Conversation: 701-010
Prev: 701-009 Next: 701-011Start Date: Tuesday, April 4, 1972 4:46 PM
End Date: Tuesday, April 4, 1972 4:58 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Murray, Robert P.; Hathaway, Harry; McLin, Walter S., III; Eger, John Mitchell; Gray, L[ouis] Patrick, III; Scowcroft, Brent G. (Gen.); White House photographerRecording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:12:47
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:26:08
NARA Description:
On April 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Robert P. Murray, Harry Hathaway, Walter S. McLin, III, John Mitchell Eger, L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:46 am to 11:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 701-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 701-10
Date: April 4, 1972
Time: 11:46 am - 11:58 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Robert P. Murray, Harry Hathaway, Walter S. McLin III, John Mitchell
Eger, L. Patrick Gray III and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft; members of the press and the White
House photographer were present at the beginning of the meeting.
Greetings and introductions
-Murray
Photograph session
Introductions
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-Hathaway
-McLin
-Eger
-Gray
Unknown person's visit to White House
-Law Enforcement Assistance Act [LEAA] grant
Press picture
Meeting with the President
-Appreciation
-American Bar Association [ABA] program for Prisoners of War [POWs] and
Missing in Action [MIAs]
-Purposes
-Contacts with families
-Civil problems
-Judge Advocate General [JAG]
-Remedial legislation
-Power of attorney
-State legislatures
-California
-Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act
-Problems
-Department of Defense [DoD]
-Jurisdiction
US Air Force [USAF] Reserve lawyers
-Possible amendments
-Hearings in California
-Coordination with military
-Contacts with families
-The President's help
-Endorsement
-Contact person at White House
-Scowcroft
POWs
-Efforts at release
-Importance of subject
-US bargaining power
-Maintenance
-Reasoning
-North Vietnamese offensive
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-Air strikes
-Possible resolution
-Conclusion of war
-Critics
-Withdrawal
-Problems for POWs
-The President’s January 25, 1972 speech
-US bargaining power
-POW group
-Position on war
-Commitment from the President
-Legal problems
-Titles
Photographs
-Copies
POWs
-Attorney group
Gray
-Appearance
Murray et al left at 11:58 am.
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