Conversation 294-025

On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Joel T. Broyhill, William E. Timmons, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:54 pm and 5:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 294-025 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 294-25

Date: November 18, 1971
Time: 4:54 - unknown before 5:50 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Joel T. Broyhill, William E. Timmons and Egil Krogh, Jr.; the White
House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.

     Washington, DC subway

     Arrangements for photographa

     Washington, DC subway
         -William H. Natcher's actions
         -The President's possible statement
         -Natcher
               -Statements regarding John A. Volpe and the Washington, DC Council
         -The President's possible statement
         -Natcher
         -Appropriations
         -The President's possible statement

               -Dissemination
          -Appropriations
               -Natcher
               -Broyhill's possible actions

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[Duration: 1m 1s ]

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     Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
         -Nomination to Supreme Court
               -John Marshall

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[Duration: 4m 55s ]

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          -Ulysses S. Grant

     Presidential gifts
          -Secretaries

John N. Mitchell and Donald H. Rumsfeld entered at 5:09 pm.

     Introductions

Broyhill, Timmons and Krogh left at 5:09 pm.

     Pending Tax Bill
          John B. Connally
               -Previous call from Mitchell
                     -Pending Tax Bill
                           -Possible veto
          -Hugh Scott's views
               -Russell B. Long
          -Scott and Robert P. Griffin
               -Griffin
               -Possible veto

Mitchell left at an unknown time before 5:16 pm.

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[Duration: 1m 42s ]

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The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 5:09 pm and
5:16 pm.

[Conversation No. 294-25A]

[See Conversation No. 15-42]

[End of telephone conversation]

The White House operator talked with the President at an unknown time between 5:09 pm and
5:16 pm.

[Conversation No. 294-25B]

[See Conversation No. 15-43]

[End of telephone conversation]

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 2m 55s ]

The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon between 5:16 and 5:17 pm.

[Conversation No. 294-25c]

[See Conversation No. 15-44; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]

[End of telephone conversation]

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Mitchell entered at an unknown time after 5:17 pm.

     Pending Tax Bill
          -Wilbur D. Mills
               -Tax check-off for political parties
          -Debts of Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committees
               -Creditors' demands
                     -Civil Aeronautics Board
          -MacGregor's views
          -Charles McC. Mathias's motion
          -Connally's views
          -Tax check-off for political parties

                -Provisions
                -Possible effect on 1972 election

     1968 election
          -Effect of finances

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 7m 42s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5

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     Connally
         -Conversation with the President

Rumsfeld left at 5:30 pm.

                -The President's Law Firm
                      -Arthur J. Mahon
          -Estate In Houston
          -Shearn Moody, Jr.
                -Roy M. Cohn
          -Mahon's statements
                -The Attorney General
          -Connally's law firm
          -The President's law firm
                -Mitchell’s understanding of case
                -Moody
                      -Moody Foundation
          -Connally's law firm
                -Client
          -Ex-convict's statements
                -Department of Justice, Internal Revenue Service [IRS]
          -Mitchell's conversations

               -Victor Riesel [?]
               -Johnnie M. Walters
          -Russell B. Long's committee
          -The President's conversation with Connally
          -Riesel [?]

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 8m 48s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7

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     The President's schedule
          -American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO]
               convention
               -Possible speech

The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 5:30 pm and 5:50
pm.

[Conversation No. 294-25D]

                     -Dwight D. Eisenhower

[End of telephone conversation]

                -George Meany

     The President's forthcoming speech to AFL-CIO convention
          -The President's previous speech to Machinist convention

The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 5:50 pm.