Date: May 27, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:52 am and 12:05 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
President's schedule
-Open Door Hour
Admiral R. C. (\"Hugh\") Robinson and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. entered at 11:54 am.
President's appreciation of Robinson
-National Security Council [NSC]
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS]
-Robinson’s previous service with the President
Presentation of gifts
-Golf balls
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Robinson and Haig left and Jack T. (\"Tom\") Cole and Frederic V. Malek entered at 11:56 am.
President's appreciation of Cole's work
Presentation of gifts
-Cuff links
Cole left and Robert Martin and Frank P. Rocco entered at 11:58 am. Conv. No. 504-5 (cont.)
Photo session
President's appreciation of Martin's and Rocco's work
Marijuana
-President’s view on legalization
Presentation of gifts
-Cuff links
-Golf balls
Martin, Rocco and Malek left and Bull conferred with the President at 11:59 am.
Photographs of President and Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
Mr. and Mrs. Carson M. Howell and Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 11:59 am.
Carson Howell's career in government
-Duration
-Mrs. Howell
-Indiana
Photograph with the President
Presidential ashtray
Appreciation of the Howells
President's appreciation of Carson Howell
Mr. and Mrs. Howell left and Butterfield conferred with the President at 12:02 pm.
Press photograph of Catherine May Bedell
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Bedell, Malek and Peter G. Peterson entered at 12:02 pm.
Preparations for photo session
Bedell's nomination [Chairperson -designate of US Tariff Commission]
-Announcement by President
-Timing Conv. No. 504-6 (cont.)
-Senate
Photo session
[General conversation]
State Department
Bedell's forthcoming responsibilities
-Peterson
Presentation of gifts for Bedell and her husband
-Paper weight
Bedell
-Peterson's relations with Bedell
-Briefings
-Staff
-Bedell's access to the President
-Peterson
-Kissinger
-Foreign policy
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Domestic policy
-Bedell's appreciation of President