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Conversation: 782-001

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Start Date: 18-Sep-1972 4:31 PM

End Date: 18-Sep-1972 5:30 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)White, Theodore H.Bull, Stephen B.Sanchez, Manolo

Recording Device: Oval Office

782-001.mp3

NARA Description:

On September 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Theodore H. White, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:31 pm and 5:30 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 782-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 781-32/782-1

Date: September 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:31 pm - 5:30 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Theodore H. White.

[An unknown portion of the conversation was not recorded while the tape was changed.]

            The President's review of first term
                -Congress
                    -Republican split
                         -[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson
                              -Third parties
                                  -George C. Wallace
                              -Democratic vote
                    -Democratic split
                         -Wallace
                              -Republican vote

            The President’s second term
                -Opportunities
                    -The President’s view
                    -Foreign policy
                         -Structure of peace
                              -The President’s view
                -Domestic policies
                    -The President’s State of the Union speeches
                         -Environmental policies
                         -New American Revolution
                    -Government reorganization
                    -Welfare reform
                    -Six great goals
                    -Health
                    -Revenue sharing
                    -100 days of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933
                         -The President’s trip to California
                              -Press
                    -The President’s view
                                               2
                      NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                        Tape Subject Log
                                          (rev. Nov-03)

                          -Values
                          -Pride

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:31 pm.

             The President's schedule
                 -Executive Office Building [EOB]
                     -Forthcoming meeting
                          -William E. Brock, III

Bull left at an unknown time before 5:30 pm.

             Foreign policy
                 -White’s book [The Making of the President, 1972]
                     -Deadline
                     -Next term
                 -The President's trip to the People's Republic of China [PRC]
                     -The President’s view
                          -Leaks
                              -PRC, Soviet Union
                     -The President’s previous conversation with White, 1967
                          -New York
                 -US-Soviet Union relations
                     -Effect on US allies
                 -Middle East
                 -Peace
                     -1976
                 -Uganda
                 -Latin America

             Peace in Europe

             Vietnam
                 -Paris negotiations
                     -The President’s view
                 -Korea

             1972 campaign
                 -1956 campaign

             The President's schedule
                 -EOB office
                                               3
                        NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. Nov-03)

                      -White

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 4:31 pm.

             Instructions from the President
                  -Residence

The President, White and Sanchez left at 5:30 pm.