Conversation 012-014

On October 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:49 pm and 5:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-014 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 012-014

Date: October 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:49 pm and 5:33 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

     Telephone call from John N. Mitchell

[This is the original beginning of conversation No. 012-015, which has been merged with
conversation 012-014.]

John N. Mitchell talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 282-30]

     Supreme Court appointments
          -Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
                -Martin Luther King, Jr.
                -Wiretapping
          -Howard H. Baker, Jr.
                -Knoxville, Tennessee
          -William H. Rehnquist
                -Robert H. Jackson
          -Lawrence E. Walsh
                -Previous conversation with Mitchell
                -American Bar Association [ABA] Committee
                      -Rejection of candidates
                -Herschel H. Friday
                -Mildred L. Lillie
                -Possible letter form Walsh
                      -Administration’s position
                      -Possible press statement
          -Press statement
                -Baker
                -Timing

                 -Rehnquist
                       -Smith
                 -Baker
                 -Forthcoming announcement
                       -Haldeman
                 -Rehnquist
                       -Smith
                       -Powell
                 -Timing
                       -Ronald L. Ziegler
                       -ABA