Conversation: 281-034
Prev:  281-033 Next: 281-035Start Date: 21-Oct-1971 1:17 PM
End Date: 21-Oct-1971 1:55 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Moore, Richard A.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:25:46
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:54:34
NARA Description:
On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Richard A. Moore, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:17 pm to 1:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-034 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 281-34 Date: October 21, 1971 Time: 1:17 pm - 1:55 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Richard A. Moore. 24 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 281-34(cont.) The President's speech on Supreme Court appointments -Materials requested by the President -William H. Rehnquist -Standing in law school class -Law clerk -Lewis F. Powell, Jr. -Rehnquist -Phi Beta Kappa -Stanford law school -Law clerk -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Powell -Honorary degrees -Background material for press -Timing -Powell -Rehnquist -Judicial philosophy -Jacob K. Javits -Rehnquist The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman at an unknown time between 1:17 pm and 1:55 pm. [Conversation No. 281-34A] Material for the President's speech on Supreme Court appointments -Statistical information on number of appointments per year -Commissions -Boards -North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] -Courts [End of telephone conversation] The President rehearsed a speech at an unknown time between 1:17 pm and 1:55 pm. [A transcript of the final broadcast of this speech appears in Public Papers of the Presidents, Richard M. Nixon, 1971, pp. 1053-1057] Speech text 25 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 281-34(cont.) -Hugo L. Black, John M. Harlan -Wording -Political philosophies -Black -Powell -Richmond, Virginia school system -Desegregation efforts -Chief Justice John Marshall Years of active law practice -Current justices -The President's appointees Rehnquist -Qualifications White House staff's foreknowledge of Supreme Court nominees -Ronald L. Ziegler -Moore -Haldeman -Ronald W. Reagan -John W. Dean, III The President's speech on Supreme Court nominations -Moore’s view -Political philosophy of appointees -Changes in text -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -Wording -Moore’s suggestions -Rehnquist Moore's schedule Notifications of the President's speech Moore left at 1:55 pm.