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895–4
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • William E. Timmons
April 13, 1973
Conversation No. 895-4

Date: April 13, 1973
Time: 8:49 am - 9:04 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with William E. Timmons.

President’s April 12, 1973, party for Congress members
-Response
-Speeches
-Benefits
-Recognition
-Team spirit
-Visits to White House
-Interaction with President
-Scheduling of future events
-Church services
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Conversation No. 895-4 (cont’d)

Congressional relations
-Church services

-Invitation stipulations

-[First name unknown] Hutton [?]

-Republicans in Congress

-Invitations

-Paul N. McCloskey

-Edward W. Brooke

-Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.

-Charles H. Percy

-Democrats in Congress
-“Responsible liberals”
-Al Ullman
-Ronald V. Dellums, Bella S. Abzug
-Frank E (“Ted”) Moss, Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy, Edmund S.
Muskie

-President’s conversation with Paul Findley, April 12, 1973

-Presidential visit to the House of Representatives

-“Peace with Honor” reception

-Church services

-Former invitees

-Members unable to attend

-Meetings with Congressional leadership

-Selection of attendees

-Wildcards
-Energy
-Jewish emigration, Most Favored Nation [MFN] status
-Chairman of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Relations Committees
-Trade bill
-Finance and Ways and Means Committees
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson, Abraham A. Ribicoff, Jacob K. Javits
-Carl B. Albert
-Reactions of Congress members
-Frequency of meetings
-Possible tax message by President
-George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman
-Escalation of tax problems
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(rev. April-2011)

Conversation No. 895-4 (cont’d)

-State of world
-Church services
-Invitations
-Congressional Republicans
-Selection of wildcard attendees
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Liberals
-Marvin L. Esch
-Forthcoming meetings
-Interested committees
-Partisans
-Liberals and conservatives
-Jerry Pugh
-Wildcard attendees
-Clifford P. Case
-Mathias
-Brooke
-Percy
-Esch
-Efforts for President’s programs
-Aid to North Vietnam
-Energy meeting attendance
-Congress members
-Meetings or events with President
-Frustration with program cuts
-Public statements
-Private beliefs

Timmons left at 9:04 am.
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