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Start Date: 9-May-1972 5:07 PM

End Date: 9-May-1972 5:54 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Annenberg, Walter H.Mitchell, John N.Ehrlichman, John D.Bull, Stephen B.

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:38:31

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:25:25

722a.mp3

722b.mp3

NARA Description:

On May 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Walter H. Annenberg, John N. Mitchell, John D. Ehrlichman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:07 pm to 5:54 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 722-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 722-10

Date: May 9, 1972
Time: 5:07 pm - 5:54 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Walter H. Annenberg, John N. Mitchell and John D. Ehrlichman.

     Greetings
          -Annenberg
          -Mitchell
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. Jan-02)
                                                            Conv. No. 722-10 (cont.)
    Gift from Annenberg
          -Described
          -Drawings by Steuben Glass Works
               -Theme

    Oval Office
         -Distinguished visitors
               -Prime Ministers
               -[Charles, Prince of Wales] Prince Charles
               -Edward R.G. Heath
               -[James] Harold Wilson
               -Fate of unknown African Head of State
               -Indira Gandhi


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[National security]
[Duration: 12s ]


    INDIA


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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    Dominic Mintoff
        -Desire to see President
             -John I. Getz

    Peter Carrington
          -Annenberg's retirement plans

    Mintoff
         -Annenberg’s view
         -Carrington
               -Annenberg’s view
                                              33

                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                    Tape Subject Log
                                      (rev. Jan-02)
                                                          Conv. No. 722-10 (cont.)
    Great Britain
         -Conservative Party
               -William Whitelaw
                    -Position
               -Reginald Maudling
                    -Position
                          -Heath
               -Carrington
               -Whitelaw
                    -Appointment
                          -Northern Ireland
               -Ulster
                    -Annenberg visit
                    -Problems


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 45s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2

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    Annenberg's schedule
        -Philadelphia
              -Frank L. Rizzo
        -California
        -London
              -William P. Rogers's visit
                    -Dates
        -Kentucky Derby
              -John W. Galbreath
        -London
              -Day
        -Effect
                                           34

                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                   Tape Subject Log
                                     (rev. Jan-02)
                                                                  Conv. No. 722-10 (cont.)
    Annenberg's background
        -Discipline
        -Adversity
             -Annenberg's father
             -Effect on people
        -Appointment as Ambassador to the Court of St. James
             -Benefits
             -Recollections of meeting with President
                    -Palm Springs
             -Annenberg's reluctance to accept

    Annenberg as Ambassador
        -Personal rewards
        -Leonore Annenberg
             -Quality of work
             -Absence during President's visit to England
        -Dinner at Buckingham Palace
             -[Emperor of Japan] Hirohito dinners at Windsor Castle
             -Queen Juliana
             -[Elizabeth, Queen of England] Elizabeth II
             -Philip [?] Hoffman
                   -Johnson & Johnson executive
                   -Reason for visit
                   -Annenberg’s view
                   -Queen Elizabeth's opinion
                   -Personality
                         -Queen Elizabeth's opinion


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 9m 46s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3

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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                    Tape Subject Log
                                      (rev. Jan-02)
                                                                 Conv. No. 722-10 (cont.)
    Norton Simon
         -Marriage
              -Call To Annenberg
              -Jennifer Jones
              -Divorce
                    -Archbishop of Canterbury
              -Annenberg's advice
                    -Nice, France
                    -Monte Carlo
                    -Yacht


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 3m 31s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5

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    Wallis (Annenberg) Weingarten
         -Visit to White House
               -Luncheon for Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
         -Trustee of University of Southern California
         -Introduction to President
               -Chandler Pavilion event
         -Future visit to White House with Dr. Seth Weingarten
         -Appointment to National Commission for the Arts
               -Leonard Garment
               -John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
               -Haldeman's role
               -Duties
               -Honorary capacity
         -Name
         -Interests
               -Forms of arts
         -Appointment
               -Instructions for Garment
               -Duties
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                        NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                        Tape Subject Log
                                          (rev. Jan-02)
                                                                         Conv. No. 722-10 (cont.)
             -Children
                  -Number of Annenberg's grandchildren
                  -Number of Mrs. Annenberg's grandchildren
                  -Visit to California
                        -Beverly Hills Hotel
                        -Santa Monica or Malibu
                        -Travis
                        -Malibu compared to Santa Monica
                        -Beverly Hills Hotel
                              -The President’s view
                        -Bel Air Hotel
                              -Accommodations
                                    -Compared with Beverly Hills Hotel
                        -President's California home
                              -Offer to Annenberg
                              -President's use


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 5m 43s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6

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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:07 pm.

     Gifts
             -New cuff links

Bull left at an unknown time before 5:54 pm.

     President's schedule
          -Dinner for Duke Law School classmates

Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:07 pm.

     Gift
                                               37

                        NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                       Tape Subject Log
                                         (rev. Jan-02)
                                                          Conv. No. 722-10 (cont.)
             -Double cuff links
                 -Design
                 -Manufacturer
                 -Presidential seal

Bull left at an unknown time before 5:54 pm.

     Norman Vincent Peale
         -Conversation with Annenberg

     Gifts
             -Double cuff links

     Peale
             -Advice to Annenberg
                  -Positive thinking
                        -Annenberg's use of advice
                              -New York Herald Tribune
                              -Washington Post

     Washington Post
         -President's reading
         -Katharine L. Graham
               -Previous visit to London
               -Annenberg's opinion of Washington Post
         -Philip Graham
               -Story
               -Previous advice from Annenberg
         -Katharine Graham
               -Annenberg's advice
                     -Katharine Graham’s response
               -Annenberg’s view
         -Criticism of Annenberg's father
               -Annenberg’s view
               -Peale's advice
         -Philip Graham
               -Annenberg's idea for book
                     -Purpose
                           -Annenberg’s warning
               -Circumstances of his death
         -Katharine Graham
               -The President’s view
         -Manolo Sanchez
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                        NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. Jan-02)
                                                                  Conv. No. 722-10 (cont.)
                -Location
                -Opinion of war demonstrators
                      -Bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong
          -Language
                -English compared with Spanish
          -Story on Arthur K. Watson
                -White House defense
                      -Washington Post
                -Annenberg's advice
                -State Department response
                -Congressional investigation
                      -President's response at press conference
                      -Wayne L. Hays
                      -Frank F. Church
                      -W. Stuart Symington
                      -J. William Fulbright
                      -President's evidence against Congressmen
                            -Dick Watkins [?]

Mitchell and Ehrlichman left at 5:52 pm.

     Leonard K. Firestone
         -Appointment as Ambassador
         -Loyalty to President

     Annenberg
         -Desire to remain as Ambassador
               -Mrs. Annenberg's concerns

Annenberg left at 5:54 pm.