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On November 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 1:53 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 618-030 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President dictated a memorandum for the file. ***************************************************************** [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/07/2022. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [618-030- W001] [Duration: 4m 11s] The President's previous conversation with George E. Allen - Harry S. Truman - Spiro T. Agnew - Possible nomination - Overestimated in politics - Money - Vice Presidency - Harry S. Truman's 1948 campaign - Vice Presidents - Relationship with President - Importance in campaign - John B. Connally - Texas - Compared to Spiro T Agnew - Harry L. Hopkins - Story - Work Projects Administration [WPA] - Wire -1972 election - Public works projects - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Effectiveness - Nikita S. Khrushchev - Apocryphal story - Letters from Josef Stalin - Instructions for letters - Stock market - Inflation - Effect on stock market - The President's program - Phase II plan - Possible success - Inflation -1972 - The President's previous press conference - Public perception of the President *****************************************************************. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President).