Conversation: 149-008
Prev:  149-007 Next: 149-009Start Date: 15-Oct-1972 9:16 AM
End Date: 15-Oct-1972 9:24 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On October 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:16 am to 9:24 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 149-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 149-8 Date: October 15, 1972 Time: 9:16 am - 9:24 am Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman. [See Conversation No. 220-11] Congress -Adjournment -The President's conversation with William E. Timmons -House of Representatives, Senate -Legislation -Ehrlichman’s forthcoming briefing -Water quality bill -Spending limitation -Social Security bill -Ehrlichman's forthcoming conversation with Stephen Kurzman of Department of Health, Education, and Welfare [HEW] 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Welfare reform -Budget -Increase -Possible number -Possible vetoes -Social Security legislation -Welfare provisions -Timmons -Title III -Titles I and II -Washington Post -Budget increase -Spending limitation -George S. McGovern's welfare proposals -The President's second term -Proposed changes -Cuts -Comparisons to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration -Welfare reform Charges -Ehrlichman’s forthcoming briefing -Watergate -US-Soviet Union grain deal -Dwight L. Chapin -Response by the Administration -Charges against Chapin -Washington Post -Joseph “McCarthyism” -Joseph N. Welch -Protection of colleague in 1954 -Comparisons -Journalistic standards -Washington Post, New York Times -Reporting of campaign -Campaign practices -Charges -Adolf Hitler -Editorial reaction -James G. Blaine-Grover Cleveland race -Comparisons to current election 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Bombing of campaign headquarters Press relations -The President's California property -Los Angeles Times -New York Times -Story by Wally Turner -Response -Ehrlichman’s forthcoming briefing -Financial disclosure -The President's compared to R. Sargent Shriver -Eunice (Kennedy) Shriver -Disclosure -George S. McGovern