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On June 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Elliot L. Richardson, Roger O. Egeberg, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:37 am to 11:08 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 517-005 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Elliot L. Richardson, Roger O. Egeberg, and Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting Greetings Weather - Wedding plans The White House photographer left at unknown time before 11:08 am Appreciation of Department of Health, Education, and Welfare [HEW] work - Congressional salesmanship - Egeberg's role - Necessity of putting message across - Egeberg's efforts for HEW - Feeling for President An unknown man [Stephen B. Bull?] entered at an unknown time after 10:37 am President's schedule The unknown man [Bull?] left at an unknown time before 11:08 am Doctors of HEW - Quality of HEW program Use of money - Translation into useable service - Supply/demand considerations Health Maintenance Organization [HMO] programs - Kaiser Permanente - Participation - Misinterpretation - American Medical Association [AMA] - Administration public relations - Opportunity for membership - Future prospects Drug program - Alcohol programs - Use of alcohol versus drugs - Medicinal use of drugs Welfare reform Revenue sharing - Education - Cancer research Office of Management and Budget [OMB] Mental health - Size of field of mental health - Welfare reform versus health care - Investment breakdown - Thrust of programs - Effectiveness of program - Translation into large scale program from experience - Constituency strength in mental health - President of National Association of Mental Health [NAMH] - Meeting with President - Problems with medicine - Psychosomatic illness - Old school versus new school - Will to Live - Author - Dr. Arnold A. Hutschnecker - Rose Mary Woods - Analysis of personal cases - Drug problem - Personality deficit - Beneficial use of drugs - Problems with different drugs - Doctors' role - Phenobarbital - Mexican contacts - Phenobarbital versus heroin - Combinations of drugs - Administration contact with doctors - AMA contacts - Attack on drug problems - Educational campaign - Treatments - Forthcoming HEW meeting with AMA - President's role - Support for doctors - Arthur G. ("Art") Linkletter - Daughter - Carl M. Yastrzemski - Boston Red Sox - Educators' role - Effect of doctors on youthful drug users - Lack of political identification - Benefit of education - AMA involvement - Lecture participation - Doctors' lectures - Benefit - Medical group versus business - Poll on business - Opinion Research Corporation [ORC] - Public opinion - Doctors - Public opinion - President's schedule - Upcoming meeting with AMA Gift presentation - Cuff links - Golf balls - Vice President Spiro T. Agnew Drug problem - Doctors' lectures - Content Richardson, et al. left and Bull entered at 11:06 am President's schedule - John Sherman Cooper Bull left at unknown time before 11:08 am. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Richardson, Elliot L.; Egeberg, Roger O.; Cole, Kenneth R., Jr.; White House photographer; Bull, Stephen B.