Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 567 › Conversation 567-014
Nixon & Haldeman on New Economic Policy and Presidential travel
Tuesday, September 7, 1971 · 8:18 AM–8:33 AM ET · Oval Office
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President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinated the logistics for the President's upcoming travel, including a trip to Alaska and appearances in Detroit and the West Coast. They discussed necessary adjustments to the President's schedule regarding a speech to Congress on the New Economic Policy and the potential conflict with a visit from the Apollo 15 astronauts. Additionally, the pair strategized a political counterattack against Democratic critics, specifically referencing an analysis by Charles Colson regarding the administration's economic policy communications.
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2:33:18And I thought I'd do this and change to Detroit in Thursday, which is a better day for it anyway.
2:33:44coming just as soon as it does after the other one to Detroit on Thursday.
2:33:49And then we'll fly directly to Anchorage and get that out of the way and then come back as we had planned to come back to the port on the way back.
2:33:57And he's due to Detroit out of the back.
2:34:01That's only an hour.
2:34:02Just fly home to Detroit.
2:34:04I'll just go out and let you know when to go.
2:34:10I don't know.
2:34:13Then direct from here to Anchorage.
2:34:14From here to Anchorage.
2:34:15Okay.
2:34:19And just go outside.
2:34:20And down to Portland.
2:34:22And spend the night in Portland.
2:34:23Well, that works out fine.
2:34:25This is Portland.
2:34:27No.
2:34:30What is it?
2:34:36So there you go.
2:34:54Oh, is that what we're going to do?
2:34:57California cross country?
2:34:57Yeah.
2:34:58Are we going to do that?
2:34:59No, I think so.
2:35:00Well, if we do, we wouldn't want to go.
2:35:02We wouldn't want to go across.
2:35:05We'd just come right back.
2:35:08I'd want to try to run the crew set.
2:35:10All right.
2:35:11So we can go out and stay online.
2:35:14Do you mean you could do Seattle on the way to Portland?
2:35:16No, do Seattle on the way to the tank or the other year?
2:35:18On Sunday.
2:35:25Well, let's see.
2:35:26There's no need to.
2:35:27We don't need to stack a lot of stuff up anyway.
2:35:34Yeah.
2:35:35They don't, I was talking to Eric, and we don't have any really good for Seattle anyway, so maybe that's a better choice than what we did.
2:35:43Well, it's a problem.
2:35:47But we've got to get it there.
2:35:53Seattle's on fire.
2:35:57We should do it on the first night, didn't you know?
2:36:05Yeah.
2:36:05If we do that, we're going to screw it up.
2:36:37Now, today is when we should move on to Congress.
2:36:41We're going to do this thing on Thursday.
2:36:44There is one hang-up that I don't think poses any problem, and that is that the Apollo 15 astronauts are supposed to be here on Thursday, and they were going to address the house, or with the house, apnea.
2:36:57Now, I'm sure their schedule could be changed so that they do them in the morning and send them in the afternoon or something like that.
2:37:07Uh, it's, they were not going to do it in one session.
2:37:12So, it's a, and we're, we're going to have to face the crime that, well, that's something the Congress will need to work out, uh, with them.
2:37:23The thing we've got to do, though, is, is, uh, the proper protocol is that you're supposed to, uh,
2:37:31request to the speaker and the majority leader who isn't here.
2:37:35But we'll, you know, we've done all that in motion.
2:37:39I don't call it.
2:37:40That isn't the way it's done.
2:37:42It's done through McGregor.
2:37:48And that's what you did this morning.
2:37:52We'll have to deal with Bird, which is from just as well as this thing.
2:38:07Just work out that way.
2:38:08They want to see, because the president can't request to be carried out.
2:38:13No, no, no, I understand.
2:38:14I mean, it's just not, it's, so I can get them very early.
2:38:20Okay, go ahead.
2:38:28Other than this thing this morning, we're good.
2:38:30Yeah, we have to get it.
2:38:51It looks like they're trying to pick up me easily on Google.
2:39:08I read our own analysis by Colson.
2:39:12It was good.
2:39:16I have to thank somebody that is not waiting until Thursday.
2:39:21He did have it in there for one paragraph, but it was important, by a margin important, that they really have some.
2:39:29We've got to have people splash back at them when they're that way.
2:39:32I think you ought to get a little closer.
2:39:33We should have a nun man in there to help them on it.
2:39:40You've got to get somebody to go all the way.
2:39:47Their analysis is quite correct.
2:39:49You allow these people to get their heads above water, and they continue to put them up.
NARA Description
On September 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:18 am and 8:33 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 567-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 567-14
Date: September 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:18 am and 8:33 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Schedule
-The President's forthcoming trip to Alaska
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-California
-Detroit meeting (Detroit Economic Club)
-Time
-Flight to Anchorage, Alaska
-Portland, Oregon stopover
-Stops
-Seattle
-West coast events
-Finance dinner
-California location
-Seattle
-Time
-John D. Ehrlichman's advice
-Date
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Congress
-The President's forthcoming address on the New Economic Policy, September 9,
1971
-Visit of the Apollo 15 astronauts
-Speech
-Schedule changes
-Protocol
-The President's request to the Majority leader and to Speaker of the House
-Clark MacGregor
-Robert C. Byrd
-Michael J. Mansfield
Economic policy
-Comments by Edmund S. Muskie, Hubert H. Humphrey
-George Meany's stance
-Analysis by Charles W. Colson
-Counterattack
-Colson
-Timing
-John B. Connally
-Spiro T. Agnew
The President's schedule
-Raymond K. Price, Jr. meeting
-Time
The President and Haldeman left at 8:33 am.Also recorded on September 7, 1971
- 071-001 8:03 AM · 2 hr 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the Council on International Economic Policy, including Brandon Sweizer, Peter G. Peterson, Clifford M. Hardin, William P. Rogers, Nathanial Samuels, John B. Connally, Paul A. Volcker, Melvin R. Laird, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, David M. Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Paul W. McCracken, Carl J. Gilbert, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, Richard V. ("Dick") Allen, Deane R. Hinton, Donald A. Webster, Robert D. Hormats, Raymond J. Waldeman [?], Peter M. Flanigan, and unknown person(s), met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 10:36 am.
- 008-030 8:18 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:18 am and 10:49 am.
- 567-015 8:33 AM · 10 min — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:33 am and 10:36 am.
- 567-016 10:36 AM · 1 hr 21 min — Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:36 am and 12:00 pm.
- 008-031 10:49 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 10:49 am to 10:56 am.
- 275-001 12:00 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:00 pm and 12:16 pm.
- 275-002 12:16 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and James D. ("Don") Hughes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:16 pm to 12:17 pm.
- 275-003 12:20 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:20 pm to 12:26 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 567-014, September 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/567-014 (accessed October 12, 2026).