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Tape 865, Conversation 014 (865-014)

On February 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, John W. Dean, III, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:12 am to 10:23 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 865-014 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with John W. Dean, III. [Transcripts of this conversation may be found in RG 460, Box 172, pp. 1-48; 8RPC, pp. 19-46; SRPC, pp. 76-110 (1-35); SI, Bk. III, pt.1, pp. 617-87 (1-71), Bk. VII, pt. 4, pp. 1751-54 (43-46), pp. 1780-1782 (59-61).] Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:12 am during the transcribed portion. Bull left at an unknown time before 10:23 am during the transcribed portion. [End of transcribed portion] BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN- T- MDR-2014-037. Segment exempt per Executive Order 13526, 3.3(b)(1) on 05/20/2019. Archivist : MAS] [National Security] [865-014- W001] [Duration: 58s] INTELLIGENCE END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 National security [Begin transcribed portion] [End of transcribed portion] Judicial positions - Court of Appeals - Judges - David L. Bazelon - George E. MacKinnon, Roger Robb, Malcon R. Wilkey, - Confirmation - Congress - Lyndon B. Johnson - Supreme Court - Appointments - Justices - Harry A. Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Warren E. Burger - Legacy - President's appointment - William O. Douglas - Health - William J. Brennan - Thurgood Marshall - Health - Clerks - Possible nominees - William H. Brown - Jewel S. Lafontant - Black woman - Douglas, Brennan, Marshall, Byron R. ("Whizzer") White, Potter Stewart, Blackmun, Burger, Powell, William H. Rehnquist - President's opinion - Appointments - Lafontant - Marshall - Senate confirmation - Kleindienst - Analysis of possible candidates and courts - Southern Democrats - Age - Edward M. ("Ted") Kennedy - President's birthday statement - Rehnquist - Gordon L. Allott - Ethnics - Italians, Poles, Blacks, Jews - Jews in government - Arthur F. Burns, Henry A. Kissinger, William F. Safire - President's opinion - Reaction to appointments - Ehrlichman - Stereotypes - Campaigning - Ivy League candidates - Cabinet - Republicans, Democrats - Elitism - Appointments - Lafontant compared to Marshall - Confirmation - Background - Felix Frankfurter - Rehnquist - Impact of Nixon appointees [Begin transcribed portion] [End of transcribed portion] W. Mark Felt - Appearance - Education - Ethnicity - Herbert C. Hoover Leaks - Kissinger, Burns, Herbert Stein, Safire - Jews - Dean [Begin transcribed portion] [End of transcribed portion] Dean left at 10:23 am. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Dean, John W., III; Bull, Stephen B.

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