Secret White House Tapes

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  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • John D. Ehrlichman
  • Stephen B. Bull
September 7, 1972
Conversation No. 772-3

Date: September 7, 1972
Time: 7:56 am - 8:04 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with John D. Ehrlichman.

The President's schedule
-Meeting with Republican Congressional leaders
-Time
-Discussion with Gerald R. Ford and Hugh Scott
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)

-Forthcoming office meeting
-Press situation
-Peter H. Dominick

1972 Presidential campaign
-George S. McGovern statement
-Tax increase
-Budget proposal
-The President's response
-Percentage
-Personal income tax
-Welfare proposal
-McGovern's budget
-The President's response
-Amount
-The President's response
-Revenue sources
-Defense budget
-Amount of money
-Amount
-Percent
-The President's response
-Amount
-Possible questions
-Ehrlichman's suggestion
-Russell B. Long
-Welfare ideas
-House Resolution [HR] 1
-Department of Health, Education, and Welfare [HEW]
-Office of Management and Budget [OMB]
-Statistics
-McGovern's plan
-Possible testimony
-John W. Gardner
-Civil suit
-Dismissal
-Ehrlichman's analysis
-Common Cause
-Fundraising
-Gardner's effort
-John V. Lindsay
-New York Times
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)

-Bryce N. Harlow
-Meeting with the President

Murder of Israeli athletes at Olympic Games in Munich, Germany
-Television coverage
-Ehrlichman’s view
-The President’s view
-Administration actions
-Funeral
-The President’s actions
-American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC] coverage
-Comparison to other similar situations
-Ireland
-Jews
-Pakistan
-Virgin Islands
-Incident
-Political situation described
-Administration actions
-Statements

US economic policies
-John B. Connally

The President’s schedule
-Forthcoming meeting

US economic policies
-Connally’s view
-Actions on tax proposals
-Property taxes
-Plans by administration

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 7:56 am.

President's schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 8:04 am.

US economic policies

Administration's actions
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)

-Property taxes
-President's schedule
-Press reaction
-McGovern's reactions
-US News and World Report story
-The President's actions
-Connally
-Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations [ACIR]
-Percentage of property taxes
-Call to Connally from Ehrlichman

The President and Ehrlichman left at 8:04 am.
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