Conversation No. 155-1

Date: November 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:15 pm and 1:01 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

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

[The recording began while the conversation was in progress]

[See Conversation No. 227-1]

       Second term reorganization
            -William P. Clements, Jr.
                  -Gilbert W. Fitzhugh
                        -Blue Ribbon [Defense] Panel
                  -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
                  -John B. Connally's advice
                        -Haldeman’s forthcoming telephone call
                              -Texas
                  -Department of Defense
                        -Elliot L. Richardson
                  -Role in Department of Defense
                        -Decision making
                              -Budget cuts
                        -Independence from admirals, generals
                              -Determination

       Press relations
             -Henry A. Kissinger [interview with Oriana Fallaci, November 2, 1972]
                    -Statement
                          -Substance
                          -Relationship with women

       Second term reorganization
            -Charles W. Colson
                  -Retention
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                        Tape Subject Log
                          (rev. Jan.-08)

                                                Conversation No. 155-1 (cont’d)

           -Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation with Colson
     -Office
           -Location
                  -White House
                        -Robert H. Finch
     -Finch
           -Departure
                  -Time
                  -The President’s recent conversation with Finch
                  -Announcement
                        -Date
                              -Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation with Finch
     -Donald H. Rumsfeld
           -George P. Shultz
           -Meeting with the President
           -Plans
           -Cabinet post
                  -The President's intention
           -Possible conversation with Shultz
-Labor Department
     -Shultz
     -Peter J. Brennan
           -Colson
           -Frank E. Fitzsimmons approval
                  -Reasons for appointment
                        -Shultz
                        -Jews
                  -Work with Colson
-Commerce Department
-Transportation Department
-Labor Department
     -Labor representative
           -Attitude of organized labor
                  -Colson’s conversations with the President
      -Brennan
-Transportation Department
-Commerce Department
     -[Anne L. Armstrong]
           -Political symbolism
                  -Republican Party
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. Jan.-08)

                                                                Conversation No. 155-1 (cont’d)

                                -Women
                                -Business community
                                      -Donald McI. Kendall
                         -Advantages
                                -“Sales” skills
                                -Newness
                                -“Flair”
                         -Republican National Committee chair
            -Interior Department
                   -Armstrong
                         -Oil
            -Howard (“Bo”) Callaway
            -John A. Scali
                   -United Nations [UN] ambassadorship
                         -Kissinger's reaction
            -George H.W. Bush
                   -Forthcoming meeting with the President
                   -Shultz
                   -Deputy Secretary of Treasury
                         -Shultz's reaction
                         -Political requirement
                                -John D. Ehrlichman
                                      -Shultz
                   -The President’s forthcoming meetings
                   -Commerce Department
                         -Calloway
                                -South
                                -Possible performance
            -The President’s forthcoming meetings