15–8

Conversation No. 15-8

Date: November 17, 1971
Time: 7:17 pm - 7:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

Charles W. Colson

The President talked with Colson.

Public relations
-John A. Scali
-Edward P. Boland amendment
-Michael J. Mansfield amendment
-Labor
-George H. Mahon and Leslie C. Arends
-Call from the President, 11/17
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Mansfield amendment

American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO]
convention
-George P. Shultz
-George Meany
-Schedule
-The President
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 15-8 (cont.)


Polls
-George H. Gallup
-Louis P.Harris
-Schedule of release
-Figures
-Use by White House
-Gallup
-Harris
-Estimate of Gallup poll
-Views on economy

Shultz
-Gross National Product [GNP]
-Conversation with the President
-Economic statistics
-Errors

Commerce Department
-Statisticians
-Retail sales
-August
-Harold C. Passer
-Census Bureau
-Jews

Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS]
-Herbert G. Stein
-Alan Greenspan

Polls
-Harris compared to Gallup
-Harris's conversation with Colson
-Effect of issues
-Economy
-Vietnam troop announcement
-Handling
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Boland amendment
-House debate

Ziegler
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 15-8 (cont.)


-Preparation of message
-Scali
-Boland Amendment
-Mansfield Amendment

Meany
-Call from Shultz