President Nixon met with Nellie L. Yates to review administrative details and preparations surrounding his second inauguration and the concurrent Vietnam peace negotiations. The discussion touched upon public relations strategies, including the President's potential television address regarding the peace settlement, as well as logistical coordination for inaugural events and staff roles. Additionally, the President engaged in long-term strategic planning for second-term government reorganization and executive branch personnel appointments.
On January 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Nellie L. Yates met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 3:07 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 397-024 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 397-24
Date: January 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:18 pm and 3:07 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President dictated a memorandum for the files. This is a continuation of Conversation No.
397-17.
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Dictation
-Testing
-Previous recording
1973 Inauguration
-Promises [?]
-Press relations [?]
Nellie L. Yates entered at unknown time after 1:18 pm.
Greeting
Yates left at an unknown time before 3:07 pm.
1973 Inauguration
-Photograph opportunity
-Press relations
Vietnam settlement [?]
-Spiro T. Agnew [?]
The President’s schedule [?]
-John D. Ehrlichman [?]
-Stephen B. Bull [?]
-Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
[Pause]
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Conversation No. 397-24 (cont’d)
Vietnam settlement
-Negotiations [?]
-Ambassador [?]
-President’s possible television [TV] appearance
-Bombing [?]
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Signing [?]
-Possible travels
Second term reorganization [?]
-John N. Mitchell
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman [?]
-Federal government
-Relations with states
-Unknown person
-Personal ambition
Vietnam settlement
-Kissinger
-William P. Rogers
-Congressional relations
-Announcement
-Bombing
-Kissinger’s return [?]
Bryce Felder [?]
-Organization
-Spending [?]
-Charles W. Colson
-Response
Inaugural Committee
-Chairman
Lyndon B. Johnson
-John F. Kennedy
-Robert F. Kennedy
Press relations [?]
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Conversation No. 397-24 (cont’d)
1973 Inauguration
-Attendance
-Sammy Davis, Jr.
-Secret Service
-Lewis Powell
-President’s Inaugural speech [?]
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