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On February 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:53 pm to 3:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 663-003 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman. Press relations - Edith Efron, How CBS Tried to Kill a Book (1972) - Publicity - William F. ("Billy") Graham - Patrick J. Buchanan - Possible letter - Efron's forthcoming testimony - Book circulation - Distribution with testimony - Editors -[Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.] Committee - Antagonism - L. Richard Guylay's view - Television networks - Possible letters and calls - Barbara H. Franklin - John Birch Society - Women - Distribution of Efron book and testimony - Women - News monitoring - Possible foundation - Efron - Democrats - John A. ("Jack") Mulcahy - Franklin - Station owners - American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC], Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] - Foundation - Mulcahy - Accuracy in media group - Buchanan - Tom C. Huston - Story to CBS [?] - Criticism of administration - Guylay memorandum - Meeting with Graham - Rebuttal - Bernard J. ("Bunny") Lasker - Max Frankel - Herbert E. Kaplow - Jacob K. Javits - Efron - Marriage [Clytia Chambers] - Administration - Henry A. Kissinger - William L. Safire - Leonard Garment - Arthur F. Burns - Herbert Stein - Ezra Solomon - Marina Von N. Whitman Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 2:53 pm. President's schedule - John N. Mitchell Bull left at an unknown time before 3:02 pm. Appointments - Atomic Energy Commission [AEC] - Woman [Jane Hall] - The President's meeting with James R. Schlesinger, January 31, 1972 - Los Alamos - California. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.