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Start Date: 25-Feb-1973 2:21 PM

End Date: 25-Feb-1973 5:40 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Sanchez, Manolo; 

Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building

415-004.mp3

NARA Description:

On February 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:21 pm and 5:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 415-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 415-4

Date: February 25, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:21 pm and 5:40 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
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            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                 Tape Subject Log
                                  (rev. Mar.-09)
                                                     Conversation No. 415-4 (cont’d)


Number of copies

John D. Ehrlichman
       -Clay T. (“Tom”) Whitehead and Kevin P. Phillips
              -Activities
              -Rhetoric
                      -Problems

Whitehead
      -Policy of local control
      -Responsibilities
      -Programming

Whitehead and Phillips
      -Rhetoric
             -Moderation
      -Cabinet
             -Check list
             -Possible telephone calls

Telephone calls
      -Cabinet
      -Personal preference [?]
      -Useful purpose

Checklist
       -Congressional supporters
       -Newspapers
              -Hearst [?]
              -Indianapolis Star
       -Telephone calls
       -Pressure

Washington Press Club
      -Questions for President
      -Press relations
              -White House press corps
              -Reception
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. Mar.-09)
                                                               Conversation No. 415-4 (cont’d)



       Ehrlichman

       White House staff
             -Officers compared with staff
                     -White House mess
             -Meetings
             -Visibility

       Italian Prime Minister Guilio Andreotti
               -Francis A. (“Frank”) Sinatra and White House entertainment
               -Visit
               -Meetings with President and Henry A. Kissinger [?]
               -Cabinet, Congressional leaders

Manolo Sanchez [?] entered at an unknown time after 2:21 pm.

       Delivery

Sanchez [?] left at an unknown time before 5:40 pm.

       Formal National Security Council [NSC] meeting

The President finished dictating at an unknown time before 5:40 pm.