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Start Date: 13-Apr-1973 8:49 AM

End Date: 13-Apr-1973 9:04 AM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Timmons, William E.

Recording Device: Oval Office

895-004.mp3

NARA Description:

On April 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:49 am to 9:04 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 895-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 895-4

Date: April 13, 1973
Time: 8:49 am - 9:04 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with William E. Timmons.

     President’s April 12, 1973, party for Congress members
           -Response
                 -Speeches
           -Benefits
                 -Recognition
                 -Team spirit
                 -Visits to White House
                       -Interaction with President
                 -Scheduling of future events
                       -Church services
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             NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                               Tape Subject Log
                                (rev. April-2011)

                                                        Conversation No. 895-4 (cont’d)

Congressional relations
     -Church services         

           -Invitation stipulations      

           -[First name unknown] Hutton [?] 

           -Republicans in Congress          

                  -Invitations        

                  -Paul N. McCloskey           

                  -Edward W. Brooke           

                  -Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.       

                  -Charles H. Percy        

           -Democrats in Congress
                  -“Responsible liberals”
                  -Al Ullman
                  -Ronald V. Dellums, Bella S. Abzug
                  -Frank E (“Ted”) Moss, Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy, Edmund S.
                    Muskie 

     -President’s conversation with Paul Findley, April 12, 1973 

           -Presidential visit to the House of Representatives 

     -“Peace with Honor” reception 

     -Church services         

           -Former invitees         

                  -Members unable to attend        

     -Meetings with Congressional leadership 

           -Selection of attendees       

                  -Wildcards
           -Energy
           -Jewish emigration, Most Favored Nation [MFN] status
                  -Chairman of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Relations Committees
                  -Trade bill
                        -Finance and Ways and Means Committees
                  -Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson, Abraham A. Ribicoff, Jacob K. Javits
           -Carl B. Albert
           -Reactions of Congress members
           -Frequency of meetings
           -Possible tax message by President
                  -George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman
                  -Escalation of tax problems
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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                     Tape Subject Log 

                                      (rev. April-2011)

                                                            Conversation No. 895-4 (cont’d)

                -State of world
                -Church services
                      -Invitations
                -Congressional Republicans
                      -Selection of wildcard attendees
                             -Barry M. Goldwater
                             -Liberals
                             -Marvin L. Esch
                             -Forthcoming meetings
                                   -Interested committees
                      -Partisans
                             -Liberals and conservatives
                -Jerry Pugh
                      -Wildcard attendees
                -Clifford P. Case
                -Mathias
                -Brooke
                -Percy
                -Esch
                      -Efforts for President’s programs
                             -Aid to North Vietnam
                             -Energy meeting attendance
           -Congress members
                -Meetings or events with President
                      -Frustration with program cuts
                             -Public statements
                             -Private beliefs

Timmons left at 9:04 am.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                      Tape Subject Log 

                                       (rev. April-2011)