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Start Date: 18-May-1973 12:02 PM

End Date: 18-May-1973 12:14 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Casey, Edmund C.Cavanaugh, James H.Scott, Stanley S.White House photographer

Recording Device: Oval Office

922-013.mp3

NARA Description:

On May 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Edmund C. Casey, James H. Cavanaugh, Stanley S. Scott, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:02 pm to 12:14 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 922-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 922-13

Date: May 18, 1973
Time: 12:02 pm - 12:14 pm
Location: Oval Office

President met with Edmund C. Casey, James H. Cavanaugh and Stanley S. Scott. The White
House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.

       Casey’s visit to People’s Republic of China [PRC] 

              -Delegation         

                                               -17-

           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                  Tape Subject Log
                                  (rev. August-2011)

                                                               Conversation No. 922-13 (cont’d)

      -Itinerary
      -Chinese medical treatment                       

              -Acupuncture             

              -Leukemia          

              -Status        

              -Journal         

              -Operations          

                      -Thyroid             

                      -Stomach             

                      -Knee          

                      -Anesthesia                  

              -Tooth extractions                   

                      -Dental clinic                       

                      -Abscess             

                      -Novocain                    

                      -Cavities                

                      -Extractions                     

              -Anesthesia          

                      -Novocain                    

                      -Lidocaine                   

                      -Acupuncture                         

      -Delegation’s return trip                

      -Interest in US visitors 


US-PRC relations
     -Chou En-lai
             -Henry A. Kissinger
     -US delegation to PRC [?]
     -Responsiveness of PRC
             -Medical
             -Scientific
             -Political
     -Table tennis
             -Importance
     -Education
     -Communism
     -Communication
                                               -18-

              NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                      (rev. August-2011)

                                                            Conversation No. 922-13 (cont’d)

        -Medical advancements                

                -Anesthesia          

                -Cancer, arthritis             

                       -Cure           

                       -PRC           

                       -US         

                       -Congo              

                       -Argentina                

                -Benefits to the world                

        -Visits by delegations           


Casey
        -Role as teacher
        -Private practice

Casey’s visit to PRC
       -Health care delivery system

                -Cost        

                -Minister of health         

                -National health insurance             

                        -Pre-paid by workers               

                                -Factories         

                                -Textiles         

                                -Communes              

                                -Peasants         

                        -Paramedics
                        -Example for US           

                                -Congress            

                                -Accessibility             

                                -Quality         

       -Illnesses         

                -Sickle cell anemia          

                        -Occurrences           

                -Hypertension          

                        -Occurrences in US               

                                -Compared to PRC             

                                         -Peking [?] hospital       

                                               -19-


                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                        Tape Subject Log 

                                        (rev. August-2011)

                                                                Conversation No. 922-13 (cont’d)

                                              -Diet
                                              -Tension
                                              -Philosophy
                                              -Psychiatry

       National Medical Association 

              -Scholarship program

              -Black colleges       

                     -United Negro College Fund             

              -Scott       


       Presentation of gifts by President 

              -Cufflinks         


Casey et al. left at 12:14 pm.