Conversation: 855-018
Prev: 855-017 Next: 855-019Start Date: Wednesday, February 14, 1973 5:23 PM
End Date: Wednesday, February 14, 1973 5:34 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Morgan, Edward L.; Bull, Stephen B.; Ehrlichman, John D.; Clawson, James; Clawson, James (Mrs.); Clawson, Courtney; Clawson, Jason B.; Clawson, Brooke A.; Evans, Katherine R.; Evans, Constance R.; Evans, Elizabeth G.; Evans, John F., III; Cashen, Henry C., II; White, Stuart C.; White, Stuart C. (Mrs.)Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On February 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Edward L. Morgan, Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, James Clawson, Mrs. James Clawson, Courtney J. Clawson, Jason B. Clawson, Brooke A. Clawson, Katherine R. Evans, Constance R. Evans, Elizabeth G. Evans, John F. Evans, III, Henry C. Cashen, II, Stuart C. White, and Mrs. Stuart C. White met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:23 pm to 12:34 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 855-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 855-18
Date: February 14, 1973
Time: 12:23 pm - 12:34 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Edward L. Morgan, and Stephen B. Bull; the White House photographer
was present at the beginning of the meeting.
Greetings
Thanks for work
-Desegregation
-Mississippi
-“Ambassador”
Morgan’s abilities
-Pasadena [?]
Photographs
Morgan and the White House photographer left at 12:25 pm.
President's schedule
-Meeting with James Clawson
-Morgan’s deputy
-Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft
-Meeting with Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
-Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS]
-Melvin R. Laird
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. August-10)
Conversation No. 855-18 (cont’d)
-Report on prisoners of war [POWs]
James Clawson, Mrs. James Clawson, Courtney J. Clawson, Jason B. Clawson, Brooke A.
Clawson, John D. Ehrlichman, and the White House photographer entered at 12:25 pm.
Ehrlichman’s health
Greetings
-Introductions
Clawson's work at Treasury Department
-Morgan’s deputy
Photographs
-Arrangements
Bussing problems
-Morgan
-Integration of schools
Copies of photographs
Clawson, et al., left at 12:27 pm.
President's meeting with John F. Evans and family
-Frederick B. Dent
-Commerce Department
-Job, duties
-Lawyer
-New Jersey
-Unemployment
-Veterans problems
John F. Evans, Mrs. John F. Evans, Katherine R. Evans, Constance R. Evans, Elizabeth G.
Evans, John F. Evans III, and the White House photographer entered at 12:27 pm.
Greetings
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. August-10)
Conversation No. 855-18 (cont’d)
Introduction
-Evans’s family
Photograph session
-Copies for family
Appreciation for work
-Commerce Department
-Hours
Children’s school
Evans, et al., left at 12:29 pm.
President's meeting with Henry C. Cashen II
-Work with Charles W. Colson at White House
-Colson's law firm
Henry C. Cashen II, Mrs. Henry C. Cashen, and the White House photographer entered at 12:29
pm.
Greetings
Tax lawyer
New law firm job
-Increased salary
-Colson
Colson’s work at White House
-Watergate
-Labor
-Catholics
-Ethnics
-President’s gratitude
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. August-10)
Conversation No. 855-18 (cont’d)
Photographs
-Copies
Cashen, et al., left at 12:31 pm.
President's meeting with Mrs. Stuart C. ("Margareta") White
-Herbert G. Klein
-United States Information Agency [USIA]
Mrs. Stuart C. "Margareta" White, Stuart C. White, Suzanne White, and the White House
photographer entered at 12:31 pm.
Greetings
USIA work
Photograph session
-Arrangements
Appreciation for work with administration
Gift for President
-Valentine
White’s new job
Presidential gifts
-Pin
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
White, et al., left at 12:34 pm.
Thomas Hart
-Age
-Work at White House
-Meeting with President
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. August-10)
Conversation No. 855-18 (cont’d)
-Photograph
Bull and Ehrlichman left at 12:34 pm.