455–23

Conversation No. 455-23

Date: February 22, 1971
Time: 3:50 pm - 4:33 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Dr. Edward E. David, Jr. and Peter M. Flanigan

The President’s schedule
-Forthcoming Science Advisory Committee meeting
-Attendance
-Possible photograph with the President
-Possible luncheon

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 3:50 pm

-Governors’ meeting
-Timing
-Press coverage
-Edward L. Morgan

[The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 3:50 pm and 3:57
pm]

[Conversation No. 455-23A]

Request that John D. Ehrlichman return to Oval Office

[End of telephone conversation]

The President’s schedule
-Luncheon for Science Advisory Committee
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-Arrangements
Scientists and technicians
-Unemployment
-Use of aerospace engineers and scientists
-Problems of Doctors of Philosophy [PhD]
-Flanigan

Ehrlichman entered at 3:57 pm Conv. No. 455-23 (cont.)

-Administration concern
-March meeting with the President
-Meeting with technicians
-Raymond J. Waldman’s efforts
-David Packard’s work
-Federal aid to universities
-Use of money
-George P. Shultz’s view
-Great programs
-President’s view
-University of California
-Massachusetts Institute of Technology
-New York Times article, 2/22
-Stanford University
-National Science Foundation
-David’s role
-Budget
-Training program
-Grants
-Breakdown of spending
-Antarctic program
-Need
-Bids for government contracts
-Consortiums
-Waldman’s role
-Unemployment
-Effect
-Compared to other individuals
-Number
-President’s position
-Market distortion for PhD’s
-Compared to stock brokerages
-Compared to lawyers
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-Scientists compared to engineers
-Administration efforts
-Loans from Small Business Administration [SBA]

Haldeman left at 4:05 pm

-The President’s meeting on minority businesses
-Leonard Garment’s views Conv. No. 455-23 (cont.)
-Sources of funds
-Use by unemployed scientists
-Model cities
-Environment
-Possible jobs
-Barry M. Goldwater’s views
-Market distortion of wages
-White collar workers
-Productivity increase

The President’s schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Science Advisory Committee
-Details
-James C. Fletcher
-Meeting with the President
-Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan
-Fletcher

Space program
-International participation
-President’s position
-Germany and Japan
-Space Shuttle
-Development costs
-Forms
-U. Alexis Johnson’s view
-Technology
-Intelsat
-President’s position
-Docking cooperation with Soviet Union
-Germany
-Japan
-Great Britain
-Technology problems
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-Soviet boosters
-Space lab
-Docking technology
-Administration position

Ehrlichman left at 4:19 pm

Technology Conv. No. 455-23 (cont.)
-Patrick E. Haggerty’s view
-Balance of trade/productivity
-Japan and Hong Kong
-Space program/nuclear development
-Effect on balance of payments
-Common Market competition
-Strengths
-Supersonic Transport [SST] and Space Shuttle
-Materials
-David’s role
-President’s position
-Hosting international conference
-Possibility
-Soviet activity
-Scientists and engineers
-Benefits
-Soviet scientist participation
-Efforts
-Agenda
-Participation
-Possible topics
-Space launches
-Timing
-Attendance at conference
-Possible topics
-Computer technology
-Moynihan
-Cancer research
-Purpose of science
-Energy
-Desalination
-Technological status
-Importance
-Agriculture
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-Unnamed Nobel Prize winner
-Research with corn
-United States’ production
-Southeast Asia
-Africa
-India
-Pakistan
-Vietnam Conv. No. 455-23 (cont.)

David left at 4:33 pm

Appointments
-Fred J. Russell
-Ambassador to Australia
-Walter L. Rice
-Kenneth Franzheim, II
-Russell
-Flanigan’s forthcoming conversation with Russell

Flanigan left at 4:33 pm