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Conversation 037-009

TapeTape 37StartWednesday, February 28, 1973 at 12:41 PMEndWednesday, February 28, 1973 at 12:43 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Helms, Richard M.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AI Summary

President Nixon expressed his appreciation to Richard Helms for providing thorough and incisive reports, specifically regarding intelligence matters and oil policy. Nixon commended the quality of the work and noted that it provided necessary guidance for his upcoming policy decisions. The two agreed to share the less sensitive documents with White House staff, including Charles DiBona and Henry Kissinger, while keeping the more controversial material restricted to the President's private files.

Intelligence reportsOil policyExecutive confidentialityHenry KissingerCharles J. DiBona
AudioNARA Description

On February 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard M. Helms talked on the telephone from 12:41 pm to 12:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 37-9

Date: February 28, 1973
Time: 12:41 pm-12:43 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Richard M. Helms.

[See Conversation No. 414-1C]

       Helms's reports
              -Quality
                     -Assistance
                             -Footnotes
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                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

                                         (rev. Sept-09)

              -Golda Meir [?]
              -Oil
              -Confidentiality
                     -Charles J. DiBona
                     -Henry A. Kissinger
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Yeah.
Mr. President, I have Richard Helm.
Hello?
I wanted you to know I took your materials with me to the residence, and I read them last night, and I think it's a brilliant job.
Well, thank you, sir.
I got some assistance from some fellows I have trusted.
When I saw footnotes, I figured you had.
Yeah.
But the point is that it's a very, but it's thorough and incisive and very helpful, and we'll see what happens.
I hope the lady has listened.
I think, but at least it gives me some guidance as to which directions to push.
Also, that's on that side of it.
Then on the oil side of it, I can see.
and see very clearly what you have in mind.
Well, Mr. President, if it is of help to you, that's all I could possibly want.
Right.
The other paper, the less controversial one, if you want to turn that over to other people in the White House and align with me, the R one is fine.
Yeah, well, I was going to raise that because I read that through.
And I think those ideas are things that need to be, I'm not going to put it out, because good God, but we could have DeBone and those people take a look just to be sure.
I have no objection to Henry seeing that one.
The other one worries me.
I know about the other one.
Don't worry.
That's just gone in my private file already.
Right, sir.
All right.
And thank you very much for calling.
It's great.
Bye.
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