President Nixon dictated a memorandum for the file regarding a variety of administrative and policy matters. The discussion covered public relations strategies for domestic policy, the status of Vietnam War objectives and U.S. troop withdrawals, and the performance of the Justice Department and FBI. Nixon also reviewed personnel and scheduling concerns, specifically regarding the roles of H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and William Rogers, while noting potential awards for customs agents.
On March 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:59 am and 9:25 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 419-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 419-17
Date: March 14, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:59 am and 9:25 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President dictated a memorandum for the file.
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Awards to customs agents
-Good idea
-Press coverage
Prisoners of war [POWs]
President’s meetings with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Public relations [PR]
-Problems
-Education [?]
-Domestic policy
-Timing
-Compared to foreign policy
Justice Department
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
Robert H. Finch [?]
-Candidacy
John D. Ehrlichman [?]
Selection process
Meeting in Executive Office Building [EOB]
-Scheduling
-Haldeman
-Power
-Recognition
Vietnam War
-Objectives
-US withdrawal
-POWs [?]
-South Vietnam
William P. Rogers
-Pentagon [?]
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