Conversation: 578-006
Prev:  578-005 Next: 578-007Start Date: 24-Sep-1971 11:44 AM
End Date: 24-Sep-1971 12:05 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; Magruder, William M.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:35:09
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:57:13
NARA Description:
On September 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and William M. Magruder met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:44 am to 12:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 578-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 578-6 Date: September 24, 1971 Time: 11:44 am - 12:05 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with John D. Ehrlichman and William M. Magruder. Greetings Progress report Unknown person New technology opportunities program - Supersonic Transport [SST] -Japan -1972 US elections -US position -Future plans -Objective President's schedule -Time New technology opportunities -US national needs -Magruder's research -Congressional study -International transfer of technology -National Aeronautics and Space Council -Position for future developments -SST -Date -Trade organizations -Letters from Magruder -Type of response -Ideas -James T. Lynn -Government initiatives -Tax incentives 37 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 578-6 (cont.) -Congress -Research and Development [R&D] -Innovation of industry in government -Task forces -Scientific and engineering -Dr. Edward E. David, Jr. -Anti-trust laws -Lewis A. Engman -John N. Mitchell -John B. Connally -Report -Industry and government -Available initiatives -Economics -Early depreciation -Paul W. McCracken -Solomon [Surname unknown] -Impact on labor law practices -Examples -Effect -George Meany -Jim Lewin [?] -International transfer -Initiatives -Assistant Secretaries -Type of initiatives -Technological resources -Human resources -Natural resources -Community and economic development -Approaching Congress -Date -Report -Technology -Needs -Gen B. A. Schriever and Harold A. Geneen -Management -Financing -Blue Ribbon Council -Industrial input -Results 38 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 578-6 (cont.) -Timing -Administration's position -National response -Strategy -Cancer -Amount of money -Actions taken -Elliot L. Richardson and Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW] -Bureaucrats -Former, traditional procedure of action -Strategy -Methods -Psychological effect -Comparison to traditional procedure -Manhattan Project -Moon shot -Idea of new agency -Possible impact -Idea of taking action -Comparison to traditional government agencies -Ehrlichman -Subsidizing American industry -Competition with Japan -Tax policy -Initiatives -Responses from various agencies -Department of Treasury -Department of Commerce -Law enforcement -J. Edgar Hoover -Arrests -Reactions -Heroin bust -Amount of money -Washington Star -Press response -Location in paper -National Air Space Administration [NASA], Atomic Energy Commission [AEC], Department of Defense [DOD] -System management capabilities 39 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 578-6 (cont.) -Feasibility -Market and public needs -Management capabilities -Manhattan and Apollo Projects -James C. Fletcher -George M. Low -Systems management initiatives -Possible future situation -Comparison to Apollo -Samuel C. Phillips -Air Force -NASA's capabilities -Experience -Department of Transportation [DOT]/NASA package -SST -Other nations' plans -Concorde -A-300 Airbus -Mercure[?] -Boeing -Italians -General Electric [GE] -Jet civil engine -France -Senegman [?] -Pratt and Whitney -Japan -Type of program -NASA, DOT, Commerce Department -Noise reduction -Staff -Package -SST -Civil aviation industry -William Proxmire -Gaylord Nelson -Democrats -Unemployment -New possibilities -Deadline -Date 40 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 578-6 (cont.) -Education and tax reform -Education costs -Relationship to rebate of property taxes -California case -Employment -Number of people -Department of Treasury -Value-added tax -Response in numbers -Inclusion of program -Taxes -Edwin S. Cohen -Conversation between Ehrlichman and Connally -US position in world -SST -Question of technical advancement -Exports -Percentage of Gross National Product [GNP] -Comparison to Canada, Japan and Great Britain -Type of market in comparison to rest of world -Japan -Europe -Impact on US market -Competition -Exports -Scientific community -Problems -Inertia -Regulators -Basic research -National Science Foundation -Director, Dr. William D. McElroy -Political appointment -Possible people -David Appointments -Supreme Court Ehrlichman and Magruder left at 12:05 pm. 41 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 578-6 (cont.)