On June 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Nellie L. Yates met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:00 pm to 11:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 446-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 446-17
Date: June 14, 1973
Time: 10:00 pm - 11:15 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Nellie L. Yates.
Yates’s schedule
President’s edits
-Yates’s glasses
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Conversation No. 446-17 (cont’d)
-Speech
Yates’s schedule
President’s forthcoming Dirksen Center speech
-President’s typing of speech
-Effort
-President’s schedule
-Speech preparation
-Printing of text of speech
-Departure time
-President’s forthcoming speech
-Arrangement of text
-Yates’s typewriter
-Yates’s printing of text
-Technique, length
-Venue for speech
-Outdoors
-Length of ceremony
-President’s previous speech in Florida
-Technique
President’s previous speech in Florida
-Typing
-Speech typewriter
-Possible release
-Example for speechwriting staff [?]
Everett M. Dirksen
-President’s assessment
-Yates’s memories
-Cigarettes
-Dirksen’s death
President’s office in the Executive Office Building [EOB]
-Flowers
-Yates’s flowers at her White House desk
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Conversation No. 446-17 (cont’d)
-President’s bouquet
EOB Office furnishings
-Vietnamese object
-Lacquer
-Preparation time
-Yates’s work with pottery [?]
Flowers
-Yates’s experience
-President’s knowledge
-Beauty
Strawberries
-White House patio
Flowers
-President’s knowledge
-Types of flowers
Gift
-Reward for Yates’s service
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s statement
-Yates’s work ethic
Work ethic
-Phone calls
The President and Yates moved away from the microphones and continued meeting. The taping
system remained activated and continued to record.
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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Conversation No. 446-17 (cont’d)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Unintelligible]
[Duration: 42 m 54 s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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The President and Yates moved toward the microphones and continued meeting.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Deed of gift - Privacy]
[Duration: 2 m 33 s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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Yates left at 11:15 pm.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.