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Conversation: 623-022

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Start Date: 23-Nov-1971 4:36 PM

End Date: 23-Nov-1971 4:56 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Waller, William L.Eastland, James O.Mitchell, John N.Bull, Stephen B.Sanchez, Manolo[Unknown person(s)]

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 04:54:25

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 05:15:14

623a.mp3

623b.mp3

623c.mp3

623d.mp3

NARA Description:

On November 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, William L. Waller, James O. Eastland, John N. Mitchell, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:36 pm to 4:56 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 623-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 623-22

Date: November 23, 1971
Time: 4:36 pm - 4:56 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with William L. Waller, James O. Eastland and John N. Mitchell.

     Introductions

     John C. Stennis

     The President's schedule

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:36 pm.
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                           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. 10/06)
                                                                Conv. No. 623-22 (cont.)



     [Unintelligible]

Bull left at an unknown time before 4:56 pm.

     Waller's campaign
          -Eastland's efforts

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 4:36 pm.

     Refreshments

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     Refreshments

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:56 pm.

     Gulfport, Mississippi
          -Development of tourist and convention facilities

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 4:36 pm.

     Request for five copies

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 4:56 pm.

     Gulfport
          -Development of tourist and convention facilities
               -Federal assistance
                    -Mitchell's possible actions
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                Tape Subject Log
                                  (rev. 10/06)
                                                               Conv. No. 623-22 (cont.)


                     -John D. Ehrlichman
                -The President’s view

Eastland
      -Waller and George C. Wallace

Gulfport
     -Development of facilities
          -Federal aid
               -Mitchell
          -Types of facilities
               -Convention center
               -Outdoor recreation areas
               -Education centers
     -Location
          -New Orleans
          -Mobile
               -The President's previous visit

The President's programs
     -Support of Mississippi Senators
          -National security
                 -Vietnam
                 -National defense
                 -Anti-ballistic missiles [ABMs]
                      -Soviet Union
          -Stennis
                 -Compared with Richard B. Russell
          -Eastland

Supreme Court appointments
     -William O. Douglas
           -Franklin D. Roosevelt
           -Editorials in Washington Post and New York Times
                -Patrick J. Buchanan
           -Experience in government
           -Editorials
                -Roosevelt
     -William H. Rehnquist
           -Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
           -Compared with Douglas
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                           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                       Tape Subject Log
                                         (rev. 10/06)
                                                                    Conv. No. 623-22 (cont.)


          -Powell
          -Rehnquist
               -The President’s view
          -Hugo L. Black
          -The President's nominees
               -Confirmation
                     -Hugh Scott
                     -Eastland's previous conversation with Charles McC. Mathias
                     -Jacob K. Javits
               -G. Harrold Carswell
               -Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr.
                     -“60 Minutes” news program
                           -Mike Wallace's comments
          -Warren E. Burger
               -Use of television

     Television
          -Use in courtrooms
                -Effect

     Mississippi
          -Senators
          -The President's previous visit
                -Ross R. Barnett
                -The President's speech in Capitol
          -Wallace's prospects in 1972

     Waller
          -Background and experience

     Presentation of gifts by the President

An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 4:36 pm.

     Envelope

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:56 pm.

     The President's offices
          -Executive Office Building [EOB]
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                             NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. 10/06)
                                                                  Conv. No. 623-22 (cont.)


      Oval Office furnishings
           -Presidential seal
           -Flags

      Lyndon B. Johnson
          -Accession to presidency

      Eastland's conversation with unknown man

      John N. Mitchell's schedule

Waller, et al., left at 4:56 pm.