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Conversation 642-021

TapeTape 642StartMonday, January 3, 1972 at 10:56 AMEndMonday, January 3, 1972 at 11:00 AMTape start time04:00:50Tape end time04:02:41ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.;  Sanchez, Manolo;  [Unknown person(s)]Recording deviceOval Office
AI Summary

President Nixon met with Stephen Bull and other staff members to review his upcoming daily schedule and address the urgent search for a set of misplaced papers. During the discussion, the President also reflected on recent media coverage, expressing frustration over cynical press questions regarding the political timing of his upcoming diplomatic visits to China and the Soviet Union. He noted that despite the hostile lines of inquiry, he maintained a composed and professional demeanor during his public appearances.

Presidential ScheduleMedia RelationsDiplomatic RelationsAdministrative Procedures1972 Election
AudioNARA Description

On January 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:56 am and 11:00 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 642-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 642-21

Date: January 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:56 am and 11:00 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Clark MacGregor
          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
          -Gerard C. Smith
          -George P. Shultz and Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
          -Shultz, MacGregor, Weinberger

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 10:56 am.

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:00 am.

     Misplaced papers
          -Search

An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 10:56 am.

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:00 am

          -Notes
          -Possible location
               -Wastebasket
               -Letter

     The President's schedule
          -Shultz

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:00 am.
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Thank you very much.
Jerry, good to see you again.
Happy New Year.
But you want to go to the party like everybody else does?
Oh, I think I've got enough on my hands.
You don't want to go, right?
The first man is not going.
The first man.
I mean, every place is a match.
Yeah.
Yeah, I had to see the whole CDS through here.
That's the whole match that's going to be going.
All right, sir.
That came out very well.
That program looked up very well.
That's good.
Oh, it's good.
Good coverage this morning.
Good coverage.
I thought it was very good.
Somebody was saying, one of my friends says, he thought that the audience, I was sitting there, when he went out and I read a blank question, what is the situation on this?
Did you delay the end of the war?
Are you going to time the Chinese visit?
Are you going to time the Soviet visit?
Are you going to time your economic thing just for the election year?
I thought that was pretty god damn cheap.
Now that's just too insulting a question to answer.
But I was, I think the fact that you made a school of papers all come in this morning is a little, did you have a, you were relaxed, cool, had a good will.
I think it's a little, I had a little dig there where I said, well, you know, everybody's going to say that the president does something.
I said, of course, there was some of my supporters who thought that the bombing was coming a few days before the election.
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