Date: February 15, 1973

Time: 6:34 pm – 6:45 pm

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope.

[See Conversation No. 410-43]

Prisoners of War [POWs] return

-Rose Mary Woods

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-Capt. Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr.

-Col. Robinson Risner’s statement

-Material for movies

-Jack L. Warner

-Meeting with Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS]

-December 1972 bombing of North Vietnam

-Adm. Thomas H. Moorer

-The President’s instructions

-B-52s

-Effect on POWs

-May 8, 1972 bombing

-The President’s conversation with Hope

-Heroes

-Vietnam settlement

Terence Cooke

-Catholic Youth Organization [CYO]

-Hope’s appearance

-Location

POWs and Vietnam settlement

-Hope’s telegram

Golf

-The President’s schedule

-Rose Mary Woods

-John B. Connally

-A. Pollard Simons

-Arnold Palmer

John Ford

-Support for the President’s policies

-Medal of Freedom

-Timing of ceremony

-Location

Letter from the President to Warren Dorn

Hope’s appearance at CYO

-Message from the President

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-POWs

POWs return

-Value to the nation

-National Broadcasting Company [NBC] press conference

-Hope

-December 1972 bombing

-The President’s view

-Hope and Palmer

-Moorer

-Creighton W. Abrams

Vietnam settlement

-US commitment

-Raising of US flag to full staff

-Claudia A. (“Lady Bird”) Johnson’s agreement

-Respect of enemies

-Trust of allies

Hope’s schedule

-New York

Golf

-The President’s schedule

-Nguyen Van Thieu

The President talked with Delores (Reade) Hope.

Bob Hope’s schedule

-Israel

-Event with Cooke

POWs

-Homecoming

-The country’s reaction

-Amnesty

-Canada and Sweden

-Abrams

-The President’s conversations with POW wives

-Mrs. James Mulligan, Mrs. Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr., Mrs. Robinson Risner

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-Bravery

Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

Invitation for dinner