Conversation: 659-010
Prev:  659-009 Next: 659-011Start Date: 28-Jan-1972 2:24 PM
End Date: 28-Jan-1972 2:51 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:13:18
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:39:49
NARA Description:
On January 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:24 pm to 2:51 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 659-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 659-10 32 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Date: January 28, 1972 Time: 2:24 pm - 2:51 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Rose Mary Woods. White House dinner for DeWitt and Lila (Acheson) Wallace, January 28, 1972 -John B. and Idanell B. (“Nellie”) Connally’s attendance -Illness of invitees -John Connally -Influenza -Elmer H. Bobst -Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser -Wife -Cancellation call from Nellie Connally -Attendance Robert P. Griffin -Letter -Photograph Influenza Room temperature -The President’s request of Manolo Sanchez Dinner for Wallaces -Seating arrangements -Laurance S. and Mary Rockefeller -Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis -Charles A. and Anne (Morrow) Lindbergh -Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -Celebrity status -Lucy A. Winchester -Nellie Connally -The President’s preference -Mary Rockefeller -Lila Wallace -Placement 33 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 659-10 (cont.) -Congressional attendance -William F. (“Billy”) Graham -Norman Vincent Peale -Lionel Hampton -Mrs. Nixon -Stephen W. Royce -Charles and Anne Lindbergh -Fred MacMurray -Allison DeWitt -Katharine Rollins -Mrs. John A. Mulcahy -Harold H. Helm -G. Keith Funston -Thomas A. Pappas -W. Allen Wallis -George Champion -Attitude toward the President -Mrs. Nixon -Economics -Funston -Olin-Mathieson Chemical Corporation -Martin S. Hayden, Sr. -Laurance Rockefeller -Previous invitation -[Richard G. Lugar] -Alice Roosevelt Longworth -Woods’s attendance -Late arrival -Mrs. Lila Tyng -Henry R. Luce -Wife -Hank Luce -Lewis -Winchester -Hope -Nellie Connally 34 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 659-10 (cont.) The President’s schedule -Camp David -Weather -Reading Woods’s schedule -Renwick Gallery opening -Restoration -Warren E. Burger -Woods’s conversation with John A. Volpe -Volpe’s son’s [Jack’s] health -Possible call from the President to Jack Volpe Dinner lists -Burger -Popularity -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Charles W. Colson -Unknown person -Repetition -Need for new faces -MacMurray -June Haver -Taft Schreiber Letter from Maurice H. Stans Equal Rights Amendment [ERA] -John D. Ehrlichman’s memorandum -Mitchell’s view Unemployment -John B. Connally’s letter -Price Commission -Donald H. Rumsfeld Campaign financing -Howard Simon -Request for meeting with the President -Contribution -Maurice H. Stans 35 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 659-10 (cont.) -Location -Stans, Herbert W. Kalmbach -Fundraising The President’s schedule -California [Fund-raising campaign for athletic hall of fame at Whittier College] -Use of President’s name -Letter from Kenneth L. Ball -Clinton Harris -Response Letter from Richard M. Helms -The President’s Vietnam peace proposal speech, January 25, 1972 Letter from L. Richard Guylay -New York Letter from I. Irving Davidson -Indonesia lobby -Meeting with George Meany on airplane Letter from [unknown person] -European Community -Henry A. Kissinger Office procedure -Mail -Reading -Possible contact Dinner party -Late invitations -Haldeman -Tayloe House -Wallaces -Reception -Entertainment -Mrs. Nixon -Television 36 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 659-10 (cont.) -Seating -Arrangement -Winchester -Longworth -Mrs. Nixon -Hayden -Laurance Rockefeller -Nelson A. Rockefeller -Ronald W. Reagan -Lugar -Royce -Hampton -Charles Lindbergh -Andre Kostelanetz -Mulcahy -Rollins -Pappas -Conversation -Lindbergh -Longworth -Wallaces -Laurance Rockefeller -Hayden -Funston -Howard A. Rusk -Peter Mennin -The Julliard School -Charles Lindbergh -Rusk -Laurance Rockefeller -Mrs. Rollins -Mrs. Mulcahy -Delores (Reade) Hope -Louise Seymour -J. Walter Thompson Company -Mrs. James A. Suffridge -Mrs. Tyng Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 2:24 pm. Kissinger’s schedule 37 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 659-10 (cont.) Bull left at an unknown time before 2:51 pm. Dinner party -Guests -Women -Mrs. Nixon -Ehrlichman -Julie Nixon Eisenhower Letters Bull entered at an unknown time after 2:24 pm. Kissinger’s schedule Bull left at an unknown time before 2:51 pm. Letters Julie Nixon Eisenhower Edward M. Kennedy Dinner party -Guests Woods left at 2:51 pm.