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Start Date: 1-Jan-1973 7:32 AM

End Date: 1-Jan-1973 9:25 AM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President); Hughes, James D. ("Don"); Bull, Stephen B.; 

Recording Device: Oval Office

829-001.mp3

NARA Description:

On January 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, James D. ("Don") Hughes, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:32 am and 9:25 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 829-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 829-1

Date: January 1, 1973
Time: Unknown between 7:32 am and 9:25 am
Location: Oval Office

The President dictated a letter to Maj. Gen. James D. (“Don”) Hughes.

       Thanks for note
            -Memories of working together
            -The President's conversation with Rose Mary Woods
                  -Hughes daughter's wedding
                       -New York
                       -Ages
                              -Mary Elizabeth (“Betty”) Hughes

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 7:32 am.

       Rose Mary Woods' schedule
            -Woods’ work

       Visit by George H. Allen and family
             -Photographs

Bull left at an unknown time before 9:25 am.

The President replayed a portion of dictated letter to Hughes at an unknown time. The President
resumed dictation.

       Hughes
           -Age
           -Congratulations on daughter's wedding
           -Vietnam War
                 -Airmen
                      -December 1972 bombing
                      -The President’s pride
                 -Negotiation
                      -Honorable peace
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