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Conversation 043-100

TapeTape 43StartThursday, February 15, 1973 at 4:57 PMEndThursday, February 15, 1973 at 4:58 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AI Summary

President Nixon and aide Stephen B. Bull coordinate the President's schedule, specifically addressing the cancellation of a breakfast meeting with Mike Mansfield and the subsequent rescheduling of appointments. The discussion focuses on finalizing a 9:00 a.m. meeting with L. Patrick Gray, accompanied by John Ehrlichman, followed by a meeting with Sir Christopher Soames. Nixon emphasizes keeping the Gray meeting off the record while utilizing the Soames appointment as a formal reason to depart from a scheduled Cabinet meeting.

Presidential schedulingL. Patrick GrayJohn EhrlichmanSir Christopher SoamesMike MansfieldCabinet meeting
AudioNARA Description

On February 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:57 pm to 4:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-100 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 43-100

Date: February 15, 1973
Time: 4:57 pm - 4:58 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull

[See Conversation No. 410-33B]

       The President’s schedule
            -Sir Christopher Soames
                  -Cabinet
            -Length
            -L. Patrick Gray, III
                  -John D. Ehrlichman
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                        (rev. Aug.-08)

                                                           Conversation No. 43-100 (cont’d)

             -William E. Timmons
                   -Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
             -Gray
             -Cabinet meeting
             -Soames
             -Ehrlichman
                   -Gray
                         -Off the record
                         -Off the calendar
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Thank you.
Yeah.
Did I call you?
Yes, sir.
It was about, uh, Oh yes.
The appointment tomorrow.
Soames or are we committed to him?
Invited him, but we could do, I suggest that sir.
Well, I guess we could do it, but is it a half hour or kind of a deal or?
Well, I guess I could do it and let somebody else do the cabinet thing for that.
We can change it, Mr. President.
I have to see Gray.
This is Ehrlichman has somebody I have to see.
Well, we'll just tell Soames that something came up and you couldn't... Well, no, no, no.
I don't like to cancel something.
I'll tell you what you could do, though.
See if his appointment could be... Just a minute.
We'll make gray at 9 o'clock.
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
The breakfast is at 9.
Mr. President, Bill Timmons just called.
Mansfield is out of the city until Sunday.
Yes, sir.
Well, then we have no breakfast.
We have no breakfast.
We'll just scrub the breakfast.
Right.
And then, therefore, we'll just move to...
You can do Gray at 9 o'clock.
Gray at 9, and I'll go into the cabinet meeting.
And then come right out and do Soames.
All right, sir.
And that 9.30, the Soames thing is a visible reason for you to leave the cabinet room.
Right.
I understand.
Do you want John Ehrlichman with you with Gray?
Yes, yes.
And that's off the record and not on the count?
Just a minute.
Okay.
It's off the record.
All right, sir.
All right.
Fine.
Thank you, Sean.
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