Conversation: 766-002
Prev: 766-001 Next: 766-003Start Date: 10-Aug-1972 4:46 PM
End Date: 10-Aug-1972 5:07 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; Ehrlichman, John D.; Brown, Jim; Wilkes, John L.; Scott, Stanley S.; Bull, Stephen B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On August 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, John D. Ehrlichman, Jim Brown, John L. Wilkes, Stanley S. Scott, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:46 pm to 5:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 766-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 766-2
Date: August 10, 1972
Time: 4:46 pm - 5:07 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Rose Mary Woods.
Woods's health
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Public relations
-R. Sargent Shriver
-Robert F. Kennedy’s alleged wiretapping
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Appointment as Ambassador to France
Personnel
-Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service [IRS]
-1960 campaign
-Unknown person’s handling of International Telephone and Telegraph
[ITT] funds
-John F. Kennedy and Johnson
-Joseph P. Kennedy’s view
-IRS staff
-Woods’s view
Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-Unknown person
1972 election
-Campaign financing
-List of contributors to George S. McGovern’s campaign
-Possible strategy
-Woods’s conversations with Robert H. Finch and Jeremiah
Milbank
-April 7, 1972 reporting deadline
-Amount of contributions
-Possible leak
-Max Palevsky
John D. Ehrlichman entered at 4:50 pm.
The President’s forthcoming meeting with Jim Brown
-Brown's appearance
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A letter from Allen J. Ellender's staff
-The President's trip Ellender’s funeral
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A letter from Mary [?] Hendricks
-Shreveport Times
-William E. Timmons
-Shreveport Times
-Ewing family
-Compared to William Loeb [Manchester Union Leader]
Department of Treasury medallions
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
[Dictabelts?]
-Wodds’s possible transcription
-An unknown person's suggestion
-Possible accidental destruction
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Brown, John L. Wilkes, and Stanley S. Scott entered and Woods left at 4:56 pm.
Greetings
Brown's movies
The President's previous meeting with Brown
-Brown’s induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
-1960
Photograph session
Brown's activities
-Physical fitness
-Minority business
Minority businesses
-Washington, DC
-Car dealerships
-Government aid
-Peter G. Peterson
-Ehrlichman
-Domestic council
-Leon H. Sullivan
-Urban League
-Wilkes
-Robert J. Brown
-Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.
Gifts
-Cuff links
John N. Mitchell
-Jim Brown's previous conversation with Mitchell
-Ed Walsh
-Brown’s view
-Health
-Golf
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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:56 pm.
Photograph session
Bull left at an unknown time before 5:02 pm.
Jim Brown's physical condition
-Weight
Ollie Matson
-Football career
Football from 1969 Pro Bowl
Washington Redskins
The President's thanks for Jim Brown's support
Herbert G. Klein
-Introduction to Jim Brown
Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
Jim Brown, Wilkes, and Scott left at 5:02 pm.
Peterson
-Bull
-Forthcoming meeting between Peterson and Brown
Jim Brown
-Lifestyle
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s conversation with the President
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Compared to Al Capp
-The President’s view
-Ehrlichman’s view
-Example for young blacks
-Support for the President
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-Assistance for Jim Brown
Blacks
-Patois
-Ehrlichman’s view
George W. Romney
-Forthcoming meeting with the President
-Ehrlichman's previous talk with Leonore L. Romney
-[George Romney’s trip to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania]
-Television appearance
-Ehrlichman’s previous talk with Leonore Romney
Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:02 pm.
[The President’s forthcoming meeting with the Cost of Living Council [COLC]]
Bull left at an unknown time before 5:07 pm.
Food prices
-The President's forthcoming meeting [with the COLC]
-Ehrlichman’s view
-Briefing by the COLC
-View of the COLC
-Ehrlichman’s view
-Camp David
-Public relations issues
-John B. Connally's proposals
-Arthur F. Burns's proposals
-Herbert Stein's view
-Political acumen
George Romney
-Forthcoming meeting with the President
-[Situation in Wilkes-Barre]
-Milton J. Shapp
-Military
-Additional employees for the Department of Housing and Urban
Development [HUD]
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-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
The President and Ehrlichman left at 5:07 pm.