Conversation: 281-034
Prev: 281-033 Next: 281-035Start Date: Thursday, October 21, 1971 5:17 PM
End Date: Thursday, October 21, 1971 5:55 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Moore, Richard A.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:25:46
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:54:34
NARA Description:
On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Richard A. Moore, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:17 pm to 1:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-034 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 281-34
Date: October 21, 1971
Time: 1:17 pm - 1:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Richard A. Moore.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 281-34(cont.)
The President's speech on Supreme Court appointments
-Materials requested by the President
-William H. Rehnquist
-Standing in law school class
-Law clerk
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-Rehnquist
-Phi Beta Kappa
-Stanford law school
-Law clerk
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Powell
-Honorary degrees
-Background material for press
-Timing
-Powell
-Rehnquist
-Judicial philosophy
-Jacob K. Javits
-Rehnquist
The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman at an unknown time between 1:17 pm and
1:55 pm.
[Conversation No. 281-34A]
Material for the President's speech on Supreme Court appointments
-Statistical information on number of appointments per year
-Commissions
-Boards
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
-Courts
[End of telephone conversation]
The President rehearsed a speech at an unknown time between 1:17 pm and 1:55 pm.
[A transcript of the final broadcast of this speech appears in Public Papers of the Presidents,
Richard M. Nixon, 1971, pp. 1053-1057]
Speech text
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 281-34(cont.)
-Hugo L. Black, John M. Harlan
-Wording
-Political philosophies
-Black
-Powell
-Richmond, Virginia school system
-Desegregation efforts
-Chief Justice John Marshall
Years of active law practice
-Current justices
-The President's appointees
Rehnquist
-Qualifications
White House staff's foreknowledge of Supreme Court nominees
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Moore
-Haldeman
-Ronald W. Reagan
-John W. Dean, III
The President's speech on Supreme Court nominations
-Moore’s view
-Political philosophy of appointees
-Changes in text
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Wording
-Moore’s suggestions
-Rehnquist
Moore's schedule
Notifications of the President's speech
Moore left at 1:55 pm.