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University of Virginia Miller Center

Secret White House Tapes

502–20

About this recording

502–20

• President Richard M. Nixon
• John D. Ehrlichman
• George P. Shultz
• Stephen B. Bull
• H. R. Haldeman
• White House operator
• Rose Mary Woods

May 20, 1971 George P. Shultz Stephen B. Bull H. R. Haldeman White House Operator Rose Mary Woods Richard M. Nixon John D. Ehrlichman American Defense and Security Domestic Affairs Education Europe Finance and Banking Health Human Rights and Civil Rights Jobs and Economy Law and Justice Media and the Press Political Parties and Movements Politics Social Issues Taxation Trade Conversation No. 502-20 Date: May 20, 1971 Time: 2:47 pm - 3:58 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with John D. Ehrlichman and George P. Shultz Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) -President's SALT agreement -Soviets -Negotiations -Strength -President's SALT agreement television announcement -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] -Dan Rather's comments -Defensive -Offensive -Negotiations -Marvin L. Kalb's comments -Edmund S. Muskie's question -President's performance US economy -Collective bargaining -1973 -1972 -Longshoremen -General Electric [GE] Westinghouse -Peter G. Peterson's meeting with economic leaders  30 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Herbert G. Klein -John B. Connally -Maurice H. Stans -Policy coordination -Connally -Council of Economic Advisors [CEA] -Domestic Council -Meeting of Connally, Paul W. McCracken, Peterson, Peter Conv.M.No. Flanigan, 502-20 Shultz (cont.) -Schedule -Stans -James D. Hodgson -Labor Department statistics -Prices -Employment level -Commerce Department statistics -Stans -Hodgson -Stans -Flanigan -Stans -McCracken -Connally's relationship with Arthur F. Burns -Meeting of Quadriad, May 21, 1971 -McCracken -Herbert Stein -Monetary policy and interest rates -Burns’ statement in Congressional testimony, May 19, 1971 -Interest rates and international monetary system -US dollar -Money speculation -Germans -German Mark -International monetary conference -Ambassador from the Hague -Shultz’s view -German Mark -Lunch at French Embassy -Valery Giscard D'Estaing -Shultz, Connally, Burns, Flanigan -Food -Giscard D’Estaing's view on the German Mark -Burns’ view on the German Mark  31 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -German's Views on the German Mark -Parity -Capital Flows -Giscard D’Estaing's views -Giscard D’Estaing's views -Fiscal restraint -Economic stimulation -Fiscal policy Conv. No. 502-20 (cont.) -Burns’ views -Implementation -Congressional spending -Politics -Republicans -1972 -Veto -Estimate of Fiscal 1971 deficit -$21 billion -Government expenditure -Full employment revenue bill -Treasury measurements of income -Estimate of Fiscal 1972 deficit -$18 billion -Full employment revenue -Fiscal policy stimulative power -Expansionary status of US economy -State of the economy -Expansionary -Inflation -President's position -Antiballistic Missile [ABM] negotiations -SALT talks -Government budget -Burns -Social Security tax -Consumer Price Index [CPI] figure -Forthcoming announcement -Food prices -Percentage of CPI -Burns -Monetary policy and interest rates -Government budget -Shultz  32 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -International monetary developments -Connally -Bankers meeting in Munich, Germany -US economic policy -Shultz’s view -Domestic priority -Proposed Committee of Economic Policy -Stans Conv. No. 502-20 (cont.) -President's meetings with Hodgson and Stans -George W. Romney -John A. Volpe -Ehrlichman's meetings with Stans -Stans -Role in economic matters -Meetings of the Quadriad -Burns’ views on membership in the Quadriad -Peterson -Connally, McCracken, Flanigan, Shultz -Burns -Balance of payments statistics -Stans’ meeting with President -Russell B. Long's views on computation of Balance of Payments [BOP] statistics -Shultz's new system for computing BOP -Short and long-term movements -Stans -Long -Shultz's testimony on May 21, 1971 before International Committee -Stans’ letter to Shultz -Leaks -Stans’ meeting with President -President's approval -Long's reaction -President's meeting with Stans -President's instructions -Shultz's new system -Imports -Exports -Government subsidies -International trade -Government subsidies -Previous meeting with President  33 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Shultz's views on subsidies -Market -Henry Kearns -Budget -La Pantha [sp?] -Rolls Royce -Lockheed -Boeing Conv. No. 502-20 (cont.) Supersonic Transport [SST] -Status John W. Bynes -Social Security Nathaniel A. Owings -National Mall -Owing's presentation for President in 90 days Manpower special revenue sharing -Trip to Birmingham, Alabama -Southern Congressmen -Byrnes [?] -Romney -Urban special revenue sharing -Hodgson -Manpower special revenue sharing -Stein -CEA -Hendrik S. Houthakker -Europe -White House strategy -President's meeting with press -Birmingham Ronald W. Reagan -Edwin Meese III's conversation with John D. Ehrlichman -Reagan's position -White House's Legal Service's Bill and HR 1 -Edwin Reinecke HR 1  34 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) Vacancies in the Federal judiciary -Former law partner of the President, named [Forename unknown] Liddig (?) -Unknown law firm -Rating by American Bar Association [ABA] -Stanley N. Barnes -Rating by ABA -Liddig (?) -Political allegiances Conv. No. 502-20 (cont.) -Earl [Surname unknown] Court of Military Appeals -Albert W. Watson -Two vacancies -Blacks -Robert E. Quinn -William H. Darden -Frederick V. Malek -Blacks -Edward F. Brooke -Future appointments Executive Departments -Retirement of assistant secretaries and undersecretaries -Political impact -Recruiting replacements -Political impact -Upcoming election -Richard C. Van Dusen, Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD] -SST -William M. Magruder -Job offer with aerospace industry -Salary Congressional relations -Parks -House Armed Services Committee -F. Edward Hébert -Camp Pendelton, California -Legislation -Marine Corps -Melvin R. Laird -Arnold R. Weber's meeting with Hébert  35 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Laird in Louisiana -Hébert's reaction -California -H R 1 -Byrnes -Republicans -Social Security -Aged Conv. No. 502-20 (cont.) -Meeting with Laird -Byrnes -General revenue sharing -Byrnes -Laird -Chairman -Cities, states -Speech on May 20, 1971 in North Carolina legislature -Shultz's views -Legislative leaders -California democrat -Romney -State Department -Wilbur D. Mills -Suggested meeting between Ehrlichman and Laird -Byrnes -Cabinet meeting on May 20, 1971 -Mills -Social Security -Byrnes [?] -Apologies -Republicans -Aged -Unknown person -Office of Management and Budget [OMB] Revenues -Treasury Department estimates -Full employment revenues -Gross National Product [GNP] -Expenditures for 1971 -Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger -1971 deficit -Fiscal 1973  36 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Full employment revenues -Fiscal 1973 budget -Tax system -Tas raises -Property tax -Burden -Raises -Secretary (Connally?) Conv. No. 502-20 (cont.) -John N. Mitchell -Political impact of changing tax system -Need for Presidential decision -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -President's schedule -Child care -Unknown person's bill -Health, Education, and Welfare [HEW] -Revenue Sharing financing -Kevin P. Phillips' backing of unknown person's bill -OMB -Phillips' wife -Job with the Committee Black Caucus Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 2:47 pm. President's schedule -Meeting with Kissinger Bull left at an unknown time before 3:43 pm. Employment Education Housing Black Caucus -President's record Civil Rights Commission -Theodore S. Hesburgh  37 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -June 14th, 1971 hearing on housing -Subpoenas of assistant secretaries -Samuel C. Jackson -Samuel J. Simmons -Statement prepared for the President Haldeman entered at 3:15 pm. Conv. No. 502-20 (cont.) Dr. Bertram S. Brown -Firing -Reconsideration -Elliot L. Richardson -Brown -Richardson’s view -Richardson’s appointment request -John W. Dean, III -Egil G. (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr. -Malek -Position on narcotics -Dean -Krogh -Weber -Richardson -Health, Education, and Welfare [HEW] -Brown -Drug traffic -Marijuana -President's meeting with Arthur G. (“Art”) Linkletter on May 18, 1971 Ehrlichman and Shultz left at 3:43 pm. [The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:44 pm] [See Conversation No. 3-89] [Conversation No. 502-20A] [End of telephone conversation] Donald H. Rumsfeld -Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]  38 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Knowledge -Knowledge of National Security Council [NSC] -President’s plan -George A. Lincoln Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:43 pm. President's schedule Conv. No. 502-20 (cont.) -Meeting with Kissinger -President's appointment at 4 o'clock Bull left at an unknown time before 3:46 pm. [The President talked with Mrs. Lee, Weber's secretary, at an unknown time between 3:43pm and 3:46 pm] [See Conversation No. 3-90] [Conversation No. 502-20B] [End of telephone conversation] Connally -Treasury Kissinger entered at 3:46 pm. SALT agreement -Soviet clarification statement -Soviet Embassy's press secretary -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Distribution -Kissinger's briefings -John W. Chancellor President's schedule -Haldeman’s call to Connally -Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting with Connally Haldeman left at 3:48 pm.  39 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) SALT agreement announcement -Headlines -Chancellor, [Arnold] Eric Sevareid, [Forename unknown] Morgan (?), Marvin L. Kalb -Understanding of SALT agreement -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] -Dan Rather and Kalb -Kissinger's briefings Conv. No. 502-20 (cont.) -Gerard C. Smith -Kissinger’s phone calls -McGeorge Bundy -President's thoughts on Kissinger -Bundy -Reaction to announcement -Offer of assistance -Senate Foreign Relations Committee Haldeman entered at 3:49 pm. President's schedule -Haldeman’s conversation with Connally -Connally’s reaction SALT agreement announcement -Bundy's offer of help -Senate Foreign Relations Committee -J. William Fulbright -Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield -Harold E. Hughes -George D. Aiken -Democrats -Hubert H. Humphrey -Charles W. Colson -Mindset -President -Mindset -Colson's report on a Humphrey speech on Antiballistic Missiles [ABM], Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle [MIRV] and arms talks  40 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Edmund S. Muskie -Someone Kissinger sent to see Muskie -Dean G. Acheson -Kissinger's call [The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 3:49 am 3:53 pm] Conv. No. 502-20 (cont.) [See Conversation No. 3-91] [Conversation No. 502-20C] [End of telephone conversation] SALT agreement announcement -[Forename unknown] Kleiman of New York Times -Kissinger's call -Kleiman's comments [The President talked with the White House operator at 3:53 pm] [See Conversation No. 3-92] [Conversation No. 502-20E] [End of telephone conversation] Rose Mary Woods entered at 3:53 pm. Copy of President’s memo to Acheson, May 20, 1971 Woods left at 3:54 pm. -Dobrynin's call to Kissinger -Soviet press release -Offer to call Senators Statement President made to the Rules Committee -Albert J. Beveridge -[First name unknown] Marshall -[First name unknown] Bowers [?] -Text of statement  41 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Partisanship -1898 -Patriotism SALT agreement -William P. Rogers -Laird -Military Conv. No. 502-20 (cont.) -Kissinger's forthcoming call to Rogers -Rogers’ meeting with President -Photographs -U. Alexis Johnson's comments Shultz [The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 3:54 pm and 3:56 pm] [See Conversation No. 3-93] [Conversation No. 502-20F] [End of telephone conversation] Laird ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Privacy] [Duration: 14s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ****************************************************************************** [The President talked with Shultz between 3:56 pm and 3:57 pm] [See Conversation No. 3-94]  42 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) [Conversation No. 502-20D] [End of telephone conversation] The President, Haldeman, and Kissinger left at 3:58 pm. Conv. No. 502-20 (cont.) Secret White House Tapes | Richard M. Nixon Presidency

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