Conversation: 879-001
Prev: 878-023 Next: 879-002Start Date: Wednesday, March 14, 1973 3:54 PM
End Date: Wednesday, March 14, 1973 4:01 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shepard, Geoffrey C.; Acree, Vernon D.; Seeley, Albert; Boulad, Paul; Nunnery, Robert; Hopkins, Richard; Fassler, GustaveRecording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On March 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Geoffrey C. Shepard, Vernon D. Acree, Albert Seeley, Paul Boulad, Robert Nunnery, Richard Hopkins, and Gustave Fassler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:54 am and 11:01 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 879-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 879-1
Date: March 14, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:54 am and 11:01 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Vernon D. Acree, Albert Seeley, Paul Boulad, Robert Nunnery, Richard
Hopkins, Gustave Fassler, and Geoffrey C. Shepard. Members of the press and the White House
photographer were present at the beginning of the meeting.
Introductions
-New York
Heroin seizure
-Amount, weight
-Value
-Trafficker
[Photograph session]
Drug traffic
-Apprehension of drug traffickers
-Amount of heroin
-Impact on human lives
-Sentences
-Comparison with Vietnam War casualties
-Agents
-Work
-Customs
-Enforcement
-New laws
-Stiff penalties
-Mandatory sentences
-Probation eligibility
-Conduct
Presidential gifts
-Cufflinks
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar.-09)
Conversation No. 879-1 (cont’d)
Work of agents
-Congratulations
-Apprehension of drug traffickers
-Congress’s role
-Laws
-Agents’ families
Acree, et al., left at 11:01 am.