Conversation: 720-006
Prev: 720-005 Next: 720-007Start Date: 5-May-1972 11:40 AM
End Date: 5-May-1972 11:46 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rauscher, Frank J.; Richardson, Elliot L.; Cole, Kenneth R., Jr.; Cavanaugh, James H.; White House photographer;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:27:24
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:33:59
NARA Description:
On May 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Frank J. Rauscher, Elliot L. Richardson, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Cavanaugh, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:40 am to 11:46 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 720-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 720-6
Date: May 5, 1972
Time: 11:40 am - 11:46 am
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 72-5 (cont.)
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Frank J. Rauscher, Elliot L. Richardson, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., and James
H. Cavanaugh; the White House photographer and members of the press were present at the
beginning of the meeting.
The President’s schedule
-Previous meeting with the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board [PFIAB]
Greetings
-Rauscher
-Accomplishments
Photograph
-Arrangements
Steuben crystal [“Star of the President”]
-Walter H. Annenberg gift
[Photograph session]
Cancer program
-President's support
-Instructions to Rauscher
-New approaches
-Other health fields
-Concentration of resources
Gifts
-Cuff links
-New set
Congress
-Duplicity
-Health program
-Revenue sharing
-Welfare reform
-Social Security
-Spending policies
Rauscher, et al., left at 11:46 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 72-6 (cont.)