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Start Date: 17-Apr-1972 11:07 AM

End Date: 17-Apr-1972 11:33 AM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Woods, Rose Mary

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:30:27

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:58:04

709a.mp3

709b.mp3

NARA Description:

On April 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:07 am to 11:33 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 709-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 709-14
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                           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                       Tape Subject Log
                                         (rev. 10/06)
                                                                     Conv. No. 709-13 (cont.)


Date: April 17, 1972
Time: 11:07 am - 11:33 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods.

     The President's schedule
          -Meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler
          -Edward C. Nixon
               -Dinner

     Weather

     Vietnam
          -William P. Rogers's statement
                -President’s view
                -Edmund S. Muskie
                      -Rogers’s difficulties
          -Democrats
                -Woods’s opinion


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 44s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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     Pandas
          -Thelma C. (“Pat” ) Nixon's schedule
               -Table tennis team visit
               -Constance M. (Cornell) (“Connie”) Stuart
                    -Conflicts with Ziegler
                          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
                    -John B. Connally
                          -Trip to Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
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                         NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                    Tape Subject Log
                                      (rev. 10/06)
                                                              Conv. No. 709-14 (cont.)


                               -Ziegler
                         -President’s view

    Soviet Trip
         -Mrs. Nixon
         -Schedule
         -John V. (“Jack”) Brennan
         -The President's schedule
               -People's Republic of China [PRC] trip
                    -White House staff
                          -President’s instructions
                                -Rogers
                                     -Mrs. Nixon


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 8m 39s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4

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    The President's schedule
         -Meeting with retiring members of Congress
              -Alexander P. Butterfield
              -Army Chorus
         -Newspaper editors event
              -Arrangements similar to Christmas parties
              -The President’s instructions
                     -Chorus
                     -Entertainment
                     -Music
                          -Location
                     -Reception line
                          -Number of people
                                -Entertainment
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                      NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                  Tape Subject Log
                                    (rev. 10/06)
                                                                    Conv. No. 709-14 (cont.)


       -Duke Law School class event
       -Whittier College class event
            -Enjoyment of party
            -Dinner
       -Navy comrades event
       -Social events
            -The President’s Canadian trip [?]
            -Concert
                  -John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
            -Organization of American States [OAS] function
            -Concert
                  -Kennedy Center
                  -Buffet
                  -Preparations
                       -White House staff
       -Mexican President's visit
            -State dinner
                  -The President's Canadian trip
                       -Previous State dinners
       -Concert
            -Buffet
            -Toasts
       -Navy comrades
            -Party
                  -Reception
                  -Army Chorus
                       -Uniforms
                  -Planning
                       -Butterfield and Lucy A. Winchester
                             -The President’s view
                  -Modern dancers
                       -Nancy Hanks
                       -The President’s request

Arts
       -Modern dancers
            -Makeup of dancers
       -Hanks
       -Modern music
       -Modern painting
       -Entertainment during administration
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                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. 10/06)
                                                                      Conv. No. 709-14 (cont.)


                -Quality of entertainment
          -President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy
                -Reputation for support
                      -Pablo Cassals
          -Current administration
                -Invitations
                      -Stuart
                      -Press distortions
                            -Entertainment at the White House
                      -The President's memorandum
                            -Stuart
                                  -Publicity

Woods left at 11:33 am.