Conversation: 455-006
Prev: 455-005 Next: 455-007Start Date: Monday, February 22, 1971 5:23 PM
End Date: Monday, February 22, 1971 5:33 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Hoffman, Oswald; Bell, George T.; Price, Raymond K., Jr.; White House photographerRecording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:04:47
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:16:22
NARA Description:
On February 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Oswald Hoffman, George T. Bell, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:23 pm to 12:33 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 455-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 455-6
Date: February 22, 1971
Time: 12:23 pm - 12:33 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Reverend Oswald Hoffman, George T. Bell, and Raymond K. Price, Jr.;
the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting
Greetings
Presentation of a Bible to the President
Hoffman’s work in Vietnam
-President’s appreciation
-Hoffman, William F. (“Billy”) Graham, and Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
-Attendance at service
-Tenor of sermon
Book of Ecclesiastes
-Translation
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
Qualities of United States’ soldiers in Vietnam
-Story told to Hoffman by Da Nang Marine
-Dedication
-Drug problem
-Terence Cardinal Cooke’s view
-Southeast Asian drugs
-Availability Conv. No. 455-5 (cont.)
-Marijuana
-Military compared with civilian view and expertise
-Alcoholism
-Possibility of cure
-Domestic problem
Presentation of gifts by the President
Hoffman, et al. left at 12:33 pm