562–3

Conversation No. 562-3

Date: August 12, 1971
Time: 12:15 pm - 12:24 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Harold C. Passer and Charles W. Colson; the White House photographer
was present at the beginning of the meeting.

Photograph session

Passer
-Tenure in office

National economy
-Release of statistics
-Positive news
-Press
-Negativism
-Need for balance
-Census
-Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS]
-Census
-Retail sales
-Housing
-Consumer Price Index [CPI]
-Federated Department stores
-Consumer Council
-Passer’s conversation with unknown man
-Steel strike
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 562-3 (cont.)


-Railroad strike
-Lockheed bill

International monetary situation
-Possible devaluation
-New York financial community

National economy
-Public psychology
-Unemployment
-News summary
-Edmund S. Muskie’s statement
-Wage and price controls
-Previous administrations
-John F. Kennedy
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Vietnam
-World War II
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]
-War
-Administration’s goal
-George Romney's forthcoming speech in Atlanta
-Media coverage
-News media's views
-John F. Kennedy's administration
-Foreign policy
-Economic policy
-Inflation
-Compared to Eisenhower years
-Unemployment
-Stock market
-Unemployment
-Composition
-Compare to Nixon years
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 562-3 (cont.)


Presentation of gifts by President
-Passer's wife

Passer and Colson left at 12:24 pm.