Date: March 17, 1973

Time: 12:28 pm – 12:47 pm

Location: Oval Office

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The President met with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.

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Weather

Arrivals

-Julie Nixon Eisenhower

-Tricia Nixon Cox

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Oval Office

-Backscratcher from fifth century BC

-Rose Garden

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An unknown man and Woods entered at an unknown time after 12:28 pm.

Gifts

-Ashtray

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The unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:30 pm.

Memento

-Box

Telephone call

-Registration

Invitation

-[Unintelligible name]

Mr. and Mrs. William Warnock and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft entered and Woods left at 12:30

pm. The White House photographer and members of the press were present at the beginning of

the meeting.

Mrs. Nixon’s birthday

Gifts [?]

Photograph session

Gifts

-Presentation

-Placement of gift to President

Weather

Warnock’s trip

-New York

-Washington, DC

-Philadelphia

Evening at the White House

-Entertainment

-Congress

Eamon de Valera’s son

-Rory de Valera

-Georgetown University

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Gift to president

Birthdays

-Photograph

-Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon Cox

Dinner

Ireland [?]

-New government

Warnock and Scowcroft left; Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 12:37 pm.

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Gift

-Strawberry bowl

Mrs. Nixon’s purse

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Mrs. Nixon left at 12:37 pm.

Cambodia

-B-52s

John A. Scali’s handling of United Nations [UN] post

Ziegler’s press briefing

-Virginia H. Knauer

-Administration’s policies on food prices

-Issues

-Prices

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-Watergate

-Prices

-Decline of issue

-Surplus

-Tariffs

-Stockpiles

Watergate

-Senate committee

-Separation of powers

-Executive privilege

-Richard G. Kleindienst

-Washington Post story

-Compromise

-President’s view

-John W. Dean, III

Railroad strike settlement

-Peter J. Brennan’s statement

-Wages

-Press relations

Earl L. Butz

-Need for shift of focus from farmer to consumer

-Food prices

-Use of television [TV] time

-Farmers

-Productivity

-Increases in supply

-Impact on prices

Watergate

-Attention to issue

-Last Presidential press conference

-Impact on Press and Senate

-President’s cooperation with Congress

-Press reports

-Positive tone

-Senate hearings

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-Press coverage

-Problems

-Campaign finances

-Democratic abuses

Henry Brandon’s book

-William L. Safire’s analysis

-Comments on Henry A. Kissinger, William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird

-Problems

-Kissinger

-Press relations

-Negative comments on Rogers, Laird

-Doubleday promotion of book

-Kissinger’s press relations

-Historical context

-Emotional reaction

-Conversations with Brandon

Ziegler left at 12:47 pm.