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Title Description Participants Media
Conversation 088-001

On January 24, 1972, during the signing of the 1973 Budget Message, President Richard M. Nixon and staff members of the Office of Management and Budget, including Samuel M. Cohn, Mark W. Alger, Charles E. Benton, David Bray, Lawrence Breese, Velma N. Baldwin, Philip Dame, Donald A. Derman, Lynn Etheredge, C. William Fischer, James M. Frey, Wilmer Hunt, John F. Hurley, Walter W. Haase, Joseph Laitin, Susanne Lind, Hugh F. Loweth, Theodore C. Lutz, C. Peter Modlin, Jr., Philip MacDonald, Dale R. McOmber, Douglas Norwood, Wilfred H. Rommel, Wesley K. Sasaki, Glenn R. Schleede, Julius Shiskin, Richard Stubbing, Reardon Sullivan, Daniel H. Taft, Barbara Torrey, James D. Tschirigi, Milton Turen, Ellis H. Veatch, Joyce Walker, Charles Kraus, Frank C. Carlucci, III, and Raymond Clarke; and possibly William H. Kohlberg, William A. Niskanen, William H. Taft, IV, David P. Taylor, George P. Shultz, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Arthur B. Laffer, William L. Gifford, Charles R. Perry, Dwight A. Ink, Kenneth W. Dam, Donald B. Rice, and Paul H. O'Neill, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:04 am and 11:59 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 088-001 of the White House Tapes.

 Nixon, Richard M. (President), Cohn, Samuel M., Alger, Mark W., Benton, Charles E., Bray, David, Breese, Lawrence, Baldwin, Velma N., Dame, Philip, Derman, Donald A., Etheredge, Lynn, Fischer, C. William, Frey, James M., Hunt, Wilmer, Hurley, John F., Haase, Walter W., Laitin, Joseph, Lind, Susanne, Loweth, Hugh F., Lutz, Theodore C., Modlin, C. Peter, Jr., MacDonald, Philip, McOmber, Dale R., Norwood, Douglas, Rommel, Wilfred H., Sasaki, Wesley K., Schleede, Glenn R., Shiskin, Julius, Stubbing, Richard, Sullivan, Reardon, Taft, Daniel H., Torrey, Barbara, Tschirigi, James D., Turen, Milton, Veatch, Ellis H., Walker, Joyce, Kraus, Charles, Carlucci, Frank C., III, Clarke, Raymond, Kohlberg, William H., Niskanen, William A., Taft, William H., IV, Taylor, David P., Shultz, George P., Weinberger, Caspar W. ("Cap"), Laffer, Arthur B., Gifford, William L., Perry, Charles R., Ink, Dwight A., Dam, Kenneth W., Rice, Donald B., O'Neill, Paul H.
Conversation 088-002

On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Republican Congressional leaders, including Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Norris Cotton, Gordon L. Allott, Peter H. Dominick, Barry M. Goldwater, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, John B. Anderson, Samuel L. Devine, Richard H. Poff, Barber B. Conable, Jr., H. Allen Smith, Robert C. ("Bob") Wilson, John W. Byrnes, Frank T. Bow, Robert J. Dole, George P. Shultz, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Herbert Stein, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Richard K. Cook, Thomas C. Korologos, Harry S. Dent, Ronald L. Ziegler, Bryce N. Harlow, Noel C. Koch, William L. Gifford, Henry A. Kissinger, and William P. Rogers, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 7:47 am and 10:02 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 088-002 of the White House Tapes.

 Nixon, Richard M. (President), Agnew, Spiro T. (Vice President), Scott, Hugh, Griffin, Robert P., Cotton, Norris, Allott, Gordon L., Dominick, Peter H., Goldwater, Barry M., Ford, Gerald R., Arends, Leslie C., Anderson, John B., Devine, Samuel L., Poff, Richard H., Conable, Barber B., Jr., Smith, H. Allen, Wilson, Robert C. ("Bob"), Byrnes, John W., Bow, Frank T., Dole, Robert J., Shultz, George P., Weinberger, Caspar W. ("Cap"), Stein, Herbert, Ehrlichman, John D., MacGregor, Clark, Timmons, William E., Cook, Richard K., Korologos, Thomas C., Dent, Harry S., Ziegler, Ronald L., Ziegler, Ronald L., Harlow, Bryce N., Koch, Noel C., Gifford, William L., Kissinger, Henry A., Rogers, William P.
Conversation 088-003

On January 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Construction Industry Collective Bargaining Commission, including James D. Hodgson, Richard C. Van Dusen, J. Curtis Counts, John T. Dunlop, Frank A. Bonadio, Maurice A. Hutcheson, Martin J. Ward, Hunter P. Wharton, Carl M. Halvorson, Robert L. Higgins, John A. Stastny, Laurence H. Silberman, Willie J. Usery, Jr., Michael H. Moskow, Peter Fosco, John H. ("Jack") Lyons, Charles H. Pillard, Joseph T. Power, Thomas H. Owens, William E. Dunn, James H. Ferguson, Joseph Rich, George A. Miller, Fred R. Stevens, Dale R. Witcraft, David P. Lafayette, E. Carl Uehlein, Jr., D. Quinn Mills, Edward F. Carlough, John W. Healy, II, Robert A. Georgine, William Sidell, and Donald H. Rumsfeld, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 2:59 pm to 3:50 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 088-003 of the White House Tapes.

 Nixon, Richard M. (President), Construction Industry Collective Bargaining Commission, Hodgson, James D., Van Dusen, Richard C., Counts, J. Curtis, Dunlop, John T., Bonadio, Frank A., Hutcheson, Maurice A., Ward, Martin J., Wharton, Hunter P., Halvorson, Carl M., Higgins, Robert L., Stastny, John A., Silberman, Laurence H., Usery, Willie J., Jr., Moskow, Michael H., Fosco, Peter, Lyons, John H. ("Jack"), Pillard, Charles H., Power, Joseph T., Owens, Thomas H., Dunn, William E., Ferguson, James H., Rich, Joseph, Miller, George A., Stevens, Fred R., Witcraft, Dale R., Lafayette, David P., Uehlein, E. Carl, Jr., Mills, D. Quinn, Carlough, Edward F., Healy, John W., II, Georgine, Robert A., Sidell, William, Rumsfeld, Donald H.
Conversation 088-004

Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 3:50 pm on January 28, 1972 and 1:30 pm on January 31, 1972. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 088-004 of the White House Tapes.

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