Conversation 663-003

TapeTape 663StartTuesday, February 1, 1972 at 2:53 PMEndTuesday, February 1, 1972 at 3:02 PMTape start time00:14:50Tape end time00:26:24ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.Recording deviceOval Office

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NARA Description

On February 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:53 pm to 3:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 663-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 663-3

Date: February 1, 1972
Time: 2:53 pm - 3:02 pm
Location: Oval Office

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

     Press relations
           -Edith Efron, How CBS Tried to Kill a Book (1972)
                 -Publicity
                 -William F. (“Billy”) Graham
                 -Patrick J. Buchanan
                       -Possible letter
                             -Efron’s forthcoming testimony
                             -Book circulation
                             -Distribution with testimony
                                   -Editors
                                   -[Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.] Committee
           -Antagonism
                 -L. Richard Guylay’s view
           -Television networks
                 -Possible letters and calls
                       -Barbara H. Franklin
                       -John Birch Society
                       -Women
                 -Distribution of Efron book and testimony
                 -Women
                 -News monitoring
                       -Possible foundation
                             -Efron
                                   -Democrats
                             -John A. (“Jack”) Mulcahy
                       -Franklin
                             -Station owners
                       -American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC], Columbia Broadcasting
                             System [CBS]
                       -Foundation
                             -Mulcahy
                       -Accuracy in media group
                       -Buchanan
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                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. 10/06)
                                                                     Conv. No. 662-3 (cont.)


                     -Tom C. Huston
                     -Story to CBS [?]
          -Criticism of administration
                -Guylay memorandum
                -Meeting with Graham
                -Rebuttal
                     -Bernard J. (“Bunny”) Lasker
                     -Max Frankel
                     -Herbert E. Kaplow
                     -Jacob K. Javits
                     -Efron
                           -Marriage
                           [Clytia Chambers]
                     -Administration
                           -Henry A. Kissinger
                           -William L. Safire
                           -Leonard Garment
                           -Arthur F. Burns
                           -Herbert Stein
                           -Ezra Solomon
                           -Marina Von N. Whitman

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 2:53 pm.

     President’s schedule
          -John N. Mitchell

Bull left at an unknown time before 3:02 pm.

     Appointments
         -Atomic Energy Commission [AEC]
              -Woman [Jane Hall]
                   -The President’s meeting with James R. Schlesinger, January 31, 1972
                   -Los Alamos
                   -California

Transcript (AI-Generated)

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that I really believe women

Score, why don't we announce them?

A little, uh... You can start it now.

It's a demographic error.

Say they're not the third of the demographic.

I mean, they're the thing that's not going to do this.

You can't, uh...

I mean, well, they can't prove it, but they just know them all.

Hey, some of those people have wanted to prove it more than we can accept.

They can probably prove it.

Maybe.

You've got a real line there.

But could I, could I just urge that...

Get that sign first.

Get the lowest sign.

It ain't never been watched.

We've got a fireball in there.

Somebody can get all excited about it.

Who can be cranked up.

We're recruiting a lot of lawyers and people like that around the country.

Bye-bye.

I heard the right part of this.

We're going to have our people say, of course, Terry got a snack and I'm going to have to mess with you guys because you've got to kiss me.

Thank you.

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