Conversation No. 562-6
Date: August 12, 1971
Time: 12:45 pm - 1:17 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
George P. Shultz
-Conversation with Haldeman
-Schedule
-Forthcoming speech
-Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS] briefing
-Meeting with the President
President's schedule
-National Security Council [NSC]
-Henry A. Kissinger
[No conversation]
National economy
-Paul A. Volcker's material
-Shultz
International monetary situation
-Market conditions, August 11, 1971
-Volcker
-Arthur F. Burns
-John B. Connally
National economy
-President's forthcoming program
-Timing of announcement
-Format
-President's possible television speech
-Floating the dollar
-Connally
-Announcement
-Possible story
-Wage and price freeze, import tax
-Investment tax credit
-Possible television speech
John D. Ehrlichman and John W. Dean, III entered at 12:54 pm.
Ehrlichman's previous press briefing
-Declassification
-Cuba
-Consultation
-Robert F. Kennedy
-W[illiam] Averell Harriman
-Arthur Schlesinger
-Lebanon
-New York Times
-Pentagon Papers
-Timing
-1972 election
-Donald Oberdorfer, Jr.'s question
-Pentagon Papers case
-New York Times, Washington Post
-Injunctions
-Ongoing negotiations
-William S. White
-Effect
-William H. Rehnquist's study
-Democrats
-Pentagon Papers
-Declassification
-Vietnam, World War II, Cuba
-Lebanon
-Korea
-Cuba
-Bay of Pigs, missile crisis
-Herbert E. Kaplow's question
-New York Times and Washington Post cases
-Implications
-Classification procedures
-Questions
-Administration’s case
-Oberdorfer's note to Ehrlichman
-Possible article
-Washington Post and New York Times cases
-Administration response
Ehrlichman and Dean left at 1:00 pm.
National economy
-President's forthcoming program
-Handling of announcement
-Television
-Domestic aspects
-Effect on international conditions
-Wage and price freeze and import tax
-Television
-Public opinion
-Handling of announcement
-Connally
-Closing gold window
-Treasury Department
-Purpose
-Stabilizing international monetary situation
-Television
Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 1:04 pm.
Ehrlichman
-Previous press briefing
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Ziegler’s previous press conference
-Jim Naughton's question
-John V. Lindsay
-New York Times
Ehrlichman
-Previous press briefing
-Declassification
-Progress report
-Spending
-World War II records
-Classification authority
-Lebanon, Cuba missile crisis, Bay of Pigs, World War II, Korea
-Foreign policy
-Confidentiality
-January 1971 study
Ziegler left at 1:09 pm.
Ehrlichman's previous press briefing
-Declassification
-President’s involvement in issue
-Washington Post, New York Times
-Press coverage
National economy
-Run on the dollar
-Shultz's views
-Treasury Department
-Volcker
-August 11, 1971
-President's forthcoming program
-Handling of announcement
-Domestic aspect
-Timing
-Television
-Timing
-Congress
-Possible speech
-Possible briefing
-Connally, Shultz, Ehrlichman
-Paul W. McCracken
-Timing
-International aspects
-Compared to domestic aspects
-Congress
-Convertibility of dollar to gold
-Closing gold window
-Shultz’s view
-Symbolism
-Handling of announcement
-International speculation
-Possible effect
-Inflation
-Inflation
-Import tax
-Closing gold window
-Handling of announcement
-Timing
-Psychological effect
-Connally
-Speculators
-Timing
-Closing gold window
-Congress
-President's conversation with Shultz, August 11, 1971
-Briefing the press
-John A. Scali's possible role
Volcker
-Market prediction
-West Germany
-International economic conditions
-Domestic impact
The President and Haldeman left at 1:17 pm.