Conversation: 773-009
Prev:  773-008 Next: 773-010Start Date: 8-Sep-1972 11:32 AM
End Date: 8-Sep-1972 11:39 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Tower, John G.; Baker, Howard H., Jr.; Timmons, William E.; Atkins, Oliver F. ("Ollie"); Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On September 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, John G. Tower, Howard H. Baker, Jr., William E. Timmons, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:32 am and 11:39 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 773-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 773-9 Date: September 8, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:32 am and 11:39 am. Location: Oval Office The President met with John G. Tower, Howard H. Baker, Jr., William E. Timmons and Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins. [Photograph session] -1972 campaign Congressional action -Edward W. Brooke amendment -Debt ceiling -Senate 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) Vietnam -Bombing and mining -Poll results -Barry M. Goldwater Congressional candidate [Robin L. Beard, Jr.] -Timmons -6th Congressional district, Tennessee Polls -Nashville, Tennessee -George S. McGovern -Votes -Norman Thomas Harold (“Barefoot”) Sanders -Lyndon B. Johnson -McGovern -Loyalty to Democratic Party Vietnam War -Campaign issue -Candidates -Louis P. Harris poll -US position -Soviet Union -Defense -Jobs -Unemployment -Tennessee The President and Tower left at 11:36 am. 1972 campaign -The President's schedule -Knoxville -Memphis -1968, 1970 [This conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 11:39 am.] 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06)