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Start Date: 14-Feb-1973 12:23 PM

End Date: 14-Feb-1973 12:34 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Morgan, Edward L.Bull, Stephen B.Ehrlichman, John D.Clawson, JamesClawson, James (Mrs.)Clawson, CourtneyClawson, Jason B.Clawson, Brooke A.Evans, Katherine R.Evans, Constance R.Evans, Elizabeth G.Evans, John F., IIICashen, Henry C., IIWhite, Stuart C.White, Stuart C. (Mrs.)

Recording Device: Oval Office

855-018.mp3

NARA Description:

On February 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Edward L. Morgan, Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, James Clawson, Mrs. James Clawson, Courtney J. Clawson, Jason B. Clawson, Brooke A. Clawson, Katherine R. Evans, Constance R. Evans, Elizabeth G. Evans, John F. Evans, III, Henry C. Cashen, II, Stuart C. White, and Mrs. Stuart C. White met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:23 pm to 12:34 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 855-018 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 855-18

Date: February 14, 1973
Time: 12:23 pm - 12:34 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Edward L. Morgan, and Stephen B. Bull; the White House photographer
was present at the beginning of the meeting.

       Greetings

       Thanks for work
             -Desegregation
                     -Mississippi
                            -“Ambassador”

       Morgan’s abilities
             -Pasadena [?]

       Photographs

Morgan and the White House photographer left at 12:25 pm.

       President's schedule
              -Meeting with James Clawson
                      -Morgan’s deputy
              -Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft
                      -Meeting with Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
                      -Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS]
                              -Melvin R. Laird
                                              -34-

                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                        Tape Subject Log
                                         (rev. August-10)
                                                            Conversation No. 855-18 (cont’d)


                       -Report on prisoners of war [POWs]

James Clawson, Mrs. James Clawson, Courtney J. Clawson, Jason B. Clawson, Brooke A.
Clawson, John D. Ehrlichman, and the White House photographer entered at 12:25 pm.

       Ehrlichman’s health

       Greetings
              -Introductions

       Clawson's work at Treasury Department
             -Morgan’s deputy

       Photographs
             -Arrangements

       Bussing problems
              -Morgan
              -Integration of schools

       Copies of photographs

Clawson, et al., left at 12:27 pm.

       President's meeting with John F. Evans and family
              -Frederick B. Dent
              -Commerce Department
              -Job, duties
                      -Lawyer
                             -New Jersey
                      -Unemployment
                      -Veterans problems

John F. Evans, Mrs. John F. Evans, Katherine R. Evans, Constance R. Evans, Elizabeth G.
Evans, John F. Evans III, and the White House photographer entered at 12:27 pm.

       Greetings
                                            -35-

                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. August-10)
                                                            Conversation No. 855-18 (cont’d)



       Introduction
              -Evans’s family

       Photograph session
             -Copies for family

       Appreciation for work
             -Commerce Department
             -Hours

       Children’s school

Evans, et al., left at 12:29 pm.

       President's meeting with Henry C. Cashen II
              -Work with Charles W. Colson at White House
              -Colson's law firm

Henry C. Cashen II, Mrs. Henry C. Cashen, and the White House photographer entered at 12:29
pm.

       Greetings

       Tax lawyer

       New law firm job
             -Increased salary
             -Colson

       Colson’s work at White House
             -Watergate
             -Labor
             -Catholics
             -Ethnics
             -President’s gratitude
                                              -36-

                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                       Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. August-10)
                                                              Conversation No. 855-18 (cont’d)


        Photographs
              -Copies

Cashen, et al., left at 12:31 pm.

        President's meeting with Mrs. Stuart C. ("Margareta") White
               -Herbert G. Klein
               -United States Information Agency [USIA]

Mrs. Stuart C. "Margareta" White, Stuart C. White, Suzanne White, and the White House
photographer entered at 12:31 pm.

        Greetings

        USIA work

        Photograph session
              -Arrangements

        Appreciation for work with administration

        Gift for President
                -Valentine

       White’s new job

       Presidential gifts
              -Pin
              -Tricia Nixon Cox
              -Julie Nixon Eisenhower

White, et al., left at 12:34 pm.

        Thomas Hart
             -Age
             -Work at White House
             -Meeting with President
                                              -37-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                        Tape Subject Log
                                         (rev. August-10)
                                                            Conversation No. 855-18 (cont’d)


               -Photograph

Bull and Ehrlichman left at 12:34 pm.