Conversation: 043-109
Prev: 043-108 Next: 043-110Start Date: 15-Feb-1973 6:34 PM
End Date: 15-Feb-1973 6:45 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Hope, Lelsie T. ("Bob"); Hope, Delores (Reade);Recording Device: White House Telephone
NARA Description:
On February 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Lelsie T. ("Bob") Hope, and Delores (Reade) Hope talked on the telephone from 6:34 pm to 6:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-109 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 43-109 Date: February 15, 1973 Time: 6:34 pm - 6:45 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope. [See Conversation No. 410-43] Prisoners of War [POWs] return -Rose Mary Woods -Capt. Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr. -Col. Robinson Risner’s statement -Material for movies -Jack L. Warner -Meeting with Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS] -December 1972 bombing of North Vietnam -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer -The President’s instructions -B-52s -Effect on POWs -May 8, 1972 bombing -The President’s conversation with Hope -Heroes -Vietnam settlement Terence Cooke -Catholic Youth Organization [CYO] -Hope’s appearance -Location POWs and Vietnam settlement -Hope’s telegram Golf -The President’s schedule -Rose Mary Woods -John B. Connally -A. Pollard Simons -Arnold Palmer -61- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug.-08) Conversation No. 43-109 (cont’d) John Ford -Support for the President’s policies -Medal of Freedom -Timing of ceremony -Location Letter from the President to Warren Dorn Hope’s appearance at CYO -Message from the President -POWs POWs return -Value to the nation -National Broadcasting Company [NBC] press conference -Hope -December 1972 bombing -The President’s view -Hope and Palmer -Moorer -Creighton W. Abrams Vietnam settlement -US commitment -Raising of US flag to full staff -Claudia A. (“Lady Bird”) Johnson’s agreement -Respect of enemies -Trust of allies Hope’s schedule -New York Golf -The President’s schedule -Nguyen Van Thieu The President talked with Delores (Reade) Hope. Bob Hope’s schedule -62- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug.-08) Conversation No. 43-109 (cont’d) -Israel -Event with Cooke POWs -Homecoming -The country’s reaction -Amnesty -Canada and Sweden -Abrams -The President’s conversations with POW wives -Mrs. James Mulligan, Mrs. Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr., Mrs. Robinson Risner -Bravery Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon Invitation for dinner