Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 343 › Conversation 343-023

Nixon & Ehrlichman on Pesticide legislation and Hijacking conventions

Wednesday, June 21, 1972 · 3:30 PM–3:56 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.Conversation343-023 on Tape 343 (tape position 00:55:12–00:57:18)StartWednesday, June 21, 1972 at 3:30 PMEndWednesday, June 21, 1972 at 3:56 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 343-023 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and John Ehrlichman met to discuss the administration's legislative priorities, specifically focusing on support for a pesticide bill and the status of international hijacking and sabotage conventions. The discussion also touched upon the legislative mechanics and constitutional considerations of a proposed busing moratorium. Additionally, the President inquired about historical wiretapping practices during the Kennedy administration as part of his broader interest in congressional and legal affairs.

Pesticide legislation
Hijacking conventions
Busing moratorium
Wiretapping
Legislative strategy

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NARA Description

On June 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 343-023 of the White House Tapes.

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Conversation No. 343-23

Date: June 21, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:30 and 3:56 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman

     Congress
         -Pesticide bill
               -Administration support
         -Wiretapping
               -John F. Kennedy administration
                     -Number
         -Hijacking convention
               -Saboteur convention
               -Hugh Scott

     Busing moratorium
          -Constitutionality
          -Enactment

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John, I have three or four other questions you've got to answer.

First, on the pesticide bill, do I understand that we do have a bill there that we do support it, and that it would resolve this issue and allow some of the E.T.

to close it?

Is that about it?

Yeah.

All right.

What is the situation with regard to the E.T.

That's true.

With regard to the White County, I'm correct that the head of the county was the county here in Ohio.

It is a question of what's happening on campus.

Is the hijacking convention and the sidecar convention here on the page, is the Congress to approve those?

I would have, and certainly, one of our right-of-charges

On the Constitutional, it's more appropriate.

It doesn't depend upon the enactment of the other act.

That's dependent to the other.

We've got a before act, but it doesn't have to be enacted.

Go ahead.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 343-023, June 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/343-023 (accessed November 14, 2026).