Date: February 1, 1972
Time: 11:53 am - 12:05 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Colonel and Mrs. David R. Scott, Colonel and Mrs. James B. Irwin,
Lieutenant Colonel Alfred M. Worden, Peter M. Flanigan, and Gen. Alexander M. Haig; Jr.; the
White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.
Greetings
-Apologies from the President
Goodwill mission to Poland and Yugoslavia
-Apollo XV’s astronauts’ impression
-Weather
-Reception
-Photograph session
-Voice of America [VOA]
-Benefits of trip
-Extent of trip
-Yugoslavia
-Poland
-Communism
-Poland
-Hungary
-Czechoslovakia
-Romania
-Latin America
-Iron curtain countries
-Visits
-Yugoslavia, Poland
-Mars
-Background of astronauts
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-Timing of next Apollo mission
-Extent of travels
-Poland, Yugoslavia, and the US
-Space travel
-View of US
-Fascination
-Reception
People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Forthcoming visit by the President
-Possible visit by astronauts
Space shuttle
-Progress
-Interest in Eastern Europe
-Benefits
Gifts
-Watches
-Cufflinks
PRC trip
-Table tennis
Astronauts families
-Camp David trip
-Timing
-General conversation
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:53 am.