487–11

Conversation No. 487-11

Date: April 23, 1971
Time: 12:29 pm - 12:40 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with John H. Buchanan, Jr., James B. Allen, Norman Pless, Elton Stevens,
George Siebels, John E. Nidecker, and Lee W. Huebner.
[Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins was present at the beginning of the meeting.]

Introductions
-Pless
-Birmingham Chamber of Commerce

Photographs
-Arrangements

[Unintelligible name]
-President's previous visit
-Fundraising dinner
-Family

Alabama delegation
-Representation
-Birmingham metropolitan area
-Loyalty to nation
-Congressional Medal of Honor recipients

Medal of Honor recipients
-Forthcoming meeting, October 25, 1971
-Birmingham
-Veterans
-Invitation to the President
-Significance

Birmingham
-One hundredth anniversary
-Attendance
-President's participation
-Invitations
-Letters
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President's schedule
-Possible visit to Alabama
-Timing
-Plans
-Timing

Bart Starr
-Award Conv. No. 487-11 (cont.)
-Note to the President
-Coaching
-Leadership
-[Forename unknown] McKenney

Presentation to the President
-Invitation
-President’s schedule

Autograph

President's schedule
-Invitation
-Congress

Alabama delegation
-Accomplishments
-National defense issues
-Buchanan
-Senate
-Allen
-John J. Sparkman
-Support for the President

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from
December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M.
Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this
transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]
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Vietnam
-President's policies
-Withdrawal
-Communist takeover

Presentation of gifts
-Cufflinks
-Presidential seal Conv. No. 487-11 (cont.)
-Bipartisan

President’s program
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Prospects
-Ways and Means Committee

Alabama delegation
-Support for the President

President's schedule
-Possible visit to Birmingham
-Turnout

Farewells
-Thin grey line

President's schedule, April 22, 1971
-Medal of Honor ceremony
-Sparkman
-Wives
-Mothers
-War

Farewells

Buchanan, et al., left at 12:40 pm.
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