Conversation: 867-019
Prev: 867-018 Next: 867-020Start Date: 2-Mar-1973 3:35 PM
End Date: 2-Mar-1973 4:08 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Olin, John M.; Sanchez, Manolo;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On March 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, John M. Olin, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:35 pm to 4:08 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 867-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 867-19
Date: March 2, 1973
Time: 3:35 pm-4:08 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with John M. Olin; the White House photographer was present at the
beginning of the meeting.
Greetings
-Summer
-New York
Photographs
-Color
-Copies
Olin's support for President
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 3:35 pm.
Refreshment
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:08 pm.
Olin's relationship with President
-Length
-Eisenhower administration
-Olin's support for President
-December 1972 bombing of Vietnam
-Olin's support
-Criticism
Vietnam War
-December 1972bombing
-Prisoners of war [POWs] support
-Effectiveness
-John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson
POWs
-Demeanor
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2010)
Conversation No. 867-19 (cont’d)
-Washington Post
-William F. Buckley, Jr.
-National Review comments
Vietnam
-Conclusion of war
-Retention of troops in South Vietnam
-eventual withdrawal
-South Vietnam
-Strength
-Chances of survival
-Aid to North Vietnam
-Congress
-Reasons
-Leverage
-Laos, Cambodia
-Compared with Japan and Germany
World War II
-Yalta Agreements
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
US defenses
-John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
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[National security]
[Duration: 6s]
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
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Olin Corporation
-Negotiations with [First name unknown] Nickerson
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2010)
Conversation No. 867-19 (cont’d)
-Great Britain
-Seed geneticist
-Leadership role
-Agricultural patents
-Individual property rights
-Seed varieties
-New law
-Patent Office
-Licenses
Grain trade
-USSR
-Natural resources
-Lack of expertise
-US seed developments
-Availability to USSR
-President’s viewpoint
-Leverage
-Negotiations with Olin Corporation
-Trade offs
-People's Republic of China [PRC]’s market
-PRC’s, USSR’s agricultural exports
-USSR
-Agriculture
-Market potential
US-USSR trade relations
-Olin Corporation
Exploration possibilities
Olin’s relationship with Nickerson
-Hunting
-Northern Yorkshire, England
-Olin's background
-Nickerson's research in grain seeds
-Lincolnshire, England
-Wheat, barley, corn
Atlantic salmon
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2010)
Conversation No. 867-19 (cont’d)
-Olin's concern
-Acquaintance with US ambassador to Denmark [?]
-Denmark
-Smoked salmon
-Salmon controversy
-Denmark and Greenland
-Contributions to stock of salmon
-Canada, Great Britain, Norway
-Greenland
-Trout
-Harvesting of salmon
-Amount
-Demark
-Harvesting
-Davis Stright
-Netting
-Impact on stock of salmon
-Depletion
-High-seas fishing
-Legislation
-Greenland
-Harvesting
-Restrictions
-Denmark
-Appointment of an ambassador
-Philip K. Crowe
-Norway post
-State Department
-Olin's conversation with Maurice H. Stans
-Need to obtain agreement with Demark and Greenland
-Amount
-Canada
-Harvesting
-Netting
-Restrictions
-Compensation
-Crowe’s appointment
-Denmark, Norway
-Norway
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2010)
Conversation No. 867-19 (cont’d)
-Salmon stock
-USSR
-Salmon stock
-Cooperation
-Iceland
-Northeast Atlantic Commission
-Restrictions on high-seas fishing
-Norway
-Political effect
-[First name unknown] Aigmon [?]
-Crowe
-Norway
-US representative
-Resolution of problem
-Crowe
International Advisory Board on Salmon
-Olin's chairmanship
-Olin's interests
President’s campaign for
-Huntsmen's lobby
-Questions
Atlantic salmon problem
-President's investigation
-Crowe
-Donald L. McKernan
-State Department
-Advice
-Work on problem
-Knowledge
-Olin’s conversation with Maurice H. Stans
-State Department
-John J. McCloy
-Resistance
-Statement to McCloy
-Resistance
-McKernan’s recommendation
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2010)
Conversation No. 867-19 (cont’d)
-Crowe’s appointment
-Denmark, Norway
-Stans
-Norway
Capital gains tax
-Treasury Department
-President's opposition
-John H. Alexander's opinion on effects of tax
-Legal estate
-Congress
-Demagoguery
-Business lobbying
-Wilbur D. Mills and Russell B. Long
-Target
-Senate Finance Committee
-Mills
-Estate tax
-President's opposition
-Treasury Department
-Support for estate tax
-Threat to free enterprise
-Entrepreneurship
-Great Britain
-Economic impact
-Opposition
-Family wealth
-Support for President
-Olin's wealth
-Personal compared to market value
-Effect of capital gains and estate tax
-Wealthy families
-Rockefeller, Ford
-Harm of tax
-Impact on estates, personal ambition, foundations
-Mills, Long
-Lobbying
-William J. Baroody, Jr.
-Reports on tax
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2010)
Conversation No. 867-19 (cont’d)
-Release
-Estate taxes
-Distribution to Congress members, press
-George P. Shultz’s testimony
-Ways and Means Committee
-Publicity
President’s Lunch in New York with Olin
-Recess
-President’s decision to campaign
-Olin’s advice on television [TV]
-TV debate with Kennedy in 1960
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Olin’s home in Georgia
-President’s visit
-Hunting
-President’s visit to James Hanes place
-Quail symposium
-Olin’s return to Georgia
-Hunting
-Use of dogs
-Pointers
Dogs
-King Timahoe
-Irish setters, Labradors
-King Timahoe
-Age
-Olin’s kennels
-Championship dogs
-Labradors, springer spaniels
Olin’s acquaintance with Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Estate in Georgia
-Bob Woodruff
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-2010)
Conversation No. 867-19 (cont’d)
-Pete Jones
-Spruce Springs
-President’s visit
James Hanes
-Friendship with Olin
Salmon fishing
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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Peanuts
-Importance to Georgia
-Shultz
-Trade negotiations [?]
-Export crop
-Organization of growers
-Hiring of Harry S. Dent
-Herman E. Talmadge
-Senate Finance Committee
-Shultz
-Influence
Olin left at 4:08 pm.