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OCR Page 1 of 12Exit Interview of Benjamin J. Stein
Interviewee :
Benjamin J. Stein, Staff Assistant -Speechwriting, Research & Messages
Interviewer :
Susan Yowell
Date of Interview:
October 18, 1974
Place of Interview:
Old Executive Office Bldg. Mr. Stein's office
START OF CONVERSATION
SY: I might add to that, as I said these are really for the purposes of aiding archivists, who receive all
these papers, and we're hoping to get draft transcripts to everyone at some time SO that we can go
over it and add anything or make any changes that are necessary. We're very slow at that, we have
one person doing it two days a week, SO you can imagine it may be some time, an indefinite time
but we do feel we would like to do that and give people a chance to look over what they had to
say, although we're not trying in any way go into any policy matters or in depth on anything which
might be a continuing sensitive nature. When did you officially join the staff?
BS: Well, I officially joined the staff on March 17. I was detailed here starting November 11, and I
actually started working here full time November 11, '73.
SY: What - did you come on detail knowing you would remain here -
BS: No, they told me if they liked me I would remain and if I liked them I would remain. I see you
have one of those cheap Sony outfits not like the expensive one that Lyndon Johnson used to have.
SY: Actually this machine this model is the 400-B, it was - I'm told it was the one that was used in the
Oval Office - you can imagine the jesting we got after the tape system came out and we continued
to carry these around not even knowing it was the same model, we had nothing that to do with that
taping system.
BS: Ok, SO you say ok.
SY: Can you tell me anything about how you were recruited?
BS: Yes, I recruited myself in a sense I had been a big -
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