On September 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and members of the International Seminar on Illicit Drug Traffic and Abuse, including Andrew C. Tartaglino, George Belk, Walter H. Buck, John W. Warner, Perry A. Rivkind, Dr. Edwin Rock, Dr. Ernst Hoffman, Andre Thirty, Leon François, Gordon Tomalty, Reginald Pruneau, José Nieto; Esbjorn Esbjornsson, Jean Benoit, S. T. Charles, W. Rogers, H. B. Spear, Alex Hasland, Jean Ducet, Honore Gevaudan, Jacques Reillac, Michel Noquet, Dr. Karl Heinz Gemmer, Jurgen Jeschke, Manlio Vinale, Antonio Fariello, Hicham Kourayten, Antoine Saade, Numa Wagner, Sten Grindhaug, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Walter Minnick, and Geoffrey C. Shepard, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 12:17 pm to 12:23 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 076-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 76-7
Date: September 21, 1971
Time: 12:17 pm - 12:23 pm
Location: Cabinet Room
The President met with Andrew C. Tartaglino, George Belk, Walter H. Buck, John W. Warner,
Perry A. Rivkind, Dr. Edwin Rock, Dr. Ernst Hoffman, Andre Thirty, Leon Francois, Gordon
Tomalty, Reginald Pruneau, Jose Nieto, Esbjorn Esbjornsson, Jean Benoit, S. T. Charles, W.
Rogers, H. B. Spear, Alex Haslund, Jean Ducret, Honore Gevaudan, Jacques Reillac, Michel
Noquet, Dr. Karl Heinz Gemmer, Jurgen Jeschke, Manlio Vinale, Antonio Fariello, Hicham
Kourayten, Antoine Saade, Numa Wagner, Sten Grindhaug, Lucien Aube, Egil (“Bud”) Krogh,
Jr., Walter Minnick, and Geoffrey C. Shepard
[Recording begins while the conversation is in progress]
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[This segment was declassified on 02/28/2002.]
[National Security]
[076-007-w001]
[Duration: 5m 26s]
Illicit drug abuse and traffic
-Supply
-Traffic
-Foreign business
-International organization
-US cooperation with governments
-Turkish government
-Suleyman Demirel and government
-International scope
-The William P. Rogers
-Chairmanship of cabinet committee
-Special White House group
-Domestic issue
-Ghetto issue perception
-Issue for all of society
-History of civilization
-Vitality and strength
-Progress
Presidential cufflinks
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The President left at 12:23 pmNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.