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Conversation No. 3-16

Date: May 12, 1971
Time: 3:56 pm - 4:01 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with William L. Safire.

Gross National Product [GNP] figures
-George P. Shultz
-Revised increases
-Shultz
-Possible talk with Safire
-Release date

The President conferred with Henry A. Kissinger at 3:57 pm.

President's schedule
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[End of conferral]

GNP figures
-Release
-Shultz
-Administration handling
-Possible leak
-News magazines Conv. No. 3-16 (cont.)
-US News and World Report publication deadline
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Shultz and Safire meeting
-Administration handling
-Importance
-Compared with 1065 Dow Jones level
-Third revision
-Possible leak
-US News, Time, Newsweek
-John A. Scali
-Louis Rukeyser of ABC
-Timing
-Shultz and Safire meeting