865–14

Conversation No. 865-14

Date: February 28, 1973
Time: 9:12 am-10:23 am
Location: Oval Office

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.

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National security

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Judicial positions
-Court of Appeals
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-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
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-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

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W. Mark Felt
-Appearance
-Education
-Ethnicity
-Herbert C. Hoover

Leaks
-Kissinger, Burns, Herbert Stein, Safire
-Jews
-Dean

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Dean left at 10:23 am.