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Conversation 014-146

TapeTape 14StartTuesday, November 16, 1971 at 7:17 PMEndTuesday, November 16, 1971 at 7:18 PMTape start time04:28:52Tape end time04:30:43ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operator;  Flanigan, Peter M.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AI Summary

President Nixon and Peter M. Flanigan discuss potential candidates for an unspecified high-level appointment, weighing the merits of various banking and finance figures. They express a preference for Gabriel Hauge due to his prestige and alignment with the administration, while also considering William S. Renchard as a viable alternative. Flanigan is tasked with prioritizing an outreach attempt to Hauge to determine his interest in the position.

Personnel appointmentsGabriel HaugeWilliam S. RenchardExecutive recruitmentBanking industry
AudioNARA Description

On November 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Peter M. Flanigan talked on the telephone from 7:17 pm to 7:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-146 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 14-146

Date: November 16, 1971
Time: 7:17 pm - 7:18 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Peter M. Flanigan

The President talked with Flanigan.

     Personnel
          -George[?] Champion
          -William S. Renchard
          -Unknown man
          -Gabriel Hauge
          -John M. Meyer, Jr., former chairman of Morgan Guaranty
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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What's your honest opinion?
My honest opinion is I'd rather have Renshard, somebody a little younger, and I'm uneasy about championships.
Going back, I know.
Yeah, that really is my problem.
Quite frankly, this afternoon, I was talking with one of my friends up there who sat next to me at dinner the other night, and apparently he didn't handle himself quite as well as... Fine, okay.
Wrenchard is the one, okay.
I haven't been able to reach him.
Fine, well, let's give a real whack at that one, okay?
Yes, sir, I will.
You know, another one that might be able to do that would be, what do you think of Hougie?
I think he'd be great if he took it.
I think he'd be superb.
Yeah, he knows more.
He knows more.
He's more prestigious in the way that they would like him to be prestigious.
I think the odds of Gabe doing it are very small.
Take a first crack at him, will you?
Sure I will.
Take him first.
I'll try him first.
Do you know John Meyer, who just retired as the head of Morgan Charity?
No, I don't know him.
He's very highly regarded.
Frankly, I don't know him either, and I don't know whether he could honestly be said to be your man, whereas I know Renshardt would be, and I think Gabe would be.
Gabe would be, sure.
But Meyers, well, a Republican, I don't, I've never... All right, stick with these two at the moment.
All right.
Okay?
Take Hauge to first order.
Fine.
Sure.
If you'd like to be asked.
Well, I'm sure of that.
Okay.
All right.
Thank you.
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