Conversation: 823-007
Prev:  823-006 Next: 823-008Start Date: 14-Dec-1972 12:32 PM
End Date: 14-Dec-1972 1:02 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Scott, Hugh; Timmons, William E.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On December 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Hugh Scott, and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:32 pm to 1:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 823-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 823-7 Date: December 14, 1972 Time: 12:32 pm - 1:02 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Hugh Scott and William E. Timmons. Thanksgiving Scott’s schedule -Vacation -John D. Rockefeller, III -Euthanasia conference, Asia -Bali -Jakarta -Jogjakarta -Bora Bora -Thailand -Chiang Mai -Conditions -Hill tribes -Scott’s previous trip [to the People’s Republic of China [PRC]] -Marian Huntington Chase Scott -Rockefeller Congressional relations -38- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. July-08) Conversation No. 823-7 (cont’d) -Upcoming session, 93rd Congress -Organization -Bill Patterson [?] -George D. Aiken -Henry L. Bellmon -William E. Brock, III -Campaign Committee chairmanship -Hugh Scott’s conversation with the President, November 5, 1972 -Conference Committee chairmanship -Wallace F. Bennett -Norris Cotton -Policy Committee chairmanship -Robert A. Taft, Jr. -Competition with John G. Tower -Robert A. Taft, Sr. -Conference Committee chairmanship -Cotton -Secretary of the Conference -Bennett -Chairman of Committee on Committees ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] Republican Party -Congressional campaign committees -Brock -Finances -Ted Stevens -Fundraising -Peter H. Dominick -Presidential ambitions -Relations with George H. W. Bush -Bush -Republican National Committee [RNC] chairmanship -Political role -Harry S. Dent -Wife’s health -39- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. July-08) Conversation No. 823-7 (cont’d) -Bush -Political role -Lack of enemies -Brock -Robert C. (“Bob”) Wilson -1972 Republican candidates -Quality -Italians -Irish -Blacks -Joshua Eilberg -Jewish district -Opposition -John Birchers -California -Gerald R. Ford -Wilson -Daniel Kuykendall -Tennessee -California -Dominick -Gordon L. Allott -Bush -Texas -Candidate from the West -William L. Scott -Virginia -Political Views -Jesse A. Helms -Bill Holman’s [?] opinion Ford -Wilson -Kuykendall -Brown -Ford’s support -Work with Brock, Bush -Leadership -Announcement -Ford -Wilson -40- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. July-08) Conversation No. 823-7 (cont’d) -Work with Brock -Attitude -Union advisors -Ohio -Pennsylvania -Samuel L. Devine -Conservatives -Charles W. Whalen, Jr. -Liberals -Intelligence -Surrogates -1972 campaign -Incumbency -Effect -Ticket-splitting -Losses -House of Representatives -Senate -Pete V. Domenici -Helms -[First name unknown] Bartlett [?] -Kentucky -Domenici -Scott’s administrative assistant -Fundraising -Helms -1972 campaign -Margaret Chase Smith -Defeat -Surprise -Offers of Support -Surrogates -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Allott -Defeat -Jack Miller -Defeat -Fundraising -Jerry White [?] -Jack [?] Edwards -41- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. July-08) Conversation No. 823-7 (cont’d) -Wilson -J. Caleb Boggs -Defeat -Texas [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** Congressional relations -J. Caleb Boggs -Governors National Safety Council -Howard Pyle -Hugh Scott’s conversation with John D. Ehrlichman -1974 campaign -The President’s schedule -Possible joint leadership meeting -Legislation -Vetoes -Timing -Spending -Compared to raising taxes -Tactics -Busing -Robert P. Griffin’s position Vietnam negotiations -Difficulties -Settlement agreement -Quality -North Vietnamese violations -1972 election -North Vietnam’s positions -Imposition of Communist government in South Vietnam -International Commission of Control and Supervision [ICCS] -US mining, bombing of North Vietnam -Duration -Settlement agreement -Prisoners of war [POWs] -US residual forces -42- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. July-08) Conversation No. 823-7 (cont’d) -Casualties -The President’s meeting with Henry A. Kissinger -Congressional relations -Resolutions -Timing -1973 Inauguration -George S. McGovern -Hubert H. Humphrey -Edmund S. Muskie -Michael J. Mansfield -POWs -McGovern’s position -US withdrawal and cessation of bombing -The President’s plan -Compared to Mansfield Amendment -US withdrawal -Timing -POWs -Cease-fire -North Vietnam -US pressure -Compared to withdrawal -Settlement agreement -POWs -McGovern’s and Mansfield’s positions -Nguyen Van Thieu -Congressional relations -POWs -US aid to South Vietnam -Communist aid to North Vietnam -Military aid Congressional relations -Health bill -Scott’s conversation with Ehrlichman -Health proposals, pension bill -Democrats -Pension bill -Democrats’ version -Portability -43- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. July-08) Conversation No. 823-7 (cont’d) -Compared to vestibility -Federal insurance -Importance to labor -Compared to fringe benefits -Confirmation hearings for nominees -Expedition -Quality of candidates Second term reorganization -Congressional relations -Cabinet -Secretary of the Treasury -Arthur F. Sampson, General Services Administration [GSA] Administrator -Scott’s view -Pennsylvania -Toughness Congressional relations -Bipartisan leadership meetings -Republican leadership meetings -Scott -Ford -Leslie C. Arends -Griffin -Meetings with Democrats -The President’s meeting with Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson -Jackson’s trip to Europe and the Middle East -Mansfield -Impulsiveness -John C. Stennis -McGovern -Senate Foreign Relations Committee -J. William Fulbright -Frank F. Church -W[illiam] Stuart Symington -1972 election -Republican losses New Year’s greeting -44- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. July-08) Conversation No. 823-7 (cont’d) Hugh Scott’s schedule -Trip to Singapore -Theft of Presidential money clip -Airport White House gifts -Presentation -Hugh Scott’s staff Scott and Timons left at 1:02 pm.