Conversation: 949-007
Prev:  949-006 Next: 949-008Start Date: 12-Jul-1973 4:01 PM
End Date: 12-Jul-1973 4:22 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Timmons, William E.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On July 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:01 pm to 4:22 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 949-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 949-7 Date: July 12, 1973 Time: 4:01 pm - 4:22 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with William Timmons Watergate -Howard H. Baker, Jr. -President’s schedule -John W. Dean, III -Questioning of John N. Mitchell -President’s conversation with Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. -Timmons’s conversation with William E. Brock, III -Mail -Possible conversation with Pat Wilson -George H. W. Bush -Mitchell -Activities -Baker’s questioning -Baker -White House response -Timmons -Brock -Possible attacks -Tennessee -Ervin Committee members -Edward J. Gurney -Ervin -Joseph M. Montoya -Intelligence -Baker -Baker -President’s campaigning -Brock -Tennessee mail -21- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. October-2012) Conversation No. 949-7 (cont’d) -Contacts with White House staff -Ervin Committee hearings -Dean’s testimony -Mitchell’s testimony -Richard A. Moore’s testimony -Dean -Access to files -Timmons -Samuel Dash -Moore’s testimony -Baker -Timmons’s possible actions -Timmons’s conversation with Brock -Baker’s questioning of Mitchell -Possible attacks by Senators -Joseph McCarthy -President’s meeting with Republican Senators, July 11, 1973 -Age -Voting record -Access to files -Senate -Support for Ervin Committee -Sensitive information in Dean documents -Leaks by Ervin -Sensitive information in Dean documents -Ervin -Age -Quote on Senate leaks -Access to files -Dash -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Charles W. Colson -Uninhibited conversation -1972 campaign -George S. McGovern -Baker -Activities -Presidential ambitions -22- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. October-2012) Conversation No. 949-7 (cont’d) -Adulation of “Georgetown set” -Everett M. Dirksen -Ervin Committee -Gurney -Fred D. Thompson -Dean’s testimony -Meeting with Gurney regarding International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] Congressional relations -Senators -Edward W. Brooke -William B. Saxbe -Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. -Invitations -House -Effect of 1972 elections on composition -Vetoes -Melvin R. Laird, Bryce N. Harlow -Policy committee members -Benjamin B. Blackburn, III’s telephone call to Timmons -Daniel H. Kuykendall -Georgia -Previous meeting with Senators, July 11, 1972 -Carl T. Curtis -Selection criteria -Goldwater, Paul J. Fannin -Roman L. Hruska, Curtis -Senators -Timing -Previous meeting with Senators, July 11, 1972 -John G. Tower -Fannin -Blackburn, Kuykendall -East Room -Democrat Senators -John C. Stennis -23- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. October-2012) Conversation No. 949-7 (cont’d) -Health -James O. Eastland, John L. McClellan, Sam Nunn, James B. Allen, Bennett Johnston, Russell B. Long, Harry F. Byrd, Jr. -Gale W. McGee -Visit to People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Warren Magnuson -Visit to PRC -David K. E. Bruce’s views -Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson -Presidential aspirations -Patriotism President’s schedule -Meetings with Congress members Watergate -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.’s view -Timmons’s conversation with John B. Anderson -Public reaction to issue -Samuel L. Devine -Dean -Ervin Committee testimony -Appearance -Glasses Request for Henry A. Kissinger Timmons left at 4:22 pm.