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On May 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 9:34 am to 9:38 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-059 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with William P. Rogers. [See Conversation No. 500-008] Mansfield Amendment - Rogers' breakfast Mathias Amendment - President's meeting - Provisions - Senator Mansfield Amendment - Rogers' breakfast - Adlai E. Stevenson III, Lawton M. Chiles, Jr., and Ernest F. Hollings Mathias Amendment - Provisions - North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO], Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions [MBFR] - President's role - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] - Negotiations - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] President's schedule - Meeting with state legislators regarding revenue- Sharing - Forthcoming meeting with Rogers - Time Mansfield Amendment - President's and Rogers' meetings Mathias Amendment - Administration position - Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rogers, William P.