Conversation 021-098

On March 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 11:13 pm to 11:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-098 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 21-98

Date: March 16, 1972
Time: 11:13 pm - 11:18 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.

     Busing speech
          -Ehrlichman’s forthcoming briefing
                -Constitutional amendment
                -Moratorium
                     -Legislative route
                     -Press
                           -Unconstitutionality
                -Daniel L. Schorr
          -Decision to make the speech
                -Leonard Garment
          -Delivery
          -Mail to Congress
          -The President’s call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
          -Ehrlichman’s call to Charles W. Colson
                -Telegrams to congressmen

          -William L. Safire draft
                -Emotional element
          -Julie Nixon and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
          -Black administration staff response
          -Ehrlichman’s forthcoming briefing
                -Constitutional amendment
                -Moratorium