Conversation: 517-008
Prev: 517-007 Next: 517-009Start Date: 11-Jun-1971 11:58 AM
End Date: 11-Jun-1971 12:20 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Devine, Samuel L.; Timmons, William E.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:13:54
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:36:36
NARA Description:
On June 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Samuel L. Devine, and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:58 am to 12:20 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 517-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 517-8
Date: June 11, 1971
Time: 11:58 am - 12:20 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Samuel L. Devine and William E. Timmons
Greetings
Support for President
-Devine role
-Press coverage
International negotiations
-Arms control with Soviets
-Public perception
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-US and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] interests
-Give and take
-Anti-Ballistic Missile [ABM]
-Soviet interests
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Eastern Europe
-Berlin
-Economics
-Arms control
-Congressional support
-US negotiating position
-PRC
-Objectives
-Soviet and Chinese competition
-Leadership role
-Basis of US movement
-Taiwan concerns
-Interplay of objectives
-Soviet interest in Europe
-Southeast Asia
-Chinese and Soviet aid to North Vietnam
-Effect on negotiations to end war
-Vietnam
-Prospects of success in talks
-Evolution
-Cambodia and Laos action
-Effect on North Vietnamese
-Breadth of discussions
-Prisoners of War [POWs]
-President’s previous meeting with John Sherman Cooper
-Responsibility of Congress in talks
-Democratic fears
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy statement
-Relation of casualties to Laos operation
-Clark M. Clifford
-End of war
-Credit
-Cambodia resolutions
-Cooper-Church amendment
-Message to Supporters of President
-President’s view of PRC, Soviet Union, and US interests
-Devine’s constituency
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-PRC Grain Deal
-Gerald R. Ford
-American unions
-Behind-the-scenes negotiations
-Democratic Fears
-Comparison of President with other administrations
-Future of the world
-John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson Conv. No. 517-8 (cont.)
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
Domestic affairs
-Congressional-Executive relations
-Public works bill
-Veto prospects
-Devine/Ford
-Input
-House Resolution [HR] 1
-Prospects
-Family assistance
-Carl T. Curtis bill
-Republican response
-Relation to welfare reform
-Content
-Revenue sharing
-Guaranteed annual income
-Workmen’s incentives
-Effect on Black vote
-Phil Burke [?]
-Senate prospects
-Timmons and John D. Ehrlichman meeting
-Purpose
-Ehrlichman’s role
-Relation to HR 1
-Effect on Wilbur D. Mills’ prestige
-Fairness
-Ways and Means Committee
-Tie to Social Security
-Black Caucus
-Previous meeting with President
-Content
-Demands
-Cost
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Concern for the rest of the country
-Cost of demands
-Potential tax increase
-Devine trip to Korea
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Devine trip to Israel
-Devine committee assignment
-Jewish vote Conv. No. 517-8 (cont.)
-Support for Devine
-Financial aid
-Black Caucus
-Meeting with the President
-Black vote
-Support for President
-John N. Mitchell
-Future meetings
-Upcoming international events
Devine and Timmons left at 12:20 pm