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Start Date: 10-Jul-1973 12:29 PM

End Date: 10-Jul-1973 12:43 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Buxton, Verl M.Buxton, Verl M. (Mrs.)Buxton, CarolBuxton, MarkBuxton, DaleButz, Earl L.Bennett, Wallace F.Fairbanks, Richard M., IIIWhite House photographerMembers of the press

Recording Device: Oval Office

947-011.mp3

NARA Description:

On July 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Verl M. Buxton, Mrs. Verl M. Buxton, Carol Buxton, Mark Buxton, Dale Buxton, Earl L. Butz, Wallace F. Bennett, Richard M. Fairbanks, III, White House photographer, and members of the press met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:43 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 947-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 947-11

Date: July 10, 1973
Time: 12:29 pm - 12:43 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Verl M. Buxton, Mrs. Verl M. Buxton, Carol Buxton, Mark Buxton,
Dale Buxton, Earl L. Butz, Wallace F. Bennett, and Richard M. Fairbanks, III. The White House
photographer and members of the press were present at the beginning of the meeting.

       Wallace F. Bennett’s health

       Introduction       

              -Utah farm

              -College       

              -Fairbanks       

                     -Utah State Director

       Buxton family [National Farm Family of the Year]

             -Marriage         

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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                        Tape Subject Log 

                                       (rev. October-2012)

                                                             Conversation No. 947-11 (cont’d)

               -Carpentry
                       -Farm construction
               -Cattle
                       -Purchases
               -Scholarships
                       -Cost of college
               -Farm life

       Arrangements for photograph
             -White House, Agriculture Department photographer

       General conversation       

             -Bennett        

                     -Horse breeding
             -Career choices
             -Photographs
                     -Copies

       Oval Office furnishings 

             -People’s Republic of China [PRC] 

                      -Bonsai tree     

                             -Age      


       Presentation of gifts by President 

              -Cufflinks         

              -Gifts for women          


       Weather       

             -Air conditioning          


       Arrangements for photograph

       General conversation

Buxton et al. left at 12:43 pm.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                      Tape Subject Log 

                                     (rev. October-2012)