Conversation: 858-002
Prev: 858-001 Next: 858-003Start Date: 16-Feb-1973 8:50 AM
End Date: 16-Feb-1973 9:08 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]; Bull, Stephen B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On February 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:50 am to 9:08 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 858-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 858-2
Date: February 16, 1973
Time: 8:50 am - 9:08 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
The President's schedule
-Trip to Florida
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Stephen B. Bull
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
The President's call to Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
-New York
-Cavalcade
-Reaction to Vietnam settlement
-Relations with soldiers
-Compared with Congressional reactions
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct.-09)
Conversation No. 858-2 (cont’d)
White House social events
-Church services
-Florida trip
-Congress members and contributors
-State dinners
-Evening at the White House
-Youth
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-William E. Timmons's views
-Edward R. G. Heath and Gold Meir dinners
Prisoners of War [POWs]
-Col. Robinson Risner's statement
-Support for President and the country
-Conscientious objectors
-William P. Rogers's statement
-Risner
President's schedule
-Pentagon visit
-Peter J. Brennan
-Stephen B. Bull
-Trip to Florida
George Meany
-George P. Shultz
-Brennan
-President to attend meeting
-Announcement
President’s speech to South Carolina Legislature
-Harry S. Dent
-Timing
-President’s reception
Unknown person entered at an unknown time after 8:50 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct.-09)
Conversation No. 858-2 (cont’d)
Transmitter
-Location
Unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:08 am.
Frank L. Rizzo
-Political future
-Home
-Inquiry
Aid for Vietnam
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Congressional relations
-Domestic programs
-President’s role
-Henry A. Kissinger’s role
POWs
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 8:50 am.
-Statement
-Wives
-Corsages
-Calls to President
-Publicity
-Press relations
-Ronald L. Ziegler
President's schedule
-Brennan and Meany
-Florida trip
-Brennan
-American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO]
Council meeting
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct.-09)
Conversation No. 858-2 (cont’d)
-Announcement
-Ziegler
-L. Patrick Gray, John D. Ehrlichman
-Shultz
-Cabinet meeting
-Meany
-Brennan
-Taxation
-Brennan
-Under secretary
-Candidate
Haldeman and Bull left at 9:08 am.