Conversation: 562-003
Prev: 562-002 Next: 562-004Start Date: Thursday, August 12, 1971 4:15 PM
End Date: Thursday, August 12, 1971 4:24 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Passer, Harold C.; Colson, Charles W.; White House photographerRecording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:07:29
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:16:34
NARA Description:
On August 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Harold C. Passer, Charles W. Colson, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:15 pm to 12:24 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 562-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 562-3
Date: August 12, 1971
Time: 12:15 pm - 12:24 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Harold C. Passer and Charles W. Colson; the White House photographer
was present at the beginning of the meeting.
Photograph session
Passer
-Tenure in office
National economy
-Release of statistics
-Positive news
-Press
-Negativism
-Need for balance
-Census
-Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS]
-Census
-Retail sales
-Housing
-Consumer Price Index [CPI]
-Federated Department stores
-Consumer Council
-Passer’s conversation with unknown man
-Steel strike
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 562-3 (cont.)
-Railroad strike
-Lockheed bill
International monetary situation
-Possible devaluation
-New York financial community
National economy
-Public psychology
-Unemployment
-News summary
-Edmund S. Muskie’s statement
-Wage and price controls
-Previous administrations
-John F. Kennedy
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Vietnam
-World War II
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]
-War
-Administration’s goal
-George Romney's forthcoming speech in Atlanta
-Media coverage
-News media's views
-John F. Kennedy's administration
-Foreign policy
-Economic policy
-Inflation
-Compared to Eisenhower years
-Unemployment
-Stock market
-Unemployment
-Composition
-Compare to Nixon years
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 562-3 (cont.)
Presentation of gifts by President
-Passer's wife
Passer and Colson left at 12:24 pm.