Audio for this conversation has not yet been released by the National Archives.
NARA DescriptionOn June 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Warren E. Burger, Manolo Sanchez, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:54 pm to 3:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 733-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 733-10
Date: June 14, 1972
Time: 2:54-3:59 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Warren E. Burger.
Greetings
Work of Supreme Court
-John N. Mitchell
-Case load
-Work of Chief Justice
-Court executives
-Chief Justice
-Legislation
-Personnel
-Reorganization of circuit courts
Burger's children
-Employment
-Item for the President’s signature
Earl Warren
-Age
-Travel
Item for the President’s signature
-Wade Burger
Photograph
-J. Lee Rankin
-Fred Vinson
-Rankin
-Herbert Brownell
Vinson
-Capabilities
-Conversation with Burger
-Mitchell
-Age
Supreme Court Justices
-Age
-Harry A. Blackmun
-Health
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-Health
-Performance
Wade Burger
-Photographs
-The President’s signature
-Burger’s appointment announcement
-Elvera Burger
-The President’s signature
Weather
Burger's exercise
-Walking
-Golf
-Tennis
-Swimming
-Gym at Supreme Court
-Swimming
Congress
-Strom Thurmond
-Exercise
-Allen J. Ellender
-Health
-Exercise
-Appearance
-John L. McClellan
-Judiciary committee
-James O. Eastland
-Work with Burger
-Burger
-Judiciary committee
-McClellan, Eastland, and Roman L. Hruska
-Eastland
-The President’s view
Burger's possible trip to Japan
-Invitation
-Value
-Japanese
-The President’s view
-Timing
-Burger's schedule
American Bar Association [ABA] convention
-Warren
-Leon Jaworski
-Robert Meserve
-Burger's activities
-Powell
Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 2:54 pm.
Refreshments
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 3:59 pm.
Supreme Court Justices
-William H. Rehnquist
-Forthcoming speech to state Chief Justices
-Burger
-Powell
-Schedule
-Public appearance
-Rehnquist
-Blackmun
-Hugo L. Black
-John M. Harlan
-William O. Douglas
-William J. Brennan, Jr.
-Wife
-Thurgood Marshall
-Powell
-Potter Stewart
-Byron R. (“Whizzer”) White
Supreme Court
-Importance
-The President’s view
-Changes
-Appointments
Book by Irving Kristol
-On Democracy in America
-Domestic issues
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 2:54 pm.
Kristol book
Bull left at an unknown time before 3:59 pm.
Kristol
-Disenchantment with liberalism
-Domestic issues
-Chapter on censorship
-Burger
Bull entered at an unknown time after 2:54 pm.
Kristol’s book
Bull left at an unknown time before 3:59 pm.
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Kristol’s book
-Burger
-Clerks
-The President’s view
Reading by Burger
-Philadelphia Constitutional Convention
-Use in opinion
-Dictated section
Dictation system
-Purpose
-Typing
Secretaries at Supreme Court
-Sherman Adams
-Mary Byrnes
-Joseph H. Ball
The President's reading
-Winston S. Churchill
-Quality of writing
-Dictation
-Details
-Diary
Memoranda
-Record of conversations
-Leonid I. Brezhnev, Chou En-Lai
-Henry A. Kissinger’s role
-Vignettes
-Interest
-The President’s view
Burger's nomination as Chief Justice
-Recollections
-Mitchell
-Brownell
-Tax returns
-Burger's income
-Conversation with Mitchell
-Acceptance
-Brownell
-Eastland
-Meeting with Mitchell
-Public announcement
-Burger’s recollections
-Family response
-Elvera Burger
-Wade Burger
-Meeting with the President
-Record of meeting
-Announcement
Appointment of Burger
-Experience
-Warren
-Experience
-Black
-The President’s recollections
-Abe Fortas
-The President’s view
-Burger’s views
-Black
-First Amendment
-Privacy
-Support for Burger
-Testimonial dinner
-Press reports
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Testimonial dinner for Black
-Black’s comments
-Endorsement for Burger
Future Supreme Court appointments
-Vacancies
-The President’s concern
-Qualifications
-Burger
-Names for vacancies
-Rehnquist
-The President’s view
-Role
-Mitchell
-G. Harrold Carswell
-The President’s view
-Clement F. Haynesworth
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 2:54 pm.
The President's acknowledgement
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 3:59 pm.
Future Supreme Court appointments
-The President’s policy
-Black appointment
-Jewish appointment
-Caspar W. Weinburger
-White House staff
-Arthur F. Burns
-Federal Reserve Board [FRB]
-Kissinger
-Herbert Stein
-Edward Levy
-Background
-University of Chicago
-William H. Brown III
-Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [EEOC]
-The President’s view
-Possible meeting with Burger
-Duke Power Supreme Court decision
-EEOC case
-Brown
-William French Smith
-University of California Board of Regents
-Mitchell’s previous conversation with Burger
-The President’s view
-Smith’s background
-Age
Administration appointments
-The President’s view
-Ivy League
-Middle America
-Geographic areas
Douglas
-Possible retirement
-Age
-Western background
-Regional identification
-Education
Attacks on Supreme Court
-Liberal press
-National Observer
-Wall Street Journal
-[Forename unknown] Perry
-Woman reporter’s column
-Douglas
-Burger
-Liberal press
-Criminal law
-Burger’s view
-The President’s view
Kristol
Decisions of Supreme Court
-Trends
-Right of counsel
-Press accounts
-ABA recommendations
-Douglas
-Dissent
-Rehnquist and Powell
-Burger
-Capital punishment case
-Forthcoming ruling
-The President’s view
Liberal press
-Reaction by Powell
-Rehnquist and Blackmun
-The President's relation with justices
New Supreme Court justices
-Effects of Washington social climate
-The President’s advice
-Rehnquist
-Burger, Blackmun
-The President’s view
-Congress
-John Sherman Cooper
-Effect
-Vote on Anti-ballistic missiles [ABM]
-Burger
-Powell
-Rehnquist
-Blackmun
-Stewart
-White
-Burger’s view
-Possible successor to Burger
-White
-Burger’s view
-Blackmun
-Powell
-Rehnquist
-White
-Burger’s view
-Background
-Support for Burger
White House dinner for Supreme Court Justices
-Timing
-Guest list
-Confidence of citizenry in judiciary
-The President’s view
-John B. Connally's opinion
-Warren court
Issues before Supreme Court
-Busing
-Cases
-The President’s view
-Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education case
-Press depiction
-Burger’s view
-Busing limits
-Restraining order
-Burger
-Effect
-Detroit judge [Stephen Roth]
-Robert P. Griffin
-Gerald R. Ford
Judges
-John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
-Political appointments
Supreme Court decision on private clubs
-American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU]
-Rights to privacy
-Jewish clubs
-Restrictions
-The President’s view
-Opposition on club restrictions
-Breakdown of restrictions
-Fitz Weiner (sp?)
-Legal arguments
-Private clubs
-Blacks
-The President’s view
-Burger’s view
-Restrictions
-Professional organizations
-Jewish and Catholic support
-Moose Lodge
No-fault insurance
-The President’s policy
-Opposition
-Cost of litigation
-Christian Science Monitor
-Costs of inquiry
-Litigation
-Workman's compensation
Lord Chief Justice of England
-Burger's house guest
-Possible visit to White House
-Trip to San Francisco
-Powell
-Qualities, philosophy
-New York Times
-Opposition to philosophy
New York Times and Washington Post, Time, Newsweek
-Opposition to the President and Burger
-The President’s view
The Right Honorable Lord John Passmore Widgery
-Background
-World War II
-Appointment
-Friendship with Burger
-Burger's lecture trip to England
-Walter H. Annenberg
-Visit to the White House
-Arrangements
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Kissinger
The President's opening to People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Impact
-Burger’s view
-Importance
-Soviet Union
World future
-Burger’s predictions
-Merger of Catholic and non-Catholic worlds
-Convergence of Communist and non-communist worlds
-The President's efforts
Nation's mood
-1972 election
-Thomas E. Dewey
-George S. McGovern
-Strengths
-Weaknesses
-Hubert H. Humphrey
Burger left at 3:59 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation.