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876–8
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Richard G. Kleindienst
  • Geoffrey C. Shepard
  • Jack Ingersoll
  • Thomas Devine
  • Michael Devine
  • Lawrence M. Devine
  • W. Robert Devine
  • Samuel Tummillo
  • Clara Tumillo
  • Mary Ann Tummillo
  • Connie Fletcher
March 12, 1973
Conversation No. 876-8

Date: March 12, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:21 and 12:46 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Samuel Tummillo, Clara Tummillo, Mary Ann Tummillo, Connie
Fletcher, Thomas Devine, Mrs. Thomas Devine, Thomas Devine [Jr.], Michael Devine, Mary
Rita Devine, W. Robert Devine, Richard G. Kleindienst, Jack Ingersoll and Geoffrey
Shepard/the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.

Boehm birds

Frank Tummillo
-Circumstances of death
-38-

NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Aug-2010)
Conversation No. 876-8 (cont’d)


-Awards

Presentation of Henry L. Manfredi Award

Photograph

Frank Tummillo
-Loss to family
-Sacrifice
-Significance

War on narcotics
-Importance
-Comparison to war against North Vietnam
-Significance
-Future generations
-President's speech on law enforcement
-Death penalty
-Death of officer
-Pushers
-Thanks

Award to Thomas Devine
-Appreciation
-Handicap
-Comparison to war veterans

Photographs
-Arrangements

White House tour
-Accommodations for Franklin D. Roosevelt

Rose Garden
-Flowers

Children
-Age
-39-

NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Aug-2010)
Conversation No. 876-8 (cont’d)


Frank Tummillo characterized

Crime legislation
-Congress
-Passage
-Nelson A. Rockefeller's crime bill
-Meeting with Republican leaders

Samuel Tummillo, et al., left at 12:34 pm; Kleindienst remained.

Schedule
-Kleindienst
-Rogers C. B. Morton
-Donald Santarelli

Kleindienst left at an unknown time before 12:46 pm.
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