Conversation: 847-008
Prev: 847-007 Next: 847-009Start Date: 2-Feb-1973 10:38 AM
End Date: 2-Feb-1973 10:54 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Price, Raymond K., Jr.; Gergen, David R.; Bakshian, Aram, Jr.; Fairbanks, Richard M., III; Cavanaugh, James H.; Shepard, Geoffrey C.; Mead, Dana G.; Falk, James H.; Hullin, Tod R.; Campbell, John L.; Paulson, Hank; White House photographer;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On February 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., David R. Gergen, Aram Bakshian, Jr., Richard M. Fairbanks, III, James H. Cavanaugh, Geoffrey C. Shepard, Dana G. Mead, James H. Falk, Tod R. Hullin, John L. Campbell, Hank Paulson, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:38 am to 10:54 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 847-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 847-8
Date: February 2, 1973
Time: 10:38 am - 10:54 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Raymond K. Price, Jr., Aram Bakshian, David R. Gergen, Richard M.
Fairbanks, III, James H. Cavanaugh, Tod R. Hullin, John L. Campbell, Geoffrey C. Shepard,
Dana G. Mead, James H. Falk, Hank Paulson, and the White House photographer.
Arrangements for photograph
State of the Union message
Presentation of gifts by the President
-Pins
-Geoffrey C. Shepard
-Marriage
-Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Sep.-09)
Conversation No. 847-8 (cont’d)
Speeches
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Foreign policy
-State of the World message
-Timing
-Length
-Timing
-Budget
-Ehrlichman
-Television [TV] exposure
-Inaugural
-Lyndon B. Johnson’s death and funeral
-Vietnam settlement
-Announcement
-Radio
-Newspapers
-Economic report
-Herbert Stein
-Henry A. Kissinger’s trip to Hanoi
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Secondary story
-Council of Economic Advisors
-Congress
-Leaks
-Kissinger’s schedule
-Effect on Economic story
-The President’s press conference
-Radio
-Utilize speechwriter’s work
The President’s press conferences and messages
-Speechwriters and editors
-Reporters’ lead lines
-Oversimplification
-Demagoguery
-Press reaction
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Sep.-09)
Conversation No. 847-8 (cont’d)
-Credit
-John F. Kennedy
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Compared to “Sermon on the Mount”
-Budget radio address
-Price
-Ziegler
-Goal of speechwriting
-Public reaction
-Henry Fairlie’s book on Kennedy administration
-Crisis
-British liberal
-John F. Kennedy’s administration
-Policy failures
-Public relation successes
-Compared to the President’s administration
-Technique
-Rhetoric
-Concerns
-Controversy
-Consensus
-Congress
-Pubic interest
Fairlie’s book
Price, et al., left at 10:54 am.