:42 pm