Conversation: 795-008
Prev: 795-007 Next: 795-009Start Date: 10-Oct-1972 12:17 PM
End Date: 10-Oct-1972 12:27 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Brown, James; Brown, Joseph; Palmer, James F.; Bobbitt, Charles; Brown, Robert J.; Scott, Stanley S.; White House photographer;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On October 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, James Brown, Joseph Brown, James F. Palmer, Charles Bobbitt, Robert J. Brown, Stanley S. Scott, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:17 pm to 12:27 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 795-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 795-8
Date: October 10, 1972
Time: 12:17 pm - 12:27 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with James Brown, Joseph Brown, James F. Palmer, Charles Bobbitt, Robert
J. Brown, and Stanley S. Scott; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of
the meeting.
Introductions and greetings
-Robert Brown
-James Brown
-Joseph Brown
-Bobbitt
-Palmer
Brown
-Career
-Gold records
-1961
Photograph session
-Campaign literature
1972
[Photograph session]
-The President’s well wishes
-Brown’s career
-Youth
-Opportunities
-Joseph Brown
-Sammy Davis, Jr.
-Performance with father [Sammy Davis] at Copacabana in New York
-The President’s attendance
Gift presentations
-Cuff links
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Presidential seals
-Pin for wife
-Rug
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
-Birthday as a possible national holiday
-Birthplace in Atlanta as a possible national monument
-President’s relationship with King
-1972 election
Jim Brown of the Cleveland Browns
James Brown, et al. left at 12:27 pm.