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Conversation No. 763-8

Date: August 7, 1972
Time: 9:32 am – 10:04 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon and Stephen B. Bull.
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The President’s schedule
-Forthcoming meeting
-Presidential gifts
-Cuff links
-Pins
-Bow pins
-Tie bars
-Number of attendees
-Russell B. Long
-Elaine (Schwartzenburg) Edwards
-Edwin W. Edwards

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:34 am.

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Bull, Edwin Edwards, Elaine Edwards, Anna Edwards Hensgens, Victoria E. Edwards, Stephen
R. Edwards, David E. Edwards, Mrs. Errol Schwartzenburg, Lynn Diamant, Long, Thomas C.
Korologos and William E. Timmons entered at 9:34 am. The White House photographer and
members of the press were present at the beginning of the meeting.

Greetings
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Introductions

President's remembrance
-Mardi Gras

Introductions and greetings
-Long

Photographs
-Private photographs
-Formal photographs
-Arrangements
-[Photograph session]

Seating Arrangements

Long’s camp
-Compared to Camp David


Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 9:34 am.

Refreshments

Sanchez left at an unknown time after 9:34 am.

Senate
-Upcoming votes
-Domestic issues
-National defense
-Long
-Republicans
-Southern support for national defense
-Foreign policy
-The President’s votes while in Congress
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-Aid for Greece and Turkey
-Marshall Plan
-Democratic support for President's policies
-Compared to domestic matters
-Long
-The President’s view
-John C. Stennis
-The President’s previous conversation with Stennis
-Defense appropriations bill
-Long’s remembrance
-Gen. Douglas MacArthur
-Dismissal from command in Korea
-Southern Democratic Senators
-Support for the President in foreign policy
-J. William Fulbright
-South
-Richard B. Russell
-Civil War
-Support for national defense
-Patriotism, voluntarism
-Elaine Edwards
-Office space
-Allen J. Ellender's staff
-Retention by Elaine Edwards
-Need for trustworthy staff members

President's schedule
-Previous trip tp Ellender's funeral

The presidency
-Responsibilities
-Letters of congratulation
-Commendations
-Example of Iowa case
-Unknown person rescued from drowning
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-Publicity of commendation in local newspapers

Ellender
-Length of service
-Reputation
-Service as President pro tem of Senate

President's travels in the country
-The President’s trip to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
-Flood damage
-Ability to interact with public
-Member of House of Representatives
-Senator
-President

Long
-Trips to Louisiana
-Age

Presidential gifts
-Edward Edwards
-Men
-Presidential seal
-Ceiling
-Rug
-Flag
-Cuff links
-Long
-Women
-Pin
-Boys
-Tie bar
-Ash trays
-Presidential seal and signature
-Edwin Edwards
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-Long
-Cuff links

Road construction project in Louisiana
-Possible federal assistance

Federal bureaucracy
-Long’s view

Oval Office
-Edwin Edward’s view

Virginia Senators

Edwards's daughter
-Mardi Gras ball gown
-Photograph in the Washington Post
-School

Elaine Edwards’s swearing-in ceremony

Farewells

Elaine Edwards
-Hometown
-Marksville, Louisiana
-Proximity to Alexandria, Louisiana
-Votes in Senate

Louisiana

Elaine Edwards et al. left at 10:02 am; Mrs. Nixon remained.


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Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 10:02 am.


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Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 10:02 am.

Greetings

Mrs. Nixon’s Schedule


Mrs. Nixon left at 10:03 am.


Butterfield and Sanchez left at 10:04 am.