{"conversationCode":"683-019","tapeNumber":683,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-683-019","startDateTime":"1972-03-13T20:41:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-13T20:48:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Mar-1972","startTime":"3:41 PM","endDate":"13-Mar-1972","endTime":"3:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 3:48 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 683-019 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 683-19\n\nDate: March 13, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:41 pm and 3:48 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 21-53]\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 683-20/684-1\n\nDate: March 13, 1972\nTime: 3:48 pm - 4:58 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Charles W. Colson and Kenneth W. Clawson.\n\n     Greetings\n          -Clawson\n\n                                                                   Conv. No. 683-20/684-1 (cont.)\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal Returnable]\n[Duration: 11s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n     Press\n             -Katharine L. Graham\n                   -Clawson’s move from the Washington Post\n                        -The President’s request for a call to James Keogh\n                             -[President Nixon and the Press]\n                                   -Copies\n                        -Thomas Wolfe\n                             -You Can’t Go Home Again\n             -Criticism\n             -Errors\n\nThe President talked with James Keogh between 3:50 pm and 3:52 pm.\n\n[Conversation No. 683-20/684-1A]\n\n[See Conversation No. 21-54]\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n     Photograph\n\n     Clawson\n         -Background\n              -Harvard University\n              -Benjamin C. Bradlee\n              -Washington Post\n              -Paul Black, Jr.\n                    -Toledo, Pittsburgh, Monterey papers\n                    -Monterey\n                         -Unknown man\n\n                                                             Conv. No. 683-20/684-1 (cont.)\n\n                               -Agency for International Development [AID]\n                          -Philadelphia Bulletin\n                          -Newspapers\n                               -Small town\n                -Detroit\n                -George Meany\n                -James R. (“Jimmy”) Hoffa\n                     -The President’s view\n                           -Dave Beck\n                                -Seattle\n                     -Issues and Answers appearance\n                           -Endorsement in 1972\n                           -The President\n\nManolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 3:52 pm.\n\n     Refreshments\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 4:37 pm.\n\n     Hoffa\n          -Issues and Answers appearance\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2\n[Personal Returnable]\n[Duration: 26s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n     Clawson\n         -Background\n         -Administration job\n              -Clark R. Mollenhoff\n         -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew\n         -The President\n\n                                                        Conv. No. 683-20/684-1 (cont.)\n\n     -Colson\n           -Relationship with Clawson\n           -Background\n     -Washington Post\n     -California trips\n           -Clawson’s wife\n                -Political affiliation\n     -Frederic C. Malek\n     -Administration\n\nInternational Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case\n      -Senate\n      -Stock Market\n            -Harold S. Geneen\n      -Settlement\n      -Erwin N. Griswold\n            -Pentagon Papers case\n      -Peter M. Flanigan\n      -Richard G. Kleindienst\n      -Sheraton Hotel\n            -San Diego convention committee\n                  -Chicago, Miami\n      -Marlow W. Cook\n            -New York Times\n            -Washington Post\n            -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]\n      -Clawson\n            -Leaks\n                  -Dita D. Beard memorandum\n      -Kleindienst\n            -Withdrawal\n      -Beard memorandum\n            -Jack N. Anderson\n                  -Secretary\n                        -Opal Ginnis\n            -James O. Eastland\n                  -Kleindienst\n                  -Edward M. Kennedy\n      -Donald F. Turner\n            -Richard W. McLaren\n            -Flanigan\n            -Law school professors and American Bar Association [ABA]\n\n                                                            Conv. No. 683-20/684-1 (cont.)\n\n            -Testimony\n                  -ITT acquisition of other companies\n-Administration strategy\n     -Beard memorandum\n            -Authenticity\n-Beard\n     -Lawyers\n     -Testimony\n     -Memorandum\n            -Contents\n            -Four sentences\n                  -Edward J. Gerrity\n                  -William R. Merriam\n                  -Robert C. Wilson\n                  -Cash\n                  -Louie B. Nunn\n                  -John N. Mitchell\n                  -The President\n                  -McLaren\n                  -Gerrity and Wilson\n                  -Attorney General\n                  -Negotiations\n                  -Geneen\n                  -The President\n                  -Mitchell\n                  -Cash\n                  -Settlement\n                        -President’s policy on anti-trust\n     -Memorandum\n            -Authenticity\n     -Deposition\n            -Health\n            -Committee investigators\n     -Interview\n     -Executive session\n            -Anderson’s testimony\n                  -Impeachment\n                        -Cook\n-Public relations\n     -Anderson\n     -Kennedy\n            -Staff\n\n                                                              Conv. No. 683-20/684-1 (cont.)\n\n               -General news media\n               -Reporter\n                    -Talk with administration staff\n                          -Kennedy staff member\n               -Press\n                    -Working with Anderson and Kennedy\n               -Cook letter\n                    -Anderson and Kennedy\n               -Release\n               -Mike Epstein\n                    -Justice Department\n               -Kennedy\n               -Memorandum authenticity\n                    -Anderson’s secretary\n                    -Beard’s secretary\n                          -Testimony\n                          -Location\n                    -Depositions from ITT employees\n                    -Anderson\n                          -Possession of the original\n                    -Beard’s testimony\n                    -Anderson’s secretary\n                    -Beard’s involvement\n                          -Ginnis\n                                -Suggestions\n                          -Convention\n                          -Geneen\n                                -Wilson’s involvement\n                                -Justice Department\n\nRecording was cut off at an unknown time before 4:37 pm. 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