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Conversation 508-008

TapeTape 508StartWednesday, June 2, 1971 at 8:55 AMEndWednesday, June 2, 1971 at 9:20 AMTape start time00:15:02Tape end time00:16:39ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Recording deviceOval Office
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On June 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:55 am and 9:20 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 508-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 508-8

Date: June 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:55 am and 9:20 am
Location: Oval Office

The President dictated a memorandum to General Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

     Memorial to Confederate dead in the US Civil War
        -Memorial to General Robert E. Lee and General Ulysses S. Grant at West Point
        -Implications for the South
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that as far as the memorial to the dead who fought on the southern side in the Civil War is concerned, and a good way to handle it would be to welcome the Lee and Grant.
The West might vote for the outstanding generals on their side during the war.
tradition of, uh, it may not be possible to get any kind of a memorial this type at West Mike, but I have a strong feeling that, uh, something eager to lead graduates who haven't set aside could have a romantic effect and that
The wounds in the South still exist 100 years after the wars.
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