Conversation 575-003

On September 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, Stephen B. Bull, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:32 pm and 2:37 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 575-003 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 575-3

Date: September 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:32 pm and 2:37 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

     Greetings

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 2:32 pm.

     President’s schedule
          -Upcoming meeting with Congressional leaders
                -Number of people absent

                     -John B. Connally
           -Meeting with George P. Shultz

Bull left at an unknown time before 2:34 pm.

     Pen

     Schedule
          -Unidentified trip
               -Time
               -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
               -Henry A. Kissinger
               -William P. Rogers
               -John D. Ehrlichman
               -John N. Mitchell
               -Haldeman

Sanchez left and Shultz entered at 2:34 pm.

     Congressional leadership meeting
         -Briefing
         -Shultz's possible statement
         -The President's possible statement
               -Presentation
         -William Proxmire
         -Spiro T. Agnew
               -Governors meeting
         -Clark MacGregor
         -The President's possible statement
               -Shultz
               -Wage and price freeze
                     -Effectiveness
               -Cooperation
               -Support for program

     Economic policies
         -Industrial production index
               -Reflection on the President's policies
         -Preliminary report
               -Gross National Product [GNP] goal
                     -Percentage

           -Housing starts
               -Rise
                     -Record high figure

     Congressional meeting
         -Economic legislation
         -Deadline
               -Date
               -Extension
                     -Time
         -Handling
               -The President’s possible statement
                     -Unknown person’s statement
               -Herbert Stein

The President and Shultz left at 2:37 pm.