Conversation No. 882-10

Date: March 17, 1973
Time: 12:28 pm - 12:47 pm
Location: Oval Office
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The President met with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.


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        Weather

        Arrivals
              -Julie Nixon Eisenhower
              -Tricia Nixon Cox


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        Oval Office
             -Backscratcher from fifth century BC
             -Rose Garden

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An unknown man and Woods entered at an unknown time after 12:28 pm.

        Gifts
                -Ashtray
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The unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:30 pm.

       Memento
           -Box

       Telephone call
            -Registration

       Invitation
             -[Unintelligible name]

Mr. and Mrs. William Warnock and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft entered and Woods left at 12:30
pm. The White House photographer and members of the press were present at the beginning of
the meeting.

       Mrs. Nixon’s birthday

       Gifts [?]

       Photograph session

       Gifts
               -Presentation
               -Placement of gift to President

       Weather

       Warnock’s trip
           -New York
           -Washington, DC
           -Philadelphia

       Evening at the White House
            -Entertainment
            -Congress

       Eamon de Valera's son
           -Rory de Valera
                 -Georgetown University
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       Gift to president

       Birthdays
             -Photograph
             -Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon Cox

       Dinner

       Ireland [?]
             -New government

Warnock and Scowcroft left; Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 12:37 pm.


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       Gift
              -Strawberry bowl

       Mrs. Nixon’s purse

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Mrs. Nixon left at 12:37 pm.

       Cambodia
           -B-52s

       John A. Scali's handling of United Nations [UN] post

       Ziegler's press briefing
             -Virginia H. Knauer
                    -Administration's policies on food prices
             -Issues
                    -Prices
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            -Watergate
            -Prices
                  -Decline of issue
                        -Surplus
                        -Tariffs
                        -Stockpiles

Watergate
     -Senate committee
          -Separation of powers
          -Executive privilege
          -Richard G. Kleindienst
     -Washington Post story
          -Compromise
          -President’s view
          -John W. Dean, III

Railroad strike settlement
      -Peter J. Brennan's statement
            -Wages
            -Press relations

Earl L. Butz
      -Need for shift of focus from farmer to consumer
            -Food prices
      -Use of television [TV] time
      -Farmers
            -Productivity
            -Increases in supply
                  -Impact on prices

Watergate
     -Attention to issue
     -Last Presidential press conference
           -Impact on Press and Senate
           -President's cooperation with Congress
     -Press reports
           -Positive tone
     -Senate hearings
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                   -Press coverage
                   -Problems
                         -Campaign finances
                               -Democratic abuses

       Henry Brandon's book
            -William L. Safire's analysis
            -Comments on Henry A. Kissinger, William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird
                  -Problems
                        -Kissinger
                               -Press relations
                                     -Negative comments on Rogers, Laird
            -Doubleday promotion of book
            -Kissinger’s press relations
                  -Historical context
                  -Emotional reaction
                  -Conversations with Brandon

Ziegler left at 12:47 pm.