Conversation: 893-006
Prev: 893-005 Next: 893-007Start Date: 11-Apr-1973 10:11 AM
End Date: 11-Apr-1973 10:59 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, [Dwight] David, II; Eisenhower, Julie Nixon;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On April 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:11 am to 10:59 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 893-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 893-6
Date: April 11, 1973
Time: 10:11 am - 10:59 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II and Julie Nixon Eisenhower.
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Greetings
Weather
-Rose Mary Woods
-Snow
President’s schedule
-State dinner
-Arrangements
Oval Office
-Desk
-President’s as Vice President
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-John F. Kennedy
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Johnson’s removal of desk
[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Plans
-George A. Goodling
-William F. Goodling
-Political Plans
-Position on staff
-Samuel L. Devine
-Pennsylvania Republican State Chairman, Cliffor J. Jones
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-President’s meeting with Goodling and Devine
-George Goodling’s planned retirement
-David Eisenhower’s announcement of candidacy
-Goodling’s retirement
-Potential opposition
-John Eaton [?]
-Plans
-Martin G. Hamberger
-Hamberger
-Relations with other Pennsylvania Republicans
-President’s assessment
-Announcement
-Eaton [?]
-Strategy for nomination
-Timing of candidacy
-Goodling’s staff
-Tacit endorsement of Eisenhower
-William Goodling’s plans
-Goodling’s plans
-Devine
-District
-Residence
-Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
-Strategy
-Reassessment of post-Naval career
-Political job
-Speaking engagements
-Washington, DC
-Meetings with local politicians
-Expression of interest
-Timing of announcement
-Residence location
-Washington, DC area
-Significance
-Residence
-Farm
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1A
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 24 s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Plans for political office
-Farm purchase in district
-Tenant farmer
-Tax payer
-Investment
-Equipment
-Visits
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[Duration: 1 m ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1B
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[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Plans for political office
-Farm purchase
-Compared to apartment
-Enterprise
-Investment
-Residence in Maryland house
-Conversation with Jones
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-Contract
-Employment
-George H. W. Bush
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-Republican National Committee [RNC]
-Finance Committee [?]
-Internship with Roman Huiska
-Value
-Capitol Hill
-Problems
-Richard S. Schweiker
-Liberal staff
-Hugh Scott
-Pennsylvania Republican State Chairman
-Recommendation
-Goodling
-Political employment
-Location
-Washington, DC area
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[Duration: 1 m 15 s ]
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[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Plans for political office
-Employment
-Campaign Committee
-House of Representatives
-Research
-Travel
-Bush
-Research
-Issue-based
-Bush
-Recommendations
-Speeches
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-College campuses
-Candidate search
-Campaign Committee
-Barber B. Conable, Jr.
-Republican Policy Committee
-New York
-Travel
-Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-Employment
-Moonlighting
-Articles
-Human interest
-Pennsylvania Congressional District
-Presence
-Fees
-Employment
-Travel
-Writing
-Capitol Hill
-House Armed Services Committee
-Defense Department
-Defense expenditures in district
-Carlisle Army barracks
-Defense Issues
-Young people
-Employment
-Bush
-Devine’s recommendations
-Goodling’s plans
-Timing of candidacy
-District
-Population
-President’s congressional district in California
-Announcement
-Timing
-Lincoln’s birthday
-Location
-Gettysburg
-Organized part
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-District
-Editors
-Harry McLaughlin
-Harrisburg [newspaper?]
-Friendship with Mamie Eisenhower
-Organization
-Press relations
-Manager
-Recruitment
-McLaughlin
-Support of Eisenhower family
-District
-Coffee klatsches
-Value
-Support
-Campaigning
-Timing
-Fatigue
-Present activities
-Politics in district
-Expressions of interest
-Goodling
-Employment
-Bush
-RNC
-Capitol Hill
-RNC
-Perception of work in potential district
-Work with Schweiker
-Travel around Pennsylvania
-Record of support
-Work with Hugh Scott
-Hamberger
-House Campaign Committee
-Devine
-House Policy Committee
-Advantages
-Bush
-Research
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-Robert G. Michel
-Engagements
-Pull from invitations to White House
-Publicity
-Television [TV] appearances
-Today Show
-Tonight Show
-Hamberger
-District
-Residence
-Value to district
-Investments
-Writing fees
-Reader’s Digest
-New house
-Occupation
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President’s schedule
-Camp David
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s trip to Boston
-Middlesex Peace Award
-Acceptance on behalf of President
-Remarks
-Speakers
-Charles W. Colson
-Frank E. Fitzsimmons
-Peter J. Brennan
-Margaret M. Heckler
-Supporter of President
Brennan
-Conflicts with George Meany
-Work in administration
-Conflicts with organized labor
-Labor secretaries
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-Wage differentials for teenagers
-Support from economists
-Minimum wage
-Labor unions
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[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Plans for political office
-Farm
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2A
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[Duration: 1 m 5 s ]
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Congressional district
-Farmers
-Hamberger’s farm purchase
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2B
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[Duration: 35 s ]
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President’s schedule
-White House open house
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-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Tourists’ visits
-White House tour
-President’s appearance
-Rose Garden
-Ronald L. Ziegler
State dinners
-Waiters
-Stephen B. Bull
-Rex W. Scouten
-Clearing of tables
-Delays
-European customs
-Delays
-Spiro T. Agnew dinner
-Toasts
-President’s instructions
-Scouten
-Future arrangements
-Dinner for Lee Kuan Yew
-Delays
-Shape of tables
-Agnew
-State Department
-Arrangements
Oval Office
-Lincoln painting
-Change of location
-Tone of painting
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2C
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1 m 7 s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2C
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[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Plans for political office
-District
-Primary race
-Hamberger
-William F. Goodling
-Battle
-George A. Goodling
-Endorsement
-Defense of Goodling’s policies
-Political independence
-Residence in White House
-Issues
-Differentiation from administration
-Impoundment [?]
-Agriculture
-National defense
-President’s assessment
-Poll of district
-Clifford J. Jones
-Robert Teeter
-Public’s views of Eisenhower
-Timing
-Usefulness
-Timing
-Residence
-Employment
-Washington, DC
-Articles for Hobe Lewis
-TV appearances
-Tonight Show
-Opponents
-Campaigns
-Candidacy
-Expressions of interest
-Jones
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-District campaign managers
-Recruitment
-Charles Wolfe
-Lawyer for Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Delegate for President in 1968
-Approach
-One step removed
-Relations with party officials
-Finance people
-District
-Pennsylvania women
-Julie’s involvement
-Luncheons
-Mamie Eisenhower
-Party at Gettysburg farm
-Jones
-David Eisenhower’s independence
-Wolfe
-Residence
-Advice from Pennsylvania party officials
-House
-Farm purchase
-Decisiveness
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2D
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1 m 4 s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2D
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[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Plans for political office
-President’s advice
-Residence
-Alternatives
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-York County, Pennsylvania
-Hanover, Pennsylvania
-Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
-Farms
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Issues
-US Navy
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Candidacy
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Julie Nixon Eisenhower and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II left at 10:59 am.