Conversation: 903-001
Prev: 902-013 Next: 903-002Start Date: 20-Apr-1973 8:15 AM
End Date: 20-Apr-1973 8:39 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob");Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On April 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:15 am to 8:39 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 903-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 903-1
Date: April 20, 1973
Time: 8:15 am - 8:39 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Haldeman’s morale
-Amount of work
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Note to President from Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Gen. Vernon A. Walter’s comments about the President at state dinner for Giulio
Andreotti
-Seating arrangement
-Eve [?] [Last name unknown]
-President’s courage
-Caracas, Africa, Lima
-Terrorism [?]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. April-2011)
Conversation No. 903-1 (cont’d)
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Letter to Haldeman
-Encouragement
-Grasshopper story
[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was initially prepared for the
Watergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF) and can be found in Record Group (RG) 460, Box
175, pages 1-15. The Nixon Presidential Materials Staff reviewed the transcript and made
changes as necessary. This transcript has been reviewed under the provisions of the Presidential
Recordings and Materials Preservation Act of 1974 (PRMPA). The National Archives does not
guarantee its accuracy.]
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White House staff
-Support for President
-John D. Ehrlichman [?]
-Henry A. Kissinger [?]
-Telephone call to Haldeman
-Care
-Complaints
-Involvement [?]
The President and Haldeman left at 8:39 am.
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Tape Subject Log
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