Conversation: 548-011
Prev:  548-010 Next: 548-012Start Date: 27-Jul-1971 3:49 PM
End Date: 27-Jul-1971 4:37 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; White House photographer; Magruder, William M.; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:25:28
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:16:01
NARA Description:
On July 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, White House photographer, William M. Magruder, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:49 pm to 4:37 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 548-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 548-11 Date: July 27, 1971 Time: 3:49 pm - 4:37 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with John D. Ehrlichman; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting. Forthcoming meeting William M. Magruder entered at 3:50 pm. Greetings Supersonic Transport [SST] -US position -Comparison with previous attitude towards aviation research and development -Other countries 16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -US-Soviet Union space race -Japan -Federal Republic of Germany [FRG] -Funding -Timing of future efforts -SST -Concorde I -High technology field Conv. No. 548-11 (cont.) -Trade balance -Other countries -France -Program -Multi-national effort -Aircraft -US comparison -Boeing, Lockheed, McDonnell-Douglas -Subsidies -Dassault Mercure -Export market -US high technology trade balance -Past decade -Concorde -Dutch, Spanish, Swiss, Belgians, Italians, British, West Germans -American industry -L-1011 -Airbus -Cyrus R. Smith, George [Surname unintelligible], Floyd D. Hall -Lockheed, McDonnell-Douglas -747 aircraft -European action -US aircraft needs -Aviation executives -Smith, Robert [Surname unintelligible] -Government-industry relationship -Industry, technology -The Department of Defense -Military needs -B-52 -B-1, F-14 -Urban mass transit -Boeing contracts -Italy 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Japan -European perceptions -US industry's attitude -KLM -Government-industry relationship -Edward E. David, Jr., [Name unintelligible], Richard Cohen (?), [Forename unknown] Thomas -Changes Conv. No. 548-11 (cont.) -Tax incentives -Cost of development and production -SST -Coordination with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA] -Airbus -Possible conversation with Peter G. Peterson, John B. Connally -Balance of payments situation -Budget meeting -Research and development area -Aviation expertise -Sources -NASA -Problem in the space program -Funding -Congress -National coordination of aviation and aerospace development -Lockheed Corporation bailout -Boeing, McDonnell-Douglas -Spending priorities -Social programs -Airline management -Transworld Airlines [TWA], Eastern Airlines -Alan Cranston proposal -KLM -US national priorities -Social programs -William Proxmire -Charles W. Colson’s project -Funding effect on development -Tax incentives -Arthur F. Burns plan -Anti-trust regulations -Burns's plan 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Loan support -International focus -Proxmire -Department of Transportation [DOT] -NASA -SST development -Timing -Post-1972 election Conv. No. 548-11 (cont.) -Eugene Black's report for President John F. Kennedy -Black's possible role -Nelson A. Rockefeller -Henry A. Kissinger -National priorities -Environment -SST -Social programs -Sources of funding -Media coverage -National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC] -Dick Cavett -New York Times -SST development -Connection to jobs creation -George Meany, Peter J. Brennan, Frank S. Fitzsimmons, Leonard Woodcock Economy -Environment compared with jobs argument -International cooperation -Handling of resources -Compared with Japan -Balance of payment situation -International competition -Europe, the Soviet Union, Japan, the People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Changes -Japanese competition -Radio production -US company -Philco -Japanese manufacture of goods for the US market -Automobile industry -Electronic and computer equipment 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Computers -Hong Kong -Plant operation -Airplane production -McDonnell-Douglas -DC-9 -Production of tail and wings in Canada -Production of panel in Italy Conv. No. 548-11 (cont.) -Lockheed -Rolls-Royce engine -DC-10 production by McDonnell-Douglas -Worldwide manufacture -L-1011 -Canadian market share of production -Offset agreements -Perception of possible development in high technology industry -White House staff -Ehrlichman -Economists -Paul W. McCracken, Connally's staff -Milton Friedman -Views -Exports -John Kenneth Galbraith -Views -Balance of payments -International competition -US State Department -Harold S. Geneen -Export tax advantage -Notes for the President's Bohemian Grove appearance -US competitive position in the world -The President's Kansas City appearance, July 6, 1971 -Foreign trade practices -Comparison with the US -Subsidization -Value Added Tax [VAT] -Option An unknown man [Stephen B. Bull?] entered at an unknown time after 3:49 pm. Schedule 20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Barber The unknown man [Bull?] left at an unknown time before 4:37 pm. -US tax proposals -Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger -Real estate tax -Export subsidies Conv. No. 548-11 (cont.) -VAT -Jobs -Property tax relief -Federal tax increase -”New NASA” -Funding priorities -George P. Shultz -Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO] -Effect of cutbacks -Jobs impact -Community level -Veto -Manpower special revenue sharing -Community development revenue sharing -ACTION, Peace Corps -The President's earlier conversation with Otto E. Passman -Foreign reaction to the Peace Corps -Social programs -Outlook -Magruder's future role -Financial rewards of public service -Connally, Congress -Presentation to high-level economic group -Connally -Friedman -Shultz -US competitive position in the world -Toilet paper The President, Ehrlichman and Magruder left at 4:37 pm. 21 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08)