On April 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:03 am to 10:27 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 476-008 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with George P. Shultz Economy - Paul W. McCracken - Possible resignation - John D. Ehrlichman - McCracken [The President talked with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. between 10:03 am and 10:27 am] [Conversation No. 476-8A] [See Conversation No. 1-55] [End of telephone conversation] Economy - Need for confidence in plan - Strategy - McCracken - Policy - Need for consistency - Construction trades Cambodia - Press story in New York Times - Terence F. Smith - Forrest Boyd - Political situation - Economy - Leaks - State Department - Marshall Green - Fred Ladd - Instructions to Henry A. Kissinger Economy - McCracken - Shultz's role - News stories - Optimism - Indicators - Sales - Weather - Sears sales - Automobile sales - General Motors [GM] - American Motors Corporation [AMC] - Business community - Inventories - Federal Reserve Board [FRB] - Money supply - McCracken - Possible resignation - University of Michigan - Economic reports - Preparation - Shultz's previous conversations with McCracken - President's forthcoming conversation with McCracken - Profits statements - Long- Term goals Haig entered at 10:05 am Defense - Anti- Ballistic Missile [ABM] agreement - Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] agreement - Ehrlichman - ABM agreement - Timing - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] missiles - Freeze on deployment -"Doves" - President's initiatives - William P. Rogers and Kissinger - ABM sites - Washington and Moscow - Freeze on Soviet offensive missiles - ABM funds - Possible US- USSR agreement -"Doves" - Possible ABM freeze - USSR strength - Polaris - US strategy - ABM agreement tied to missile freeze - Impact - Budget - Military opinions Haig left at 10:08 am - Public statement - Need for confidentiality - Leaks - Melvin R. Laird - Rogers - Congress - Prospects for agreement with USSR - Shultz's conversation with Ehrlichman - Domestic initiative - Impact - Budget - Congress - Possible funds - Department of Defense - Budget - Hardware - Bases - Force structure - Manpower and bases - Prospects for agreement with Soviets - Cambodia [Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN- T- MDR-2014-022. Segment declassified on 10/17/2018. Archivist : MAS] [National Security] [476-008- W001] [Duration: 31s] Defense - President's strategy - Jordan - Cambodia - Reaction of and fear from other countries - Jordan - Sixth fleet Defense - Cambodia and Laos - President's strategy - Perception of turn "right" - USSR options - Risks - Possible agreement with US - Leadership Vietnam - North Vietnamese - Negotiations - South Vietnamese elections - North Vietnamese - Negotiations - Prisoners of War [POWs] - Resources - People's Republic of China [PRC] - North Vietnamese - Negotiations - Prospects - USSR - US policy - North Vietnamese - Risks - US election -"Doves" - US policy ABM agreement with USSR - Prospects McCracken Shultz left at 10:27 am. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.
- Része ennek White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration, Oval Office Sound Recordings