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Conversation 415-004

TapeTape 415StartSunday, February 25, 1973 at 2:21 PMEndSunday, February 25, 1973 at 5:40 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob");  Sanchez, ManoloRecording deviceOld Executive Office Building
AI Summary

President Nixon met with H. R. Haldeman and Manolo Sanchez to dictate a memorandum regarding administrative strategies for managing White House staff, cabinet communications, and press relations. The discussion focused on establishing a systematic checklist for tracking congressional and media supporters versus critics, while also addressing planning for the upcoming visit of Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. Additionally, the President provided instructions regarding personal inquiries into his family history and directed efforts toward refining the administration's public rhetoric.

White House administrationCabinet managementPress relationsPublic rhetoricGiulio AndreottiPolitical strategy
AudioNARA Description

On February 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:21 pm and 5:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 415-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 415-4

Date: February 25, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:21 pm and 5:40 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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The President dictated a memorandum to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

      Number of copies

      John D. Ehrlichman
             -Clay T. (“Tom”) Whitehead and Kevin P. Phillips
                    -Activities
                    -Rhetoric
                            -Problems

      Whitehead
            -Policy of local control
            -Responsibilities
            -Programming

      Whitehead and Phillips
            -Rhetoric
                   -Moderation
            -Cabinet
                   -Check list
                   -Possible telephone calls

      Telephone calls
            -Cabinet
            -Personal preference [?]
            -Useful purpose

      Checklist
             -Congressional supporters
             -Newspapers
                    -Hearst [?]
                    -Indianapolis Star
             -Telephone calls
             -Pressure

      Washington Press Club
            -Questions for President
            -Press relations
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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                     -White House press corps
                     -Reception

       Ehrlichman

       White House staff
             -Officers compared with staff
                     -White House mess
             -Meetings
             -Visibility

       Italian Prime Minister Guilio Andreotti
               -Francis A. (“Frank”) Sinatra and White House entertainment
               -Visit
               -Meetings with President and Henry A. Kissinger [?]
               -Cabinet, Congressional leaders

Manolo Sanchez [?] entered at an unknown time after 2:21 pm.

       Delivery

Sanchez [?] left at an unknown time before 5:40 pm.

       Formal National Security Council [NSC] meeting

The President finished dictating at an unknown time before 5:40 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.

the memorandum
I want to know if my father-in-law was a very good teacher.
Was my father good, and was he a good doctor, and was he a good teacher?
I want to be sure that my father-in-law was a good teacher, that I had noticed him, and whatever, that was their policy.
I want to know if my father-in-law was very good, because I did not want
I don't know what you want to do.
I don't know what you want to do.
I don't know what you want to do.
I don't know what you want to do.
I don't know what you want to do.
... ... ... ... ...
The same line.
Providing that we should have a checklist for our supporters and not our supporters.
That's why we have a checklist for our supporters and not our supporters.
The same line.
Providing that we should have a checklist for our supporters and not our supporters.
uh...
.
.
.
Hello.
What are you doing?
You're killing me.
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Thank you.
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