083-1

Conversation No. 83-1

Date: November 15, 1971
Time: 3:36 pm - unknown before 11:59 pm
Location: Cabinet Room

The President met with William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell,
William T. Pecora, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, John G. Veneman,
George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, David M. Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Donald H. Rumsfeld,
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Alexander P. Butterfield,
William Bird, and Chester C. Spurgeon
[Recording begins while the conversation is in progress]

TRANSPO 72
-Cabinet co-operation
-United States’ leadership
-Aircraft
-Theme
-Purpose

Ronald L. Ziegler entered and Bird and Spurgeon left at 3:40 pm

Volpe’s trip to Europe
-Romania
-Poland


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Volpe’s trip to Europe

Clark MacGregor entered at 3:45 pm

Ziegler left at 3:55 pm

Ziegler entered at 4:00 pm

[To listen to the segment (21m19s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-567.]

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Budget
-Continuing resolution
-MacGregor
-The President’s previous meeting with congressmen
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield and Hugh Scott
-Allen J. Ellender and Milton R.Young
-Gerald R. Ford, George H. Mahon and Frank T. Bow
-Carl B. Albert and [Thomas] Hale Boggs
-Views of Mansfield and Ellender
-Timing
-Ford’s views
-Mitchell’s opinion
-Previous resolutions
-Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]
-Cut-off of funds
-Effect on government
-Ellender’s views
-House of Representatives’ rules

Connally
-Schedule
-Cost of Living Council

Opium poppies
-Utility
-Color


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Turkey

[To listen to the segment (1m28s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-567.]

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Opium poppies
-Role of opium in the plant
-Usage
-Hardin’s conversation with an unknown Turkish poppy breeder
-Aid to the United States
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Tape Subject Log
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-Cultivation
-Unknown man’s visits


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Hardin
-Resignation from Cabinet
-Tenure in office
-Replacement
-The President’s conversation with Senator Young
-Chair
-US Department of Agriculture [USDA] staff
-The President’s conversation with Carl T. Curtis
-Book on Nebraska football, Big Red
-[Forename unknown] Ryboe [sp?]
-Lloyd Cardwell
-[Forename unknown] Stauer [sp?]
-Former coach of Wyoming
-Hardin’s role
-Albert
-Chair
-USDA staff

Agriculture
-Hardin’s tenure and future
-The President’s program
-Views of Tony C. DeChant
-National Farmers’ Union
-Role in Democratic Party
-Farm prices
-Port strike
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-Animal growers
-Prospects
-Loan program
-Earl L. Butz
-Confirmation as Secretary
-Grange, Farm Bureau, and National Farmers’ Union
-Soil conservation
-USDA
-Monthly meetings
-The President’s Palm Springs radio broadcast
-Importance
-Dust Bowl
-Butz’s statement
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

[General conversation/Unintelligible]

The President and Rumsfeld left at 4:26 pm; Rogers, et al. left at an unknown time before 11:59
pm