Conversation: 928-007
Prev: 928-006 Next: 928-008Start Date: 25-May-1973 10:45 AM
End Date: 25-May-1973 10:50 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Dramesi, John A. (Lt. Col.); Dramesi, Adriana; Bull, Stephen B.; White House photographer; Members of the press;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On May 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Lt. Col. John A. Dramesi, Adriana Dramesi, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, and members of the press met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:45 am to 10:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 928-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 928-7
Date: May 25, 1973
Time: 10:45 am - 10:50 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Lt. Col. John A. Dramesi, Adriana Dramesi, and Stephen B. Bull. The
White House photographer and members of the press were present at the beginning of the
meeting.
Introductions
-Card from President
John A. Dramesi’s flag
-Length of imprisonment
Arrangements for photographs
John A. Dramesi’s flag
-White House
-Presidential library
John A. Dramesi
-Future
-Military service
-Age
-Dinner invitations
-Washington, DC
-Tricia Nixon Cox, Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Presentation of gifts by the President
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. August-2011)
Conversation No. 928-7 (cont’d)
-Pins
-Ashtray
-Tie clasp
-Cufflinks
-Pins
-Seal
-Importance
-Oval Office
Prisoners of war [POWs] dinner
-Television [TV] Marine march
-Irving Berlin
-Health
-Singer
-“God Bless America”
-Background
-Soviet Union
-Ukraine
-Jew
-Immigrant
-Persecution
- John A. Dramesi’s response
-Emotions
POWs
-Effect of return on the US
-Celebrities
Photographs
-Copies
Adriana Dramesi
-Background
-Philidelphia, Pennsylvania
-New Jersey
-Sons’ military service
-United States Air Force
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. August-2011)
Conversation No. 928-7 (cont’d)
-United States Navy
-United States Marine Corps
Dramesi et al. left at 10:50 am.