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Start Date: 10-Apr-1973 5:00 PM

End Date: 10-Apr-1973 5:59 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Eisenhower, [Dwight] David, IIDevine, Samuel L.

Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building

426-048.mp3

NARA Description:

On April 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II, and Samuel L. Devine met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:59 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 426-048 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 426-48

Date: April 10, 1973
Time: Unknown after 5:00 pm - 5:59 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Samuel L. Devine and [Dwight] David Eisenhower.


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        David Eisenhower’s Congressional candidacy

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                -George A. Goodling
                      -Support
                      -Announcement of candidacy
                            -Other candidates
                            -David Eisenhower’s announcement
                -Visit to Congressional district compared to residency
                      -Rotary Club
                      -Republicans
                -Report of candidacy
                      -Republican State Chairman’s knowledge
                            -David Eisenhower’s conversation with Clifford L. Jones
                                  -Goodling’s plans
                                  -Desire for exposure in district
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     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                       Tape Subject Log
                        (rev. Sep.-2010)
                                             Conversation No. 426-48 (cont’d)


      -Other candidates
             -Martin G. Hamberger, [first name unknown] Edens [?]
      -Criticism
      -Goodling’s candidacy
-Other job prospects
      -Congressional Campaign Committee compared to Congressional office
             -Benefits
             -Robert H. Michel
             -Exposure
             -Duties
             -Candidate selection
             -Knowledge of issues
                   -Research staff
                          -Issue book
                          -Incumbents
                          -Current issues
             -Impact on candidacy
                   -Research about Hamberger
                          -Debate
                   -Political cover
-Eden’s candidacy
      -Primary results
      -Wife [?]
      -Devine’s influence [?]
      -Endorsement of David Eisenhower
-Hamberger
      -Goodling’s opinion
             -“Carpetbagger”
             -Liberalism
-Goodling’s endorsement
-Independence on candidate
-Letter sent to Eisenhower
      -Goodling’s son
      -Complications
-Residency in Congressional district
      -Timing
      -Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
             -Rental of house to Eisenhower
      -Rents
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      NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                        Tape Subject Log
                         (rev. Sep.-2010)
                                                Conversation No. 426-48 (cont’d)


            -Rose Mary Woods’s Watergate apartment
            -Charlotte T. Reid
      -Renting compared to owning
            -Liabilities
            -Candidacy
            -Gettysburg
      -Mamie Eisenhower’s farm house
      -President’s residencies while in Congress
      -President’s California residency as Congressman
            -Hannah Milhous Nixon’s Whittier home
-Residence in Washington, DC
      -White House
-Clifford Jones’s position on residency
      Hugh Scott
-Goodling’s candidacy
      -Eisenhower’s decision to rent apartment
-Eisenhower’s election victory
      -Rebozo’s house [?]
-Goodling’s candidacy
      -Announcement
      -Eisenhower’s candidacy
-Campaign strategy
      -Limited appearances
      -Duration
-Other job prospects
      -House Campaign Committee, research group
            -Barber B. Coinable, Jr.
                  -Chairman
                  -New York
            -Spokesperson
                  -Devine’s conversation with Conable
                  -David and Julie Nixon Eisenhower
                         -Requests for appearance
            -Research experience
                  -Roman L. Hruksa
                  -Senate Judiciary Committee
            -Conable
                  -Staff director
                         -Martha Phillips
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                       Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. Sep.-2010)
                                                           Conversation No. 426-48 (cont’d)


                                    -Kevin P. Phillips
                   -Devine’s conversation with Michel
                        -Research and public speaking

       Devine’s schedule
            -Congressional leadership meeting
            -Congressional reception for veto supporters

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Devine and Eisenhower left at an unknown time before 5:59 pm.

       David Eisenhower’s plans
            -Michel
                  -Staff director
                  -Goodling [?]
                  -David Eisenhower’s employment

Devine left at 5:59 pm.