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897–11
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • H. R. Haldeman
  • UNKNOWN
April 16, 1973
Conversation No. 897-11

Date: April 16, 1973
Time: 12:00 pm - 12:31 pm
Location: Oval Office

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

President’s schedule
-Smithsonian Museum of Natural History concert

-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

-Events in the arts community

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Conversation No. 897-11 (cont’d)

-President’s previous meeting with building trades union officials
-Audience reaction to [First name unknown] Porter [?]
-Value
-Prices
-George P. Shultz
-Recommendations
-Sympathetic crowds
-Local unions
-Issues
-Crime, abortion

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was initially prepared for the
Watergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF) and can be found in Record Group (RG) 460, Box
174, pages 1-22. The Nixon Presidential Materials Staff reviewed the transcript and made
changes as necessary. This transcript has been reviewed under the provisions of the Presidential
Recordings and Materials Preservation Act of 1974 (PRMPA). The National Archives does not
guarantee its accuracy.]

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was also prepared Richard Nixon’s
Special White House Counsel for Watergate Matters and submitted to the Committee on the
Judiciary of the House of Representatives. This transcript can be found in Submission of
Recorded Presidential Conversations (SRPC), pages 827-841 (1-15). Please refer to the RG 460
transcript.]

[Begin transcribed portion]

[End transcribed portion]

An unknown man entered at an unknown time before 12:31 pm.

President’s schedule

Haldeman and the unknown man left at 12:31 pm.
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