Date: March 9, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:53 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people met.
Arrangements for recording
-Schedule
The President entered at 4:40 pm.
Recording arrangements
The President made a video recording of his highlights from “Radio Address About the State of
the Union Message on Law Enforcement and Drug Abuse Prevention” between 4:40 pm and
4:43 pm.
Federal criminal code
-Revision
-Penalties
-Drugs
-Capital punishment
-Hijacking, kidnapping, terrorists
-Maximum penalties
-Drug pushers
Marijuana
-Criminalization
Announcement
-Arrival of helicopter
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2010)
John T. Downey
-Release
-President’s call to William Downey
-Incarceration in People’s Republic of China [PRC] compared to Vietnam
-Downey’s release date
-Vietnam prisoners of war [POWs] release date
-Delay
Church service
-Invitation
The President left at 4:43 pm. Unknown people remained.
[General conversation]
Protestants compared to Catholics
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Offer of assistance
Gear
The recording was cut off at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.