Conversation: 826-006
Prev:  826-005 Next: 826-007Start Date: 19-Dec-1972 11:52 AM
End Date: 19-Dec-1972 12:05 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Van Dusen, Richard C.; Cole, Kenneth R., Jr.; White House photographer; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On December 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Richard C. Van Dusen, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:52 am to 12:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 826-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 826-6 Date: December 19, 1972 Time: 11:52 am - 12:05 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Richard C. Van Dusen and Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. The White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting. Greetings Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD] -Van Dusen’s job [Photograph session] Van Dusen’s plans -Detroit law firm, Dickinson, Wright, McKean & Cudlip -40- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. July-08) Conversation No. 826-6 (cont’d) -Age Van Dusen’s job -HUD -George W. Romney -Departure -Timing -Promotion of Van Dusen -Change of mind ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] Politics -Experience -Television [TV] -Age -Congressional candidacy [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** Van Dusen -Law practice -Lark M. Clifford -Dean G. Acheson -Access to White House -Cole -John D. Ehrlichman ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] -Michigan -Governorship -William G. Milliken -Philip A. Hart -41- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. July-08) Conversation No. 826-6 (cont’d) -Senate -Age -Stamina [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** Second term reorganization -Van Dusen -Judgeship -Court of appeals -Supreme Court -Circuit Court -Isolation -Timing -Ehrlichman -Stephen J. Roth -Trial judge -Robert P. Griffin -Senate -Charles E. Hughes -Kenneth B. Keating HUD -Difficulties -Blacks -Model Cities Program -Van Dusen’s performance -Budget -The President’s appreciation Van Dusen -Politics Second term reorganization -Van Dusen -Judgeship -The President’s conversations with Ehrlichman -42- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. July-08) Conversation No. 826-6 (cont’d) -Age -Retirements -Dickinson, Wright, McKean & Cudlip -Senior lawyers Law -Dickinson, Wright, McKean & Cudlip -Size -Partners, lawyers -Van Dusen’s future -Heads of firm -New York -Moneymaking White House gifts -Ashtray -Presidential signature -Raise, judgeship HUD -Van Dusen’s experience ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] Van Dusen’s plans -Political candidacy -Hart -Visibility Washington Redskins -Football game [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** The President’s appreciation -43- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. July-08) Conversation No. 826-6 (cont’d) White House social affairs -Cabinet dinner -Under Secretaries -Van Dusen -Barbara (Congdon) Van Dusen -Fred Waring -Age -The President’s conversation with Alice Roosevelt Longworth Van Dusen and Cole left at 12:05 pm.