Conversation: 426-042
Prev:  426-041 Next: 426-043Start Date: 10-Apr-1973 4:45 PM
End Date: 10-Apr-1973 5:59 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Devine, Samuel L.; [Unknown person(s)]; Eisenhower, [Dwight] David, II; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On April 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Samuel L. Devine, unknown person(s), and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:45 pm and 5:59 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 426-042 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 426-42 Date: April 10, 1973 Time: Unknown between 4:45 pm and 5:59 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Samuel L. Devine. President’s appreciation -Executive Office Building [EOB] office ****************************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] -30- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep.-2010) Conversation No. 426-42 (cont’d) [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Congressional candidacy -Discharge from Naval Service -Residency question -Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo’s property in Maryland -Rental of property in Congressional district -Maryland, Washington, DC -White House -Problem -Rental -Rebozo’s house -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2s] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -White House -Criticism -Apartment compared to Rebozo’s house -Other job prospects -Interest in national security -Officer candidate school -George A. Goodling’s office -Goodling -Candidacy -Announcement -Other opponents -Other job prospects -Capitol Hill -Goodling’s office -Conference [?] committee compared to campaign committee -Travel -31- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep.-2010) Conversation No. 426-42 (cont’d) -Devine’s talk with Robert H. Michel -Financial contribution -Announcement of candidacy -Goodling’s decision -Speaking engagements -David and Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Format -Republican clubs -Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s role -Public speaking -Tricia Nixon Cox -Compared to president -Gestures -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Humility, warmth -Devine’s support -Strategy -Hugh Scott’s, Clifford L. Jones’s [Pennsylvania Republican State Chairmen] advice -Residency issue -Other job prospects -Devine’s conversation with Michel -David Eisenhower’s knowledge of political campaigns -Letter to New York Times -Writing skills -Goodling [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ****************************************************************************** The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 4:45 pm and 4:58 pm. [Conversation No. 426-42A] Request that David Eisenhower come to EOB office [End of telephone conversation] -32- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep.-2010) Conversation No. 426-42 (cont’d) ****************************************************************************** [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] David Eisenhower’s employment -Devine’s conversation with Michel -Congressional committee staff -Jealousy -President’s role -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Work in the White House -Family -Daughters -Husbands [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ****************************************************************************** Congress -Budget cuts David Eisenhower entered at 4:58 pm. Congress -Budget cuts -Defense -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR], People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Devine -Leadership position in the House of Representatives -Conservatives -Public regulators, mainstream -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Voting record -Support for the President's administration -Vietnam War -Vote on sustaining veto -33- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep.-2010) Conversation No. 426-42 (cont’d) -[Rural water and sewer grant program] -Vacational rehabilitation -Senate ****************************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] David Eisenhower’s plans -Devine and Goodling -Conversation with President -Devine’s conversation with Eisenhower -Goodling’s decision -Work in Goodling’s office -Goodling’s announcement -President’s role -Devine and Eisenhower’s conversation in adjacent office -Other job prospects -Residency -Congressional campaign -Goodling’s plans -Announcement -George H. W. Bush’s role -Hugh Scott’s viewpoint President’s schedule [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ****************************************************************************** Devine and Eisenhower left at an unknown time before 5:59 pm.