Conversation: 786-021
Prev:  786-020 Next: 786-022Start Date: 25-Sep-1972 12:49 PM
End Date: 25-Sep-1972 1:09 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Hoffman, Charles A. (Dr.); Cole, Kenneth R., Jr.; Cavanaugh, James H.; White House photographer; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On September 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Dr. Charles A. Hoffman, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Cavanaugh, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:49 pm to 1:09 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 786-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 786-21 Date: September 25, 1972 Time: 12:49 pm - 1:09 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Dr. Charles A. (“Carl”) Hoffman, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., and James H. Cavanaugh; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting. Greetings [Photograph session] Edward M. Kennedy health insurance plan -Political aspects -Democratic platform -1972 election -Philosophy -Cost -Numbers of doctors, hospitals, nurses -Medicare -Hoffman's forthcoming talk to dentists, doctors -Hoffman’s recent talk to insurance group -Kennedy’s 1971 statement to American Medical Association [AMA] -Dr. Benjamin Rush Award Medical profession -The President’s personal contacts -Dr. John C. Lungren -New York -Dr. Victor DeLuccia -Public relations -Business community -International cooperation -Soviet Union -The People’s Republic of China [PRC] 24 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Developments in medicine -Youth, women -Cancer, heart disease, arthritis -The President’s previous meeting with Soviet Union Minister of Health [Boris V. Petrovsky] -Petrovsky’s health -Open heart surgery -US-Soviet Union -Resident’s interchange -Specialty groups -Hoffman’s letter to the President -New York -Hospitals -Rural areas -Soviets -The PRC -Genetics -Asians -Japanese, Chinese -Caucasians -Acupuncture -The President’s conversation with Chou En- Lai and other leaders -Cancer -Political barriers -Medical cooperation Hoffman’s forthcoming trip to American Indian reservations, January 1973 -Audrey Cameron -Hoffman’s age -Hoffman’s interests Medical profession -International cooperation -The President’s conversation with PRC nurses -Arms control -Disease -Hoffman’s previous trip to the Soviet Union -Georgia’s Minister of Health -The PRC -Health care 25 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Fact finding -Japanese -Western Europe -US -Cooperation with smaller countries -Africans -Latin America -Number of doctors -Hoffman’s visit to Nairobi, Kenya, 1971 -Medicine -Latin America -Hoffman’s possible trip to encourage doctors Hoffman's plans -The PRC situation -Schedule -Hawaii, December, 1972 -Possible trip to PRC -Chicago [?] -AMA -Doctors in rural areas -Richmond, Milwaukee, Denver -Cavanaugh -Resident interchange U.S. medical system -Lawyers -The President’s background -Doctors -Change -Kennedy health insurance plan -Quality -Comparison to Great Britain -Changes -Catastrophic insurance coverage -Burns, strokes -Distribution of physicians -Catastrophic insurance coverage -Hoffman’s background in Urology -Avoiding abuses -Listing conditions 26 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Hemophilia, strokes, heart surgery -Time -Hoffman’s previous dinner with unknown Department of Health, Education an Welfare [HEW] official -Burn cases The President’s family -[Harold Nixon] -Health -Tuberculosis -Frank Nixon, Hannah Milhous Nixon Hoffman’s first wife -Tuberculosis The President’s family -Harold Nixon -Pneumothorax Improvements in medicine -Pneumonia -Carbuncle -Compared to boil -Antibiotics The President’s family -Frank Nixon -Health -Age at death -Arthritis -Gout The President’s previous meeting with Petrovsky -Arthritis The President's previous visits to senior citizens home -Cortisone Medical research -Arthritis 27 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Cancer -Urology -Progress -Arthritis -Types -Atrophic -Hypertrophic -Therapy Hoffman, Cavanaugh, and Cole left at 1:09 pm.