Conversation: 880-008
Prev: 880-007 Next: 880-009Start Date: Thursday, March 15, 1973 5:26 PM
End Date: Thursday, March 15, 1973 5:35 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Friedersdorf, Max L.; Ploch, Debbie; Collins, James M.Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On March 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Max L. Friedersdorf, Debbie Ploch, and James M. Collins met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:26 pm to 12:35 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 880-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 880-8
Date: March 15, 1973
Time: 12:26 pm-12:35 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Debbie Ploch, James M. Collins and Max L. Friedersdorf. The White
House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.
Introductions
-Family
Photographs
Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
[Sirikit, Queen of Thailand] Queen Sirikit Kitiyakara
-Attributors
-Miss World contest
-Ploch's trip to Southeast Asia
[Photograph session]
State visit by [Bhumibol, King of Thailand] Bhumibol Adulyadej
-Visit to White House
-Message for Queen Sirikit
Ploch’s teaching career
-English
-Spanish
Cotton Bowl
-Football game
-Texas, Oklahoma
Gifts
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-10)
Conversation No. 880-8 (cont’d)
Oval Office
-Mrs. Nixon's input
-Curtains
-Color television [TV]
-Painting of White House
-Great Britain
-Portrait of George Washington
Rose Garden
-Tricia Nixon Cox's wedding
-Flowers
Ploch's plans
-Marriage
-President’s future grandchildren
Chinese vase
-Value
-Jade
-Age
-Inscription
Prisoners of war [POWs]
Ploch's trip to Far East
-Experiences
-People
-Sale of cotton from US
-Necessity
Crewelwork by Julie Nixon Eisenhower
President's daughters
-Middle names
Ploch's middle name
Ploch, et al., left at 12:35 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-10)
Conversation No. 880-9 (cont’d)