Conversation No. 44-90

Date: March 29, 1973
Time: 9:51 pm
Location: White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the President.

       President’s March 29 speech
             -Television [TV] picture
                   -Tricia Nixon Cox’s opinion
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      NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                        Tape Subject Log
                         (rev. Mar.-09)
                                                Conversation No. 44-90 (cont’d)



      -William H. Carruthers
      -Haldeman’s opinion
      -Backdrop
      -President’s appearance
-President’s delivery
-Ending
      -Col. Robinson Risner
-Structure
      -Progression of topics
            -Vietnam
            -Budget
            -Defense
            -Peace settlement
            -Prisoners of war [POWs]
      -News programs
            -POWs
      -President’s writing
            -Content and structure
            -Henry A. Kissinger’s version
            -“Buck stops here”
-Kissinger’s opinion
      -Attendance at Russian art reception
      -Content and delivery
      -Mixture of domestic and foreign topics
-Budget message
      -George P. Shultz and John D. Ehrlichman’s suggestions
      -President’s writing
      -Haldeman’s opinion
            -US budget
            -Household budget
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger’s reaction
      -Patriotism
      -Budget
      -Price controls
      -Harry S. Truman
      -Veterans
-Defense budget
      -William P. Rogers
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      NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                         Tape Subject Log
                          (rev. Mar.-09)
                                              Conversation No. 44-90 (cont’d)



      -Elliot L. Richardson
      -William J. Baroody, Jr.
             -Charles W. Colson’s departure
-Peter J. Brennan’s reaction
      -Veterans
      -Amnesty policy
-Richardson’s reaction
      -Ending
      -Content
      -Congressional reaction
-Reactions
      -George De Bree
             -Democrat
             -Cleveland
             -Price controls
             -Impoundment
      -Joseph P. Tonelli
             -United Paper Workers
             -Price controls
      -Peter Fosco
             -International Laborers Union
             -Price controls
             -Vietnam
      -New Majority
      -John F. Collins
             -Boston
             -Price controls
             -Veterans
      -Thomas Lee Jensen
             -Tennessee state legislator
             -Budget
                   -Program cuts
      -John Carl West
             -South Carolina
             -Price controls
             -Democrat
      -Billy [Gene] Mills
             -Los Angeles
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            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                               Tape Subject Log
                                (rev. Mar.-09)
                                                  Conversation No. 44-90 (cont’d)



                 -Price controls
           -Thomas P. Allen
                 -Olympia, Washington
                 -Strong speech
                 -Deficit
                 -Letters to Congress members
     -President’s request for mail
           -Baroody operation
     -Reactions
           -Tom Moody
                 -Columbus
                 -Vietnam
                 -Letters to Congress
           -John W. Driggs
                 -Phoenix
                 -Price controls
                 -Use of teleprompter
                 -Vietnam
           -Congress
                 -Baroody

Congressional relations
     -William E. Timmons’s suggestions
           -Meetings
           -Church services
           -Watergate
     -Baroody operation
           -Activities
                 -Support groups
           -Need of catalyst
           -Mail
           -Defense lobby
           -Need for calls to defense lobby
                 -Baroody
                 -Richardson
                 -Timmons
                 -Defense budget
     -Baroody
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. Mar.-09)
                                                              Conversation No. 44-90 (cont’d)



                   -Melvin R. Laird
                   -Reaction to President’s March 29 speech

       President’s statement on John W. Dean, III
             -Timing
             -Effects
                   -George H. W. Bush

       Congressional relations
            -White House staff
                  -Defense
                  -Budget
                  -Vietnam
                  -Watergate
            -Baroody operation
                  -President’s request for reactions