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618–19
- President Richard M. Nixon
- John D. Ehrlichman
- White House operator
- H. R. Haldeman
November 15, 1971
Conversation No. 618-19
Date: November 15, 1971
36
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Time: 11:10 am - 12:03 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with John D. Ehrlichman.
The President's economic program
-Value added tax [VAT]
-John B. Connally
-Forthcoming conversation
-Options
The White House operator talked with the President at an unknown time between 11:10 am and
11:23 am.
[Conversation No. 618-19A]
[See Conversation No. 14-104]
[End of telephone conversation]
Education
-Aid for private schools
-Possible tax credit
-Congress
Possible poll
-Taxes
-Option 5
-Connally
-Sales
-Education
-Property
-National defense
-Balancing budget
-Public relations problems
-VAT
-Possible level
Budget
-Balance
-Ehrlichman's forthcoming meeting
37
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.)
-George P. Shultz and Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Edwin L. Harper
-Connally
-The President
-Paul W. McCracken
-Maurice H. Stans
-Weinberger
-Shultz
-Connally's schedule
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Ehrlichman's forthcoming meeting with Shultz and Connally
-Connally's schedule
-Treasury Department
-The President's schedule
-Florida
The President's schedule
-Florida
-Camp David
-California
-Foreign visitors
-French, British, Germans
-Trip to People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Preparation
-The President's conversation with Kissinger and William P. Rogers
-Rogers
-Legal training
-Leonard Garment’s work
-State of the Union speech
State of the Union speech
-Backgrounders
-Jeb S. Magruder
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 11:23 am.
-Length
-Subsequent message to Congress
-Budget message, economic report, national growth policy
Urban policy
38
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.)
-Nathan Glazer’s Commentary article
-The President's letter to Daniel P. Moynihan
-Family assistance
-New York
Moynihan
-Forthcoming meeting with Ehrlichman
-National growth
State of the Union message
-Content
-VAT
-Preparation
-Property tax relief
-Aerospace industry
-Airline and airframe
-California, the West, Texas
-Connally's conversation with Eisaku Sato
-Supersonic transport [SST]
Budget
-Ehrlichman's meetings
-Connally, Shultz
Elliot L. Richardson
-Forthcoming meeting with the President
-The President's forthcoming meeting with Ronald W. Reagan
-Department of Health, Education and Welfare's [HEW] relations with Reagan
-Child development legislation
-House Resolution [HR] 1
-Moynihan's views
-Blacks
-Jews
-Kibbutz
-Yitzhak Rabin's background
-Forthcoming appeal to the President
-Possible handling
-Knowledge regarding HR 1
-Russell B. Long
-Richard B. Ogilvie
-Public perception
39
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.)
-Call to Ehrlichman
-Performance
State of the Union message
-Content
Revenue-sharing
-Budget
-Congress
-VAT
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Administration approach
Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-William C. Sullivan
Request for refreshment order
The President left at an unknown time before 12:03 pm.
Budget
-Continuing resolution
-Allen J. Ellender and George H. Mahon
The President entered at an unknown time after 11:23 am.
FBI
-Sullivan
-Relationship with Richard A. Moore
-Interest in intelligence
District of Columbia [DC]
-Tightening of welfare
-Office of Management and Budget [OMB]
-Egil G. (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.
Law Enforcement Assistance Act [LEAA]
-Management
-Jerris Leonard
-Frank C. Carlucci
-John N. Mitchell and Richard G. Kleindienst
40
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.)
-Leonard
-Criticism
-Press
-Linwood Holton
-Justice Department
-States
-The Vice President [Spiro T. Agnew]
-Forthcoming conference of governors
-Handling of funds
-Supervision
-States' abuse
-Examples
-Forthcoming conference of governors
-Agnew
Crime
-Statistics
-Life magazine article
-Poll
-The President's judicial appointments
-DC program
-Symbolism
-Youth
-Drugs
-Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe's office
-Public relations
-Athletes' cooperation
-Statistics
-State of the Union message
-Riots
-Colleges
-Types of crime
-Robbery and rape
-Climate of lawlessness
-Improvement
-Compared to 1967 and 1968
-DC program
-Drugs
Cabinet
41
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.)
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Trip to Cleveland
-Call to John K. Andrews, Jr.
Andrews's work
-Patrick J. Buchanan
Budget
-Continuing resolution
-Possible agreement with Mahon and Ellender
-Funding
-Postal agreement
-Cessation of spending
-Possible agreement with Mahon and Ellender
-Pending bills
-Defense
-Military procurement
-Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]
-Possible veto
-Foreign aid
-Connally's views
-Conversation with Haldeman
-Congress
-Blame
-Praise
-House of Representatives
-Blame
-Senate
-Rogers's testimony regarding foreign aid
-Shultz's call to Ellender
-Ellender
-Strategy
-House of Representatives
-The President
-Proposal
-Mahon
-Shultz
-Furloughs for federal employees
-OEO
-Agency for International Development [AID]
-Defense Department
42
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.)
-Possible impact on Vietnam War
-Spirit of ‘76
-The President's possible meeting
-Ellender, Michael J. Mansfield, Hugh Scott, Gerald R. Ford, Mahon and
William R. Poage
-Cabinet meeting
-Rogers C. B. Morton
-John A. Volpe
-OEO
-Ellender's knowledge
-Conversation with Shultz
-Mansfield's view
-The President's leadership
-Cabinet
-Ronald L. Ziegler's possible statement
-Shultz
Forthcoming Cabinet meeting
-Agenda
-Volpe
-Report on trips
-Romania and Poland
-The President's conversation with Kissinger
Budget
-Shultz's work
-Ellender
-Congressional leaders
-Congress's actions
-Amendments
-Tax bill
-Foreign aid
-Appropriations
-Continuing resolution
-Defense
-Mansfield Amendment
-Foreign aid
-DC
-Military procurement
-OEO
-Ellender
43
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.)
-Strategy
-Shultz
-House of Representatives' schedule
-Wilbur D. Mills's letter to the President
-The President's possible meeting with Congressmen
-The President's possible actions
-Weinberger
-Connally's views
-Weinberger
The President's schedule
-Cost of Living Council [COLC]
-Congressmen
-Richardson
-McCracken
-Stans
-Congressmen
-Shultz
-Weinberger
Budget
-Congress
-Clark MacGregor
-Rogers's views
-The President's forthcoming meeting with Congressmen
-Melvin R. Laird
-Rogers
-OEO
-The President's possible actions
The President's schedule
-COLC
-Cabinet Room
-Richardson
-McCracken
-Stans
-Kissinger
Ehrlichman and Haldeman left at 12:03 pm.
44
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.)
Date: November 15, 1971
36
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Time: 11:10 am - 12:03 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with John D. Ehrlichman.
The President's economic program
-Value added tax [VAT]
-John B. Connally
-Forthcoming conversation
-Options
The White House operator talked with the President at an unknown time between 11:10 am and
11:23 am.
[Conversation No. 618-19A]
[See Conversation No. 14-104]
[End of telephone conversation]
Education
-Aid for private schools
-Possible tax credit
-Congress
Possible poll
-Taxes
-Option 5
-Connally
-Sales
-Education
-Property
-National defense
-Balancing budget
-Public relations problems
-VAT
-Possible level
Budget
-Balance
-Ehrlichman's forthcoming meeting
37
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.)
-George P. Shultz and Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Edwin L. Harper
-Connally
-The President
-Paul W. McCracken
-Maurice H. Stans
-Weinberger
-Shultz
-Connally's schedule
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Ehrlichman's forthcoming meeting with Shultz and Connally
-Connally's schedule
-Treasury Department
-The President's schedule
-Florida
The President's schedule
-Florida
-Camp David
-California
-Foreign visitors
-French, British, Germans
-Trip to People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Preparation
-The President's conversation with Kissinger and William P. Rogers
-Rogers
-Legal training
-Leonard Garment’s work
-State of the Union speech
State of the Union speech
-Backgrounders
-Jeb S. Magruder
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 11:23 am.
-Length
-Subsequent message to Congress
-Budget message, economic report, national growth policy
Urban policy
38
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.)
-Nathan Glazer’s Commentary article
-The President's letter to Daniel P. Moynihan
-Family assistance
-New York
Moynihan
-Forthcoming meeting with Ehrlichman
-National growth
State of the Union message
-Content
-VAT
-Preparation
-Property tax relief
-Aerospace industry
-Airline and airframe
-California, the West, Texas
-Connally's conversation with Eisaku Sato
-Supersonic transport [SST]
Budget
-Ehrlichman's meetings
-Connally, Shultz
Elliot L. Richardson
-Forthcoming meeting with the President
-The President's forthcoming meeting with Ronald W. Reagan
-Department of Health, Education and Welfare's [HEW] relations with Reagan
-Child development legislation
-House Resolution [HR] 1
-Moynihan's views
-Blacks
-Jews
-Kibbutz
-Yitzhak Rabin's background
-Forthcoming appeal to the President
-Possible handling
-Knowledge regarding HR 1
-Russell B. Long
-Richard B. Ogilvie
-Public perception
39
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.)
-Call to Ehrlichman
-Performance
State of the Union message
-Content
Revenue-sharing
-Budget
-Congress
-VAT
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Administration approach
Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-William C. Sullivan
Request for refreshment order
The President left at an unknown time before 12:03 pm.
Budget
-Continuing resolution
-Allen J. Ellender and George H. Mahon
The President entered at an unknown time after 11:23 am.
FBI
-Sullivan
-Relationship with Richard A. Moore
-Interest in intelligence
District of Columbia [DC]
-Tightening of welfare
-Office of Management and Budget [OMB]
-Egil G. (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.
Law Enforcement Assistance Act [LEAA]
-Management
-Jerris Leonard
-Frank C. Carlucci
-John N. Mitchell and Richard G. Kleindienst
40
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.)
-Leonard
-Criticism
-Press
-Linwood Holton
-Justice Department
-States
-The Vice President [Spiro T. Agnew]
-Forthcoming conference of governors
-Handling of funds
-Supervision
-States' abuse
-Examples
-Forthcoming conference of governors
-Agnew
Crime
-Statistics
-Life magazine article
-Poll
-The President's judicial appointments
-DC program
-Symbolism
-Youth
-Drugs
-Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe's office
-Public relations
-Athletes' cooperation
-Statistics
-State of the Union message
-Riots
-Colleges
-Types of crime
-Robbery and rape
-Climate of lawlessness
-Improvement
-Compared to 1967 and 1968
-DC program
-Drugs
Cabinet
41
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.)
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Trip to Cleveland
-Call to John K. Andrews, Jr.
Andrews's work
-Patrick J. Buchanan
Budget
-Continuing resolution
-Possible agreement with Mahon and Ellender
-Funding
-Postal agreement
-Cessation of spending
-Possible agreement with Mahon and Ellender
-Pending bills
-Defense
-Military procurement
-Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]
-Possible veto
-Foreign aid
-Connally's views
-Conversation with Haldeman
-Congress
-Blame
-Praise
-House of Representatives
-Blame
-Senate
-Rogers's testimony regarding foreign aid
-Shultz's call to Ellender
-Ellender
-Strategy
-House of Representatives
-The President
-Proposal
-Mahon
-Shultz
-Furloughs for federal employees
-OEO
-Agency for International Development [AID]
-Defense Department
42
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.)
-Possible impact on Vietnam War
-Spirit of ‘76
-The President's possible meeting
-Ellender, Michael J. Mansfield, Hugh Scott, Gerald R. Ford, Mahon and
William R. Poage
-Cabinet meeting
-Rogers C. B. Morton
-John A. Volpe
-OEO
-Ellender's knowledge
-Conversation with Shultz
-Mansfield's view
-The President's leadership
-Cabinet
-Ronald L. Ziegler's possible statement
-Shultz
Forthcoming Cabinet meeting
-Agenda
-Volpe
-Report on trips
-Romania and Poland
-The President's conversation with Kissinger
Budget
-Shultz's work
-Ellender
-Congressional leaders
-Congress's actions
-Amendments
-Tax bill
-Foreign aid
-Appropriations
-Continuing resolution
-Defense
-Mansfield Amendment
-Foreign aid
-DC
-Military procurement
-OEO
-Ellender
43
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.)
-Strategy
-Shultz
-House of Representatives' schedule
-Wilbur D. Mills's letter to the President
-The President's possible meeting with Congressmen
-The President's possible actions
-Weinberger
-Connally's views
-Weinberger
The President's schedule
-Cost of Living Council [COLC]
-Congressmen
-Richardson
-McCracken
-Stans
-Congressmen
-Shultz
-Weinberger
Budget
-Congress
-Clark MacGregor
-Rogers's views
-The President's forthcoming meeting with Congressmen
-Melvin R. Laird
-Rogers
-OEO
-The President's possible actions
The President's schedule
-COLC
-Cabinet Room
-Richardson
-McCracken
-Stans
-Kissinger
Ehrlichman and Haldeman left at 12:03 pm.
44
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 618-19 (cont.)
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