On October 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and members of the National Advisory Council for Drug Abuse Prevention, including James Q. Wilson, Wade Coleman, Richard S. Wilbur, Donald E. Johnson, Carl D. Chambers, Robert L. DuPont, Phyllis Harrison-Ross, Audrey R. Holliday, John J. Marchi, Beny J. Primm, Michael J. Quinn, Gale E. Sayers, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Richard H. Nordahl, Lee W. Gladden, Geoffrey C. Shepard, Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe, Myles J. Ambrose, Dr. Merlin K. ("Morty") DuVal, and Richard L. Harkness, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:06 am and 11:21 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 108-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 108-4
Date: October 17, 1972
Time: 11:06 am - unknown before 11:21 am
Location: Cabinet Room
The President met with James Q. Wilson, Wade Coleman, Richard S. Wilbur, Donald E.
Johnson, Carl D. Chambers, Robert L. DuPont, Phyllis Harrison-Ross, Audrey R. Holliday, John
J. Marchi, Beny J. Primm, Michael J. Quinn, Gale E. Sayers, Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr., Richard H.
Nordahl, Lee W. Gladden, Geoffrey C. Shepard, Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe, Myles J. Ambrose, Dr.
Merlin K. DuVal, and Richard L. Harkness
Drug abuse
-As issue
-Heroin use by the young
-Government action
-Law enforcement
-Treatment
-Jaffe
-International cooperation
-Turkish poppy crop
-Southeast Asia
-US foreign policy
-Possible action vis-a-vis other nations
-Education
-Law enforcement
-Amount of money spent
-Progress
-Effectiveness of actions
-Availability, use and distribution of dangerous drugs
-Importance of saving lives
-Teenage boy in Minnesota
-Letter to the President
-Brother’s use of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide [LSD]
-The President’s use of anecdote in radio speech
-Urban problems
-Crime
-Prisons
-The President’s visit to San Quentin prison
-Youth of offenders
-Drug related crimes
-Importance of Council’s work
-Presentation of awards to Council members
-The President’s meeting with foreign labor leaders
-Nonpartisan nature of pins and cufflinks with the Presidential
seal
The President left before 11:21 am
National Advisory Council for Drug Abuse Prevention
-Work
-John D. Ehrlichman
Recording was cut off at an unknown time before 11:21 amThis transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.