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On June 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:34 am to 10:47 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 133-026 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with John N. Mitchell. Picture in newspaper - Mitchell and Richard G. Kleindienst - Location Kleindienst's schedule - Speech Kleindienst confirmation hearings - Charles H. Percy vote - Richard W. McLaren - Michael J. Mansfield vote - Reasons - President's Moscow trip - Impact on Democrats - Washington Post, New York Times - Coverage of hearings - Credibility - Kleindienst's role - The President's view - John B. Connally's view ***************************************************************** [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/19/2017. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [133-026- W001] [Duration: 10m 38s] John N. Mitchell's schedule - Press meeting - Television appearance 1972 campaign - Edmund S. Muskie - Political options - Democrat delegates - Hubert H. Humphrey contest - California - One man one vote - George C. Wallace - Hubert H. Humphrey - Dwayne Andreas - Minnesota - Edmund S. Muskie - Continuance in race - George S. McGovern - Compromise - The President's political strategy - Right wing - Comparison with left wing - George S. McGovern's campaign - President's view of George S. McGovern's beliefs - The President's political strategy - George S. McGovern - Followers - Defections - Past statements - Credibility - The President's opinion - George S. McGovern's advisors - Defections from George S. McGovern campaign - Rosenthal's story in New York Times - Democrat party defections - Extremism - Support for the President - Democrats - Jews - John B. Connally - Mike Feldman - Edward M. Kennedy supporter - Talk with Larry O'Brien - Replacement - Democrat Finance Chairman Robert S. Strauss - Relationship with John B. Connally - Edmund S. Muskie - Illinois delegates - Democrats - Delegate contest - Conflicts - Edmund S. Muskie group - George S. McGovern supporters - Appearance at Governors' conference - Comparison with Goldwater 1964 group - Problems - Attitudes - Conflicts with Democrat leaders - Supports conflict with party elite - Mayor Daley's Chief Lieutenant - Statement - Conflicts with Democrat leaders *****************************************************************. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Mitchell, John N.