Secret White House Tapes

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743–5
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Elliot L. Richardson
  • John S. Millis
  • Theodore Cooper
  • Kenneth R. Cole
  • James H. Cavanaugh
  • Stephen B. Bull
June 27, 1972
Conversation No. 743-5

Date: June 27, 1972
Time: 11:30-11:57 am.
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Elliot L. Richardson, John S. Millis, Theodore Cooper, Kenneth R. Cole,
Jr. and James H. Cavanaugh.
[Members of the press and White House photographer were present at the beginning of the
meeting.]

Introductions

Photographs

Cooper’s forthcoming trip to Moscow

US-Soviet Union Cooperative Health Program on Disease
-The President's view
-Richardson’s role
-Cancer
-Heart disease
-The President's view
-Support for program
-Cooper's previous visit to Moscow
-Agreement with Soviet Union
-Statistical data
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Feb-02)


-William P. Rogers, Boris V. Petrovsky
-Dr. E. I. Chazov and Dr. Cooper
-Soviet diet
-Priority
-Incidence in certain areas of Soviet Union
-The President's meeting with Poles
-Exercise
-Dr. Paul Dudley White
-Walking
-The President's visits to Camp David
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Diet
-Comparison to the Soviet Union
-Richardson's memorandum to Henry A. Kissinger
-System
-Soviet health problems
-White [First name unknown]
-The President's view
-Compared with US
-Cancer legislation
-Millis's role
-Heart diseases
-Variety and relationships
-Forthcoming recommendations
-Funding allocation
-Facilities
-Communication
-Education
-Education
-Doctors
-Public
-Problems
-Use of fear
-Weight
-Diet
-Smoking
-Youth
-Due date for report
-Need for education about health
-Reader's Digest
-Television potential
-Human biology courses in high school and college
-The President's view
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Feb-02)


-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:30 am.

The President’s schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:57 am.

-Competition for curricular time
-The President's view
-Social studies

Presentation of gifts by the President

Millis, Cooper, Richardson, Cole, and Cavanaugh left at 11:57 am.
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