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Conversation 009-114

TapeTape 9StartWednesday, September 22, 1971 at 11:39 AMEndWednesday, September 22, 1971 at 11:41 AMTape start time03:32:24Tape end time03:33:07ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Buchanan, Patrick J.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AI Summary

President Nixon instructed Patrick J. Buchanan to prepare a concise, half-page summary of the administration's anti-drug initiatives for public dissemination. The President emphasized the need to frame these efforts as a coordinated, three-front "worldwide offensive" while highlighting the role of the administration's drug policy advisor. This directive aimed to simplify the messaging regarding government drug policy to effectively garner public support and emphasize the administration's active oversight.

Drug policyPublic relationsAdministration messagingJerome K. JaffeWhite House operations
AudioNARA Description

On September 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 11:39 am to 11:41 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-114 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 9-114

Date: September 22, 1971
Time: 11:39 am - 11:41 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.

[See Conversation No. 279-9]

     Drugs
          -Brief statement by Buchanan
                -Administration action
                -Length
                -Wording
                -Drug policy advisor [Jerome K. Jaffe]
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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yeah yes sir try to prepare on the drug thing in a very terse uh uh brief uh answer uh the uh what this administration has done i mean okay but i don't want eight pages you know right half a page so that
so that we can say we have a worldwide offensive.
You know, remember where I used the worldwide offensive and attacking it on three fronts or et cetera, or maybe that, but we have that, and we've got the doctor so-and-so in the White House.
Right.
I presently work on it, but it needs the support of the people and education, a little crap like that.
Okay.
Okay, fine, sir.
All right.
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