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THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON June 15, 1971H PRESIDENT HAS SEEN MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT & FROM JOHN EHRLICHMAN SUBJECT Meeting with the Attorney General and John Ehrlichman Tuesday, June 15, 1971 3:45 p.m. (30 minutes) I. PURPOSE The purpose of the meeting is to decide whether or not to support legislation which would compensate parties incurring losses caused by the Federal Drug Administration's banning of the use of cyclamates. II. BACKGROUND The House Judiciary Committee has asked HEW, Commerce, Justice, Treasury, Agriculture and OMB for reports on bills which would compensate parties incurring losses caused by FDA's banning of the use of cyclamates CID artificial sweeteners. Similar bills were introduced in the 91st Congress, but the Executive Branch did not submit any formal reports. Attached at Tab A is a decision paper prepared by the Office of Management and Budget which outlines the proposed indemnification legislation and the positions of the affected Departments. I recommend that you read this paper. Generally, the Departments of Commerce and Agriculture support the legislation and favor indemnification.