Conversation: 289-015
Prev:  289-014 Next: 289-016Start Date: 14-Oct-1971 2:30 PM
End Date: 14-Oct-1971 3:00 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; Mitchell, John N.; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:32:32
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:03:23
NARA Description:
On October 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and John N. Mitchell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 3:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 289-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 289-15 Date: October 14, 1971 Time: 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with John D. Ehrlichman and John N. Mitchell. Salutations -Ehrlichman -Henry A. Kissinger -Trip to People's Republic of China [PRC] Supreme Court appointments -Herschel H. Friday -John W. Dean, III -Stance on issues -Miranda decision -Narcotics -Juries -Busing -Integration -Housing -Support for the President -Friday’s conversation -Miranda Decision -The President’s position -Question of “conservative” status -Dean’s view -Social attitude -Wife's interests -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon, Martha (Beall) Mitchell -Louis Ranson -William H. Rehnquist's opinion -Dean -John L. McClellan -Mitchell's conversation with McClellan -Interest in Supreme Court appointments -James O. Eastland’s view -Ehrlichman's conversation with Dean -Political philosophy 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 289-15 (cont.) -Rehnquist’s assessments -Warren E. Burger, Harry A. Blackmun -Integration -Potter Stewart -Pressures upon appointees -Social situation -Katharine L. Graham -Criteria for nominees -Importance of personal philosophy -The President’s view -John F. Kennedy -Age of appointee -Byron R. White -Richard G. Kleindienst -Kleindienst -Mitchell’s view -The President’s legacy -Mildred L. Lillie -William J. Brennan -William P. Rogers -Herbert Brownell -Terence Cardinal Cooke -Francis Cardinal Spellman -Catholic background -William H. Mulligan -Catholics -Charles Clark -Eastland -Lewis F. Powell -Age factor -Age criteria -The President’s view -George A. Tesoro -William [Surname unintelligible] -Friday -The President’s view -Dean -Business law -Questioning of positions -Little Rock -Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 289-15 (cont.) -J. Edgar Hoover -Cartha D. (“Deke”) DeLoach -Conversation with Mitchell -Friday -Schedule for action -Rationale as to why a lawyer would take a case -School board -Desegregation cases -Little Rock and Seattle -Convictions -Possible future votes on the Supreme Court -Relationship with Burger -Recommendation -Blackmun -Conversation with Dean -Positions -Senate confirmation -Schedule for action -Eastland -Hearings -Timing -Appointment of woman -Burger -Demand for meeting with Mitchell -Robert C. Byrd -Friday -John B. Connally -Previous conversation with Burger -Byrd -Democrats -Michael J. Mansfield -Connally Mansfield, Allen J. Ellender, Hugh Scott -Charles McC. Mathias -Kissinger -Delivery of top secret documents to Senators -Daniel Ellsberg -J. William Fulbright -Kissinger -Research and Development [RAND] Corporation 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 289-15 (cont.) -Fulbright -Top secret documents Supreme Court appointments -Chief Justice -The President's schedule -Lillie -Friday -The President's position -Byrd -Lillie -Appointment of Frances Perkins to Cabinet -New York Times -Mitchell’s forthcoming meeting Burger -Schedule -Timing -Meeting with the President -Clement F. Haynsworth Jr., G. Harrold Carswell -Announcement -Rehnquist -Timing -Burger -Friday -Wife -United Jewish Appeal -Retarded children -Winthrop Rockefeller -Opinion -Political outlook -Partisanship compared with philosophy -Lyndon B. Johnson Mitchell and Ehrlichman left at 3:00 pm.