President Nixon met with Geoffrey C. Shepard to receive a formal presentation of the final report from the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse. During this brief interaction, the President acknowledged the commission's work and provided them with presidential cufflinks as a gesture of appreciation. The discussion served as the official handover of the commission's findings to the executive office.
On March 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Geoffrey C. Shepard met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:12 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 887-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 887-9
Date: March 22, 1973
Time: 12:12 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Geoffrey C. Shepard [?].
Meeting with National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse
-Presentation of report
-Presidential cufflinks
Shepard [?] left at 12:12 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.