Conversation: 615-025
Prev: 615-024 Next: 615-026Start Date: 5-Nov-1971 12:25 PM
End Date: 5-Nov-1971 12:49 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)];Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 04:14:23
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 04:39:39
NARA Description:
On November 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:25 pm to 12:49 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 615-025 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 615-25
Date: November 5, 1971
Time: 12:25 pm - 12:49 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger and an unknown man.
[The recording begins at an unknown time while the meeting was is progress]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
The President's schedule
-Departure time
-Helicopter
-Meeting with Arthur F. Burns
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:25 pm.
The President's schedule
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:30 pm.
Kissinger's schedule
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:30 pm.
The President's previous conversation with Indira Gandhi
-The President's preceding conversation with William P. Rogers
-US aid
-Possible war
-The President’s forthcoming trip to the People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Middle East
-Vietnam
-Possible US military action
-Possible message to Vietnamese, USSR
-The President's 1969 visit to India
-Cambodia
-Tone
Gandhi's visit to Cabinet
Gandhi’s visit
-Significance
Arthur F. Burns entered at 12:30 pm.
Kissinger's conversation with Burns
United States foreign policy
-State Department
-Kissinger's role
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 615-25 (cont.)
-Willy Brandt
-Peter G. Peterson
Kissinger's schedule
-Washington Star event
-Soviet reception
Kissinger left at 12:31 pm.
White House dinner for Gandhi, November 4, 1971
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:31 pm.
Refreshments
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:49 pm.
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Middle East
-India's position
-United Arab Republic [UAR]
-Gamal Abdel Nasser
India
-US aid
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 615-25 (cont.)
-US popular opinion
-USSR
National economy
-Money supply
-Reactions
-Economic indicators
-Unemployment
-Prices
-Money supply
-Expansion
-Timing
-The President's letter to Burns
-Rose Mary Woods
-Copies
-John B. Connally, Peterson and George P. Shultz
-Interest rates
-Calls to Woods
-Bernard J. (“Bunny”) Lasker
-Gustave L. Levy
-Burns's previous meetings with members of the Federal Advisory Council and
former Federal Reserve Board [FRB] members
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:31 pm.
Arrangements for photograph
Bull left and the White House photographer entered at an unknown time before 12:49 pm.
The White House photographer left at an unknown time before 12:49 pm.
National economy
-Money supply
-Burns's meetings, November 4, 1971
-Attendees
-Bankers, industrials
-FRB policy
-Milton Friedman
Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:31 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 615-25 (cont.)
Instructions regarding briefcase
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:49 pm.
National economy
-Money supply
-Expansion
-Dividend guideline
-Connally
-Charles W. Colson's call to Burns
-Quadriad meeting
-Pay Board
-Wage settlements
-Retroactivity
-Congress
-George Meany's possible action
-The President's response
-Re-imposition of freeze
-Cost of Living Council [COLC]
-Discretion
-Teachers
-Appeal for moderation
-Re-imposition of freeze
-Delay
-Money supply
-Dwight D. Eisenhower's economic advisors
-1960
-The President's relations with Burns, Paul W. McCracken and unknown person
The President’s schedule
-Recent meeting with Indians
Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:31 pm.
The President’s schedule
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:49 pm.
National economy
-The President's forthcoming conversation with Wright Patman
-Stabilization program
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 615-25 (cont.)
-Talking paper
-Bull
Patman's schedule
-Pauline (Tucker) Patman
-Forthcoming dinner for Emilio Garrastazu Medici
-The President’s forthcoming call to Patman
Federal budget
-1954
-Wage contracts
-1956
-Gen. Andrew J. Goodpaster
-1970
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Tax incentives
-Politics
-March 1972
-Weinberger
The President's schedule
-Florida
The President's conversation with Indira Gandhi
-Tone
-Unknown woman and man
Money supply
Burns left at 12:49 pm.