Conversation: 673-002
Prev: 673-001 Next: 673-003Start Date: 16-Feb-1972 3:44 PM
End Date: 16-Feb-1972 4:14 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob");Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:18:01
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:47:44
NARA Description:
On February 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:44 pm to 4:14 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 673-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 673-2
Date: February 16, 1972
Time: 3:44 pm - 4:14 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Rose Mary Woods.
Greetings
Choice of eyeglasses
-Instructions
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Conv. No. 673-2 (cont.)
President’s schedule
-Forthcoming trip to the People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Well-wishers
-Calls
-Prayer groups
-Unknown people
-Possible gift
-Lyndon B. Johnson’s letter
-J. Edgar Hoover
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Bess (Wallace) Truman
-The President’s birthday message
-Walter H. Annenberg note
-[David] Kenneth Rush
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Martin J. Hillenbrand
-Possible appointment
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Ronald W. Reagan and Nancy (Davis) Reagan
-Anniversary
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Schedule
-Lunch
-San Clemente
-Letter
-Dictation of letter to Johnson
-PRC trip
-Appreciation for wishes
-Possible briefing
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Conv. No. 673-2 (cont.)
Letters
-Reading
-Work involved
-Woods
Alan Brown’s call to President
-Return
-Mrs. Nixon
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Return of call
-Woods
-President’s instructions
The President’s schedule
-The President’s work
-Reading
-National Security Council [NSC]
-Domestic policy and problems
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The President’s schedule
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Conv. No. 673-2 (cont.)
Typing
-Completion
-Proofing
-Book
-Fastening
-Labeling
-President’s instructions
PRC trip
-People’s views
Manolo Sanchez, Zosimo T. Monzon
Woods left and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 3:56 pm.
Domestic matters
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Ambassadors
-West Germany
-Hillenbrand
-Possible selection
-1972 election
-Kissinger
-Training
-Rush
-Relocation
Appointments
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Conv. No. 673-2 (cont.)
-Assistant secretaries
-Chief of Protocol
-Frederic V. Malek
-Marion H. Smoak
-James J. Reynolds
-Contribution
-Amount
-Smoak
-Strom Thurmond
-L. Nicholas Ruwe
-John J. Rhodes
-John C. Whitaker
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Ruwe
-Mrs. Nixon
-Ruwe
-Ambassadorship
-Portugal
-[Ridgeway B. Knight]
-Chief of Protocol
-Description of position
-Reynolds
-Trips
-Trips
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Foreign visitors
-Turk [Nihat Erim]
-Mexican [Luis Echeverria Alvarez]
-1972 campaign
-Smoak
-Ruwe
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Conv. No. 673-2 (cont.)
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-Ambassadorship
-Portugal
-President’s opinion
-Hunting
Malek
-Responsiveness of government
-Domestic Council
-Office of Management and Budget [OMB]
-Charles W. Colson
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Colson
-Malek
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Conv. No. 673-2 (cont.)
-Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP]
-Maurice H. Stans
-Finance
-Colson
-Malek
-John N. Mitchell’s view
PRC trip
-Woods
-Letters
-Hoover
-Johnson
-Hoover
-Hoover
-Liberals
-Conservatives
-Ehrlichman
-Life
-Princeton University group
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Cameras
-Leaders
-Possible departure plan
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Hugh Scott
-Airport
-Gerald R. Ford
-Possible photograph opportunity
-Spirit of ‘76
-Farewell ceremony
-Mansfield
-Unknown person
Haldeman left at 4:14 pm.
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