President Nixon consulted with staff regarding legislative strategy and foreign policy coordination, specifically concerning Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield's interest in visiting the People's Republic of China. Nixon directed Bill Timmons to contact Mansfield to discuss the potential trip and to address the appointment of nominees to an unspecified foreign policy board. Additionally, the President reviewed a list of potential board candidates provided by George H.W. Bush, emphasizing the need for loyal supporters, and prepared for an upcoming meeting with Charles Colson.
On February 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 1:32 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 840-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 840-17
Date: February 3, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:23 pm and 1:32 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with an unknown person.
[Conversation No. 840-17A]
William E. Timmons’s location
Telephone call to Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
Manolo Sanchez [?] entered at an unknown time after 1:23 pm.
Refreshments
Manolo Sanchez [?] left at an unknown time before 1:32 pm.
Telephone call to Mansfield
-Henry A. Kissinger’s trip to the People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Mansfield’s trip to PRC
-Chou En-Lai
-Unknown foreign policy group
-Nominees appointed by the President
-Timmons
-Kissinger
-George H. W. Bush
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-List of suggestion for board
-Supporters
-Woman
Charles W. Colson's meeting with President
Bull left at an unknown time before 1:32 pm.
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