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Start Date: 11-Dec-1972 5:42 PM

End Date: 11-Dec-1972 7:10 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Eisenhower, Julie Nixon[Unknown person(s)]

Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building

385-017.mp3

NARA Description:

On December 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and 7:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 385-017 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 385-17

Date: December 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:42 pm and 7:10 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

       The President’s schedule

       Solarium
              -Edward V. Jones
              -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
              -Activities
                      -Watching games on television [TV]
                      -Movies
                            -Camp David
              -Living room
                      -Size
                            -Florida
                                   -Compared to Camp David

       Kitchen
              -Plans
                       -Mrs. Nixon

       White House
             -Decorations
                   -Press relations


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       The President’s schedule
              -The President’s foot

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           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                             Tape Subject Log
                               (rev. July-08)

                                                    Conversation No. 385-17 (cont’d)



Second term reorganization
      -Julie Nixon Eisenhower
              -Mrs. Nixon
              -Press relations
                      -Mrs. Nixon’s view
              -National Center for Voluntary Action [NCVA]
                      -Lenore L. Romney
                              -Conversation with Julie Nixon Eisenhower
                      -Directorship
                      -Charles B. (“Bud”) Wilkinson
                      -Henry E. Ford, II
                      -Lenore Romney
                              -Mrs. Nixon
                                      -Projects
                                              -Record
                                      -Rubella vaccination programs, 1971
              -White House
                      -West Wing
              -Stephen B. Bull’s job
                      -Secretarial aspects
                              -Trips
              -Mrs. Nixon
              -The President’s schedule
                      -“Buffer” role
                              -West Wing
              -Reception
                      -Albany, New York [?]
              -Projects
              -VISTA
              -ACTION
              -Environment
                      -Travel
              -NCVA
                      -Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s conversation with Lenore Romney
                              -Centers
                              -Press relations
                              -Location
                                      -[George W. Romney]
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    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                       Tape Subject Log
                         (rev. July-08)

                                               Conversation No. 385-17 (cont’d)

                             -Department of Housing and Urban Development
                              [HUD]
        -Secretary role
               -Typing
        -Personal relations
               -Receptions
        -The President’s schedule
               -Bull
                        -Dinner
                                -Programs
               -Groups
               -Bull
                        -Need for assistance
                                -Telephone calls
               -Rose Mary Woods
                        -The President’s Vice Presidency
                        -Bull
                        -Dwight L. Chapin
                        -Alexander P. Butterfield
                        -Job performance
                                -Favoritism
        -Bull
        -White House
               -Compared to VISTA, NCVA
-Mrs. Nixon
        -Projects
               -Trips
                        -Soviet Union
                        -People’s Republic of China [PRC]
               -Legacy of parks
               -NCVA
                        -TV advertisements
                        -Awards
                        -Centers
                        -Letters
               -Recognition
               -Record
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
        -The President’s schedule
               -Events
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                       NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                              Tape Subject Log
                                                (rev. July-08)

                                                                           Conversation No. 385-17 (cont’d)

                                          -Environment
                                                 -Possible conversation with Rogers C. B. Morton
                                          -David N. Parker
                                          -Chapin
                                          -White House
                                                 -Washington Press Corps
                                          -Mrs. Nixon
                                                 -Personal relations
                                                 -Constance M. (Cornell) (“Connie”) Stuart
                          -White House staff
                                  -Farrell
                                          -Retention
                                                 -Nidecker
                          -Julie Nixon Eisenhower
                                  -Bull
                                  -Shelley A. (Scarney) Buchanan
                                          -Receptionist role
                          -Assistance to the President
                          -Organization table
                          -Events


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        Second term reorganization
              -Julie Nixon Eisenhower
                      -White House positions
              -Mrs. Nixon
              -Meeting
              -Nixon Foundation
                      -Director
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                       NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                              Tape Subject Log
                                                (rev. July-08)

                                                                           Conversation No. 385-17 (cont’d)


        The President’s schedule
               -Mrs. Nixon
                      -Mayor of Whittier, California

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        Second term reorganization
              -Julie Nixon Eisenhower
                      -[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II’s departure from the Navy
                             -Timing


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                                   -Washington, DC


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                       NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                              Tape Subject Log
                                                (rev. July-08)

                                                                           Conversation No. 385-17 (cont’d)

[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 4s      ]

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        Charles G. (“Beb”) Rebozo
               -Accommodations
                      -Helene (Colesie) Drown

        Mrs. Nixon’s schedule
               -California
                      -Christmas
                      -The President’s schedule
                             -Florida

        House purchase
              -Rebozo
              -Pool
                     -Swimming
                            -Camp David
                     -The President’s use
                     -Whirlpool

        Mrs. Nixon’s schedule
               -Events
                      -First term
                               -Publicity

An unknown woman entered at an unknown time after 5:42 pm.

        Delivery [?]

An unknown woman left at an unknown time before 7:10 pm.

                 -Single project

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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. July-08)

                                                             Conversation No. 385-17 (cont’d)


Julie Nixon Eisenhower left at an unknown time before 7:10 pm.