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Start Date: 23-Mar-1971 2:50 PM

End Date: 23-Mar-1971 3:00 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Bull, Stephen B.Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Bull, Stephen B.

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:34:47

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:44:24

472-017.mp3

NARA Description:

On March 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:50 pm to 3:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 472-017 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 472-17

Date: March 23, 1971
Time: 2:50 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

     President’s previous interview with Howard K. Smith
          -Format
                -Compared with press conference
                -Patrick J. Buchanan
                -Raymond K. Price, Jr.
                -Buchanan
                -Leonard Garment
                      -Length
                      -Smith’s questioning
                            -Foreign policy emphasis
                -Blacks
                -Price
                -Buchanan
                      -Smith compared with [Arnold] Eric Sevareid
          -Questions
                -Length of interview
                -Difficulty
                -President’s responses
          -President’s demeanor
                -William E. Brock, III
                -John B. Connally
                -Clifford M. Hardin
                -Public opinion
          -Camera angles
                -Placement of cameras
                -White House control
                -Barbara Walters interview
                -President’s seating position
                -Hardin’s view
                -White House control
                      -William H. Carruthers
                      -Placement of cameras
                -Effect
                      -Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman conversations
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                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. 9/08)



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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 6s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1                                        Conv. No. 472-17 (cont.)

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     President’s schedule
          -An announcement concerning Davis-Bacon Act, March 26, 1971
          -A prison dedication in Oklahoma
                -Richard G. Kleindienst
                -Another Oklahoma dedication
                -Oklahoma City logistics
                      -President’s role
                            -Remarks
                            -Tour
                      -Precedent
                      -President’s role
                            -Prisoners

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 2:50 pm

          -3:00 meeting

Bull left at an unknown time before 3:00 pm

     President’s interview with Smith
          -Public response
                -White House telephone call

The President and Haldeman left at 3:00 pm
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                           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                         (rev. 9/08)