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Conversation 035-095

TapeTape 35StartFriday, January 5, 1973 at 12:37 PMEndFriday, January 5, 1973 at 12:38 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AI Summary

President Nixon instructed his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to strictly limit press coverage for the upcoming reception for freshman congressmen and bipartisan leadership. He explicitly prohibited photographers, including official White House photographer Ollie Atkins, from documenting the event to ensure it remained a strictly social gathering. The two agreed that coverage would be restricted to a small writing pool, excluding any photographic presence.

White House media relationsPhotography policyPress poolsSocial eventsCongressional relations
AudioNARA Description

On January 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 12:37 pm to 12:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-095 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 35-95

Date: January 5, 1973
Time: 12:37 pm - 12:38 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 394-7A]

       Freshmen Congressmen and bipartisan leadership reception
            -Photographers
                  -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
            -Press pools
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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yes sir regard to the thing tonight uh i i do not want uh photographers uh taking pictures in the line and that sort of thing all right sir uh you know what i mean uh or an ollie atkins business or anything you see all right so i didn't think we're gonna have any photographs at all up there good good i'd like to have none i think i don't think there should be a photographic pool we
It's planned on those selected members of the press, of the writing pool, to cover.
That's right.
This is not a photographic party.
It's a social event.
Yes, sir.
And we will not have pictures and so forth and so on.
Sir, fine.
Fine.
Fine.
Okay.
Yes, sir.
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