Conversation: 595-004
Prev: 595-003 Next: 595-005Start Date: 18-Oct-1971 1:29 PM
End Date: 18-Oct-1971 2:32 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator; Cox, Tricia Nixon; Bull, Stephen B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:18:27
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:29:14
NARA Description:
On October 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:29 pm and 2:32 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 595-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 595-4
Date: October 18, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:29 pm and 2:32 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Greetings
The President talked with White House operator at an unknown time between 1:29 pm and 2:22
pm.
[Conversation No. 595-4A]
[See Conversation No. 11-106]
[End of telephone conversation]
US foreign relations
-Economic policy
-Peter G. Peterson
-Briefing
Supreme Court appointments
-Leonard Garment's recommendations
-Edward H. Levi
-Objectives in nominations
The President talked with Tricia Cox between 2:22 pm and 2:24 pm.
[Conversation No. 595-4B]
[See Conversation No. 11-107; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]
[End of telephone conversation]
Supreme Court nominations
-Garment's recommendations
-Warren E. Burger
-Harry A. Blackmun
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 595-4 (cont.)
-Howard H. Baker
-Casper W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Hershel H. Friday
-Mildred L. Lillie
-Baker and Weinberger
-Garment’s view
-Lillie
-Garment’s assessment
-Baker
-School desegregation
-Tennessee
-John N. Mitchell, Elliot L. Richardson,
John D. Ehrlichman
-Friday, Lillie
-Baker
-South
-Weinberger
-Ronald W. Reagan
-Baker and Weinberger
-America Bar Association [ABA]
-Senate
-Weinberger
-Baker
-Senate
-Mitchell
-Jewish question
-Political consideration
-Israel
-Lillie
-Qualifications
-Garment’s view
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 2:24 pm.
The President's schedule
Bull left at an unknown time before 2:32 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 595-4 (cont.)
US foreign relations
-Textile negotiations
-Peterson
-Performance
Supreme Court appointments
-Nominations
-Lillie
-Weinberger
-Political outlook
-Mitchell
-California
-William French Smith
-Lillie
-Chances of Senate confirmation
-Opposition to women
-Mitchell
Bull entered at an unknown time after 2:24 pm.
The President's schedule
-Wire photograph
-Jack Pardee
Haldeman and Bull left at 2:32 pm.