Conversation: 381-018
Prev:  381-017 Next: 381-019Start Date: 18-Dec-1972 2:06 PM
End Date: 18-Dec-1972 2:35 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kleindienst, Richard G.; Ehrlichman, John D.; Sanchez, Manolo; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On December 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Richard G. Kleindienst, John D. Ehrlichman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:06 pm to 2:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 381-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 381-18 Date: December 18, 1972 Time: 2:06 pm – 2:35 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Richard G. Kleindienst and John D. Ehrlichman. Insurance -Golf Golf -Hole-in-one -Kleindienst’s photograph in newspaper Second term reorganization -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III -Schedule -Connecticut -Meeting with Kleindienst -Health -Florida -Delay of meeting with the President -Gen. Walter R. Tkach -Habits -J[ean] Paul Getty -Telephone call from the President -Age -Wealth -Habits -Retention -Negatives and positives -Kleindienst’s conversation with John N. Mitchell -Confirmation hearings -Watergate -Possible testimony Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 2:06 pm. -35- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 381-18 (cont’d) Temperature in office Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:35 pm. Second term reorganization -FBI -Gray -Confirmation hearings -Watergate -Politics -Cronyism charge -Watergate -Edward M. Kennedy -Possible Presidency -Post-Presidency -Republican -Liberal Democrat -Reform -Field offices -Discipline -Timing -Peter J. Pitchess -Relationship with Kleindienst -Qualities -Age -Political ability -Age -1976 election -Republican -Kennedy -Richard G. Ogilvie -Attorney General -Political ability -Background as governor -Law firm -Compared to Pitchess, Gray -Pitchess -Background -36- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 381-18 (cont’d) -Barry M. Goldwater’s California campaign chairman, 1964 -Los Angeles -Compared to Gray -Trust -Gray -Confirmation hearings -Kennedy -Birch E. Bayh, Jr. -John V. Tunney -G. Harrold Carswell -1972 election -1976 election -Kennedy’s speech -Conversation with the President -The President’s conversation with Mitchell -Confirmation hearings -Senate Judiciary Committee -James O. Eastland -Confirmation hearings -Kennedy, Bayh -Commitments -Conversation with the President -The President’s schedule -Florida -Matthew Byrne -Political orientation -Democrat -Los Angeles -US attorney -Objectivity -Time article, November 6, 1972 -Source -Unknown woman reporter -Field offices -Gray’s effort -W. Mark Felt -Gray’s view -1972 election -Mitchell’s view -Gray -37- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 381-18 (cont’d) -Conversation with Kleindienst -Kleindienst’s view Mitchell -Martha (Beall) Mitchell -Health -Watergate -Responsibility -Health Second term reorganization -Narcotics -Allocation and use of resources -Addicts -US -Compared to France -Seale -Epidemic -Compared to France, Japan, Britain, Spain -Customs -Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs [BNDD] -Roy L. Ash -Recommendation -Outsider status -Kleindienst’s schedule -Study -Narcotics -Ash -John F. Gallagher [?] -Budget -Ash -The President’s conversation with Kleindienst -Customs -Border Patrol -Immigration and Naturalization Service [INS] -Investigations -Treasury Department -Investigations -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -Investigations -38- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 381-18 (cont’d) -BNDD -Justice Department -FBI -J. Edgar Hoover -FBI -Hoover’s view -Automobile thefts, kidnapping, organized crime, drugs, campus riots -Controversy Hoover -Late career -Image -Kleindienst’s view -Departure -Death -The President’s breakfast meeting with Hoover, September 20, 1971 -Gray’s view -Speeches -The President’s meeting with Hoover -John Mitchell’s schedule -John Mitchell’s view -Public relations [PR] Professional football -Washington Redskins playoff game -Washington Post reporter -Reference to “Negroes” -Black, “Afro-Americans” -Media relations -Television [TV] blackout of playoff games -Kleindienst’s viewing -Kleindienst’s possible suit -Edward Bennett Williams -National policy -Kleindienst’s conversation with Alvin R. (“Pete”) Rozelle -Rozelle -FBI -Sellouts -Super Bowl I -39- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 381-18 (cont’d) -Redskins-Buffalo Bills game -Denver -St. Louis -Busch Stadium -Redskins-Bills game -Redskins-Bills game -Ehrlichman’s attendance -O[renthal] J[ames] Simpson -Billy Kilmer -Dallas Cowboys-New York Giants game -Redskins-Bills game -Ehrlichman’s attendance -George Allen -Media relations -TV blackout of playoff games -The President’s instructions -Kleindienst’s forthcoming conversation with Rozelle -Kleindienst’s meeting with the President -Possible suit -Kleindienst’s possible conversation with Williams -Rozelle -US District Court -Injunction -Compared to networks and re-runs -The President’s efforts -Hollywood -National policy -Kleindienst’s conversation with Williams -The President’s schedule -Florida -Washington, DC voters Second term reorganization -The President’s conversation with Gray -Deputy Secretary of Treasury -Peter M. Flanigan -Gray -Qualifications -Withholding of nomination -Reasons -40- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 381-18 (cont’d) -International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] -Oil [Policy Committee order] -Nomination -John Mitchell’s concern Watergate break-in -John Mitchell’s concern -Republican National Committee [RNC] -White House involvement -RNC Second term reorganization -Gray -Nomination -Kennedy, Tunney, Bayh Professional football -TV blackout of playoff games -Kleindienst’s call to Rozelle -Kleindienst’s conversation with Williams -Possible suit Kleindienst and Ehrlichman left at 2:35 pm.