Conversation: 623-022
Prev: 623-021 Next: 623-023Start Date: Tuesday, November 23, 1971 9:36 PM
End Date: Tuesday, November 23, 1971 9:56 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
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.