Conversation: 045-062
Prev: 045-061 Next: 045-063Start Date: 30-Apr-1973 11:15 PM
End Date: 30-Apr-1973 11:18 PM
Participants:
White House operator; Cox, Tricia Nixon; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bush, George H. W.;Recording Device: White House Telephone
NARA Description:
On April 30, 1973, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, President Richard M. Nixon, and George H. W. Bush talked on the telephone from 11:15 pm to 11:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-062 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 45-62
Date: April 30, 1973
Time: 11:15 pm - 11:18 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with Tricia Nixon Cox. The President can be heard in the
background.
Telephone call from George H. W. Bush
Telephone call from Maj. Gen. James D. (“Don”) Hughes
-Transmission from Thailand
Tricia Nixon Cox conferred with the President.
[Begin conferral]
Telephone call from Bush
[End conferral]
The President talked with Bush.
Watergate
-President’s speech
-Volume of telephone calls to President
-Republican Leadership Conference
-Emotional tone
-John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Bush’s lack of involvement
-President’s perseverance
-President’s schedule
-May 8, 1973 dinner
-Support for President
-Republican politicians
-Bush’s travels
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. October-2012)
Conversation No. 45-62 (cont’d)
-Support for President
-South Carolina
-Pennsylvania
-Texas
-Missouri [?]
-President’s relationship with Bush
-Barbara Bush
-Commentators
-Carl T. Rowan
-President’s speech
-“Checkers” speech
-Cambodia
-May 8, 1972 decision
-Popular reaction