Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 282 › Conversation 282-035
Nixon & Moore on Supreme Court nominations and Judicial appointments
Wednesday, October 20, 1971 · 6:05 PM–6:07 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and Richard A. Moore discuss the status of potential judicial nominees for the Supreme Court, specifically weighing the qualifications of candidates like Mildred Lillie. Nixon expresses frustration over opposition to certain nominees and identifies Senator Howard Baker as a top contingency choice if his primary preferences do not move forward. The brief meeting concludes with Nixon instructing Moore to conduct further vetting on the suitability of specific candidates.
- Supreme Court nominations
- Judicial appointments
- Howard Baker
- Mildred Lillie
- Personnel vetting
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NARA Description
On October 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:05 pm to 6:07 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 282-035 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 282-35 Date: October 20, 1971 Time: 6:05 pm - 6:07 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Richard A. Moore. [See Conversation No. 12-19]
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Also recorded on October 20, 1971
- 012-019 6:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore talked on the telephone from 6:05 pm to 6:07 pm.
- 012-020 6:08 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:08 pm.
- 012-021 6:08 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 6:08 pm to 6:09 pm.
- 282-036 6:08 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:08 pm to 6:09 pm.
- 012-022 6:09 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:09 pm and 6:10 pm.
- 282-037 6:09 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:09 pm to 6:10 pm.
- 012-023 6:10 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 6:10 pm to 6:11 pm.
- 282-038 6:10 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 6:10 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 282-035, October 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417184895). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/282-035 (accessed November 12, 2026).