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On March 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:40 pm to 5:51 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 867-039 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Stephen B. Bull. President's radio speech - Final copy George Foreman - Attendance at Evening at White House - Meeting with President and Congresswoman Barbara Jordan - Length - Time President's schedule - Quadriad meeting - Jack J. Dreyfus, Jr. - Swearing- In of Bradford Cook - Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] chairman - President's attendance - Afternoon - Taping of community development message - Monday - Camp David - Rose Mary Woods - Thelma C. ("Pat") Nixon - Secretary - President's return - Meeting with Food Advisory Panel of Cost of Living Council [COLC] - Length - Press photographer - Tuesday - Mrs. William P. Rogers's luncheon - Cabinet wives- President's telephone call - Thursday - Courtesy meeting on budget with John L. McClellan and Milton R. Young - Budget, appropriations - Length - Henry L. Manfredi Award to Tummillo family [Treasury Department] - Death in narcotics law enforcement raid - New York - President's crime and drug speech - Award presentation - Presidential Management Improvement Awards presentation - H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman - Roy L. Ash, Caspar W. (‘Cap") Weinberger, Frederic C. Malek - Length - Retarded poster child - Desirability of ceremony - Haldeman's opinion - Thelma C. ("Pat") Nixon's attendance -1969, 1970 - Photographs - Council of Economic Advisors [CEA] - Ezra Solomon's last day - Scheduled taping of statement on role of government - Breakfast meeting - Herbert Stein - Members' wives - Solomon - Evening at the White House - Invitation - Leadership meeting - William E. Timmons - Meeting with congressional relations staff - Necessity - Timmons's briefing - Evening at White House - Introductions - Maurice H. Stans, Herbert W. Kalmbach - Entertainment - Army Chorus, Sea Chanters Charles L. Ill - Departure from post Executive privilege - Statement An unknown person [Haldeman?] entered at an unknown time after 5:40 pm. Charles Ill - Under Secretary of the Navy - Departure from post - Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson [?] Retarded child - Poster - Schedule Bull and the unknown person [Haldeman?] left at 5:51 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)].