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.