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Conversation 911-023

TapeTape 911StartThursday, May 3, 1973 at 11:19 AMEndThursday, May 3, 1973 at 11:24 AMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Goldwater, Barry M.;  Timmons, William E.;  Friedersdorf, Max L.;  White House photographerRecording deviceOval Office
AudioNARA Description

On May 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Barry M. Goldwater, William E. Timmons, Max L. Friedersdorf, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:19 am to 11:24 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 911-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 911-23

Date: May 3, 1973
Time: 11:19 am - 11:24 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Barry M. Goldwater, Sr., William E. Timmons, Max L. Friedersdorf, and
the White House photographer.

       Signing of letter 

              -Photograph         


       Goldwater

       Presentation of award to President 

              -Air Force Association        

                      -Bob Stephens [Robert G. Stephens, Jr. ?]

              -Photograph         


       Goldwater’s schedule           

             -Paris Air Show               


       US aviation and aircraft sales 

              -Goldwater’s research          

                     -Technology magazine            

                             -Foreign aviation company sales in US 

                                      -France      

              -President’s meeting with bipartisan Congressional leaders 

                     -Foreign aid bill
                             -Latin America
                             -Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy [?]
                             -Amendments
              -Compared with Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR], France
                     -Influence
              -Goldwater’s meeting with USSR representatives
                     -Report
                             -Air transport problems
                                              -33-


                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                       Tape Subject Log 

                                     (rev. September-2012)

                                                                 Conversation No. 911-23 (cont’d)

                                      -Russian birth
                                      -Helicopter mechanic [?]
                              -Air traffic control material
                                      -US compared to France

       Watergate        

             -1964 campaign          

                     -Compared with Watergate
                            -J. Edgar Hoover
                            -Richard G. Kleindienst
             -Firing of H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman
             -Charles H. Percy, Jr.
                     -Special Prosecutor
             -Goldwater’s breakfast with newsmen 

                     -Robert D. (“Bobby”) Baker       

                     -Lyndon B. Johnson’s finances      


Goldwater et al. left at 11:24 am.
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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So we kind of have
I did all that.
Remember you came back last time and said you were going to burn your table.
Well, I burned my table.
I'm just going to go back and get us in the table right now.
I'm just going through aerospace and technology.
And I've already just heard you say you've got 15 hands of foreign aviation companies telling you that.
And this small business yet, business that now belongs to friends.
And that's an important thing about America.
I read all the security accounts the other day.
They're going to buy.
No, no, not security accounts.
We have the leaders now.
We've got all these amendments.
We don't sell any weapons to Latin America.
The question is not whether or not they're going to get them.
They're going to buy them.
Do you want America to get involved or Russia?
They're in the market for I think over a billion and a half dollars worth of air traffic control.
Well, I appreciate it.
Well, you know, look, Gary, if you've been such a strong soldier, you know, these jackass things happen.
And kind of what they did to you in 64 was nothing compared to what I had to go through here.
I was lucky.
We can't tell if there's a great memory of Hoover.
Oh, yeah.
Let's get it.
I had endless consent.
We'll eat lunch.
I see.
Well, we'll be there.
We're getting the box.
We're getting the box.
I think they've had a better lunch.
I had breakfast with about 40 newsmen this morning.
That's all they can talk about.
Why aren't you guys as enthusiastic when you're doing it to me?
Where are we when Bobby Baker was around?
Where are we when Johnson is becoming a multi-millionaire?
He's the only Republican you can get fresh ass.
I don't know.
Well, I don't know.
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