Conversation 020-067

TapeTape 20StartTuesday, February 8, 1972 at 2:57 PMEndTuesday, February 8, 1972 at 3:01 PMTape start time02:13:10Tape end time02:17:56ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operator;  Finch, Robert H.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone

On February 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Robert H. Finch talked on the telephone from 2:57 pm to 3:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-067 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 20-67

Date: February 8, 1972

Time: 2:57 pm - 3:01 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with the President.

     Call from Robert H. Finch

The President talked with Finch between 2:57 pm and 3:01 pm.

[See Conversation No. 320-25]

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/30/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[020-067-w001]
[Duration: 4m 11s]

       President's schedule
              -Forthcoming meeting with Robert S. McNamara

       Robert H. Finch's candidacy
              -Polls
                      -Nature of district
                      -Carol (Crothers) Finch
                              -Burbank
                              -Occidental College
              -Press conference
                      -President’s reelection
                      -Ronald W. Reagan
                      -Potential 1974 run for office
                      -Refusal to commit to one Congressional term
                              -Comparison to President’s 1962 California gubernatorial race
                      -Vow to campaign for reelection of President
                              -In industrial states
                      -Ronald W. Reagan reaction
                      -Senate and gubernatorial possibilities in 1974
              -Polls
                      -Glendale
                              -Issues

                                    -Busing
                                    -Urban issues
                                    -Property tax
                            -President’s comments
                                    -Relevance
                                    -Constituency
             -Public reaction to peace initiative
             -Economic recovery
                    -Unemployment drop in California
             -Otis Chandler view of Robert H. Finch’s run for office

      William P. Rogers’s comments at leadership conference
             -Elliot L. Richardson’s comments
             -John B. Connally’s comments
             -Hugh Scott’s comments
             -Arthur H. Vandenberg’s proposal
                     -Gay vote
                     -Son

      Robert H. Finch’s candidacy
             -Forthcoming trip to New Jersey on February 9
             -Carol (Crothers) Finch
             -Financing
                     -Assemblyman from Glendale
                     -Frank Lannerman
                     -Patrick J. Hillings
                     -Copy-Press
                     -Reuter Press
             -Carlos Moorehead candidacy
                     -Assemblyman from Glendale
                     -Blandness
                     -Ability to beat H. L. (“Bill”) Richardson

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    Leadership
         -Finch view
               -Quality of leadership
               -William P. Rogers
                    -Foreign policy record

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at all.
Mr. Finch, Mr. President, all right?
Yeah, sure.
There you are.
Okay.
I thought that was a good exercise this morning.
Well, I think giving them all around that square table was rather interesting, too.
Yeah, but apart from all that, you know, you realize when you put that leadership, even with its weaknesses in the Cabinet, even with its weaknesses...
Pretty good bunch of people.
Yeah, that's a quality group.
Yeah, it really is.
Yeah.
Roger's little card is a good one.
Read that over.
That's a hell of a damn record.
Yes, it is.
Okay.
All right, sir.