Secret White House Tapes

493–14

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493–14
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • John B. Connally
  • Ronald L. Ziegler
May 6, 1971
Conversation No. 493-14

Date: May 6, 1971
Time: 12:22 pm - 12:32 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with John B. Connally and Ronald L. Ziegler

Lockheed
-Connally’s meeting

Supersonic Transport [SST]
-President’s conversation with Gerald R. Ford
-Upcoming vote
-Date
-Warren G. (“Maggie”) Magnuson, Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
-David H. Gambrell, John V. Tunney, and Alan Cranston
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)



-Lockheed

International monetary situation
-Position of the dollar
-Xuan Thuy’s statement
-Connally’s statements
-[Forename unknown] Coombs [?]
-New York Federal Reserve Bank
-Conversations with foreign exchange bankers
-German position
-George P. Shultz
-Karl Schiller
-Call from Connally
-US position
-Europe, Canada
-US economy
-Effect of Vietnam War

US economy
-Wholesale Price Index
-Effect of Lockheed action
-Agriculture
-President’s San Clemente press conference statements
-Inflation, unemployment
-Connally’s forthcoming statement
-Long-term outlook
-Steel industry
-Connally’s forthcoming statements, Ziegler’s previous statement
-Wage and price policies
-Management, labor
-Other industries
-US production
-Connally’s forthcoming statement
-President’s San Clemente statement
-1950 compared with 1970
-Japanese production
-Importance
-US position in world
-Automobile industry
-US competitiveness
-Prime rate of interest
-Bank of America
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)



-Connally’s possible statement
-Administration position
-Banks, steel labor
-Wage settlements
-Fiscal policy
-Business and labor
-Wages/prices
Conv. No. 493-14 (cont.)
Connally’s forthcoming statements

Connally and Ziegler left at 12:32 pm
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