Conversation: 413-001
Prev: 412-008 Next: 413-002Start Date: 23-Feb-1973 2:36 PM
End Date: 23-Feb-1973 2:48 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Wilkinson, Charles B. ("Bud");Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On February 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles B. ("Bud") Wilkinson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:36 pm to 2:48 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 413-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 413-1
Date: February 23, 1973
Time: 2:36 pm-2:48 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Charles B. Wilkinson.
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
Sports
-Football
-Basketball
-Track
-Golf
-Baseball
-World Series
-Television [TV] compared with live viewing
-Pace
-Games
-Arkansas-Oklahoma
-Texas-Nebraska [?]
-President as spectator
-Replays
Wilkinson
-Business
-Plans
-Candidacy
-Governor
-Announcement
Oklahoma politics
-Governor David Hall
-George S. McGovern
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar.-09)
Conversation No. 413-1 (cont’d)
-Dewey F. Bartlett
Candidacy for political office
-Nomination
Republican candidates
-Poor quality
-Chances of success
-Jack R. Miller
-Golf
-Margaret Chase Smith
-Age
-J. Caleb Boggs
-House of Representatives
Wilkinson’s candidacy
-Governor of Oklahoma
-President’s possible visit
-Hall
-Qualities
Henry L. Bellmon
-Oklahoma
-Polling
-Political make up
Wilkinson’s potential candidacy
-Next Senate race
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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Olympics bid
-Anti-American sentiment
-Committee
-Wilkinson as head
-Input on members
-College
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar.-09)
Conversation No. 413-1 (cont’d)
-Independent study
-Olympics
-1972 Munich Games incident
-Richard A. Moore
-Public relations [PR]
-Wilkinson’s role
-Berlin [?]
-Winter Olympics
-Colorado
-Denver Post
Wilkinson’s schedule
-Moore
-Oklahoma, Dallas
Prisoners of war [POWs] return
-Emotion
-Congress [?]
-POW from Oklahoma
-Col. Robinson Risner [?]
-December 1972 bombing
Vietnam War
-Henry A. Kissinger
-“Establishment”
-Old “Establishment”
-Removal
-Credibility
Fundraising
Ping pong [?]
Europe [?]
-France
Ambassador
Future conversation with Wilkinson
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar.-09)
Conversation No. 413-1 (cont’d)
Wilkinson left at 2:48 pm.