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571–6
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Clifford M. Hardin
September 11, 1971
Conversation No. 571-6

Date: September 13, 1971
Time: 3:47 pm - 4:16 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Clifford M. Hardin.
[This recording began while the conversation was in progress]
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Tape Subject Log
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The President's schedule
-Reading
-Report
-Williams Commission
-Delegation of authority
-S. Grover Cleveland
-Reading habits

Hardin
-Career
-Future
-Support for the President
-Accepting government job
-Guaranteed preferred income
-New job opportunity
-Ralston-Purina
-St. Louis, Missouri
-Star Kist tuna manufacturing
-Owners
-Acquaintance with the President
-Jack-in-the-Box restaurant franchises
-Shrimp production
-Nuclear power plants
-Warm water
-Fishing
-Pacific Ocean
-Fishermen in San Clemente, California
-Manolo Sanchez
-Amount of fish
-Gulf Stream
-Pacific Coast
-Presidents support
-Replacement as Secretary of Agriculture


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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 571-6 (cont.)



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-New job opportunity
-Hardin’s public relations activities
-Speeches
-Location
-St. Louis
-Chief Executive Officer [CEO]
-Robert Hal Dean
-Donald Danforth, Jr.
-Public company
-Danforth
-John C. Danforth
-Missouri


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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 571-6 (cont.)




-Role as Secretary of Agriculture
-Robert J. Dole's remarks
-Ezra Taft Benson
-Orville L. Freeman
-Achievement
-Experience as a Cabinet officer
-Job opportunities after leaving office
-1972 election
-Lawyers compared with businessmen

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-Timing of departure
-1972 election
-Non-controversial
-Low profile
-Hardin's strategy
-Farm organizations
-Policy works
-Leadership
-Administration achievement
-Legislation [Agricultural Act of 1970]
-Bipartisan group
-Timetable for move to new job
-Administration
-Before elections
-Hardin's successor
-Time required for transition
-Date
-Business
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 571-6 (cont.)


-September 12, 1971 remarks by unnamed minister [Reverend Ben
Haden]
-Advice from William P. Rogers
-Legal
-Contract


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-Hardin's abilities
-Salesmanship
-Reputation
-Advice
-New job opportunity
-Assignments
-Research and Development [R&D]
-Advisory role
-Nebraska
-Kansas City
-Hiring
-Youth
-R&D


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Tape Subject Log
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-Research
-Job situation
-Timetable
-1972 election
-Hardin's meeting with associates
-Company
-Department of Agriculture
-Officers

Economy
-Cabinet
-Administration policy
-The President's August 15, 1971 economic action
-Time
-Psychological confidence factor
-Inflation rate
-Tax incentives
-Phase II
-Labor leaders
-Position on participation
-Herbert Stein
-Arnold R. Weber
-Hardin's forthcoming meeting with farmers
-Maurice H. Stans
-Paul W. McCracken
-George W. Romney
-Points of view
-George P. Shultz's call to Hardin
-James D. Hodgson

Farm policy
-Tony C. DeChant
-Jacob K. Javits
-Democratic Policy Commission
-DeChant
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 571-6 (cont.)


-Patrons of Husbandry [National Grange]
-National Farmers Union [NFU]
-Remarks to Hardin
-NFU
-Position
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-John W. Scott
-William J. Kuhfuss
-Predecessor
-Vote
-Legislation
-Family
-Farming
-Retirement
-Charles H. Percy

Hardin's career moves
-Administration's needs
-Timetable
-Hardin's successor
-Effect of resignation
-Economic initiative
-People’s Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-Role with administration

John D. Rockefeller, III
-Hardin's acquaintance

Attica state prison riots
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Amnesty demands
-Prisoners
-Guards
-Hostage
-Rockefeller's negotiations
-Police operation
-Death tolls
-Rockefeller's handling of situation
-Blacks
-Angela Y. Davis
-California
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 571-6 (cont.)


-Rockefeller
-Blacks
-Analysis of riot
-The President's support for Rockefeller
-National effect
-Death tolls

Hardin
-The President's appreciation
-The President's advice
-Cabinet officers
-Career moves


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-Timing


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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 571-6 (cont.)



-Hardin’s son-in-law
-Work at Department of Justice
-John D. Mitchell
-Abilities
-Politics
-Hardin’s daughter

Hardin left at 4:16 pm.
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