Conversation No. 551‑1

Date:  July 29, 1971
Time:  8:55 am ‑ 10:26 am
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with H.R. (ABob@) Haldeman.

Current news items
‑Arthur F. Burns
‑Relations with the White House
‑Possible action on the Federal Reserve Board [FRB]
‑Handling of story

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 8:55 am.

Notes, refreshments

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:05 am.

Economic issues
‑John B. Connally
‑FRB
‑Burns= salary
‑Possible expansion
‑Possible transfer
‑Reorganization
‑Compared to Franklin D. Roosevelt
‑Attempt at packing Supreme Court
-George P. Shultz
-Response

[Pause]

Lockheed Corporation
‑Situation
‑Vote

Personnel staffing
‑Constance M. (AConnie@) Stuart
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (APat@) Nixon=s opinion
‑Julie Robinson
‑Job action

‑United States Information Agency [USIA]
‑Haldeman's role
‑Handling

[Pause]

Economic news
-Leading indicators
-Earnings

Schedule
‑Florida
‑Rose Mary Woods
‑Number of visits
‑Trip invitations

Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 8:55 am.

Notes

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:05 am.

‑Forthcoming trip to Canton, Ohio, July 30-31, 1971
‑Woods
‑John A. Scali
‑High school reunion
‑Woods
‑Reaction to invitation
‑The President's schedule after Ohio stop
‑California
‑Bohemian Grove
‑Florida
‑Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo
‑Handling of staff visits
‑Guests
‑Roger E. Johnson

Burns
‑Handling of situation
-FRB
‑Shultz

Connally
‑Congress
‑Shultz

Budget
‑1971, 1972, 1973
‑Deficits
‑Estimates
‑Haldeman's conversation with Shultz

The President's schedule, July 29, 1971
‑Meeting request
‑Murray M. Chotiner
-Timing
‑Possible subject of meeting
‑F. Donald Nixon
-Robert C. Hill
-Henry A. Kissinger

Connally
‑Follow‑up

Spiro T. Agnew
‑Memorandum
‑Timing of action
-Robert H. Finch
‑Ronald W. Reagan

Conservatives
‑Barry M. Goldwater
‑Reagan
‑Compared to handling of Burns story
‑John N. Mitchell's conversation with J. Daniel Mahoney
‑Use of name on conservatives' foreign policy statement

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 8:55 am.

John G. Tower

Bull left at an unknown time before 9:05 am.

Conservatives
‑William F. Buckley, Jr.
‑Human Events

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 8:55 am.

Schedule

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:05 am.

Conservatives
‑Mahoney
‑Mitchell
‑James L. Buckley
‑Stance
‑Effect of action compared with liberals
‑Press coverage
‑Ripon society
‑Young Americans for Freedom [YAF]
-Conservative Union
‑National Review
‑Human Events

The press
‑The Washington Post
‑Charles W. Colson
‑Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
‑Frank Stanton
‑Colson's contacts
‑Coverage of July 28, 1971 congressional ceremony

Tower, Mitchell, Elliot L. Richardson, and Clark MacGregor entered at 9:05 am; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.

Schedule

Lockheed

Mitchell's European trip
-Switzerland
‑Treaty
-Bank accounts
-Great Britain
‑Prime Minister

Congress
‑Lockheed vote
-Airbus
‑Legislation
-Department of the Treasury
‑Small Business Administration [SBA]
‑Emergency loan provisions
-House of Representatives
-Action
-Tower=s conversation with H. Allen Smith
-Cloture vote
‑Status
‑Michael J. (AMike@) Mansfield

Busing
-Political implications
-Southern states
-George C. Wallace
‑Department of Health Education and Welfare [HEW]
‑Plan
‑Racial balance
‑Extent of government action
‑Swan case
-Decision
‑Lower court action
‑George W. Romney
‑Housing
‑Racial integration
-Housing and Urban Development [HUD] guidelines
‑Public attitudes
‑Memorandum

Integration
-Business community

Busing
‑Court appeal
‑Hispanics
‑Curtis Graves
-Dallas
‑Texas state legislature
‑Austin
‑Situation
‑Visitation  versus desegregation
-Application
‑Elliot Richardson
-Political implications
‑HEW
‑Federal government role
‑Swan case
‑Comparison with Judge Roberts [?]
‑Austin case
-Role of the Department of Justice [DOJ]
‑April decision on Swan case
‑Charlotte‑Mecklenberg case
‑Legal status
-Executive branch role
-Political implications
-Charlotte-Mecklenberg case
-Southern districts
-Supreme Court decision
-Austin decision
-Future court action
-Effects on school boards
-Austin plan
-Scope
-Desegregation
-HEW=s role
-Visitation
-Frequency
-Political effect
-Presidential election
-Tower=s re-election
-DOJ, HEW roles and positions
-Clarification of Supreme Court decision
-Requirements
-Timing
-Texas

-Brown vs. the Board of Education decision
-Southern states
-Presidential popularity
-Wallace
-Polls
-Strom Thurmond
-William E. Brock, III
-William J. (AJack@) Edwards
-HUD
‑Operation Dixie
‑School integration
‑Compared to the North
‑De jure segregation
‑Court cases
‑Administrative discretion
‑Romney
-Short term versus long term considerations
‑Statements
‑National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP]
‑Mobile and Birmingham, Alabama
‑Situation on litigation and overturning decisions
‑Austin case
-Timing
-1972
‑Possible appeal
‑Swan compliance
‑DOJ attitude towards HEW plan
‑Swan case compliance
-View of HEW
‑Areas of concentrated black population
-Supreme Court
‑Non‑contiguous zoning for busing
‑Austin case
‑White flight
‑Re‑segregation
-Edward L. Morgan
‑Busing plans
‑Reaction
-Charlotte-Mecklenburg
-Civil War
-President=s view
‑Political impact of issue
‑Jack Edwards

-Brown decision
‑Government posture
‑HEW plan
‑DOJ handling
‑HEW plan
‑Compliance with Swan decision
‑Effect
-Perception of administration
‑Editorials
‑Minister
‑Southern States
‑Separate but equal schools
‑School board proposals
‑Jackson, Mississippi
-Clarke T. Reed
‑Charlotte, North Carolina
‑Political exploitation
‑Wallace
-Mitchell, Tower, Richard C. Van Dusen
‑Richmond, Virginia
‑School district mergers
‑Legality
‑Abraham A. Ribicoff plan
‑Southern blacks
‑Busing
‑Principles
‑People's approach to communities
‑Chicago
‑Poles
‑Charles H. Percy
-Italians
‑Catholics, Protestants
‑Vocational training
‑Moral position, judicial position

Congressional action
‑Lockheed

Small Business Administration loans
‑Thomas S. Kleppe's work
‑David Packard
‑Melvin R. Laird

Tower, Richardson, and MacGregor left at 10:04 am.

The President's schedule
‑William D. Eberle

Busing
‑Austin situation
‑NAACP
‑Involvement
‑Justice Department
‑Monitoring court cases via transcripts

The U.S. initiative towards the People's Republic of China [PRC]

Schedule
-Eberle

Eberle, Peter G. Peterson and Frederic V. Malek entered at 10:06 am.

Greetings

Mitchell left at 10:08 am.

Special Trade Representative
‑Perceptions
‑Responsibilities, mission
‑Trade issues
‑Other countries
‑Perception of US commitment
‑Economic negotiation
‑Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT] comparison
‑Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development [OECD]
‑State Department
‑High level meeting
‑London Times
‑Commitments
‑David M. Kennedy
-Budget memorandum
‑Shultz
-Office of Management and Budget [OMB]

‑Perceptions
‑International negotiation
‑Status of missions
‑Timing of action
‑1972 election

International economic relations
‑Europe, Japan
‑Singapore
‑Negotiation
‑Japan, the European Economic Community [Common Market]
-Foreign, domestic policy
-Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]
-Toilet paper
-Canada
‑Political factors
‑Labor unions
‑Business
‑Interests
‑U.S. stance
‑Kennedy's mission
‑Congressional support
‑Supersonic transport [SST] and aviation industry
‑The President's conversation with William M. Magruder
‑Lockheed
‑Rolls‑Royce
-McDonnell-Douglas
‑Production abroad
‑US stance
‑Anti‑trust situation
-Richard W. McLaren

Special Trade Representative
‑Focus
‑Representative
‑Trade policy
‑Location
‑Eberle's position
‑Relations with Peterson
‑Access to the President
‑Presidential assignment
‑State Department, Commerce Department, Treasury Department
‑Eberle's conversation with Connally

-Japan
-Undervalued yen	
-State Department
‑William P. Rogers
-CEA
‑Treasury Department
‑Connally
‑Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson
‑Clifford M. Hardin
‑Connally, Peterson
‑Executive departments
‑Focus
-Commerce, Labor, Agriculture
‑Comparison to the President, Connally, Peterson
‑Handling of recommendations
‑Option papers for the President
‑Focus of Office of Special Trade Representative [OSTR]
‑Public announcement of change
‑Background press briefing
‑Commitment

Eberle
‑Home
‑Location
‑Mrs. Eberle
‑Background

OSTR
‑Timing of appointment
‑Connally meeting
‑Carl J. Gilbert
‑Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] background check
‑Number of applicants
‑OECD
‑Coordination
‑Meetings
‑Negotiation

Eberle
‑Move to Washington

Eberle et al. left at 10:26 am.

Conversation No. 551‑2

Date:  July 29, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 10:26 am and 10:37 am
Location:  Oval Office

Manolo Sanchez met with an unknown person..

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Sanchez and the unknown person left at an unknown time before 10:37 am.

Conversation No. 551‑3

Date:  July 29, 1971
Time:  10:37 am ‑ 11:05 am
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

The President's schedule
‑Length of meeting
-Ronald L. Ziegler
‑Murray M. Chotiner
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Martin C. (AMarty@) Anderson

Ziegler entered at 10:37 am.

The President's schedule
‑Chotiner meeting

Bull left at 10:37 am.

Arthur F. Burns
‑Guidance on handling story on Federal Reserve Board [FRB]
‑Ziegler's call to John B. Connally
‑FRB
‑Burns= responsibilities
‑1947 Act
‑Wording, meaning of press statement
‑Perceptions

Economy
‑News stories
-George P. Shultz
-Connally

Chotiner entered at 10:43 am.

Economic news stories

Ziegler left at 10:43 am.

Spiro T. Agnew
‑Conversation with Chotiner in Madrid, Spain
‑Notes
‑Status of events
‑The People's Republic of China [PRC]
‑US initiative
‑Domestic issues
‑John D. Ehrlichman
‑Seattle, Washington
-Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]
‑Handling
‑Agnew's role
‑Ehrlichman's role
-Treatment by White House staff
‑Role in administration
‑Instructions on comment on Presidential announcement
‑PRC initiative
‑Henry A. Kissinger

‑John A. Scali
‑Role in news story
‑Trips abroad
‑Agnew's preferences
-Greece
-Peking, Taiwan
-PRC initiative
-Need for secrecy
‑Agnew's reaction
‑Second term
‑Options
‑Robert C. Hill
-Nicholas Thimmesch
‑J. Edgar Hoover, Harry A. Blackmun, Agnew
‑Perceptions
‑Perception of treatment by the President
‑Dwight D. Eisenhower
‑Richard M. Nixon as Vice President
‑Agnew's state of mind
-Hill
‑Dinner during trip to Spain
‑Hill
-Generalissimo Francisco Franco
‑Prince Juan Carlos
‑Role
-Toast
-Reaction
‑Staff advice
‑Agnew's conversation with Hill
‑Comments about Bryce N. Harlow
‑Trip
-Korea
-Chotiner=s conversation with Harlow
-Hugh Scott
-Agnew=s trip
‑Vice Presidency
‑Agnew's state of mind
‑Effect
‑World trip
‑Press coverage
‑Events attended
-Staff
‑Comparison to Nixon's Vice Presidential trip

‑Arrival ceremonies
-Latin America
‑Dwight D. Eisenhower
-William P. Rogers
-Agnew=s handling of World trip
‑Meetings
‑Africa
-Cannibals
‑Comments
-Public appeal
‑Attitude towards the press
‑Loyalty
‑Press relations
‑Relations with the White House
‑Ehrlichman
‑Scali
‑The President's July 28, 1971 meeting
‑Possible action
‑Second term
‑State of mind
‑Arrival ceremony
‑Rogers
‑Chotiner's coordination with John N. Mitchell
‑Contact
‑Handling of problem

Chotiner
-Office
-Staff
-Transportation
-H.R. (ABob@) Haldeman

Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:43 am.

Schedule
-Congressman

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:05 am.

Chotiner
-Transportation

Agnew
-Privileges
-State of mind
‑Trip request to Peking
‑Reason for denial
-Taiwan

Bull entered at an unknown time before 11:05 am.

Schedule
‑Congressmen

Chotiner left at 11:05 am.

Schedule
-Length of meeting

Bull left at 11:05 am.

Conversation No. 551‑4

Date:  July 29, 1971
Time:  11:05 am ‑ 11:48 am
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Charles M. Teague, Olin E. (ATiger@) Teague, George P. Shultz, Donald E. Johnson, and Clark MacGregor; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.

Greetings

General conversation
-Busing

Veterans
‑World War I
‑Age of average veteran
‑The American Legion
‑1946 recollection
‑Louis Johnson

‑Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW]
‑Former Commander
‑Wife
‑Reminiscences
‑American Legion
‑Nixon's term as Congressman
‑Glenn R. Davis
‑Chowder and Marching Club
‑Donald Jackson, Davis
‑Kennedy half‑dollar
‑[Unknown name]
‑Constituency
‑Issues
-Shultz, MacGregor
‑Donald Johnson
‑Vietnam War
‑Education benefits
‑Pension compensation
‑Increase
‑Veterans Administration [VA] hospitals
‑Prescott, Arizona
‑New York Hospital
‑Prescott, Arizona
‑Renovation
‑Staff‑patient ratio
‑Quality of care
-Revenue Control Act of 1968
‑Number, location
-Fort Worth hospital
‑Funding
‑Distribution
‑Staffing
‑New facilities
‑Renovation of existing facilities
-Southern California
-Staffing
-H. R. 37
‑The Bronx
‑Service‑connected health problems
‑Vietnam veterans
‑Non‑service‑related health problems
‑Number
‑Effect on patient load

‑World War I, World War II, Vietnam veterans
‑Projections
‑Hospital program
‑Long term outlook
‑Action
‑Personnel
‑Perception of treatment
‑Pentagon Papers case
‑Vietnam‑era servicemen
‑Perceptions
‑Drug abuse
‑Compared to anti‑war protesters
‑US military presence abroad
‑Public attitude
‑Vietnam veterans compared to World War II veterans
‑Proposed treatment
‑Jobs program
‑Health care
‑Long term program
‑World War II veterans
‑Vietnam veterans
‑Public attitude
-The President=s conversation with [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Budget considerations
‑Health care
‑Projections
‑World War I, World War II, Vietnam veterans
‑Study
‑Facilities
-VA=s role
‑Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
‑Elliot L. Richardson
‑Dr. Merlin K. Duval
‑Coordination
‑Loan program
‑Direct loans
-Legislation pending
‑Facilities
‑Drug abuse issue
‑Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe
‑VA
‑Coordination of effort
‑Jaffe's role

‑Facilities
‑Building of new facilities
‑Use of existing facilities
‑Outpatient services
‑Drug abuse
‑Heroin
-Methadone program
‑Statistics on addiction
‑Jaffe's study
‑Treatment
‑Development of new methods of treatment
‑Benefit to others
‑General application
-Fort Worth facility
‑Coordination
‑Jaffe, DuVal
‑Drug abuse treatment
‑Arizona facility
-DuVal
‑Vietnam, West Germany
-Re‑entry of Vietnam veterans into labor market
-Former meeting with Shultz, James D. Hodgson
‑Compared to World War II, Korean War
‑Education
‑Vietnam War
‑Current situation
‑Re‑entry of veterans into civilian life
‑Southern California program
‑Forthcoming settlement of war
‑Congress
-Teague
‑Henry M. (AScoop@) Jackson

Gifts

Charles M. Teague et al. left at 11:48 am.

Conversation No. 551‑5

Date:  July 29, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:48 am and 11:50 am
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
Schedule
‑Ambassador Agha Hilaly
‑Martin C. (AMarty@) Anderson
-John D. Ehrlichman=s schedule

Bull left at 11:50 am.

Conversation No. 551‑6

Date:  July 29, 1971
Time:  11:50 am ‑ 12:20 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

Letter
‑Presidential correspondence

[David] Kenneth Rush
‑Agreement
-William P. Rogers
‑The President's role
‑Marshall Green
-The State Department

Agha Hilaly entered at 11:52 am; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.

Greetings

The US initiative towards the People's Republic of China [PRC]
‑Pakistan
‑Hilaly's role
-Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan=s role
‑Confidentiality
‑The President, Kissinger
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
‑President=s letter to Yahya Khan
‑The Pentagon Papers
-Public perception, press
‑The President's July 28, 1971 meeting with John S. Farland
-Gratitude
‑Perspective of history
‑Pakistani perspective
‑Handling
‑Relations with the PRC
‑Hilaly's experiences as Ambassador
‑Yahya Khan
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Rogers
-President=s role
-The PRC
-Chou En-lai
-Hilaly=s contact

United Nations [UN]
-PRC membership issue
-Timing of action
-Secretary General elections
-Albania
‑Secretary General elections
-PRC
‑Max Jacobson
‑Arab reaction
-Ancestry
‑Endalkachew Makonnen
‑Ethopia
-Ethnicity

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The PRC
‑The President's forthcoming trip
-Union of Socialist Republics [USSR] reaction
‑Timing
‑Pakistani Ambassador to Canada

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Pakistan
‑Agency for International Development [AID]
‑Commodities
‑Currency
-Pakistani devaluation
-US action

-John B. Connally
-Economic situation
-East Pakistan compared to West Pakistan
-US Economic aid
-Yahya Khan
-Levels
-Commodities

Hilaly
-Retirement
‑Tenure as Ambassador
‑Hilaly's sister
‑Kissinger's student

Presidential gifts
‑Award
‑Laws on acceptance of foreign awards

Kissinger and Hilaly left at 12:20 pm.

Conversation No. 551‑7

Date:  July 29, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 12:20 pm and 12:24 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

The President's schedule
-George P. Shultz
-Martin C. (AMarty@) Anderson
‑Distributive Education Clubs of America officers
‑Photograph
‑Presentation
-Anderson
-Size of forthcoming group
‑Presidential gifts

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:24 pm.

Conversation No. 551‑8

Date:  July 29, 1971
Time:  12:24 pm ‑ 12:33 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Harold Williams, Rhoda Gill, Terry Pendleton, Dale Perrymore, Nora Bennett, Vickie Page, Timothy Renberg, Kirk White, Jerry Gilley, Deborah Wade, Jerry Gremillian, Jo Ann Cullen, Frances Rock, and Henry C. Cashen, II; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.

Greetings

Introduction

General conversation

Plaque presentation

Distributive Education Clubs of America
-History
‑Work
-Benefits

Presidential gifts

Music box

Presidential gifts

Blazer presentation

Forthcoming meeting in Salt Lake City
‑Invitation

Presidential pens
‑Bill signing
‑Distribution

World peace

Williams et al. left at 12:33 pm.

Conversation No. 551‑9

Date:  July 29, 1971
Time:  12:33 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

Schedule
‑John D. Ehrlichman
-Martin C. (AMarty@) Anderson
-Ehrlichman
‑L. Edwin Coate
-John C. Whitaker
-George P. Shultz
-Coate
-Whitaker
-Anderson

Bull left.

Conversation No. 551‑10

Date:  July 29, 1971
Time:  12:34 pm ‑ 1:00 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with John D. Ehrlichman and L. Edwin Coate; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.

Coate
-John C. Whitaker
‑New job
‑San Diego
‑Los Angeles

Booksigning

Presidential gifts

San Diego
-Republican National Convention

Coate left at 12:36 pm.

Anderson
‑Moderate conservative focus
‑Job status

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:36 pm.

Schedule
-Economic issues
‑George P. Shultz

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:37 pm.

The President's schedule

Martin C. (AMarty@) Anderson entered at 12:37 pm.

The President=s schedule
-Charles M. Teague, Olin E. (ATiger@) Teague
‑Meeting with William D. Eberle
‑Role of international trade
‑Compared to 1950's
-Soviet Union
‑Japan, Germany
-Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]
‑Trade barriers
‑Foreign competition
-Import taxes
‑Combines
‑Aviation industry
‑Production of new McDonnell‑Douglas aircraft
‑Canada
‑Italy
‑Compared to free trade economists
‑State Department position

Domestic Council
‑Perception of Ehrlichman and his staff
‑Public attitude towards domestic issues
‑1972 election
‑Reprivatization, welfare
‑Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]
‑Question of extension
‑Congressional action
‑Special revenue sharing
‑Symbolism
‑Perceived effect of budget cuts
‑@Model Cities@ programs, Community Action Agency day care centers
‑The President's stance
‑Public perceptions

1973 budget
‑Review of Great Society programs
‑Cutbacks
-@Model Cities@ program
-Community Action Agency
-Daniel P. (APat@) Moynihan
‑OEO
‑Symbolism of abolition
‑Education
‑Effect of funding
‑Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT]
‑Defense contract
‑Attitude
‑Oklahoma
-Columbia, Ivy League
‑Health
‑Programs
-Compared to Kennedy administration
‑Transportation
‑John A. Volpe
‑Housing
‑George W. Romney
-Interest rates
‑Integration
‑Effects
‑John G. Tower
‑July 29, 1971 meeting with the President
-Housing and Urban Development [HUD]	

-Clark MacGregor
‑Busing
‑Administration stance
‑Austin, Texas case
‑Re‑evaluation of programs
‑Congressional action
‑Compared to administration stance
‑Tax reform
-Anderson
-Possible future role

Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:37 pm.

President=s schedule
-Shultz

Bull left at an unknown time before 1:00 pm.

1973 Budget
‑Domestic Council
-Anderson
-Possible future role
‑Work, workload
‑Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
‑Federal agencies
-HUD
‑OEO
‑Donald H. Rumsfeld
‑Empire building
‑Cutbacks
‑Tax proposals
‑Domestic programs
‑Day care centers
-Reprivatization
‑Role of federal government
‑Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
‑Private contracts
‑1953 reminiscence of privately run center in Mexico

Presentation of presidential paperweight

Anderson
‑Possible future role
‑Mrs. Anderson
‑Role on White House staff
‑Perception

Domestic Council
‑Issues
-1973 budget
‑Possible future action
‑Family Assistance Program

The People=s Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-Conservative=s reaction
-Soviet Union=s reaction
-Pakistan=s view
‑The President's July 29, 1971 meeting with Pakistan Ambassador [Agha Hilaly]
‑Hilaly=s role
-Chou En-lai

Mr. and Mrs. Anderson
‑Possible return to the White House staff

Ehrlichman and Anderson left at 1:00 pm.

Conversation No. 551‑11

Date:  July 29, 1971
Time:  1:01 pm ‑ 1:48 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with George P. Shultz.

The President's July 29, 1971 schedule
-Congressmen
‑Ambassadors
‑Distributive Education Clubs of America [DECA]
‑John G. Tower, William D. Eberle, Martin C. (AMarty@) Anderson
‑Amount of time

Economy
-John D. Ehrlichman
‑Announcements
‑Leading indicators
‑Reason for decrease
‑Previous month's housing permits
‑Industrial materials prices
‑Indicator of expansion
‑July 28, 1971 event with Republican leaders
‑Dwight D. Eisenhower analogy
‑Carl B. Albert
‑Health
‑George H. Mahon

Steel industry
‑Offer
‑I[lorwith] W. Abel
‑Cost‑of‑living escalation issue
‑J. Curtis Counts
‑Possible action by Shultz
‑Strike prospects
‑Steel strike deadline
‑Momentum
‑Management offer
‑Wage offer
‑Administration's option

Economy
‑Statistics
‑Inflation
‑Recent trends
‑1968, 1970, 1971
-Gross National Product [GNP] and Consumer Price Index [CPI]
‑Arthur F. Burns= comments
‑Progress
‑Shultz's conversation with Republican Senators
‑Options on wages and prices

Railroad industry
‑Willie J. Usery's trip to Cleveland
-Meeting with Charles Luna
‑Prospects of negotiated settlement
‑Possible meeting of the President and railroad management and labor leaders

‑Format
‑Postal Service meeting precedent
‑Option
‑Legislation
‑Emergency Board recommendations
‑Commerce Department
‑Luna's comments about Congress
‑Work‑rules issue
‑Administration stance
‑Precedent
‑Management

Airline industry
‑Legislative action

Automobile industry
-Profits
‑General Motors [GM]

Productivity Commission
‑Scheduled meeting
‑Possible statement by the President
-Time magazine article
‑Effectiveness of commissions
‑Budget

International monetary issues
‑Treasury Department proposals
‑Cessation of gold convertibility
‑Dollar exchange rate float
‑Wage‑price controls
‑Options
‑The President's conversation with John B. Connally
‑Peter G. Peterson
‑Timing of possible action
‑September, August
‑Forthcoming International Monetary Fund [IMF] meeting
‑Options
-Treasury, Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]
-Presidential action
‑Paul A. Volcker

The economy
‑Wage and price freeze
-President=s conversation with Connally
‑Timing
‑Effect
‑Implementation separately or as part of package
‑Export rebates
‑Import tax
-Peterson
‑Gold convertibility
‑Paul W. McCracken
‑Dollar float
‑Impact on jobs
‑Political effect
‑Action options
‑Connally, McCracken, Volcker, Peterson
‑Volcker
‑Recommendations
‑Viewpoint
‑Burns
‑Congressional action
‑Volcker
‑Judgment
‑GNP
‑Second quarter figures
‑Retail sales figures
‑Unemployment figures
‑Wholesale price index
‑International issues
‑Sensitivity
‑Gold convertibility
‑Paperwork
‑Unemployment
‑June 1971 figures
‑Unadjusted figures
‑January 1970, May 1971, June 1971
‑Seasonal adjustment
-Unadjusted figures
‑Method of compilation
‑Comments
‑Pierre Rinfret
‑Economic trends
‑Rinfret's forecast

-McCracken=s presentation
‑Alan Greenspan

Budget
‑Defense Department
‑Coordination
‑Henry A. Kissinger
‑Office of Management and Budget [OMB]
‑Role
‑Kissinger
‑Defense Department staffing, funding and management
‑Navy
‑Air Force
‑Army
‑Post‑1972 election action
‑Intelligence agencies
‑Caspar W. (ACap@) Weinberger
‑Kissinger
‑Attitude
-Staff
‑Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
‑Defense Intelligence Agency [DIA]
‑Forthcoming meeting request
‑General budget
‑Cuts
‑Balanced budget
‑Government workers
‑Increase in average salary (grade) levels
‑Effect of cuts of federal agencies
‑Personnel costs
‑Minority business enterprises
‑Work with Maurice H. Stans
‑Handling
‑Timing
‑Supplementals
‑Fiscal year 1972
‑Amount of income
‑Confidence of the public in the economy
‑Businessmen
‑Appropriations bills
‑Commerce Department
‑Agriculture Department
-Health, Education and Welfare [HEW] Department

‑President's budget goals compared to Congressional action
‑Shift of defense appropriation
‑Congressional responsibility for budget increases
‑Revenue sharing versus responsible budgeting

The President and Shultz left at 1:48 pm.

Conversation No. 551‑12

Date:  July 29, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 1:48 pm and 1:50 pm
Location:  Oval Office

Unknown men (Secret Service) entered.

The President's location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]

This recording was cut off at an unknown time before 1:50 pm.