Conversation: 722-010
Prev: 722-009 Next: 722-011Start 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
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1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
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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
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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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2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 ]
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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
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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
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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.