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Nixon, Conte & Farrick on Whately bicentennial and Gift presentation

Tuesday, March 9, 1971 · 3:48 PM–3:55 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Conte, Silvio O.; Farrick, Edward; Farrick, Edward (Mrs.); LaSalle, John H.; Rodriguez, Robert; Bardwell, Fred H.; Nidecker, John E.; White House photographerConversation464-020 on Tape 464 (tape position 05:01:12–05:07:34)StartTuesday, March 9, 1971 at 3:48 PMEndTuesday, March 9, 1971 at 3:55 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 464-020 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Representative Silvio O. Conte and a delegation from Whately, Massachusetts, to accept a commemorative gift celebrating the town's bicentennial. The brief meeting included informal introductions, photograph arrangements, and the signing of autographs. The participants also briefly touched upon Congressional relations, specifically mentioning Representative Daniel H. Kuykendall and Treasury Secretary John B. Connally.

Audio

part C, 57:34

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 05:01:12 to 05:07:34 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.

NARA Description

On March 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Silvio O. Conte, Edward Farrick, Mrs. Edward Farrick, John H. LaSalle, Robert Rodriguez, Fred H. Bardwell, John E. Nidecker, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:48 pm to 3:55 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 464-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 464-20

Date: March 9, 1971
Time: 3:48 pm - 3:55 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Silvio O. Conte, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Farrick, James H. LaSalle, Robert
Rodriguez, Fred H. Bardwell, and John E. Nidecker; the White House photographer was present
at the beginning of the meeting                                       Conv. No. 464-19
                                                                                464-17 (cont.)

     Introductions

     Presentation of gift to President
          -Whately, Massachusetts
                -Town bicentennial
                      -Location
                             -Population
                      -Gift to the President

     Photograph arrangements

     An unknown man’s daughter, [Lisa? [Surname unknown]]
          -Autograph
          -Gift

     Gifts

     Congress
         -Conte
         -Daniel H. Kuykendall
              -President’s previous telephone call

     Conte

     John B. Connally

     Unknown persons

Conte, et al. left at 3:55 pm

Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

Also recorded on March 9, 1971

464-016 2:58 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:58 pm and 3:01 pm.
464-017 3:01 PM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:01 pm to 3:42 pm.
464-018 3:42 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:42 pm and 3:45 pm.
464-019 3:45 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert A. Taft, Jr., Richard Dusterberg, Mrs. Richard Dusterberg, John E. Nidecker, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:45 pm to 3:48 pm.
464-021 3:55 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:55 pm.
464-022 3:55 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manuel Lujan, Jr., John E. Nidecker, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:55 pm to 4:00 pm.
464-023 4:00 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:05 pm.
464-024 4:05 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, William S. Paley, Frank Stanton, John A. Schneider, Richard W. Jencks, Robert D. Wood, Richard S. Salant, Herbert G. Klein, Charles W. Colson, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:05 pm to 5:34 pm.

All 29 conversations from March 9, 1971 →

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Nixon, Grassmuck & Butterfield on Robert H. Finch and Campaign history November 16, 1971 · 3 min
Nixon & Bull on White House photography and Gift presentation July 24, 1972 · 1 min
Nixon, Gettys & Nidecker on Congressional elections and J.P. Richards September 14, 1972 · 2 min
Nixon phone call with Conte on birthday greetings and presidential outreach November 9, 1971 · 1 min
Nixon phone call with Ziegler on Bob Hope and Vietnam War April 20, 1972 · 2 min

Cite this conversation

Conversation 464-020, March 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/464-020 (accessed November 2, 2026).