Date: March 9, 1971
Time: 11:39 am - 12:03 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with George P. Shultz, Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, and Peter G.
Peterson
Greetings
[Unintelligible]
Textile trade negotiations with Japan
-Wilbur D. Mills’ position
-Japanese restraint
-Voluntary controls
-Steel
-Administration concerns
-Industry response
-An announcement regarding negotiations
-Effect of Mills’ comments
-A meeting with Japanese ambassador
-Industry position
-Administration’s position
-Possible results
-Textile legislation
-Options for administration
-Possible public statement
-Possible effect on textile industry
-Maurice H. Stans’ position
-Legislation
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-John N. Mitchell’s position
-Harry S. Dent’s position
-Kissinger
-President’s position
-Mills
Mills
-Position on textiles
-Position on Social Security and welfare reform
-Administration handling
Textile trade negotiations with Japan
-State Department suggestion
[The President talked with the White House operator at 11:45 am]
[Conversation No. 464-9A]
Dent
[End of telephone conversation]
-Mills
-Textile legislation
-Mills’ position on agreement
-Industry position on agreement
[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time after 11:45 am]
[Conversation No. 464-9B]
President’s call to Dent
-Availability
[End of telephone conversation]
Dent
-Location
-Roosevelt Room
Textile trade negotiations with Japan
-Dent’s position
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Japanese position
-Definition of terms
-Shultz’s view
-Problems
-US negotiating position
-Japanese imports in 1971
-[Forename unknown] Machino
-Japanese embassy Conv. No. 464-9 (cont.)
-Japanese ambassador
-US position
-Textile legislation
-Options
-Negotiations
-Stans
-Legislation
-Negotiations
-Mills
-A Meeting with [Name unintelligible]
-Mills
-Legislative approach
-Options
-Negotiations
-Effect of Mills’ comments
-US position
-Textile industry position
-Possible results
-The President’s position
-Japanese voluntary restraint
-Legislation
-Monitoring
-Mills
-US position
-Textile legislation
-Conditions
-Mills
-Importance to US
-Effect on foreign trade
-Textile legislation
-Dent’s involvement
-John W. Byrnes
-Mills
-Congressional position
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