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464–15
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Harry S. Dent
  • Peter M. Flanigan
March 9, 1971
Conversation No. 464-15

Date: March 9, 1971
Time: 2:34 pm - 2:58 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Harry S. Dent and Peter M. Flanigan

Textile trade negotiations with Japan
-President’s previous meeting
-Dent’s view
-Peter G. Peterson
-Dent’s calls
-Roger Milliken
-John W. McCormack
-Industry position
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Democrats’ position
-Dent’s efforts
-President’s action
-Public perception
-Mills
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

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-Flanigan’s meetings
-Milliken
-Dent
-Robert C. Jackson
-Industry representatives
-Position
-Role of the President
-Mills
-Meeting with industry representatives
-Jackson
-Results
-President’s position
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Possible future position
-Japanese embassy
-Communication with Mills
-Mills’ efforts
-Administration
-Ambassador’s meeting with Flanigan
-Flanigan’s meeting with Japanese ambassador
-Flanigan’s view
-Possible Action by President
-A draft statement on Japanese proposal
-Voluntary restraints
-Legislation
-Monitoring
-Legislation
-Legislation
-Industry position
-Mills
-Administration efforts
-President’s position
-Content
-Ernest F. (“Fritz”) Hollings’ position
-Mills
-President’s possible action
-Possible statement by President to press
-Mills
-President’s position
-Support for President’s position
-Dent’s work with Congressmen
-Mills
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

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-Administration position
-Statement to press
-President’s forthcoming meeting with industry representatives
-John N. Mitchell’s position
-Compared with Mills’ position
-George P. Shultz and Peterson’s philosophy
-President’s philosophy
-Effect on action Conv. No. 464-15 (cont.)
-Legislation
-Administration action
-Mills
-Position on other administration measures
-Revenue sharing
-Social Security
-Welfare reform
-Mills’ position
-Textile industry convention in Florida
-Herbert Stein and William D. Ruckelshaus
-Legislation
-Mills
-Administration position
-Time limit
-Industry
-President’s forthcoming statement
-Timing
-Content
-Tone
-Mills
-Effect on proposed legislation
-Monitoring reports to Congress
-Wording of statement
-Possible effect
-Possible future action
-Shultz and Peterson’s views
-President’s position
-John B. Connally’s views
-Peterson
-Connally, Mitchell
-Peterson
-President’s decision
-Dent
-U. Alexis Johnson
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
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-State Department’s view

Dent and Flanigan left at 2:58 pm




Conversation
Conv. No. 464-15
No. 464-16
(cont.)

Date: March 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:58 pm and 3:01 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull

President’s schedule
-Unknown people
-George P. Shultz and John D. Ehrlichman
-A meeting in the Cabinet Room
-Robert A. Taft, Jr.

Bull left at 3:01 pm
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