Conversation: 012-062
Prev: 012-061 Next: 012-063Start Date: Friday, October 22, 1971 12:40 AM
End Date: Friday, October 22, 1971 12:47 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Mitchell, John N.Recording Device: White House Telephone
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:57:59
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:04:46
NARA Description:
On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 8:40 pm to 8:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-062 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 12-62
Date: October 21, 1971
Time: 8:40 pm- 8:47 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with John N. Mitchell.
The President's speech on Supreme Court nominees, October 21, 1971
-Mitchell’s view
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 29s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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-The President’s view
-William H. Rehnquist
-Educational background
-Robert H. Jackson
-George Meany
-The President’s remarks
-Supreme Court
-Warren E. Burger
-Harry A. Blackmun
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-Rehnquist
-Lawrence E. Walsh’s reaction
-Content
-American Bar Association [ABA]
Supreme Court nominees
-Confirmation
-James O. Eastland
-Roman L. Hruska
-Hiram L. Fong
-Robert C. Byrd
-Rehnquist
-Views
-American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU]
-Public relations
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Ronald L. Ziegler
Mitchell's schedule
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Tape Subject Log
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-Martha (Beall) Mitchell
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 4s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Supreme Court
-Possibility of woman appointee
-Mildred L. Lillie
-Rejection by ABA
-Vote
-Possibility of Senate confirmation
-Herschel H. Friday
Martha Mitchell