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Conversation: 497-003

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Start Date: 11-May-1971 11:53 AM

End Date: 11-May-1971 12:07 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President); Barnum, John W.; Bodman, Richard S.; Fri, Robert W.; Kurzman, Stephen; Letson, William N.; Sanchez, Phillip V.; Malek, Frederic V.; Kinsley, Daniel T.; White House photographer; 

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:48:50

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:56:22

497a.mp3

497b.mp3

NARA Description:

On May 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John W. Barnum, Richard S. Bodman, Robert W. Fri, Stephen Kurzman, William N. Letson, Phillip V. Sanchez, Frederic V. Malek, Daniel T. Kinsley, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:53 am to 12:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 497-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 497-3

Date: May 11, 1971
Time: 11:53 am - 12:07 pm                                            Conv. No. 497-2 (cont.)
Location: Oval Office

The President met with John W. Barnum, Richard S. Bodman, Robert W. Fri, Stephen Kurzman,
William N. Letson, Phillip V. Sanchez, Frederic V. Malek, and Daniel T. Kingsley; the White
House photographer was present

     Introductions and photographs

     Appointees
         -Kurzman's prior government service
               -Elliot L. Richardson
         -Government service
               -Universities
               -Bureau of Reclamation
               -President's experiences
               -Bureaucracy
               -Goals
               -Sacrifices

     Gifts
             -Cufflinks, golf balls

Barnum, et al., left at 12:07 pm