Conversation: 922-006
Prev:  922-005 Next: 922-007Start Date: 18-May-1973 10:15 AM
End Date: 18-May-1973 10:40 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Finch, Robert H.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On May 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Finch met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:15 am to 10:40 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 922-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 922-6 Date: May 18, 1973 Time: 10:15 am - 10:40 am Location: Oval Office President met with Robert H. Finch. ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] Politics -Finch -Political plans -Governorship -Alan Cranston -Incumbency -Power -Senate -Ronald W. Reagan -John B. Connally -Nelson A. Rockefeller -Spiro T. Agnew -Connally -Possible political activities -Primaries -Stumping -New Hampshire -Rockefeller and Reagan -Southern states -New Hampshire -Wisconsin -Indiana -5- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. August-2011) Conversation No. 922-6 (cont’d) -Reagan -California -Political activities -Effect of presidential candidacy focus on party at large -Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy -Possible political activities -Watergate -Chappaquiddick -Democrats -Possible candidates for president -Kennedy -California -Finch -Political plans -President’s views [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** Energy -President’s perspective -Popular confusion -Vacations -Gas -Automobiles National economy -Booming prosperity -Inflation -Employment -Compared with 1971 -Possible recession -Combined with inflation -Finch’s conversation with George P. Shultz, May 17 -Finch’s candidacy -6- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. August-2011) Conversation No. 922-6 (cont’d) Watergate -John W. Dean III’s allegations -Goal of President’s opponents -John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John N. Mitchell -Possible White House response -President’s resignation -Dean -Contacts with President -Role -Subornation of perjury -Jeb S[tuart] Magruder -Funds for defendants -Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] -CIA -President’s beliefs -Possible White House response -Ervin Committee hearings -Possible White House response -President’s resignation -Effects -Foreign policy -Agnew -Don Budge -Strategy -President’s schedule -Norfolk speech and Prisoner of War [POW] dinner -Handling of domestic issues -Henry A. Kissinger’s cables -Soviet summit -Leonid I. Brezhnev -Ronald L. Ziegler’s press briefings -Dean -Contacts with Finch -Relationship with Mitchell -Arthur Krock’s statement -Popular beliefs regarding President -7- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. August-2011) Conversation No. 922-6 (cont’d) Finch’s commencement speech at Rockford College -1960s -Difficulty -President’s accomplishments -Optimism -Stronger system -Crime -Safety -Arms control -Middle East -Foreign policy Finch -Political plans -Timing Watergate -Effect on President -Haldeman and Ehrlichman -Possible legal action -Mitchell -Possible legal action -Ervin Committee hearings -Effects on possible defendants -Bobby G. Seale case -Hearsay -Maurice H. Stans’s mind ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] Finch -Political future -Relations with Reagan -8- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. August-2011) Conversation No. 922-6 (cont’d) [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** Finch left at 10:40 am.