615–25

Conversation No. 615-25

Date: November 5, 1971
Time: 12:25 pm - 12:49 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger and an unknown man.
[The recording begins at an unknown time while the meeting was is progress]
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The President's schedule
-Departure time
-Helicopter
-Meeting with Arthur F. Burns

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:25 pm.

The President's schedule

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:30 pm.

Kissinger's schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:30 pm.

The President's previous conversation with Indira Gandhi
-The President's preceding conversation with William P. Rogers
-US aid
-Possible war
-The President’s forthcoming trip to the People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Middle East
-Vietnam
-Possible US military action
-Possible message to Vietnamese, USSR
-The President's 1969 visit to India
-Cambodia
-Tone

Gandhi's visit to Cabinet

Gandhi’s visit
-Significance

Arthur F. Burns entered at 12:30 pm.

Kissinger's conversation with Burns

United States foreign policy
-State Department
-Kissinger's role
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 615-25 (cont.)


-Willy Brandt
-Peter G. Peterson

Kissinger's schedule
-Washington Star event
-Soviet reception

Kissinger left at 12:31 pm.

White House dinner for Gandhi, November 4, 1971
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:31 pm.

Refreshments

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:49 pm.


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Middle East
-India's position
-United Arab Republic [UAR]
-Gamal Abdel Nasser

India
-US aid
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 615-25 (cont.)


-US popular opinion
-USSR

National economy
-Money supply
-Reactions
-Economic indicators
-Unemployment
-Prices
-Money supply
-Expansion
-Timing
-The President's letter to Burns
-Rose Mary Woods
-Copies
-John B. Connally, Peterson and George P. Shultz
-Interest rates
-Calls to Woods
-Bernard J. (“Bunny”) Lasker
-Gustave L. Levy
-Burns's previous meetings with members of the Federal Advisory Council and
former Federal Reserve Board [FRB] members

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:31 pm.

Arrangements for photograph

Bull left and the White House photographer entered at an unknown time before 12:49 pm.

The White House photographer left at an unknown time before 12:49 pm.

National economy
-Money supply
-Burns's meetings, November 4, 1971
-Attendees
-Bankers, industrials
-FRB policy
-Milton Friedman

Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:31 pm.
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 615-25 (cont.)


Instructions regarding briefcase

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:49 pm.

National economy
-Money supply
-Expansion
-Dividend guideline
-Connally
-Charles W. Colson's call to Burns
-Quadriad meeting
-Pay Board
-Wage settlements
-Retroactivity
-Congress
-George Meany's possible action
-The President's response
-Re-imposition of freeze
-Cost of Living Council [COLC]
-Discretion
-Teachers
-Appeal for moderation
-Re-imposition of freeze
-Delay
-Money supply
-Dwight D. Eisenhower's economic advisors
-1960
-The President's relations with Burns, Paul W. McCracken and unknown person

The President’s schedule
-Recent meeting with Indians

Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:31 pm.

The President’s schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:49 pm.

National economy
-The President's forthcoming conversation with Wright Patman
-Stabilization program
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 615-25 (cont.)


-Talking paper
-Bull

Patman's schedule
-Pauline (Tucker) Patman
-Forthcoming dinner for Emilio Garrastazu Medici
-The President’s forthcoming call to Patman

Federal budget
-1954
-Wage contracts
-1956
-Gen. Andrew J. Goodpaster
-1970
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Tax incentives
-Politics
-March 1972
-Weinberger

The President's schedule
-Florida

The President's conversation with Indira Gandhi
-Tone
-Unknown woman and man

Money supply

Burns left at 12:49 pm.