{"conversationCode":"419-003","tapeNumber":419,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-419-003","startDateTime":"1973-03-12T17:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-12T18:16:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Mar-1973","startTime":"12:46 PM","endDate":"12-Mar-1973","endTime":"1:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On March 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 1:16 pm. 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Buchanan\n                  -News summary\n                  -Analysis\n                         -President’s trip to People’s Republic of China [PRC]\n                         -Overemphasis on negatives\n                               -Impact on staff\n                               -Domestic issues\n                         -Problem solving\n                               -Observations\n                               -Exploiting opportunities\n                         -Charles W. Colson’s viewpoint\n                               =Domestic policy\n                               -Howard J. Phillips\n                               -Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO] [?]\n\f                                    -3-\n\n           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                     Conversation No. 419-3 (cont’d)\n\n                       -Media\n                       -Overstatement\n\nLaw enforcement\n     -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n           -President’s speech on crime, drugs\n     -Presentation of Hank Manfredi Award to Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous\n     Drugs [BNDD]\n           -Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Tummillo\n           -Thomas Devine\n                 -Paraplegic\n                       -Franklin D. Roosevelt\n                             -Wheelchair access\n                             -Executive Order\n           -Mother of slain agent\n           -Father\n           -Wives\n           -Wheelchair\n           -Louisiana [?]\n\nFood prices\n     -Possible decline [?]\n     -Impact on public\n            -Mothers of Those Who Served in Vietnam [?]\n            -Middle class\n            -Character and strength\n     -Impact on middle and lower middle classes\n\nPublic perception of President’s policies [?]\n      -Need for action [?]\n            -Meeting with George P. Shultz [?]\n            -Prices [?]\n                  -Impact on farms\n                  -Budgets\n                        -Relief\n      -Racial integration\n            -Suburbs [?]\n\f                                            -4-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 419-3 (cont’d)\n\n      Ambassadors\n          -President’s meeting with Haldeman\n          -Pakistan\n          -Germany [?]\n\n      US foreign policy\n           -Meeting with Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft\n           -President’s exploration\n           -Qualifications\n           -Responsibility of White House\n\n      Press\n              -Leverage\n\n      Haldeman\n\n      Ervin Committee [?]\n            -Written interrogatories\n                  -Appearances\n\n      Republican Party\n\n      White House military aides\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************\n\n[This memorandum continues as Conversation No. 419-5]","filename":["419-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. 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He assessed media coverage regarding his trip to the People's Republic of China, discussed the presentation of the Hank Manfredi Award, and deliberated on public perceptions of food prices and integration policies. 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