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Conversation: 458-005

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Start Date: Thursday, February 25, 1971 8:46 PM

End Date: Thursday, February 25, 1971 9:05 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Bull, Stephen B.Herrera, FelipeWalker, Charls E.Costanzo, Henry J.Hewitt, Ashley

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:01:23

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:20:06

458-005.mp3

NARA Description:

On February 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Felipe Herrera, Charls E. Walker, Henry J. Costanzo, and Ashley Hewitt met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:46 pm and 4:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 458-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 458-005
Date: February 25, 1971
Time: Unknown after 3:46 pm until 4:05 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull
The President’s schedule
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-Felipe Herrera
-Ashley Hewitt
Herrera, Charls E. Walker, Henry J. Costanzo, and Hewitt entered and Bull left at 3:48 pm;
members of the press were present at the beginning of the meeting
Greetings
-Herrera
-Walker
-Costanzo
Herrera
-Previous meeting with the President
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Tenure at Inter-American Development Bank [IADB]
-University education
United States-Latin American relations
-Chile
-History
-Education
-Herrera’s return to Chile
-University
-IADB
-US contribution
-Administration views
-President’s statement
-Congress
-Albert A. Gore, Sr.
-Loan policy
-IADB loan assistance
-Compared to World Bank
-Bolivia
-Paraguay
-Honduras
-Haiti
-Caribbean nations
-The President’s trip to Chile in 1967
-United Nations’ Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization [UNESCO]
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Gifts
-Presentation of Material from IADB
-Presentation of gifts by the President
-Photograph
-President’s foreign policy report
-Cuff links
Farewells
Herrera, Costanzo, and Hewitt left at an unknown time before 4:05 pm
Public relations
-US-Latin American relations
-Administration position
-Walker’s statements
-America’s partnership
-”Peaceful change”
-Stability
-Importance
-Private capital
-Importance of aid
-President’s view
-Dignity of all countries
-Self-reliance
John B. Connally
Farewells
Walker left at 4:05 pm