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Start Date: 3-Feb-1973 10:29 AM

End Date: 3-Feb-1973 10:59 AM

Participants:

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

Recording Device: Oval Office

840-005.mp3

NARA Description:

On February 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:29 am to 10:59 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 840-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 840-5
Date: February 3, 1973
Time: 10:29 am - 10:59 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods.

       The President’s correspondence
              -Letters
              -Forms
              -Telephone calls
              -News summary
              -Roy L. Ash
              -Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger

       The President's comment
              -Woods's role
                      -Personal call to senders
                             -Ash
                                      -News summary
                                      -The President’s comments
                             -Cabinet members
              -John D. Ehrlichman's call to senders
              -Morale

       Bombing of North Vietnam
             -Reactions
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            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                               Tape Subject Log
                                 (rev. Sep.-09)
                                                         Conversation No. 840-5 (cont’d)



The President’s press conference
       -Reactions
       -White House cars’ drivers
              -Vietnam Veterans
       -Amnesty for draft evaders
              -Jail
       -Nixon supporter
              -Grandmother
              -Patriotism

Press relations
        -Patriotism
        -Goldthwaite Dorr
                -Anger at press and Congress
                -Health
                -The President's 1973 inauguration
                -Henry A. Kissinger briefing of treaty
                       -[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
        -Vietnam settlement
                -Helen Frick
                       -Support for the President
                       - United Nations [UN] response to the President's peace efforts
                       -Chicago Tribune
                       -December 1972 bombing
                               -Explanations
                               -Jack Drown's call to Woods
                       -Press conference
                               -News coverage

       -The President's actions
               -Congressional critics
       - J. William Fulbright
               -William E. Timmons
                      -Invitations to state dinners
                              -Edward R. G. Heath
                              -Hussein ibn Talal [Hussein, King of Jordan]
                                      -11-

           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                               Tape Subject Log
                                 (rev. Sep.-09)
                                                       Conversation No. 840-5 (cont’d)



       -Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
             -Invitation to state dinner
                      -Golda Meir
             -Samuel L. Devine
                      -Support

Access to the President
       -Cabinet
       -William P. Rogers
               -State Department
       -Elliot L. Richardson
               -Defense Department
       -Frederic V. Malek
       -Maurice H. Stans
       -Contributors
               -Compared to political operatives
       -Clark MacGregor
       -George H. W. Bush
               -Heath
               -Meeting with [Hussein, King of Jordan] Hussein ibn Talal
                       -Queen Alia
       -List of contributors
       -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
       -Stephen B. Bull
       -Blacks
               -Supporters of the President
                       -Symbolism
       -Campaign contributors
               -Lists
               -Blacks
                       -Symbolism
                       -Number
               -Mayors
                       -Robert S. Brown [?]
                       -Hussein dinner
                       -Walter E. Washington
                                             -12-

                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. Sep.-09)
                                                              Conversation No. 840-5 (cont’d)



                     -Leonard Garment
                            -Jews
                                   -Gold Meir dinner [?]
                            -Max M. Fisher’s list
                            -United Jewish Appeal
                            -Jewish supporters of the President
                     -Hubert H. Humphrey's worker
                            -New York rabbi

      December 1972 bombing
           -Difficulties
                   -Cabinet
                   -Cambodia bombing
                   -1972 Moscow summit


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      Reactions
             -Tricia Nixon Cox
             -Julie Nixon Eisenhower
             -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

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             -Press coverage
                     -Editors
                     -Chicago Tribune
                     -Los Angeles Times

      Press relations
              -Opposition to the President
              -Raymond K. Price, Jr.
              -Consensus
                                      -13-

           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                               Tape Subject Log
                                 (rev. Sep.-09)
                                                        Conversation No. 840-5 (cont’d)



       -Soviet Union
       -People's Republic of China [PRC]
       -Attacks on President
       -Robert B. Semple, Jr.
       -New York Times editorial
       -Vermont Royster
              -Column
              -Vietnam peace
              -Praise for Kissinger
              -Jewish influence

Jews
       -Garment
       -Kissinger, Arthur F. Burns, William L. Safire
              -Sense of inferiority
       -Garment
              -The President’s view
       -Kissinger

Vietnam
      -Bombing
      -Kissinger
      -Negotiations
             -Wires to the President
                    -Camp David
                    -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
             -The President’s view
             -Bombing recommendations
                    -Television [TV] appearance by the President
                    -Impression
                            -“Peace is at hand”
                    -Announcement
                            -North Vietnam
                            -Congress
                    -Kissinger
                            -Press coverage
                                            -14-

                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. Sep.-09)
                                                           Conversation No. 840-5 (cont’d)




              -Jews
              -Self-preservation


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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]

      The President’s schedule
             -Camp David
             -Wood’s schedule
                     -Haircut
             -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
             -Julie Nixon Eisenhower
                     -Chicago
             -Woods’s schedule
                     -Christmas cards
             -Weather

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      Heath
              -Camp David
              -Public statement
                     -The President’s courage

      Great Britain
             -World War II contribution
             -Empire
                    -India
                    -Pakistan
                    -Benefits
                    -Africa
                            -Sir Alexander D. (“Alec”) Douglas-Home
                            -Heath
                                      -15-

            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                               Tape Subject Log
                                 (rev. Sep.-09)
                                                   Conversation No. 840-5 (cont’d)



                   -Rogers
            -Development
                   -United Nations [UN]
                   -The President’s view
       -Commonwealth
            -Heads of states
                   -Cadillacs
            -Bahamas
                   -Robert H. Abplanalp, Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
                   -Investment
                   -Blacks
                   -Independence
                           -Confiscation

Pamela Powell
      -Dick Powell
      -Trip to Washington
              -June Allyson
      -Job in ACTION
      -California

June Allyson
       -Heath
       -The President’s reception

Daniel B. Brewster
       -Anne Bullitt Brewster
              -William C. Bullitt
       -Divorce
       -Senate
              -Bribes

Woods's call to Coy Stennis
      -John C. Stennis
               -Chance of infection
      -The President's visit
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                       Tape Subject Log
                                         (rev. Sep.-09)
                                                             Conversation No. 840-5 (cont’d)



              -Gift
                      - Support for the President

       John A. Volpe's telephone call
              -The President’s response
                     -Note
                     -Telephone calls

       John Stennis shooting
              -The President’s call to Coy Stennis
              -The President’s press conference
              -Prayer breakfast
              -Stennis family
              -Mississippi
              -Blacks
              -Robbery
                      -George C. Wallace shooting

       Weather

Woods left at 10:59 am.