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Tape 007, Conversation 129 (007-129)

On August 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 10:06 pm to 10:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-129 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked with the President. Wage- Price freeze speech - The President's talk with John B. Connally - David M. Kennedy - William P. Rogers - Connally - Effectiveness - Speculators - The President's talk with John N. Mitchell - Media coverage - Congressional approval - United Press International [UPI] lead paragraph - Reactions - Gordon L. Allott - Foreign aid - Personal tax exemptions - Import tax - Robert C. Byrd, Jr. - Imports - Welfare reform - William Whitnaugh - Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield - Ninety day freeze - North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] troops - Attrition - John J. Sparkman - Wallace F. Bennett - Compared with People's Republic of China [PRC] speech - John J. Rhodes - Governor John A. Love - Thomas J. Meskill - Mayor Lawrence Kramer, Paterson, New Jersey - Mayor [Forename unknown) Allen, Columbus, Georgia - Harry Helsey (sp?), 3- M Corporation - Jeremiah Milbank - Dale Dewitt, Business Council - Willard Robinson, Southern Distributor of Volkswagen - Chauncey William Wallace Cook, Chairman of General Foods - Donald C. Burnham, Westinghouse - Robert Dunlop, President of Sun Oil - John Reevis (?) - Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. - Louis Harris - Charles W. Colson - Frank R. Milliken - Rhodes - William H. Carruthers - Richard A. Moore - Raymond K. Price, Jr. - Herbert G. Klein - Haldeman [Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and released 08/09/2019.] [Unintelligible] [007-129- W001] [Duration: 13s] Wage–price freeze speech - Reactions Wage- Price freeze speech - Reactions - Frederick B. Dent - Samuel Wyly - Henry Salvatori - Olin E. ("Tiger") Teague - Floyd Barger (?), New York Daily News - Clifford M. Hardin - George W. Romney - Business people [Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and released 08/09/2019.] [Unintelligible] [007-129- W002] [Duration: 40s] Wage–price freeze speech - Reactions - Content - Business people - Political people. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob").

  • Part of White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration, White House Telephone Recordings