Conversation: 911-004
Prev:  911-003 Next: 911-005Start Date: 3-May-1973 9:11 AM
End Date: 3-May-1973 9:30 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Packard, David; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On May 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, David Packard, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:11 am to 9:30 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 911-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 911-4 Date: May 3, 1973 Time: 9:11 am - 9:30 am Location: Oval Office The President met with David M. Packard, Stephen B. Bull, and Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins. Packard’s schedule President’s signature Photograph Henry A. Kissinger’s schedule -Moscow Bull left at an unknown time before 9:30 am. -9- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. September-2012) Conversation No. 911-4 (cont’d) Photograph -Arrangement -Atkins Florida -Weather -President’s travel to Key Biscayne Packard -Position with Defense Department -Defense Secretary -Meeting with President -Election -New York -Undersecretary -Finances -Stocks -Hewlett-Packard -Disposition -Senate confirmation -Packard’s conversations -Melvin R. Laird -John C. Stennis -William R. Hewlett -Enthusiasm -Packard’s forthcoming conversations -William P. Rogers, Stennis, and Elliot L. Richardson -Control over appointments -Temporary appointment -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] -Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction [MBFR] -William P. Clements, Jr.’s support -Problems -Capitol Hill -Budget -Clements’s appointment -Compared to transition time with Laird -10- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. September-2012) Conversation No. 911-4 (cont’d) -Packard’s forthcoming conversations -Rogers, Richardson -Stennis -Other candidates -[David] Kenneth Rush -Clements -Packard’s stocks -Packard’s forthcoming conversations -Rogers, Richardson, and Stennis -Packard’s answer Watergate -Firing of H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman -Release of names of pre-April 7, 1972 donors -Maurice H. Stans -Robert L. Vesco -President’s nephew [Donald A. Nixon] -Ehrlichman -John N. Mitchell -Stans Packard’s possible role with administration -Finances Packard left at 9:30 am.