Conversation: 593-006
Prev: 593-005 Next: 593-007Start Date: 15-Oct-1971 9:10 AM
End Date: 15-Oct-1971 9:36 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Peterson, Peter G.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:15:09
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:43:39
NARA Description:
On October 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, and Peter G. Peterson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:10 am to 9:36 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 593-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 593-6
Date: October 15, 1971
Time: 9:10 am - 9:36 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 593-6 (cont.)
The President's schedule
-Newsweek magazine
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Photographer
Kissinger entered at 9:10 am.
US foreign policy
-Statement
-Ronald L. Ziegler
Photographers entered at an unknown time after 9:10 am.
-Ambassador
Photographers left at an unknown time before 9:13 am.
-John B. Connally
Peter G. Peterson entered at 9:13 am.
Salutations
Textile agreement
-David M. Kennedy
-Eisako Sato
-Hong Kong
-Taiwan
-Korea
-The President's schedule
-Statement on veto
-Washington Special Action Group [WSAG]
-Ziegler
-Peterson's schedule
-Roger Milliken
-Harry S. Dent
-Milliken’s concerns
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Commerce Department
-Dent
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 593-6 (cont.)
-Textile industry's reaction
-Milliken
-Public statement
-Japanese
-Dent
-Timing of statement
-Commerce Department
-Ziegler
-Industry support
-Legislative support
-Senators
-Jacob K. Javits
-Charles H. Percy
-Abraham A. Ribicoff
-Press
-Trading with the Enemy Act
-Agricultural Act of 1956
-Tariffs
-Surtax provision
-David M. Kennedy
-Message from the President
-Rose Mary Woods
-Notifications
-Ambassadors
-European Economic Community [EEC]
-Brussels
-Earl of Cromer
-Hong Kong
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Comparison with his program
-Possible questions from the press
-Japanese
-Program
-Mills
The President's schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Robert S. McNamara
Kissinger left at 9:22 am.
Textile agreement
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 593-6 (cont.)
-Possible responses to press questions
-Mills plan
-The President's correspondence
-Chung Hee Park
-Chiang Kai-Shek
-Sato
-Possible content
-Hong Kong
-Sato
-Possible public statement
-Peterson's schedule
-Illinois
-South
-Growth factor
-Markets
-Jobs
-Regional factors
-Trade deficit
-Textiles
-Employers
-Surcharges
-Quotas
-Jobs
-Mills
-Outlook
-US relations with Japan
-People’s Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-Visit with Emperor Hirohito
-Cooperation
-State Department
-Kissinger
-Cables
-David M. Kennedy
-Performance
-Peterson's schedule
-U. Alexis Johnson
-State Department's opinion
-David Kennedy
-Trading with the Enemy Act
-Staff comments
-Supreme Court
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 593-6 (cont.)
-Robert C. Byrd
-Possibility of appointment
-Ku Klux Klan
-Trading with the Enemy Act
-Textile industry
-Dent
-Japanese ambassador
-Support for administration
-Possible administration comments
-Administration of agreement
-Milliken
-Statements
-Legislation
-Overseas negotiations
-Surtax
Peterson left at 9:36 am.