Conversation: 642-016
Prev: 642-015 Next: 642-017Start Date: Monday, January 3, 1972 3:05 PM
End Date: Monday, January 3, 1972 3:14 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; Sanchez, Manolo; White House operator; Warren, Gerald L.; Bull, Stephen B.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:12:35
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:21:52
NARA Description:
On January 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Gerald L. Warren, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 10:14 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 642-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 642-16
Date: January 3, 1972
Time: 10:05 am - unknown before 10:14 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Rose Mary Woods.
Woods's schedule
Weather
Woods’s schedule
-Trip to California
-Unknown items
-Plane
Painting
Misplaced papers
Painting
-Owner
-Fred Sutter
-Value
-Artist
-Death
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 10:05 am.
Misplaced papers
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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-Roosevelt Room
-The President's name
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 10:10 am.
The President's previous interview with Dan Rather, January 2, 1972
-Woods's friends' opinions
-Rather
-Rather
-Appearance
-Camera angles
-Shot from outside of Oval Office
-Focus on the President
-The President's demeanor
-The President's performance
-Paul Garvey's views
-Rather's performance
-Question on use of "Ms."
-The President's subsequent calls to Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Tricia Nixon
Cox
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 3s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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-The President's response
-Rather's performance
-Accusation concerning the President's possible delay tactics regarding Vietnam and
reelection
-The President's response
-Peace
-US casualties
-Rather's performance
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 642-16 (cont.)
-Woods’s view
John Foster Dulles
-Bust
-Possible location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
News
-Television
-Newspapers and newsmagazines
-Readership
-"Man of the Year" award
-Readership
[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 10:05 am and
10:10 am.]
[Conversation No. 642-16A]
[See Conversation No. 18-3]
[End of telephone conversation]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 21s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 10:05 am.
Misplaced papers
-Possible location
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 642-16 (cont.)
Sanchez left at 10:10 am.
[The President talked with Gerald L. Warren between 10:10 am and 10:11 am.]
[Conversation No. 642-16B]
The President's State of the Union message
-Announcement
-Date
[End of telephone conversation]
Misplaced papers
-Out box
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Briefcase
-Roosevelt Room
-Notes
-"Little room"
-Woods's search
Bust of Dulles
-The President's inspection
-Decision on display
-EOB
Stephen B. Bull entered and Woods left at 10:13 am.
Sanchez
-Location
-Previous instructions from the President
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:14 am.