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  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • H. R. Haldeman
  • John W. Dean
  • Stephen B. Bull
  • Clark MacGregor
September 15, 1972
Conversation No. 779-2

Date: September 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:49 pm and 6:17 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

[Transcripts of the following conversation may be found in RG 460, Box 171, pp. 1-43; RG 460,
Box 58 pp. 1-3; SI, Bk. II, pp. 594-636 (1-43); SI, Bk. VIII, pp. 288-330 (1-43); SI, BK. III, pt.
1, pp. 370-71 (1, 17); 8 RPC, pp. 1-18.

John W. Dean, III entered at 5:27 pm during the transcribed portion.

[Transcripts of the following portion of the conversation may be found in SRPC, pp. 55-75 (1-
21) and US vs. Mitchell, Exhibit 4, pp. 00018-00047 (1-30).]

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:27 pm during the transcribed portion.

Bull left at an unknown time before 5:36 pm during the transcribed portion.

The President talked with Clark MacGregor between 5:36 pm and 5:38 pm during the
transcribed portion.

[Conversation No. 779-2A]

[End of telephone conversation]

[A transcript of the following portion of the conversation may be found in RG 460; Box 172, 2nd
installment, pp. 1-14.]

[End of transcribed portion]

Education
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
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-Effect on people
-Upper-class
-Britain
-US

Hard-hats
-War heroes

Upper-class of society
-Republicans compared to Democrats
-Effects of media
-Frank L. Rizzo
-George S. McGovern's Philadelphia trip
-White House response to demonstrators

Transformation of colleges
-Effect
-World Wars I and II effects
-British upper classes
-Death of society's leaders
-Loss of officers
-Australians
-College graduates as leaders
-Compared to US

Draft dodgers
-Jail terms

Legislation
-William M. Colmer
-House Resolution [HR] 2
-F. Edward Hebert
-Establishment of military medical school
-Secretary of Defense

Parting remarks

The President, Haldeman, and Dean left at 6:17 pm.
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