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On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 283-042 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman. [Conversation No. 285-10A] Economy - Price Commission - Wage Commission - Charles McC. Mathias - Donald H. Rumsfeld - Role - Frederic V. Malek - Peter M. Flanigan - Possible appointment [Pay Board] -[Forename unknown] Fuller - Gustave L. Levy [?] - Length of speech - Wholesale price index The President's schedule - Forthcoming meeting with Russell B. Long - John B. Connally - Taxes - Elliot L. Richardson - Long's staff - Note taking Possible press conference - West Coast William L. Safire entered at 9:22 am. [End of telephone conversation] Draft of speech on the economy - Phase II - Changes - Wages - Social Security - Windfall profits - Connally - Goods - General Motors - Prices - Wording - Prices - Television - Arthur Godfrey - Cars - Japan - Connally The President talked with White House operator at an unknown time between 9:22 am and 10:24 am. [Conversation No. 285-10B] [See Conversation No. 10-111] [End of telephone conversation] Safire talked with John B. Connally at an unknown time between 9:22 am and 10:24 am. [Conversation No. 285-10C] [See Conversation No. 10-112] [End of telephone conversation] - Hobart D. ("Hobe") Lewis - Inflation psychology - Connally - Conclusion of speech - Political writing - Adolf Hitler -[Unintelligible] - Abraham Lincoln -"House Divided" speech - Cooper Union - William Jennings Bryan - Cross of Gold - Prince of Peace -[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson - International trade - Historic context - Peace of the world - Wage- Price freeze - Last page - Wording - Peace of the world - Inflation - Wording - Prosperity - Letters - Selection - Safire's schedule - The President's schedule - Connally's schedule The President talked with an unknown person [H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman] at an unknown time between 9:22 am and 10:24 am. [Conversation No. 285-10D] The President's speech, October 7, 1971 - Announcement of chairman - Connally - George P. Shultz - Safire -[Unintelligible] - Congress [End of telephone conversation] - Rose Mary Woods - Delivery style - Media - National Broadcasting Company [NBC] - Prime time ratings - California - Midwest - Safire's conversation with Herbert Stein - Trigger device - Profits - Stein's response - Stein - Wholesale prices - Wages - George Meany - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Congress - Inflation - Profits - Investments - Jobs - Connally - Dividends - Charles W. Colson - Price freeze - Arthur F. Burns Safire left at 10:22 am. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)].