On February 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), Rose Mary Woods, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:49 pm and 5:11 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 851-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 851-3
Date: February 6, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:49 pm and 5:11 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person.
President's schedule
-Departure
Unknown person left at 4:59 pm.
Rose Mary Woods entered at 4:59 pm.
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Note to Jane Wyman
-So Big
Woods left at 5:00 pm.
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 5:00 pm.
White House guest lists
-Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP]
-State Chairmen
-Woods
-Frederick V. Malek
-Maurice H. Stans
-Dinner
-Woods
-Memoranda
-Invitations
-Malek, Charles W. Colson, Harry S. Dent
-Invitations
-Quotas
-Finance committee
-Invitations
-Stans
-State dinner
-Compared to political guests
-Social class
-State committees
-Vermont, Maine, Delaware
-Entertainment
Appointees
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Frank C. Carlucci
-Hold
-Patricia R. Hitt
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-New position
-President’s conversation with John D. Ehrlichman
-Woods
-Robert J. Hitt
-Interior Department
-Labor Department
Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:03 pm.
President’s schedule
-Meeting with George P. Shultz and Arthur F. Burns
-State dinner
-[Hussein, King of Jordan] Hussein ibn Talal
Bull left at an unknown time before 5:11 pm.
1973 Inauguration
-Vincent Persichetti
-Composer
-Exclusion of work
-President’s knowledge
-Press coverage
-Inaugural Committee
-Haldeman’s conversation with Eugene Ormandy
-Recitation of a passage by the head of the Screen Actors Guild
-Declaration of Independence
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha
-Ormandy
-Persichetti piece
-Commission for inaugural concert
-Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II’s discharge
-Report from Haldeman
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Cmdr. Craig S. Campbell
-July opportunity
-March
-Early release
-Record
-Routine early phase out
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Speeches
-Radio talk
-Haldeman's conversation with Ehrlichman
-Preparation
-Scheduling
-Lead time
-Handling of issue
-Quality of speech
-Republican congressional leaders’ meeting
-Roy L. Ash
-Phrases
-Quality
-Cabinet
-William E. Timmons
-Ehrlichman
-Number of lines
-Meeting before scheduled meeting
-Questions
-Republican Congressional leaders’ meeting
-Ash
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Haldeman left at 5:11 pm.This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.