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622–15
- H. R. Haldeman
November 22, 1971
Conversation No. 622-15
Date: November 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:05 pm and 6:32 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
The President's schedule
-Meeting with Arthur F. Burns
-Views of John B. Connally and George P. Shultz
-International monetary system
-Timing
Haldeman left and John D. Ehrlichman entered at 5:15 pm.
-Rogers C. B. Morton
-Ehrlichman
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 5:15 pm.
Refreshment [?]
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 5:39 pm
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 622-15 (cont.)
-Trust territories
-Morton’s forthcoming trip
-Franklin Haydn Williams
-US retention
-Removal of Peace Corps
-Morton's previous conversation with Henry A. Kissinger
-Ehrlichman's forthcoming conversation with Kissinger
Catalina Island
-National park
-Gift from Philip K. Wrigley
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-William L. Pereira
-Wrigley
-Ehrlichman’s view
-Chicago Cubs
-Pereira’s view
-Finances
-Value
-Wrigley
-Possible meeting with Morton
-National park
-Benefits
Federal recreation area in Greenbelt, Maryland
-Assembly of land parcel
-Goddard Space Center, US Department of Agriculture Research Center,
wildlife refuge and Fort Meade
-Use
-Development
-Subway in Washington, DC
-Legislative prospects
-The President's meeting with Joel T. Broyhill
-William H. Natcher
-Ehrlichman’s view
-Location
-The President's name
-Legislation
-Timing
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 622-15 (cont.)
Pending tax bill
-Presidential campaign federal funding
-Forthcoming vote
-Clark MacGregor's view
-Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr.
-The President’s view
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson and Edmund S. Muskie
-Cancellation of American Federation of Labor-Congress of
Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO] appearances
-Possible veto
-Ehrlichman’s view
-Democrats
-Finances
-Possible veto
-James O. Eastland's views
-The President’s view
-Unknown person's bill
-Hugh Scott
National economy
-Effect on 1972 Presidential campaign
-Vietnam
-Pending tax bill
-Pros and cons
-Status
-Connally's views
-Views of Herbert Stein and Paul W. McCracken
-Ehrlichman's previous speech to bankers
-University of Utah
-Charles W. Colson and McCracken
-The President’s policy
-Ehrlichman's speech in Utah
-Copy to the President
-Reception
-Questions
-Labor
-The President’s previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Connally
-Previous press conference
-Ehrlichman’s view
-The President's program
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 622-15 (cont.)
-Pay Board
-George Meany's possible action
-White House reaction
-The President's previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Haldeman
-Gerald L. Warren
-Richard A. Moore
-John A. Scali
-Meany
-US New and World Report
-Washington Post
-Ehrlichman's speech in Utah
-Attendees
-The President's program
-Pay Board
-Meany's participation
-Previous Washington Star story
-Ehrlichman’s view
-Connally's previous press conference
-The President's previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Meany's comments
-Press coverage
-Unknown Jewish person from Associated Press [AP]
-Frank Cormier
-Connally's previous comments
-Press coverage
-Ehrlichman’s view
-Possible effect of India-Pakistan conflict
-Status
-Demand
-Economic indicators
-Connally's views regarding business
-Ehrlichman's speech in Utah
-Press coverage
Possible purchase of Big Cypress Swamp
-The President's forthcoming meeting with Morton
-Ehrlichman's previous conversation with Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-Comparison to Everglades
-Florida ecology
-Shrimp
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 622-15 (cont.)
-The President’s position
-Jackson's views
-Views of Morton and John C. Whitaker
-Methods
-Direct purchase
-Water and development rights
-Morton’s forthcoming announcement
-Office of Management and Budget [OMB] study
J. Edgar Hoover
-The President's instructions regarding killings of policemen
-Killing of policemen in New York
-Arrests
-Credit
-Possible call from the President
-Waverly M. Jones and Joseph A. Piagentini [slain policemen]
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] investigation
-Arrests
-Hoover’s forthcoming announcement
-John N. Mitchell
-Possible call from the President
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and
5:39 pm.
[Conversation No. 622-15A]
[See Conversation No. 15-105]
[End of telephone conversation]
Morton
-Department of the Interior
-Bureau of Indian Affairs
Earl L. Butz
-Senate confirmation
-Corn and wheat sales
Government reorganization
-Agriculture Department
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 622-15 (cont.)
-Ehrlichman's previous conversation with Clifford M. Hardin
-Possible legislative action
Revenue-sharing
-Wilbur D. Mills's forthcoming action
-The President's program
-Mills's forthcoming action
Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]
-Elliot L. Richardson's letter to Conference Committee
-Administration’s position
-Possible veto
-Jacob K. Javits
-MacGregor
-Child development
-Possible veto
The President talked with Hoover between 5:39 pm and 5:45 pm.
[Conversation no 622-15B]
[See Conversation No. 15-106; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's previous conversation with Hoover
-Killings of girls
-Suspect
Crime
-Blacks and Hispanics
-Military stockades
Previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Meany
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 5:45 pm.
Colson's schedule
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 5:52 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 622-15 (cont.)
Previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Meany's previous comments
-Meany
-Pay raise
-Connally's comments
-Possible Pay Board reaction
The President's schedule
-John F. Kennedy's grave
Kennedy
-Assassination
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Photograph at gravesite
-Connally's previous press conference
National economy
-David M. Kennedy
-Connally
-Press comments
-Answers at press conference
-Mexico
-Compared with the Vice President
Paul N. McCloskey
-The Vice President's comments
-McCloskey’s response
The Vice President
-Statement in Chicago regarding welfare recipients
-Rose Mary Woods
-Quip
-Gag writer
Colson entered at 5:52 pm.
-Calls to Ehrlichman
-Press coverage
-Mike Royko's column
20
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 622-15 (cont.)
The President's schedule
-Morton and Ehrlichman
Ehrlichman left at an unknown time before 6:13 pm.
-Connally
National economy
-The President's program
-Haldeman
-Shultz's view
-Sanctions
-Pay Board
-Congress
-Wage settlements
-The President’s view
-Inflation
-Productivity
-Consumer Price Index [CPI]
-The President's program
-Stock market performance
-Connally's press conference
AFL-CIO convention
-Schedule
-The President
-Meany
-Jerry Lewis
-Jackson
Pending legislation
-Tax Bill
-Possible veto
-Forthcoming vote
-The President's conversation with MacGregor
AFL-CIO convention
-Schedule
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Jackson and Muskie
-Adjournment
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 622-15 (cont.)
-James Suffridge's conversation with Colson
-Internal dissention
-The President's previous speech
-Press coverage
-AP
-News magazines
-Time and Newsweek
-Photographs
-The President compared to Meany
-Publics relations
-Citizens for a New Prosperity
-Washington Star
-Editorial
-Richard (“Dick”) Wilson and David Lawrence
-Liberals' possible charges
-Humphrey's previous statement
-Press coverage
-New York Times's calls to White House staff
-Two individuals in Herbert G. Klein's office
-Scali
-Kenneth W. Clawson and Victor Riesel
-Forthcoming columns
-William L. Safire, Scali and Ronald L. Ziegler
Polls
-Albert E. Sindlinger
-Press conference
-Wage and price freeze
-The President's program on national economy
-Meany
-Opinion Research Center [ORC]
The President's previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Liberals' possible charges
-White House response
-James D. Hodgson
-Television appearance
-Prospects of success
-Colson's conversation with unknown man
-Unknown man's daughter
-Riesel's column
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 622-15 (cont.)
-Labor's views on the President's speech
-Liberals' possible charges
-Colson's conversation with Javits
-White House follow-up on Meany
-Connally's views
-Shultz
-Meany
-Colson’s view
-Television
-Telegrams
-John P. Lomenzo
-Polls
-New Yorkers
-Harris
-Sindlinger
-Popular reaction
-Connally's previous comment on Meany
The Vice President
-The President’s view
-Comment on McCloskey
-Christine Jorgenson
-Benedict Arnold
-Comment regarding football team
Tax bill
-Telephone call from MacGregor
MacGregor talked with the President between 6:13 pm and 6:15 pm.
[Conversation No. 622-15C]
[See Conversation No. 15-107]
[End of telephone conversation]
Tax Bill
-Previous vote
-Charles McC. Mathias and Clifford P. Case
-Mathias, Case and Richard S. Schweiker
-Possible House action
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 622-15 (cont.)
-Campaign financing
-Democrats' actions
-Columnists' reaction
-The President’s view
-Effect
-Black
-George C. Wallace
-Connally's views
-Two-party system
-Compared with France
Labor leaders' support for the President
-Meany
-Frank E. Fitzsimmons and I[lworth] W[ilbur] Abel
-Muskie and Humphrey
-Donald F. Rodgers's call to Colson
-Peter J. Brennan
Previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-The President’s view
-White House follow-up
-Polls
-Sindlinger
National economy
-Connally's views
-Council of Economic Advisors [CEA] report
-Burns
-Forthcoming meeting with the President
-International monetary system
-Money supply
-The President’s view
-Meeting with Shultz
-Compared with Shultz and Connally
-Colson’s view
-Letter from the President
The Vice President
-Speech in Los Angeles
-Democratic candidates for presidency
-Humphrey
24
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 622-15 (cont.)
-Muskie
-Kennedy
-The President’s view
-Christine Jorgenson remark
-Effect on campaign
-Connally
-The President
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Schedule
-Meany
Rose Mary Woods and Manolo Sanchez entered and Colson left at 6:30 pm.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 30s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
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The President et al. left at an unknown time before 6:32 pm.
Date: November 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:05 pm and 6:32 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
The President's schedule
-Meeting with Arthur F. Burns
-Views of John B. Connally and George P. Shultz
-International monetary system
-Timing
Haldeman left and John D. Ehrlichman entered at 5:15 pm.
-Rogers C. B. Morton
-Ehrlichman
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 5:15 pm.
Refreshment [?]
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 5:39 pm
14
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 622-15 (cont.)
-Trust territories
-Morton’s forthcoming trip
-Franklin Haydn Williams
-US retention
-Removal of Peace Corps
-Morton's previous conversation with Henry A. Kissinger
-Ehrlichman's forthcoming conversation with Kissinger
Catalina Island
-National park
-Gift from Philip K. Wrigley
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-William L. Pereira
-Wrigley
-Ehrlichman’s view
-Chicago Cubs
-Pereira’s view
-Finances
-Value
-Wrigley
-Possible meeting with Morton
-National park
-Benefits
Federal recreation area in Greenbelt, Maryland
-Assembly of land parcel
-Goddard Space Center, US Department of Agriculture Research Center,
wildlife refuge and Fort Meade
-Use
-Development
-Subway in Washington, DC
-Legislative prospects
-The President's meeting with Joel T. Broyhill
-William H. Natcher
-Ehrlichman’s view
-Location
-The President's name
-Legislation
-Timing
15
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 622-15 (cont.)
Pending tax bill
-Presidential campaign federal funding
-Forthcoming vote
-Clark MacGregor's view
-Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr.
-The President’s view
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson and Edmund S. Muskie
-Cancellation of American Federation of Labor-Congress of
Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO] appearances
-Possible veto
-Ehrlichman’s view
-Democrats
-Finances
-Possible veto
-James O. Eastland's views
-The President’s view
-Unknown person's bill
-Hugh Scott
National economy
-Effect on 1972 Presidential campaign
-Vietnam
-Pending tax bill
-Pros and cons
-Status
-Connally's views
-Views of Herbert Stein and Paul W. McCracken
-Ehrlichman's previous speech to bankers
-University of Utah
-Charles W. Colson and McCracken
-The President’s policy
-Ehrlichman's speech in Utah
-Copy to the President
-Reception
-Questions
-Labor
-The President’s previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Connally
-Previous press conference
-Ehrlichman’s view
-The President's program
16
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 622-15 (cont.)
-Pay Board
-George Meany's possible action
-White House reaction
-The President's previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Haldeman
-Gerald L. Warren
-Richard A. Moore
-John A. Scali
-Meany
-US New and World Report
-Washington Post
-Ehrlichman's speech in Utah
-Attendees
-The President's program
-Pay Board
-Meany's participation
-Previous Washington Star story
-Ehrlichman’s view
-Connally's previous press conference
-The President's previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Meany's comments
-Press coverage
-Unknown Jewish person from Associated Press [AP]
-Frank Cormier
-Connally's previous comments
-Press coverage
-Ehrlichman’s view
-Possible effect of India-Pakistan conflict
-Status
-Demand
-Economic indicators
-Connally's views regarding business
-Ehrlichman's speech in Utah
-Press coverage
Possible purchase of Big Cypress Swamp
-The President's forthcoming meeting with Morton
-Ehrlichman's previous conversation with Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-Comparison to Everglades
-Florida ecology
-Shrimp
17
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 622-15 (cont.)
-The President’s position
-Jackson's views
-Views of Morton and John C. Whitaker
-Methods
-Direct purchase
-Water and development rights
-Morton’s forthcoming announcement
-Office of Management and Budget [OMB] study
J. Edgar Hoover
-The President's instructions regarding killings of policemen
-Killing of policemen in New York
-Arrests
-Credit
-Possible call from the President
-Waverly M. Jones and Joseph A. Piagentini [slain policemen]
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] investigation
-Arrests
-Hoover’s forthcoming announcement
-John N. Mitchell
-Possible call from the President
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and
5:39 pm.
[Conversation No. 622-15A]
[See Conversation No. 15-105]
[End of telephone conversation]
Morton
-Department of the Interior
-Bureau of Indian Affairs
Earl L. Butz
-Senate confirmation
-Corn and wheat sales
Government reorganization
-Agriculture Department
18
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 622-15 (cont.)
-Ehrlichman's previous conversation with Clifford M. Hardin
-Possible legislative action
Revenue-sharing
-Wilbur D. Mills's forthcoming action
-The President's program
-Mills's forthcoming action
Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]
-Elliot L. Richardson's letter to Conference Committee
-Administration’s position
-Possible veto
-Jacob K. Javits
-MacGregor
-Child development
-Possible veto
The President talked with Hoover between 5:39 pm and 5:45 pm.
[Conversation no 622-15B]
[See Conversation No. 15-106; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's previous conversation with Hoover
-Killings of girls
-Suspect
Crime
-Blacks and Hispanics
-Military stockades
Previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Meany
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 5:45 pm.
Colson's schedule
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 5:52 pm.
19
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 622-15 (cont.)
Previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Meany's previous comments
-Meany
-Pay raise
-Connally's comments
-Possible Pay Board reaction
The President's schedule
-John F. Kennedy's grave
Kennedy
-Assassination
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Photograph at gravesite
-Connally's previous press conference
National economy
-David M. Kennedy
-Connally
-Press comments
-Answers at press conference
-Mexico
-Compared with the Vice President
Paul N. McCloskey
-The Vice President's comments
-McCloskey’s response
The Vice President
-Statement in Chicago regarding welfare recipients
-Rose Mary Woods
-Quip
-Gag writer
Colson entered at 5:52 pm.
-Calls to Ehrlichman
-Press coverage
-Mike Royko's column
20
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 622-15 (cont.)
The President's schedule
-Morton and Ehrlichman
Ehrlichman left at an unknown time before 6:13 pm.
-Connally
National economy
-The President's program
-Haldeman
-Shultz's view
-Sanctions
-Pay Board
-Congress
-Wage settlements
-The President’s view
-Inflation
-Productivity
-Consumer Price Index [CPI]
-The President's program
-Stock market performance
-Connally's press conference
AFL-CIO convention
-Schedule
-The President
-Meany
-Jerry Lewis
-Jackson
Pending legislation
-Tax Bill
-Possible veto
-Forthcoming vote
-The President's conversation with MacGregor
AFL-CIO convention
-Schedule
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Jackson and Muskie
-Adjournment
21
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 622-15 (cont.)
-James Suffridge's conversation with Colson
-Internal dissention
-The President's previous speech
-Press coverage
-AP
-News magazines
-Time and Newsweek
-Photographs
-The President compared to Meany
-Publics relations
-Citizens for a New Prosperity
-Washington Star
-Editorial
-Richard (“Dick”) Wilson and David Lawrence
-Liberals' possible charges
-Humphrey's previous statement
-Press coverage
-New York Times's calls to White House staff
-Two individuals in Herbert G. Klein's office
-Scali
-Kenneth W. Clawson and Victor Riesel
-Forthcoming columns
-William L. Safire, Scali and Ronald L. Ziegler
Polls
-Albert E. Sindlinger
-Press conference
-Wage and price freeze
-The President's program on national economy
-Meany
-Opinion Research Center [ORC]
The President's previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Liberals' possible charges
-White House response
-James D. Hodgson
-Television appearance
-Prospects of success
-Colson's conversation with unknown man
-Unknown man's daughter
-Riesel's column
22
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 622-15 (cont.)
-Labor's views on the President's speech
-Liberals' possible charges
-Colson's conversation with Javits
-White House follow-up on Meany
-Connally's views
-Shultz
-Meany
-Colson’s view
-Television
-Telegrams
-John P. Lomenzo
-Polls
-New Yorkers
-Harris
-Sindlinger
-Popular reaction
-Connally's previous comment on Meany
The Vice President
-The President’s view
-Comment on McCloskey
-Christine Jorgenson
-Benedict Arnold
-Comment regarding football team
Tax bill
-Telephone call from MacGregor
MacGregor talked with the President between 6:13 pm and 6:15 pm.
[Conversation No. 622-15C]
[See Conversation No. 15-107]
[End of telephone conversation]
Tax Bill
-Previous vote
-Charles McC. Mathias and Clifford P. Case
-Mathias, Case and Richard S. Schweiker
-Possible House action
23
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 622-15 (cont.)
-Campaign financing
-Democrats' actions
-Columnists' reaction
-The President’s view
-Effect
-Black
-George C. Wallace
-Connally's views
-Two-party system
-Compared with France
Labor leaders' support for the President
-Meany
-Frank E. Fitzsimmons and I[lworth] W[ilbur] Abel
-Muskie and Humphrey
-Donald F. Rodgers's call to Colson
-Peter J. Brennan
Previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-The President’s view
-White House follow-up
-Polls
-Sindlinger
National economy
-Connally's views
-Council of Economic Advisors [CEA] report
-Burns
-Forthcoming meeting with the President
-International monetary system
-Money supply
-The President’s view
-Meeting with Shultz
-Compared with Shultz and Connally
-Colson’s view
-Letter from the President
The Vice President
-Speech in Los Angeles
-Democratic candidates for presidency
-Humphrey
24
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 622-15 (cont.)
-Muskie
-Kennedy
-The President’s view
-Christine Jorgenson remark
-Effect on campaign
-Connally
-The President
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Schedule
-Meany
Rose Mary Woods and Manolo Sanchez entered and Colson left at 6:30 pm.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 30s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
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The President et al. left at an unknown time before 6:32 pm.
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