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On November 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 3:07 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 298-006 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman. Talking paper - Secretary of Agriculture - John D. Ehrlichman - Clifford M. Hardin - Dinner The President's schedule - John N. Mitchell - Vietnam troop withdrawal announcement - Timing - Possible reaction - Congress - Ronald L. Ziegler's view - National Security Council [NSC] meeting - Timing - Announcement - Announcement - Agenda - Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] - Vietnam troop withdrawal announcement - Duration Daniel L. Schorr - Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] investigation - Reason - Ziegler's handling at press briefing - Possible role with administration - FBI investigation - Scope - The President's forthcoming press conference - Possible role with administration - Russell E. Train Julie Nixon Eisenhower - Conversation with the President, November 10, 1971 ***************************************************************** [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 09/07/2018. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [298-006- W001] [Duration: 31s] Julie Nixon Eisenhower - Tricia Nixon Cox - Thelma C. (Ryan) ("Pat") Nixon - Activities on behalf of the President ***************************************************************** Julie Nixon Eisenhower - Speeches - John K. Andrews, Jr. - Raymond K. Price, Jr. - Schedule - David N. Parker - Memorandum to Thelma C. ("Pat") Nixon - Public exposure - Talk at Washington, DC dinner -1960 election - Effect - Talk at dinner - Dissemination - Ziegler and Richard A. Moore The President's schedule - Human interest events - Ziegler - John A. Scali - Ziegler - Moore and Scali - Julie Nixon Eisenhower's schedule - Meeting with youth group - Ziegler Julie Nixon Eisenhower - Talk at dinner - Schedule - White House staff -[Memo to Mrs. Nixon] - West Wing - Parker - Coordination of East Wing and West Wing staffs Thelma C. ("Pat") Nixon's schedule - White House Tea - National Retired Teachers Association ***************************************************************** [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 09/12/2018. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [298-006- W002] [Duration: 6s] Thelma C. (Ryan) ("Pat") Nixon - Reluctance to participate in White House events ***************************************************************** Thelma C. (Ryan) ("Pat") Nixon's schedule - Constance M. Stuart - Dissemination of information - White House events ***************************************************************** [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 09/12/2018. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [298-006- W003] [Duration: 29s] Thelma C. (Ryan) ("Pat") Nixon - Participation on Presidential trips - One- Day trips only - Host at White House events - Reluctance - Guests disappointed Thelma C. (Ryan) ("Pat") Nixon absent ***************************************************************** Thelma C. (Ryan) ("Pat") Nixon - Host at White House events - The President's presence - Wife of Secretary of Transportation [Jennie (Benedetto) Volpe] The President's schedule - Hand- Shaking - Stephen B. Bull - Out- Of- Town people - Compared to local residents Thelma C. (Ryan) ("Pat") Nixon's schedule ***************************************************************** [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 09/12 /2018. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [298-006- W004] [Duration: 7s] Thelma C. (Ryan) ("Pat") Nixon - Participation in White House events - Needs discretion ***************************************************************** Thelma C. (Ryan) ("Pat") Nixon's schedule - Haldeman's forthcoming conversations - Parker - East Wing - Stuart - Alexander P. Butterfield - White House Teas First Family - Speeches - Price -[Andrews]. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob").