Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 773 › Conversation 773-008

Nixon & Goode on Public Relations and Political Staging

Friday, September 8, 1972 · 11:30 AM–11:32 AM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Goode, Mark I.Conversation773-008 on Tape 773StartFriday, September 8, 1972 at 11:30 AMEndFriday, September 8, 1972 at 11:32 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 773-008 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417181693 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Mark I. Goode to coordinate the logistical details for an upcoming promotional filming session. Goode outlined specific movements and blocking for the President, including interactions with Senators John G. Tower and Howard H. Baker, Jr. The President approved the choreography while emphasizing the need to keep the total filming duration strictly limited to approximately five minutes.

Public Relations
Photography
Media Coordination
Political Staging
Oval Office

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NARA Description

On September 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Mark I. Goode met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:30 am to 11:32 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 773-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 773-8

Date: September 8, 1972
Time: 11:30 am - 11:32 am.
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Mark I. Goode.

             Filming
                 -Scenario
                 -Still pictures
                      -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
                 -Filming session on the President
                      -Directions for the President
                           -Scenario
                           -John G. Tower
                           -Howard H. Baker, Jr.
                           -Time duration of filming

Goode left at 11:32 am.

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Yeah, sir.

All right.

Thank you.

Uh, Holly will take the field picture.

And on the, uh, on the, uh, motion picture, we'll, we'll take the same route with each of the senators.

So we've had a tower first there.

And if you would, just move out the door and stop and go away for a moment.

Yeah.

And walk with the door open.

Yes, sir.

All right, then we'll walk right to the table and chairs over there, facing down this way.

Pause there for a few moments and just chat, and then move along down in that direction toward the stairs.

All right, we can get near the top of the stairs.

I'll keep moving your head around.

I can give you a point to stop and then chat on the ground.

We walk around the ground.

Keep up front there, you will, sir.

First, stop ahead of the stairs.

First, we'll listen.

Remember, I'm sure we'll be early on ahead of you.

And from there he would move off and walk down as close to the edge as he can.

And when he gets to the end, pause, check for a few moments, and then just walk back.

And move it slowly.

And then we'll do the same thing on the other side.

We have to take about five minutes.

Don't make sure you take that long.

I don't want to get in conversation.

All right.

Yeah, why did they get you?

Also recorded on September 8, 1972

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773-006 11:15 AM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:23 am.
773-007 11:23 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:23 am to 11:30 am.
773-009 11:32 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John G. Tower, Howard H. Baker, Jr., William E. Timmons, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:32 am and 11:39 am.
773-010 11:44 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:44 am and 11:49 am.
773-011 11:44 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:44 am and 11:49 am.
773-012 11:49 AM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:49 am to 12:12 pm.
773-013 12:12 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:12 pm and 12:14 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 773-008, September 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417181693). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/773-008 (accessed November 2, 2026).