Conversation: 822-005
Prev: 822-004 Next: 822-006Start Date: 13-Dec-1972 2:57 PM
End Date: 13-Dec-1972 3:07 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Walker, Ronald H.; Chapin, Dwight L.; Bull, Stephen B.; White House photographer;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On December 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald H. Walker, Dwight L. Chapin, Stephen B. Bull, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:57 pm to 3:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 822-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 822-5
Date: December 13, 1972
Time: 2:57 pm – 3:07 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Ronald H. Walker and Dwight L. Chapin. Stephen B. Bull and White
House photographer were present at the beginning of the meeting.
Greetings
[Photograph session]
-Confirmation
National Park Service [NPS]
-Pork barrel programs
-Property
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-Coco Lobo
-Administration officials
-Members of Congress
-Cuts
-General public
-Members of Congress
-John P. Saylor
-Alan Bible
-George Hartzog
-General public
-Members of Congress
-Special privileges
-Review
-General public
-Congressional relations
-Lowell P. Weicker, Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-Private use
-Special privileges
-Compared to Defense Department
-General public
-Public relations [PR]
-Parks program
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-08)
Conversation No. 822-5 (cont’d)
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon Cox, Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Dedications
-Claudia A. (Taylor) (“Lady Bird”) Johnson
-Beautification project
-Press relations
-Hartzog
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Morris K. Udall
-John F. Kennedy
-Departure
-Law firm
-Washington, DC
-Press relations
-Publications
-State conservation and park organizations
-Walker’s visit to NPS
-Hartzog
-Absence of the President’s portrait
-Nathaniel P. Reed
-Reed
-Interior Department
-Promotion of the administration
-Kennedy
-Lyndon Johnson
-Cabinet
-Staff
-Property
-Use by Congressmen
-Coco Lobo
-Staff
-Conversion
-Coco Lobo
-John C. Whitaker
-Rebozo
-Preservation
-Staff
-Boy Scouts of America
-Personnel
-Promotions
-Young people
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. June-08)
Conversation No. 822-5 (cont’d)
-Loyalists
-Congressional relations
-Hartzog
-Law firm
1972 campaign
-Advance work
-Surrogates
-Ontario, California [November 4, 1972]
NPS
-Property
-Cuts
-Staff
-Privileges
-General public
-Compared to elite, numbers of Congressional committees
-Compared to 1972 campaign
-Advance work
-Ontario
Walker and Chapin left at 3:07 pm.