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Start Date: 22-Mar-1973 12:12 PM

End Date: 22-Mar-1973 12:27 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Shafer, Raymond P.Shepard, Geoffrey C.Cole, Kenneth R., Jr.Brill, HenryCooney, JaneGalvin, Charles O.Howard, John A.Seevers, Maurice H.Underleider, J. ThomasWare, MitchellFarnsworth, Dona L.

Recording Device: Oval Office

887-010.mp3

NARA Description:

On March 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond P. Shafer, Geoffrey C. Shepard, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Henry Brill, Jane Cooney, Charles O. Galvin, John A. Howard, Maurice H. Seevers, J. Thomas Underleider, Mitchell Ware, and Dona L. Farnsworth met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:12 pm to 12:27 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 887-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 887-10

Date: March 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:12 pm and 12:27 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Raymond P. Shafer, Dana L. Farnsworth, Henry Brill, Joan Cooney,
Charles O. Galvin, John A. Howard, Maurice H. Seevers, J. Thomas Ungerleider, Mitchell Ware,
Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. and Geoffrey C. Shepard. The White House photographer was present at the
beginning of the meeting.

       Introductions
             -Cooney
             -Farnsworth
                    -Vice chairman
             -Ungerleider
                    -University of California, Los Angeles [UCLA]
             -Seevers
                    -University of Michigan
             -Galvin
                    -Southern Methodist Law School
             -Howard
                    -Illinois
             -Ware
                    -Illinois
             -Brill
                    -New York
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             NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                             Tape Subject Log
                              (rev. July-2010)
                                                  Conversation No. 887-10 (cont’d)


      -Distinguished group

Photographs
     -Arrangements

National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse
     -Work
     -Expenditures
     -First report
     -Final report
            -Deadline
     -Efficiency
     -Final report
            -Value
     -Gratitude of President
            -Appreciation of Commission
     -Drug abuse
            -Marijuana use
                  -Penalties
            -Controversy of Commission
            -Value of work
                  -President’s view
                  -Congress’ view
                  -Study of drugs and alcohol
                        -Further research
     -Scope of work
     -Proposals
            -White House policies
            -Private sector involvement
     -Drug abuse
            -Impact on nation
            -Dependency
            -Press coverage
                  -Public service announcement
            -Information
     -Report for President
            -Reading

Presidential gifts
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                      NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                       Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. July-2010)
                                                                 Conversation No. 887-10 (cont’d)


                -Cufflinks
                      -Flags

        President's meeting with Carlos Sanz de Santamaria

        Theodore (‘Teddy”) Roosevelt
             -Panama Canal
                   -Relations with Colombia
             -Design of presidential seal [?]

        Gifts
                -Comparison

        Commission members
            -Affiliations
                  -University of Illinois
                  -University of Michigan
                  -Harvard University
                  -Rockford, Illinois
            -Southern Methodist Law School
                  -Former Dean
            -UCLA
                  -Basketball

        Cable television
             -Follow-up

Shafer, et al. left at 12:27 pm.