Conversation: 592-006
Prev: 592-005 Next: 592-007Start Date: Thursday, October 14, 1971 1:36 PM
End Date: Thursday, October 14, 1971 3:08 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Bull, Stephen B.; Ehrlichman, John D.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:21:40
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:45:36
NARA Description:
On October 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Stephen B. Bull, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:36 am and 11:08 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 592-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 592-6
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Tape Subject Log
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Date: October 14, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:36 am and 11:08 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
John B. Connally's schedule
-Hot Springs, Arkansas
-James D. Hughes
-Use of airplane
-Donald McI. Kendall
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
Thelma C. (“Pat’) Nixon's schedule
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Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 9:38 am.
Supreme Court nominees
-John N. Mitchell
-Woman appointment
-Press stories
-Ziegler's possible comments to the press
Ziegler left at 9:40 am
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Agriculture
-Clifford M. Hardin
-Meeting with Jack Miller on October 13, 1971
-Corn prices
-Corn blight
-Corn harvest
-Possible departure from post
-Miller
-The President's schedule
-Carl T. Curtis
-Haldeman’s view
-Corn
-Prices
-Price supports
-Possible administration action
-Politics
-Robert J. Dole
-Wheat
-Significance
-Ohio, Illinois, Indiana
-Wheat
-Hogs
-Miller
-Milk
-Hardin
-Hardin
-Possible successors
-Mitchell
-Louis B. Nunn
-Earl L. Butz
-Unintelligible name [Irwin Coates?]
-Butz
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Tape Subject Log
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-Possible tenure
-Mitchell
-Requirements
-Miller
-William B. Spong
-Sugar
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Agriculture
-William J. Scherle
-Hardin
The President’s schedule
-Senators
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Michael J. Mansfield amendment
-Administration action
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 592-6 (cont.)
-Strategy
-F. Edward Hebert
-Military procurement
-Timing for seeking legislation
-Administration strategy
-Trip to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons
-Hebert
-Leslie C. Arends
-Melvin R. Laird
-MacGregor
-Republicans
Peace
-Nationwide moratorium, October 13, 1971
-Veterans Day event
-White House march
-Permit
-Campuses
-Grades
-Scholarships
Connally
-Conversation with the President
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Work habits
-Compared with the President
The President's schedule
-Reception for Citizens for a New Prosperity
-Composition of group
-Robert B. Anderson
-Judge William E. Walk
-Rotary
-Receiving lines
-League of Women Voters
-Leonard Garment
-Aid to underdeveloped countries
-Arthur F. Burns
-Level of knowledge of people at receptions
-John Birch Society
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-Receptions
-After dinner entertainment at the White House
-Marshal Josef Broz Tito
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Corn prices
-George P. Shultz
-Price support increases
-Hardin
-Curtis
-Miller
-Curtis
-MacGregor's possible call
Support for the President's policies
-Miller
-Curtis
-Miller
-Charles H. Percy
The President's schedule
-Miller
-Page Belcher
-Aircraft highjacking convention
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Charles W. Colson
-State Department
-Malcolm S. Toon
-Tito
-State Department
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
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-Kissinger
-Flight
-Graham
-Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-Camp Hoover
-Weather
-Camp David
-Description
-Mrs. Lewis
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-Lewis
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-Graham
-Mrs. Lewis
-Connally
-Business Council
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:40 am.
John D. Ehrlichman's schedule
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:18 am.
Agriculture
-Hardin
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:40 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
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Ehrlichman's schedule
-Newsweek magazine
-Kissinger
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:18 am.
-Henry Hubbard
Laird
-Previous press conference
-The President’s accomplishments
Supreme Court
-Nominations
-Mitchell
-American Bar Association [ABA]
-The President’s view
John D. Ehrlichman entered at 10:18 am.
Agriculture
-Corn prices and federal subsidies
-Hardin's position
-The President’s view
-Budget
-Robert J. Dole
-Wheat
-Political benefit
-Political importance
-Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio
-Tobacco, wheat, soy beans
-Milk
-Colson
-Administration action
-Importance of swift action
-Hardin's successor
-Haldeman
-Butz
-Nunn
-Corn subsidies
-The President’s schedule
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 592-6 (cont.)
-Miller
-Curtis
Haldeman left at 10:25 am.
Supreme Court appointments
-Mitchell
-Nominations
-Harry A. Blackmun
-Warren E. Burger
-ABA
-Future submissions
-The President’s view
-Democrats
-Media
-Leaks of names
-Dow Jones wire
-The President's previous conversation with Ziegler
-Possible women nominee
-Mitchell
-Announcements
-The President’s plan
-Herschel H. Friday
-By New York Times
-Background
-Political outlook
-John W. Dean, III
-William J. Brennan
-Political outlook
-Wife
-League of Women Voters
-J. William Fulbright
-Charles Clark
-Mississippi
-Friday
-Ehrlichman’s questioning
-Mildred L. Lillie
-Husband
-Investigation
-Friday
-Dean
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-(Miranda v. Arizona) Decision
-Busing
-Forced integration
-Political outlook
-Clark
-Forthcoming interview with Egil G. (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.
-Mitchell's views
-Mississippi
-James O. Eastland
-Judicial experience
-Friday
-Civil Rights
-Dean
-Confirmation
-Richard H. Poff
-California candidate
-William French Smith
-William H. Mulligan
-Catholics
-Conservatives
-Southerners' concerns
-Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr.
-G. Harrold Carswell
-Poff
-Friday
-The President’s view
-Mitchell
-Dean
-Women
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Qualifications
-Educational and professional background
-Senate Judiciary Committee
-Federal Bar Association
-Arizona
-Ehrlichman's possible conversation with Mitchell
-The President’s view
-Conservative
-Byron R. (“Whizzer”) White
-Rhodes scholar
-Background
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 592-6 (cont.)
-South
-Haynesworth, Carswell, Poff
-Political considerations
-Kleindienst
-President's possible conversations with Mitchell
-Dean
-Mitchell
-Ehrlichman's possible conversation
-Appointments
-Kleindienst
-Eastland
-Age
-Justice Department
-J. Edgar Hoover
-Robert T. Mardian
-Friday
-Dean
-Kleindienst
-ABA
Newsday series on the President's finances
-Purchase
-Lots
-Stock sale
-Article, October 14, 1971
-Stock sale
-Ehrlichman’s investigation
-Preemptive right of stockholders
-Price
-John J. (“Jack”) Caulfield's investigation
-Dick Wilson
-Ehrlichman
-The President's departure from his law firm
-Mitchell
-Garment
-Possible story
-Stock purchases
-The President’s recollection
-Fred T. Maroon
-Ehrlichman’s investigation
-Charter Corporation
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 592-6 (cont.)
-Joseph D. Tydings
-Colson
-Life Magazine
-Press plan
-Ehrlichman
-Columnists
-The President’s view
-Nicholas P. Thimmesch
-Contents of article
-Accuracy
-Wilson
-Ehrlichman
-Article
-Rebozo
-Knowledge
-Schedule
-Ehrlichman's schedule
-The President's schedule
-Camp Hoover
-North Carolina
-Graham
-Series of articles
-The President’s view
-Ehrlichman’s assessment
-Inquiries to White House
-Dean's replies
-Rebozo's transactions with Federal government
-Relationship with the President
-Fisher’s Island, Coco Lobo
-Dante B. Fascell
-Park Department
-Contract
-Fisher’s Island
-Ehrlichman’s assessment
-Price per share of stock
-Rebozo
-The President’s recollection
-Maroon
-Contacts with the President
-Rebozo
-Question of libel
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 592-6 (cont.)
-Rebozo’s godson
-Florida
-Schedule
-Wilson
-Law firm
-Ehrlichman’s previous conversation
-The President’s action
-The President's account
-The Pierre Hotel
-The President's sale
-Fisher's Island
-Documents
-Improvements
-Need for response
-Jews
-Newsday magazine
-Marty Schram
-Greenstein, Greenberg [Robert Greene]
-Rebozo
-Ehrlichman’s conversation with Rebozo
-Possible comments to press
-Possible libel suit
-Media
-News summary
-Colson
-Accuracy of press
-Walter Cronkite
-Investigation
-Johnson
-[Forename unknown] Morrison
-Administration response
-The President’s finances
-Drew Pearson
-Allegations
-Jack N. Anderson
-Law firm
-Possible conversation with Ehrlichman
-Rowland Evans and Robert D. Novak
-Kissinger
Conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 11:08 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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