Conversation: 104-011
Prev: 104-010 Next: 104-012Start Date: 25-Jul-1972 3:39 PM
End Date: 25-Jul-1972 5:13 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Colson, Charles W.; Howard, W. Richard; Cashen, Henry C., II; Balzano, Michael P.; Rodgers, Donald F.; Rhatican, William F.; Koch, Noel C.; Barker, Desmond J., Jr.; Balsdon, Kathleen W.; O'Donnell, Patrick E.; Karalekas, S. Steven; Hallett, Douglas; Cohen, Howard A.; Cohen, Howard A.; Evans, Llewelyn J. ("Bud"); Carlson, John G.; Stephens, Melville L.;Recording Device: Cabinet Room
NARA Description:
On July 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, W. Richard Howard, Henry C. Cashen, II, Michael P. Balzano, Jr., Donald F. Rodgers, Kathleen W. Balsdon, Patrick E. O'Donnell, S. Steven Karalekas, Douglas L. Hallett, Howard A. Cohen, Llewelyn J. ("Bud") Evans, Jr., John G. Carlson, and Melville L. Stephens met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 3:39 pm to 5:13 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 104-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 104-11
Date: July 25, 1972
Time: 3:39 pm - 5:13 pm
Location: Cabinet Room
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, W. Richard Howard,
Henry C. Cashen, II, Michael P. Balzano, Jr., Donald F. Rodgers, William F. Rhatican, Noel C.
Koch, Desmond J. Barker, Jr., Kathleen W. Balsdon, Patrick E. O’Donnell, S. Steven Karalekas,
Douglas L. Hallett, Howard A. Cohen, Llewelyn J. (“Bud”) Evans, Jr., John G. Carlson, and
Melville Stephens
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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[Duration: 7m 37s ]
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 3:39 pm
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 5:13 pm
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Colson’s staff
-O’Donnell
-Surrogate speakers
-Speakers bureau
-Work with Dean Burch at Federal Communications Commission [FCC]
-Equal time memos
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 17m 40s ]
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Cabinet
-Role
-Secretaries of State and Defense
-Defense of government’s policies
-Criticism
-1948 and 1952 campaigns
-Partisan roles
-Defense of administration’s policies
-William P. Rogers
-[Name unintelligible]
-Role
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Role
-Police and fireman’s groups
-American Bar Association
-Audiences
-Speeches
-The President’s policies
-Courts
-Permissiveness issue
-Issues
-Judicial appointments
-Conservatism
-Warren E. Burger
-Harry A. Blackmun
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-William H. Rehnquist
-The President’s approach to Constitution
-Strength of issue
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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[Duration: 18m 35s ]
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Personnel
-Advancement
-State Department bureaucrats
-Defense officials
-General George S. Patton, Jr.
-Dwight D. Eisenhower’s opinion
-Drew Pearson
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 34m 29s ]
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Inflation
-Popular attitudes
-Food prices
-Farmers
-Earl L. Butz
-Butz
-Ervin bill
-Abuse of issue
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 2m 30s ]
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Gifts for Colson’s staff
-Cost
-Lyndon B. Johnson’s gifts
[General conversation/Unintelligible]
The President, et al. left at 5:13 pm