Conversation 070-001

On August 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and bipartisan Congressional leaders, including Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Robert P. Griffin, Milton R. Young, Allen J. Ellender, John J. Sparkman, John G. Tower, Wallace F. Bennett, Russell B. Long, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, William B. Widnall, Wilbur D. Mills, John W. Byrnes, John B. Connally, Charls E. Walker, Paul W. McCracken, Arthur F. Burns, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Peter G. Peterson, William L. Safire, and Kenneth E. BeLieu, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:39 am to 12:54 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 070-001 of the White House Tapes.

Start Date Time
1971-08-17T10:39:00-04:00
End Date Time
1971-08-17T12:54:00-04:00
Participants
Nixon, Richard M. (President)
Agnew, Spiro T. (Vice President)
Mansfield, Michael J. ("Mike")
Griffin, Robert P.
Young, Milton R.
Ellender, Allen J.
Sparkman, John J.
Tower, John G.
Bennett, Wallace F.
Long, Russell B.
Ford, Gerald R.
Arends, Leslie C.
Widnall, William B.
Mills, Wilbur D.
Byrnes, John W.
Connally, John B.
Walker, Charls E.
McCracken, Paul W.
Burns, Arthur F.
Shultz, George P.
Ehrlichman, John D.
Ziegler, Ronald L.
Peterson, Peter G.
Safire, William L.
BeLieu, Kenneth E.
Tape Number
070
Collection
White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Collection URL
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/597542
Tape Subject Log
710817ca070.pdf