Conversation: 874-010
Prev:  874-009 Next: 874-011Start Date: 9-Mar-1973 12:15 PM
End Date: 9-Mar-1973 12:30 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Hart, Thomas; Johnston, Janet J.; Bush, George H. W.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On March 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Thomas Hart, Janet J. Johnston, and George H. W. Bush met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:15 pm to 12:30 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 874-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 874-10 Date: March 9, 1973 Time: 12:15 pm – 12:30 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Thomas Hart. President's meeting with Janet J. Johnston and George H. W. Bush -Oliver F. (‘Ollie”) Atkins Johnston and Bush entered at 12:15 pm. Members of the press and the White House photographer were present at the beginning of the meeting. -7- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-2010) Conversation No. 874-10 (cont’d) Introductions Photographs Anne L. Armstrong Lonnie Baker [?] Republican National Committee [RNC]meeting [?] Cabinet meeting [?] -Bush, Johnston’s attendance [?] [Photograph session] -Suggestion of candidacy for Congress Press release -Background on Johnston -Age Hart, the White House photographer, and members of the press left at an unknown time after 12:15 pm. ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] RNC -Johnston’s role -Contacts with White House staff -Armstrong -Bush -Popularity -Staff -Size -William E. Brock, III -Work with Bush -Kenneth S. Rietz -Clarence J. (“Bud”) Brown -8- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-2010) Conversation No. 874-10 (cont’d) -Work with Bush -Candidacy for party leadership role [?] -Robert H. Michel -Gerald R. Ford -Father -Aid to President -1946 election -Present job -Importance -Candidacy for party leadership role [?] -Deal with Michel -White House intervention -Qualifications for job -Role in RNC -Republican fundraising dinner -Michel -Rietz’s appointment -Alaska Congressional election -Donald E. Young’s victory -Rietz’s appointment -“New Majority Campaign” -Samuel L. Devine -Meeting with Bush [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** Congressional relations -President’s meeting with Freshmen Republican Congressmen -Devine’s Congressional caucus -Meeting with President -Support for vetoes -Tennessee -Leslie C. Arends Jacob K. Javits -Conversation with Nelson A. Rockefeller -Meeting with President -9- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-2010) Conversation No. 874-10 (cont’d) -Invitation -Bush -Timing -Trade bill -Shultz ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] William T. Cahill’s New Jersey campaign -Rockefeller [?] -Bush’s conversation with John N. Mitchell -President’s endorsement -Primary -Charles W. Sandman, Jr. -Internal Revenue Service [IRS] investigation -Mitchell, John D. Ehrlichman -John E. Hunt -Support for President Primaries -Endorsement of White House -Role of RNC -Virginia -Linwood Holton’s support for Mill Godwin -Harry F. Byrd, Jr’s, [unintelligible] Smith’s influence -Jack March, Stets Coleman -1974 election -Democratic leaders -Richard Obenshain -Candidacy for lieutenant governor -Democrats -Switch to Republican Party -Obenshain Republican Party -Connally -Switch from Democrats -10- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-2010) Conversation No. 874-10 (cont’d) -George Christian -Virginia Democrats -Timing of switch -Louis Welch -Mayor of Houston -Switch from Democrats -Calls to Connally [?] -Importance of switch -Candidacy for President -Texas -Need for support of Republican Party -Bush’s candidacy for governor [?] -Candidacy for President -Republican primary delegates [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ****************************************************************************** Johnston and Bush left at 12:30 pm.