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Conversation: 563-003

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Start Date: 13-Aug-1971 11:57 AM

End Date: 13-Aug-1971 12:15 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President); Billings, Diana; Buchanan, Robert; Chapin, Christopher; Clifford, Patricia; Davis, Thomas; Ferguson, Arthur; Gilman, Marsha; Gleason, Scoll; Hallett, Douglas; Jones, Harding; Kinsella, Dale; Luboja, Jeanne; Lungren, Loretta; Marshall, Chris; Olson, William; Schatzlein, Michael; Scheuplein, Linda; Sutcliffe, Robert; Wilson, Blair; Malek, Frederic V.; Bull, Stephen B.; Klein, Herbert G.; White House photographer; 

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:50:03

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:08:40

563a.mp3

563b.mp3

NARA Description:

On August 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Diana Billings, Robert Buchanan, Christopher Chapin, Patricia Clifford, Thomas Davis, Arthur Ferguson, Marsha Gilman, Scoll Gleason, Douglas Hallett, Harding Jones, Dale Kinsella, Jeanne Luboja, Loretta Lungren, Chris Marshall, William Olson, Michael Schatzlein, Linda Scheuplein, Robert Sutcliffe, Blair Wilson, Frederic V. Malek, Stephen B. Bull, Herbert G. Klein, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:57 am to 12:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 563-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 563-3

Date: August 13, 1971
Time: 11:57 am - 12:15 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Diana Billings, Robert Buchanan, Christopher Chapin, Patricia Clifford,
Thomas Davis, Arthur Fergenson, Marsha Gilman, Scoll Gleason, Douglas Hallett, Harding
Jones, Dale Kinsella, Jeanne Luboja, Loretta Lungren, Dolly Madison, Chris Marshall, William
Olson, Michael Schatzlein, Linda Scheuplein, Robert Sutcliffe, Blair Wilson, Frederic V. Malek,
Stephen B. Bull, and Herbert G. Klein; the White House press photographers were present at the
beginning of the meeting.
[The recording began while the meeting was in progress]

     General conversation
         -Richard A. Moore
         -Harry S. Dent
         -Malek
         -Raymond K. Price, Jr.
         -Dent
         -Klein
         -Charles W. Colson
         -Edwin L. Harper
         -Constance M. (“Connie”) Stuart
         -Robert H. Finch
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                             NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                           Tape Subject Log
                                             (rev. 10/06)
                                                                        Conv. No. 563-3 (cont.)


            -Nick Ruwe
            -Peter M. Flanigan
            -Clement E. Conger
            -Beirut, Lebanon
            -William E. Timmons

      [Photograph session]

      Jack Horner
           -Gift of ashtray to President

      President's schedule

      Dwight D. Eisenhower

      Interns
            -Value of work

      Douglas Maggs, professor at Duke Law School
          -Book on constitutional law
               -Mimeographing
                     -President's role
                           -Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Tricia Nixon Cox
                     -Value of work

      Interns
            -Value of work
                 -President’s forthcoming trip to People’s Republic of China [PRC]

      Presentation of gifts by President

      Political science
            -Value

Billings, et al. left at 12:15 pm.