Conversation 410-011

TapeTape 410StartTuesday, March 13, 1973 at 4:00 PMEndTuesday, March 13, 1973 at 4:15 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building

AI Summary

President Nixon utilized this session to record a formal memorandum for his files regarding ongoing administrative and personnel matters. The dictation touched upon several internal issues, including personnel appointments involving Charles Colson and George Shultz, logistics regarding a new presidential aircraft, and follow-up requirements for a meeting with Alexander Haig. This record-keeping activity served as a brief administrative update on White House operations and personnel management.

Personnel managementPresidential aircraftAlexander HaigWhite House administrationExecutive records

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NARA Description

On March 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 410-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 410-11

Date: March 13, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:00 pm and 4:15 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum for the file.

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       Personnel
              -Charles W. Colson
              -George P. Shultz
              -John D. Ehrlichman [?]
              -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman [?]
              -Shultz
              -Peter J. Brennan [?]
                      -Shultz
              -Leadership [?]
              -Congress

       New airplane
             -Trip to San Clemente [?]
             -Redecoration [?]

       Dictation machine
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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                                                             Conversation No. 410-11 (cont’d)

               -Batteries

       Alexander M. Haig, Jr.’s meeting with President
             -Follow up

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The President finished dictating at an unknown time before 4:15 pm.

Transcript (AI-Generated)

This 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 Do not cite this transcript as authoritative.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.

We've got a question.

First, you know, the combination of what we want, the geographic situation, and then, again, in the long-term, we're going to be closer to that.

We're going to decide how to do it.

uh...

I think in a sense, it's a very good, very, very good, very good, very good, very good, very good, very good, very good.

We were standing along the side of the road, and there was a police officer who was there, and she pulled her up, and she got up there, and she said to him, Charlton, come up to me, and tell me what to do, and I said, go this way, and I ran around the car, and I said, I'm going on the right, and I said, well, maybe the police officer said, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Thank you.

Yes, sir.

I have one.

They're coming from the other side.

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