Conversation: 566-020
Prev: 566-019 Next: 566-021Start Date: Tuesday, August 17, 1971 8:56 PM
End Date: Tuesday, August 17, 1971 9:04 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Spain, Jayne B.; [Unknown person(s)]Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:47:42
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:55:18
NARA Description:
On August 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Jayne B. Spain, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:56 pm to 5:04 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 566-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 566-20
Date: August 17, 1971
Time: 4:56 pm - 5:04 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with John B. Connally.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 566-20 (cont.)
President’s schedule
-Forthcoming trip
National economy
-President's program
-Interest rates
-Possible statement
-Arthur F. Burns
-Consumer credit
-Sears, Roebuck
-John Deere
-Connally's possible actions
-Letter to bankers
An unknown person entered at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 5:04 pm
President’s schedule
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 5:04 pm.
-Public psychology
-President's previous meeting with Congressmen
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Russell B. Long
-Allen J. Ellender
-Reaction
-Connally's previous conversation with Peter M. Flanigan
-[Forename unknown] Bush [?]
-Stock market
-Volume of trading
-Foreign markets
-Gold
-London exchange
-Zurich exchange
-Dollar
-President's conversation with Peterson
-Japan
-Possible textile quotas
-Reaction
-George Meany
-Possible Republican response
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 566-20 (cont.)
-Robert J. Dole
-Charles W. Colson
-Gerard R. Ford
-People’s Republic of China [PRC[ initiative
-Partisanship
-Wage and price freeze
Connally's schedule
-Camp David
The President and Connally left at 5:04 pm.