491–30

Conversation No. 491-30

Date: May 5, 1971
Time: 12:11 pm - 12:23 pm
Location: Oval Office

Stephen B. Bull met with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Cohn, Mr. and Mrs. U. Alexis Johnson, Dr.
and Mrs. Edward F. Knipling, Dr. and Mrs. Fred Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Willis,
Robert E. Hampton, John B. Connally, Clifford M. Hardin, George P. Shultz and Frederic V.
Malek.

Federal Civilian Service Awards ceremony
-Arrangements
-Press
-The Cohns and Shultz
-The Kniplings
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-Hardin
-The Leonards
-The Willises
-Connally
-President's role
-Presentation of awards
-Group photograph

[General conversation]

The President entered and the press entered and left at an unknown time after 12:11 pm.

Presentation of awards
-[Camera noise]
-Cohn
-Contributions
-Fiscal policy management
-Federal budget process
-Johnson
-Contributions
-Diplomacy
-Vietnam
-Okinawa
-Knipling
-Contributions
-Entomology
-Leonard
-Contributions
-Medical research
-Willis
-Contributions
-Financial statesmanship
-International monetary systems

Group photograph

Presentation of gifts
-Presidential seal

Oval Office
-Decoration
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
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-Carpet
-Color
-Ceiling
-State gifts
-Korea
-President's schedule
-Executive Office Building [EOB] office
-Seals Conv. No. 491-30 (cont.)

Weather
-Tulips

Federal service
-Years

[General conversation]

The Cohns et al., left at 12:23 pm.

Press photograph
-Robert D. (“Bob”) Lee

Bull left at 12:23 pm.