Conversation: 033-069
Prev: 033-068 Next: 033-070Start Date: 8-Nov-1972 9:16 AM
End Date: 8-Nov-1972 9:29 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Dent, Harry S.;Recording Device: White House Telephone
NARA Description:
On November 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Harry S. Dent talked on the telephone from 9:16 am to 9:29 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-069 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 33-69 Date: November 8, 1972 Time: 9:16 am - 9:29 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Harry S. Dent. [See Conversation No. 813-12] ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] 1972 election -The President's victory -Dent's appearance on television [TV] -News summary -South -Senate gains -House of Representatives gains - 75 - NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY Tape Subject Log (rev. June-07) Conversation No. 33-69 (cont’d) -The President's coattails -James E. Holzhouser -S. Fletcher Thompson -Defeat -Dent’s view -Mail privileges -House Campaign Committee -Quality of candidates -George S. McGovern -Dent’s efforts -Mississippi -Democrats -Republican candidates -Quality -North and West -The President’s view -Age -The President’s efforts -William L. Scott -Jesse M. Helms -Republican losses -Jack Miller -The President’s schedule -Iowa -Personality -Gordon L. Allott -Margin of loss -Incumbents -Dent’s view -Reasons for losses -Egos -Margaret Chase Smith -Reason for loss -Age -J. Caleb Boggs -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew visit to Delaware -Dwight D. Eisenhower administration -The President's visits -North Carolina - 76 - NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY Tape Subject Log (rev. June-07) Conversation No. 33-69 (cont’d) -Oklahoma -Kentucky -Rhode Island -Kentucky -Louie B. Nunn -Sales tax issue -Personality -Rhode Island -John H.Chafee -Dovishness -Minnesota -Hubert H. Humphrey -Alaska -McGovern -Massachusetts -California -The President's victory -Percentage -Media coverage -Lyndon B. Johnson -Electoral votes -McGovern -Alfred M. (“Alf”) Landon -Percentage -Johnson in 1964 - 61.1% -John G. Schmitz -Source of support -Holtzhouser -Campaign -Victory -Coattails -Republican Party -Replacement -The President’s view -South -Press relations -Washington Star -Liberal press - 77 - NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY Tape Subject Log (rev. June-07) Conversation No. 33-69 (cont’d) -McGovern -Reasons for defeat -Tactics -Thomas F. Eagleton -Issues -Welfare -Busing -Amnesty -Drugs -Welfare -South -Race issue -Patriotism -Moral values -Enthusiasm for the President -North Carolina, Oklahoma, Georgia -Voter turnout -Landslide -The President's victory -The President’s trip to the Peoples Republic of China [PRC] -The President’s May 8, 1972 decision -Mining of Haiphong Harbor -The President’s trip to the Soviet Union -“Triple Play” terminology Vietnam -Settlement -Timing -1972 election 1972 election -McGovern -Manner -Concession statement -Tone -Contrast with the President -Image -Negativism -South - 78 - NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY Tape Subject Log (rev. June-07) Conversation No. 33-69 (cont’d) -Southern Democrats -Border states -North Carolina -Virginia -Georgia and South Carolina -Weakness of Republicans -Edward Young -Previous meeting with the President -Quality -Candidates -Quality -National Republican Party -1971 spending -The President's visits -Effect -Democrats -Number of states -Maine -Colorado -Allott -Candidacy -Incumbents -Defeat -Dent’s view -Future candidates -Recruitment -California returns Dent's location -The President's schedule ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 5s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - 79 - NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY Tape Subject Log (rev. June-07) Conversation No. 33-69 (cont’d) 1972 election -California -Returns -Popular vote -Figures -Timing -News summary -Percentage -Johnson in 1964 -Voter registration -Voter turn-out -Compared to 1964 -Nonvoters -Blacks in South -McGovern -Republicans -Media relations -Level of apathy -John B. Connally -Surrogates -Letters of endorsement -Dent’s efforts -Photograph sessions -Television clips -Senate candidates -Radio tapes -Senate candidates -Telephone calls -Senate candidates -The President's support -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** - 80 - NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY Tape Subject Log (rev. June-07)