Conversation 012-029

On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:45 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-029 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 012-029

Date: October 21, 1971
Time: 9:45 am
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. 012-030, which has been merged with
conversation 012-029.]

John N. Mitchell talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 281-9]

     Supreme Court appointments
          -Howard H. Baker, Jr.
              -The President’s decision

                  -Previous conversation with Mitchell
            -The President's discussions
                  -Richard A. Moore
                  -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
                  -John D. Ehrlichman
                  -William L. Safire
                  -Ronald L. Ziegler
            -Timing for announcement
                  -Telephone calls to Congress
                  -People's Republic of China [PRC], Soviet Union
                  -Mitchell's responsibility
                        -Herschel H. Friday, Mildred L. Lillie
                        -James O. Eastland
                        -Virginia Senators
                        -Robert C. Byrd
                              -Moore
                              -John B. Connally
                  -Moore
                  -The President’s announcement
                  -American Bar Association [ABA]
                        -Ziegler
                              -Possible questions
                        -Mildred L. Lillie story
                              -Washington Post
                              -Moore
                                    -Safire
                        -Leon Jaworski
                        -Lawrence E. Walsh
                              -Mitchell’s forthcoming conversation
            -William H. Rehnquist
            -Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
                  -Martin Luther King, Jr.
                        -Civil disobedience
            -Moore