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Conversation: 794-006

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Start Date: 9-Oct-1972 12:13 PM

End Date: 9-Oct-1972 12:36 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)McLarty, SharonMcLarty, I. W.McLarty, I. W. (Mrs.)McLarty, TonyEastland, James O.Nidecker, John E.White House photographerTimmons, William E.[Unknown person(s)]

Recording Device: Oval Office

794-006.mp3

NARA Description:

On October 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Sharon McLarty, I. W. McLarty, Mrs. I. W. McLarty, Tony McLarty, James O. Eastland, John E. Nidecker, White House photographer, William E. Timmons, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:13 pm to 12:36 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 794-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 794-6

Date: October 9, 1972
Time: 12:13 pm - 12:36 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Sharon McLarty, Mr. and Mrs. I.W. McLarty, Tony McLarty, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Shaffer, Eastland, and John E. Nidecker; the White House photographer and
members of the press were present at the beginning of the meeting.
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. Nov-03)

        Introductions and greetings

William E. Timmons entered and Nidecker left at 12:15 pm.

        Miss National Teenage America
            -Amory, Mississippi
            -[Photograph session]
            -Sharon McLarty's statement
            -Sharon McLarty's background
                -Education
                     -Scholarship
            -[Photograph session]
                -Arrangements
            -Eastland
                -Support
                     -Haiphong harbor mining
                -Mississippi citizens
                     -The President’s previous visit
            -Motto
            -Gift presentations
                -President’s seal
                     -Pins
                     -Cuff links
            -Scouting
                -Harold [?] Nixon
                -Jamborees
                     -The President as Vice President
            -Mayor Billy Glasgow of Amory, Mississippi
                -Photograph

        White House grounds
           -Magnolia
               -Andrew Jackson

Everyone but Eastland and Timmons left at 12:22 pm.

        1972 campaign
            -[Mississippi]
                -[Gilbert Carmichael]
                     -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
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         NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                          Tape Subject Log
                            (rev. Nov-03)

               -Tricia Nixon Cox
-John B. Connally
-[Mississippi]
-[Arkansas]
-John L. McClellan
     -Opponent [Wayne H. Bobbitt]
          -Winthrop Rockefeller
-Agnew
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Mississippi
     -John N. Mitchell’s recent visit
-Alabama
     -John J. Sparkman
          -Support on national defense issues
          -Winton M. (“Red”) Blount
               -The President's endorsement
                    -The President’s schedule
     -The President's writing of letters to Congressional candidates
          -South
          -North
-Media support for George S. McGovern
     -New York Times
     -Washington Post
     -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
     -American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]
     -National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC]
     -Time
     -Newsweek
     -Issues
          -Amnesty
          -Pot
          -Defense cut
-The President's schedule
     -Atlanta motorcade
     -Connally
     -Mitchell
     -Security
          -Rally
          -Motorcade
               -John F. Kennedy
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                      NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. Nov-03)

               -Hotel meetings
            -Agnew
               -George C. Wallace
                   -Montgomery, Alabama
                   -Jackson, Mississippi
                       -Unknown person
                   -Forthcoming meeting with Agnew
                   -Edward M. Kennedy
                   -Stance

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 12:22 pm.

        Refreshment

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:36 pm.

        1972 campaign
            -The President’s upcoming radio addresses
            -California
                -Support for the President
                     -Orange County
                     -Los Angeles County
            -Tennessee
                -Howard H. Baker, Jr.
                     -Busing issue
                     -Judge
                     -Memphis newspaper
                         -James H. (“Jimmy”) Quillen
                              -Nashville Banner
                              -Conversation with Eastland
                              -Relationship with Baker
                -Chances for Republican victory
                     -A history of support for the President
            -Alabama
            -Mississippi
            -Georgia
            -Louisiana
            -Arkansas
            -Connally
                -Previous conversation with the President
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                NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                             Tape Subject Log
                               (rev. Nov-03)

    -Democratic Party
        -“McGovernites”
        -Connally, Richard J. Daley
            -Party loyalty
    -The President's past position vis-à-vis Eastland, Richard B. Russell, Sparkman,
    McClellan, John C. Stennis
        -Voting record
            -American Bar Association [ABA]
            -McGovern
            -Republicans
    -The President’s Radio Address on Federal Spending, October 7, 1972
        -Russell B. Long, Wilbur D. Mills
        -Bipartisan responsibility for big spending
            -Charles W. Colson
            -Charles H. Percy
                 -Consumers, domestic issues

Senate recess
    -Timing

Watergate
   -Samuel J. Ervin’s possible investigation
        -Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
        -Court
            -Timing
        -Conversation with Eastland
            -Previous matter
                 -Steel company records
                     -Subpoena
        -McClellan
        -Eastland
        -Judiciary committee
            -Subpoena
        -The President's comments on court cases
            -Charles Manson
                 -The President's schedule
                     -Denver, Colorado
                          -California
                 -Indictment
                 -Alger Hiss case
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                      NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                       Tape Subject Log
                                         (rev. Nov-03)

                          -The President’s recent press conference
                              -Single standard
                 -Senate Judiciary Committee
                     -The President’s view

Eastland and Timmons left at 12:36 pm.