Conversation: 845-010
Prev:  845-009 Next: 845-011Start Date: 31-Jan-1973 4:17 PM
End Date: 31-Jan-1973 4:52 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Ehrlichman, John D.; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On January 31, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, John D. Ehrlichman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:17 pm to 4:52 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 845-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 845-10 Date: January 31, 1973 Time: 4:17 pm and 4:52 pm. Location: Oval Office The President met with Charles W. Colson. Press relations -Press conference -William E. Timmons [?] -Clark R. Mollenhoff [?] -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Location -Press coverage -Dan Rather -Watergate -Mollenhoff -Written opinion -Ernest A. Fitzgerald -News summaries -Robert C. Seamans, Jr. -Executive priviledge -Separation of powers [See transcript for this portion of this conversation.] -Vietnam settlement -The President’s statements -Congressional relations -Quotes -Amnesty -Colson, H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, Patrick J. Buchanan -White House staff advice -13- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 845-10 (cont’d) -Wire services -Henry A. Kissinger -Briefing -Peace with honor Wire services -Kissinger's trip -President's press conference -Amnesty -Peace Corps -Criminal penalties Press conference -Watergate -Donald H. Segretti -Dwight L. Chapin -Questions -Issues Future press conferences -Frequency -Use of TV -Effect -Congressional relations -The President's conversation with H. R. Haldeman -Preparation -Kissinger, -Ehrlichman -Previous Presidents -John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson -John F. Kennedy -Executive privilege -Suggest response -Impoundment of funds question -Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Harry S. Truman -Taxes Press relations -14- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 845-10 (cont’d) -Kissinger -William H. Sullivan -"Meet the Press" -People's Republic of China [PRC] -Vietnam -Quote -New York Times -Colson's conversation with John B. Connally -"Today Show" appearance -Sullivan -Peter Lisagor’s story -Connally’s 1976 Republican Presidential candidacy -Jules Witcover -William D. Ruckelshaus -Meeting with The President -Clean Air -Nicholas P. Thimmesch John D. Ehrlichman entered at 4:32 pm. Politics -Press report on Connally/1976 Republican Presidential candidacy -Ronald L. Ziegler -Ruckelshaus -Spiro T. Agnew -Ruckelshaus -Lisagor -Witcover Colson left at 4:33 pm. The President's meeting with Connally -Algeria -Treasury Department -Imports exception -George P. Shultz -Soviet Union -Pipeline -15- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 845-10 (cont’d) -Meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Possible trip -Kissinger Watergate -Executive privilege -John W. Dean, III -Response for press -Congressional relations -Peter M. Flanigan -Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. -Letter to Frank E. {“Ted”) Moss -Mollenhoff -Ziegler -Bryce N. Harlow -C5A overruns -Civil Service Commission -Seamans -Fitzgerald Ehrlichman's meeting with Connally -Richard M. Helms -Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran -Middle East -Research and development for energy -Budget -Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson -Middle East oil prices The President's meeting with Edward R. G. Heath -Iran -Pahlavi -Saudi Arabia -Great Britain -Oil companies Connally -Anti-trust -Gulf and Western -16- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 845-10 (cont’d) -Charles Bluhdorn -A & P -Justice Department -Richard G. Kleindienst -[First name not known] Kifer[?] -Federal Trade Commission [FTC] -[First name not known] Kilpatrick -Justice Department -Bluhdorn Time -Dinner -Ehrlichman's schedule -Conduct -1973 inauguration -Cover -Marlon Brando -Hugh S. Sidey -John F. Osborne -William L. Safire -Compared to Newsweek -Relationship with Ehrlichman -Ehrlichman's schedule -Shultz -Invitation Executive priviledge -Roy L. Ash -Seamans -Cabinet officer -Attorney General -Harlow -Mollenhoff -Fitzgerald -Cost overruns -Insubordination -Ziegler -Mollenhoff Press relations -17- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 845-10 (cont’d) -Mollenhoff -Lisagor -Osborne -Witcover -Characterized -"CBS Morning Show" -Press conference -Taxes -Poor, elderly, Blacks -Congress -Special interests -Program cuts The President's schedule -Meeting with Alaskans -Donald Young -Ted Stevens -Welfare funds -“Bonanza for bureaucrats” -Poor U.S. News and World Report Stephen B. Bull [?] entered at an unknown time after 4:32 pm. Ehrlichman’s Schedule -FTC Ziegler The President’s schedule Bull [?] left at an unknown time before 4:52 pm. Ehrlichman left at 4:52 pm.