719–12

Conversation No. 719-12

Date: May 4, 1972
Time: 12:03 pm - 12:22 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Mr. and Mrs. L[ouis] Patrick Gray III.

J. Edgar Hoover
-Eulogy by the President
-Gray’s view
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 719-12 (cont.)

Mrs. Gray
-Greetings

Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-Gray's nomination
-John D. Ehrlichman's efforts
-Announcement
-Press coverage
-President's support
-Permanent nomination

The White House photographer entered at an unknown time after 12:03 pm.

-Statement for press
-Mrs. Gray's statements

The photographer left at an unknown time before 12:22 pm.

-Gray's meeting with FBI officials
-Location
-Gray's remarks
-Intentions
-Hoover legacy
-W. Mark Felt's report
-Gray's nomination
-Timing
-Forthcoming presidential election
-Press questions
-Political connections with the President
-Response
-Friendship between the President and Gray
-Response
-President's relationship with Hoover
-Gray's admiration of President
-Gray's work with the President
-National Security Council [NSC]
-Adm. Arthur W. Radford
-Relationship with the President
-Contrast with Hoover
-President's relationship with Hoover
-Closeness
-Comparison with Gray
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 719-12 (cont.)

-Professional relationship
-NSC
-Justice Department
-Contrast with Hoover friendship
-William P. Rogers
-Compared with the President’s relationship with Dwight D. Eisenhower
-First-name basis
-Statements for press
-Press
-Attitude toward Hoover
-Hoover's attitude
-Richard E. Berlin
-President’s advice for Gray
-Proper attitude
-Allen S. Drury
-James Keogh
-Edith Efron
-Hoover's relations
-Dealings with detractors
-Judgment
-Gray's relationship
-Directorship
-Proper management style
-The President’s view
-Confirmation hearings issues
-Civil rights
-Law and order
-Repression
-Hoover
-Communism
-Directorship
-Clyde A. Tolson
-Resignation
-First steps
-Press tour
-Meetings with special agents
-President's appearance
-Time
-Stephen B. Bull, Dwight L. Chapin
-Tour of FBI offices
-Purpose
-Time
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 719-12 (cont.)

-Meeting with police officer

Press
-The President’s view
-President's relationship with
-Conflicts
-Attitude
-Allusion in President's eulogy
-Gray
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Dan Rather
-Questions regarding Gray's speech
-The President’s view
-Hoover's attitude toward Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-John W. Chancellor
-The President’s view
-Dan Rather
-The President’s view
-Dealings with CBS
-American Broadcasting Company [ABC]
-Howard K. Smith
-CBS, Rather
-Gray's dealings
-Gray's public appearances
-Television appearances
-The President’s advice
-Ziegler's advice
-Speeches
-Dealings with press
-Press conferences
-Advice from Ziegler, Ehrlichman, H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Hoover attitude toward CBS
-Time-Life, Newsweek
-Gray's dealings
-The President’s advice
-Hugh S. Sidey
-Dislike of FBI
-New York Times
-Pentagon Papers
-President’s advice
-Mrs. Gray
-Interview with Bonnie Angelo
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 719-12 (cont.)

-Sidey
-Political work
-Separation of FBI from politics
-The President’s view
-Hoover

Gray's appreciation

Mr. and Mrs. Gray left at 12:22 pm.