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Start Date: 28-Nov-1972 12:14 PM

End Date: 28-Nov-1972 1:50 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Camp David Operator

Recording Device: Camp David Hard Wire

231-016a.mp3

231-016b.mp3

NARA Description:

On November 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 12:14 pm to 1:50 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 231-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 231-16

Date: November 28, 1972
Time: 12:14 pm- 1:50 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

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

      Second term reorganization
           -Herbert Stein
           -Peter J. Brennan
                 -George P. Shultz
                 -James D. Hodgson
                 -Recent meeting with the President
                        -Shultz
                        -Charles W. Colson
                        -Labor leaders representing labor
                              -Questioning
                                    -The President’s advisers
                                          -Exception
                                                -Colson
                                    -Farm leaders representing farmers
                                    -Business leaders representing businesss
                        -Shultz
                        -Colson
                              -Role in appointment
                 -Irish-Catholic background
                 -Martin P. Durkin
                        -Relationship with Dwight D. Eisenhower
                              -Compared to the President’s relationship with Brennan
                        -Plumbing background
           -John A. Scali
                 -Italian Catholic Democratic background
                 -Conversation with Haldeman
                        -Job offer
                        -Current work
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                                               Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

                  -Vietnam War
                        -Public relations [PR]
      -Vietnam War
            -Haldeman’s conversation with William P. Rogers and Melvin R. Laird
-Richard M. Helms
      -Recent conversation with Haldeman
            -Ambassadorship to Iran
                  -Acceptance
                        -[Cynthia McKelvie Helms]
      -Ambassadorship to Iran
            -Timing
                  -March 1973
                  -Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation with Helms
      -[Dr. James R. Schlesinger, Jr.]
-Joseph S. Farland
      -State Department
            -Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
            -Henry A. Kissinger
                  -Forthcoming conversation with Haldeman
            -Informing Rogers
-Helms
      -Ambassadorship to Iran
            -Timing
                  -March 1973
-Farland
      -Kissinger
      -State Department
            -Assistant Secretary for the Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
-Helms
      -Informing [Shah of Iran] Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
      -Announcement
            -Advisability
                  -Schlesinger
-John N. (“Jack”) Irwin, II
      -Conversation with Rogers
            -Ambassadorship to France
                  -French speaking ability
-U. Alexis Johnson
      -Forthcoming conversation with Rogers
-Ambassadorship to France
                               -11-

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                                               Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

      -French speaking ability
            -Rogers’s view
            -Maurice H. Stans’s candidates
-Emil (“Bus”) Mosbacher, Jr.
      -Appointment
            -Kissinger
            -Campaign contribution
-Brennan
-Labor representatives
      -Ambassadorships
            -Stans’s candidates
            -I[lorwith] W[ilbur] Abel
                   -Shultz
      -Colson
            -Michael P. Balzano, Jr.
            -Donald F. Rogers
            -Schedule
                   -Unknown person
                   -Helicopter
            -Role of labor representatives
      -Rodgers
            -Shultz
            -Unknown economic adviser
                   -Executive Office Building [EOB]
            -Balzano
                   -Colson
-White House Office of Information
      -Role
            -Press relations
            -Work with labor and ethnic groups
      -Black candidate
            -Stanley S. Scott
-Herbert G. Klein
      -Conversation with Haldeman
      -US Information Agency [USIA]
            -Departure
-USIA
      -Position to be filled
-Peter G. Peterson
      -The President’s conversation with John D. Ehrlichman
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                                                      Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

         -Haldeman’s conversation with Ehrlichman and Shultz
         -Conversation with Shultz and Kissinger
         -Interest in ambassadorship at large
               -Washington, DC
               -Ehrlichman’s view
               -Motivation
                      -Washington, DC
     -Commerce Department
         -Frederick B. Dent
               -Donald McI. Kendall
                      -Possible conversation with Haldeman
                            -Southern businessman
                            -Democrats in administration
                                  -Scali, Brennan
                            -Other candidates
                            -South
         -Other nominees
               -New Orleans businessman
                      -Frederic V. Malek
               -Florida nominee
                      -Southerner
                            -New Yorker
                                  -Jew
                                         -Miami Beach
                            -Jacksonville
               -New Orleans businessman
               -South Carolina
         -Dent
               -Meeting with the President
               -Possible conversation with Haldeman
                      -Pepsi Cola Company
                            -Deal to sell soft drink in Soviet Union
                            -Southerner
                                  -Age

The President’s schedule
     -Meeting with Dr. W. Kenneth Riland
     -Trip to Washington, DC
           -Return to Camp David
                  -Annoucements
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                                                     Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

          -Trip to Florida [Key Biscayne]
                -Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS]
                -Economic [Budget] group
                -Announcements
                       -Camp David
                       -State Department
                       -Rogers
                       -[David] Kenneth Rush
                       -William J. Casey
                       -William J. Porter
          -Return to Camp David
          -Helicopter ride
          -Timing
                -Meeting with Nguyen Phu Duc, black administration officials, Riland
          -Budget group
                -JCS
                -Camp David
                -Washington, DC
                       -Duc
     -The President’s press statement
          -Camp David
          -White House
          -Key Biscayne
                -Meeting with Kissinger

Second term reorganization
     -Announcement
           -White House staff
     -Announcements, December 1, 1972
           -[Council on Economic Policy]
                  -Shultz
           -Stein
           -Peter M. Flanigan
                  -Council on International Economic Policy [CIEP]
           -Shultz
                  -Assistant to the President for economic affairs
     -Announcements, December 2, 1972
           -White House staff
                  -Key Biscayne
                  -Kissinger’s meeting with the President
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                                                     Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

          -East Wing staff
                -The President’s forthcoming conversation with Thelma C. (“Pat”)
                 Nixon
     -Donald H. Rumsfeld
          -Cost of Living Council [COLC]
          -Peterson
                -European Economic Council [EEC]
          -North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
                -Compared to EEC
          -EEC
                -Joseph A. Greenwald
                -Possible recall
                      -Shultz
                -Rumsfeld’s attitude
     -COLC
          -John T. Dunlop
                -Labor Department
     -NATO
          -Hodgson
     -Rumsfeld
          -Geneva

The President’s schedule
     -Raymond K. Price, Jr.
           -Meeting with the President
           -Forthcoming conversation with Haldeman
     -November 29, 1972
           -Claude S. Brinegar
           -Robert J. Brown
           -Return to Washington, DC
                  -Brown
                  -Meetings at White House
     -November 30, 1972
           -Budget group
           -JCS
           -Departure for Key Biscayne

Second term reorganization
     -Price
            -Plans
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                                                   Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

            -Role in second term
                   -First term
                   -“House philosopher”
                          -Bring in seminal ideas
                          -The President’s philosophy
                                -Distillation
                                -Understanding
                                      -Administration, country
                                      -Price’s view
                          -Reconciling apparent inconsistencies
                          -Use of time
                                -Reading, reflection, writing
                                -Departmental responsibilities
                                -Speech writing
                                      -Staff
                                          -Supervisory role
            -Title
                   -Counsellor
                   -Special Assistant to the President
                          -Leonard Garment
                          -William L. Safire
-Safire
       -Book writing
       -Departure
              -Book
              -Timing
                    -Inauguration
                           -Address [?]
                                  -Tone, ideas
-Price
       -“House philosopher”
              -Policy process input
                    -Proposals
                           -Consistency with the President’s philosophy
              -Price’s political orientation
                    -Left-center
-Patrick J. Buchanan
       -Political orientation
              -Right
       -Special assistantship
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                                                     Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

     -Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation with Price
     -Editorial work
           -White House staff
                 -Paperwork
                       -David R. Gergen
           -Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation with Price
           -Lee W. Huebner
           -Speech writers
                 -Price, Buchanan
           -Paperwork
     -Frank Dale
           -Klein’s job
     -Klein
           -Work outside of administration
           -Work in first term
                 -Insecurity
                 -Administrative abilities
     -Dale
           -Administrative abilities
           -Work with Ronald L. Ziegler
                 -Coordination
           -Compared to Klein
           -Attendance at meetings
                 -Congressional briefings
                       -Ziegler
                       -William E. Timmons

Mrs. Nixon’s schedule
     -Rose Bowl parade
           -Arrangements
                 -Guest of honor
                      -Special automobile
                             -Compared to grand marshall’s and tournament president’s
                              car
                 -Rose Bowl game
                      -Parade route
                             -Riding
                             -Queen, tournament president, grand marshall
                             -Announcement
                                   -University of Southern California [USC]
                                          -17-

                 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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                                                          Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

                             -Seating
                                   -Tournament president
                                   -USC president
                                   -Grand marshall
                                         -Tournament president
                       -Klein
                             -Conversation with Julie Nixon Eisenhower
                             -Possible conversation with Mrs. Nixon
                                   -Use
                             -John Wayne
                                   -Grand marshall

      The President’s schedule
           -Key Biscayne
           -California


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                 -Christmas
                       -Jack Drown, Helene (Cloesie) Drown
                       -F. Donald Nixon
           -Mrs. Nixon’s schedule
                 -Rose Bowl
           -Christmas
                 -Florida
                 -California
                       -Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
                       -Jack Drown, Helene Drown
                       -The President’s relatives

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      Second term reorganization
           -Klein
                 -USIA job
                 -Retention
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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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                                                            Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

                      -Announcement
                 -Departure
                      -Timing
                            -Colson
                                 -Replacement
                            -1973 Inauguration


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      Mrs. Nixon’s schedule
           -Rose Parade
                 -Haldeman’s possible conversation with Mrs. Nixon
                 -Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s schedule

      The President’s schedule
           -Army-Navy Football game

      Republican National Committee [RNC]
           -Robert J. Dole
                 -Meeting with John N. Mitchell
                       -Reaction
                       -Nelson A. Rockefeller
                 -Chairmanship
                       -Full time, professional position
                       -Departure
                              -Timing
                              -Advantages
                 -Mitchell’s advice
                 -Departure
                       -Timing
                       -1974 election
                 -Mitchell’s advice for the President’s meeting
                       -Praise for Dole
                              -The President’s acceptance speech
                                    -Shoreham Hotel
                                    -RNC
                       -Departure
                       -Role in Senate
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                                                           Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

                       -Mitchell
                       -Replacement
                             -George H. W. Bush
                       -Retention
                             -1973 Inaugural
                       -Press reports
                             -William E. Brock, III
                             -Kenneth S. Rietz
                             -Appearances
                                   -Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP]
                       -Recommendations to the RNC
           -1972 election role
                 -Turnout
                       -Democrats
                       -Independents
                       -Republicans
                       -Analysis
           -Dole
                 -Meeting with the President
                       -Other participants
                       -Haldeman’s presence
                       -Meeting with Haldeman
                             -Mitchell’s advice
                       -Dole’s reelection campaign
                             -Trip abroad
                                   -Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
                             -The President’s assistance

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                             -Trip abroad
                                   -Japan
                                   -Southeast Asia

      Second term reorganization
           -Under Secretaries
                 -Agriculture Department
                       -J. Phillip Campbell
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                   Tape Subject Log
                     (rev. Feb.-08)

                                           Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

             -Retention
                   -Southern support
                   -Political plans
                          -Timing
                          -Gubernatorial candidacy
                   -Knowledge
                   -Work with Earl L. Butz
       -Assistant Secretaries
       -Campbell
             -Changes in department
-Interior Department
       -John C. Whitaker
             -Forthcoming conversation with Ehrlichman
             -White House
             -Atomic Energy Commission [AEC] offer
             -Reputation
                   -AEC
       -John G. Tower
       -Dixy Lee Ray
             -Qualifications
                   -Schlesinger’s view
             -Women appointees
-Commerce Department
       -Secretary
-Labor Department
       -Frank Zarb
             -Present position
                   -Assistant Secretary for Administration
             -Qualifications
             -Loyalty
                   -Tenure
             -Colson
       -Brennan
       -Administration
             -J[ames] Curtis Counts
       -Counts
             -Possible departure [from Federal Mediation and Conciliation
              Service] [FMCS]
       -Willie J. Usery
             -Possible replacement for Counts
                               -21-

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                                               Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

                      -FMCS
           -Counts
                 -Professional background
                 -Federal Trade Commission [FTC]
                 -Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
                 -Loyalty
                 -View of business
     -Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
           -Office of Management and Budget [OMB] candidate
           -Outsiders
                 -Work with Weinberger
     -Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD]
           -John E. (“Jack”) Sheehan
                 -Federal Reserve Board [FRB]
                 -Background
                       -Kentucky
                       -Age
                 -Toughness
                 -Age
                 -Managerial expertise
                 -Replacement
                       -FRB
                             -Southern district
                             -Archibald K. Davis
                                   -Health
     -Department of Transportation
           -Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.
                 -Loyalty
                 -[Brinegar]
     -State Department
     -Treasury Department
     -Appointments
           -Malek
           -Assistant Secretaries
           -Ambassadorships, Assistant Secretaries, departments
                 -The President’s recent meeting with Brennan
     -Unknown woman
           -New York
-Agency directors
     -Internal Revenue Service [IRS]
                            -22-

NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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                                        Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

       -George D. Webster
-AEC
      -Ray
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
      -Schlesinger
-Agency for International Development [AID]
      -William B. Macomber, Jr.
            -Possible departure [from State Department]
            -Ambassadorship
            -Loyalty
            -Mitchell
      -Ambassadorship
      -Businessman
            -Kendall and Malek recommendation
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-Arms Control and Disarmament Agency [ACDA]
      -Secor D. Browne
            -Kissinger’s recommendation
            -Civil Aeronautics Board [CAB]
            -Independence
            -Knowledge
                   -Kissinger’s view
            -Possible handling of bureaucracy
            -Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson’s recommendations
                   -[Lt. Gen. Ed Rowny]
                   -Kissinger’s list
                         -Malek
      -David R. Young, Jr.
            -Loyalty
      -Leo Cherne
            -Experience
            -ACDA
            -National defense
            -NATO
      -Rumsfeld
            -Geneva
            -EEC
                   -[Joseph A. Greenwald]
                         -Flanigan’s support
-EEC
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                                         Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

      -Hodgson
      -Greenwald
            -New job
                   -Shultz
-Cherne
      -NATO
-ACDA
      -William M. Magruder
            -Technical expertise
                   -Supersonic Transport [SST]
      -John S. Foster, Jr.
            -Signal
            -Credentials
            -Possible handling of bureaucracy
            -Negotiations
                   -Gerard C. Smith
      -Administrative and negotiating functions
            -Separation
                   -Smith
                   -Foster
                         -Kissinger’s view
                         -Compared to Robert S. McNamara
      -Rietz
            -Symbolism
                   -Youth
            -Loyalty
            -Politics
                   -Republican Party
-Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [EEOC]
      -Brown
            -Retention
                   -Loyalty
                   -Symbolism
                   -Possible court appointment
-Environmental Protection Agency [EPA]
      -William D. Ruckelshaus
            -Retention
-Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]
      -Loyalists
            -Advance man
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                                            Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

      -Phillip V. Sanchez
             -HUD
                    -Ehrlichman’s plan
-Office of Emergency Preparedness [OEP]
      -Confirmation requirement
             -Timmons’s view
             -L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III
-Gray
      -FBI
             -Confirmation problem
      -NATO
             -Cherne
             -Confirmation problem
                    -Compared to Flanigan
             -Retention
                    -Mitchell’s view
                          -Kleindienst’s view
                          -Kleindienst’s involvement
-FBI
      -[Jerry V. Wilson]
             -Mitchell’s view
                    -Alternatives
             -Alternatives
                    -Lawyer
      -Krogh
             -Relationship with the President
-OEP
      -Louie B. Nunn
      -Requirement
             -Politician
             -Nunn
      -Gray
             -Washington, DC
-Gray
      -NATO
-Thomas S. Kleppe
      -Retention
-General Services Administration [GSA]
      -Nunn
      -Requirement
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                                              Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

                 -Politician
                 -Young loyalist
           -Nunn
                 -Money making
     -USIA
           -Richard L. Harkness
                 -Performance on [National Advisory Council for Drug Abuse
                   Prevention]
                 -Speaking ability
                 -Age
           -James Leonard Reinsch
                 -Cox Broadcasting Company
                 -Political loyalties
                        -John F. Kennedy media adviser
                 -Advisory committee
           -Klein
           -Dale
           -Reinsch
                 -Chairmanship of Advisory Committee
                        -Frank Stanton
           -Dale
           -James Keogh
                 -Loyalty
                        -Interest in returning to administration
                 -Qualifications
                 -Interest
-NATO
     -Peterson
           -Decision
           -Acceptance
-Deputy Attorney General
     -Myles J. Ambrose
           -Mitchell’s view
           -Relationship with the President
                 -Ehrlichman
           -Mitchell’s view
                 -Confirmation problem
                        -Alleged incident in Texas
-FBI
     -Wilson
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                                                            Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

                        -Mitchell’s view
                  -Director
                        -Prerequisites
                              -Mitchell’s view
                                    -Loyalty
                                    -Ability
                              -Loyalty
                              -Legal background
                              -Administrative ability
                                    -Political skills
                  -Evelle Younger
                        -California
                        -Gray
                        -Los Angeles District Attorney
                              -Legal background
                  -William French Smith
                  -Attorney General of Missouri
                        -[John C. Danforth]
                              -1970 election
                                    -Senate race
                              -Christopher S. (“Kit”) Bond
                              -1972 election
                  -Attorney General of Arizona
                        -[Gary K. Nelson]
                              -Meeting with the President, September 21, 1971
                              -Toughness
                  -Robert H. Finch’s view
                  -Younger
                        -Finch’s view
                              -Ronald W. Reagan’s view
                              -Mitchell’s view
                        -Los Angeles County
                              -Size

The President talked with the Camp David operator at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and
1:50 pm.

[Conversation No. 231-16A]

[See Conversation No. 156-11]
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                                                           Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)


[End of telephone conversation]

       Second term reorganization
            -FBI
                  -[Wilson]
                        -Mitchell’s view
                  -Gray
                        -Departure
                               -Confirmation problem
                                     -Watergate
                               -Job performance
                               -ACDA
                               -Confirmation problem
                                     -Watergate
                                            -Kleindienst’s view
                                                  -FBI investigation
                               -Relationship with the President
                                     -Politics
            -Gray
                  -ACDA
                  -OEP
                        -White House
                        -Political role
                  -ACDA
            -ACDA
                  -Cherne
                        -Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation with Kissinger
            -EEC
                  -Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation with Shultz
                  -Greenwald
                        -Possible recall
                               -Shultz
            -Gray
                  -Candidacy for governor
            -Helms
                  -Ambassadorship to Iran
                        -Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation with Kissinger
            -CIA
                  -Schlesinger
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. Feb.-08)

                                                          Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

                        -Kissinger’s awareness
             -Farland
                   -Kissinger

Haldeman talked with the Camp David operator at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 1:50
pm.

[Conversation No. 231-16B]

[See Conversation No. 183-6]

[End of telephone conversation]

       Finch’s schedule
            -Availability
            -Rotary clubs
            -Present location
                  -Luncheon
                  -California
            -Availability


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             -Dole
             -Competence
                   -1972 election
                   -“New Majority” appeals
                         -Democrats
             -Dole
                   -Sensitivities
                   -The President’s acceptance speech
                         -Stans
                         -Mitchell

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            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                               Tape Subject Log
                                 (rev. Feb.-08)

                                                     Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

The President’s schedule
     -Meeting with Connally
           -Timing
           -Key Biscayne
                  -Walker’s Cay
     -Meeting with Kissinger
     -Meeting with Connally
           -Timing
                  -Jamaica
           -Dinner
           -Key Biscayne
     -Meeting with JCS
           -Duration
           -Photograph session
     -Budget group
     -Meeting with Connally
           -Timing
           -Kissinger
           -Shultz
                  -International economic issues
                  -Casey

Second term reorganization
     -Kissinger’s involvement
           -Vietnam
     -Rogers
           -Departure
                 -Tenure
     -Casey
           -State Department
                 -Administration post
           -Recent conversation with Haldeman
                 -State Department
                       -Administration post
                            -Under Secretary for Economic Affairs
                            -Filling
                                   -Casey’s possible promotion to Deputy Secretary
                       -Under Secretary for Economic Affairs
                            -Casey’s interest
     -Treasury Department
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                                                          Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

                -William E. Simon
          -[HUD]
                -James T. Lynn
          -Labor Department
                -Brennan
                      -Possible performance
                            -Difficulty
          -Colson
                -Role outside of administration
                      -1972 campaign
                      -The President’s opposition
                            -The President’s supporters
                            -Washington lobbyists
          -Cabinet officers
                -Changes
                -Rogers’s possible action
                      -Absence of changes
                            -Complacency
                                  -Camp David
                                  -Sequoia
          -East Wing
                -Liaison with West Wing
                      -Stephen B. Bull
                            -Telephone calls
                      -Constance M. (Cornell) (“Connie”) Stuart
                      -Michael J. Farrell
                      -Unknown person
                      -William R. Codus
                            -1972 campaign
                            -State Department
                            -Mrs. Nixon
                            -Scheduling


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               -Mrs. Nixon
                     -Staff changes
                           -Codus
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                                                          Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

                               -State Department
                        -Protocol
                        -Tricia Nixon Cox
                        -Julie Nixon Eisenhower
                               -Codus

White House staff
     -Edward C. Nixon
          -Job
                 -Legal restrictions
                      -John F. Kennedy

Nixon Foundation
     -Colson’s new organization
            -Edward Nixon
                   -Institute
                   -Public relations [PR] firm
                   -American Enterprise Institute [AEI]
                          -Academic credentials
     -Staff
            -Increase
            -Loie G. Gaunt
            -Oral history
                   -Edward Nixon
                          -Job in Washington, DC
     -Purpose
            -Institute
     -Staff
            -Recruitment
            -Historian
                   -John R. Nesbitt
                          -Government employee
            -High-level appointment
                   -Herbert W. Kalmbach
                   -Edward Nixon
                          -The President’s papers
                                -The President’s trust
     -Fundraising
     -Site planning
     -Ed Nixon
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                 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. Feb.-08)

                                                         Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

                 -Job in Washington, DC
           -Director
                 -Fundraising
                 -Edward Nixon
                       -Age
                       -Abilities
                       -Fundraising
                       -Organizing
           -Fundraising
                 -Committee
                       -Leonard K. Fireston
                       -Activities
                       -Timing
                             -1972 election

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      Edward Nixon
          -Gay (Lynne) Nixon
                -Health
          -Possible meeting with the President
          -Possible conversation with Haldeman
          -Second term reorganization
          -Review
          -Roy L. Ash


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      1972 election
           -Kissinger [?]
                  -Disloyalty
           -John H. (“Jay”) Whitney

      Nixon Foundation
           -Staff
                  -“New Majority” types
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                                                            Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

           -Interest

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      1973 Inauguration
           -Organizers
                 -Architecture
                       -Jeb Stuart Magruder
                             -General Services Administration [GSA] review of plans for
                              pavilion
                                   -Safety concern
                                           -Weather
                 -J. Willard Marriott, Jr.
                 -Parade
           -John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
                 -Arrangements

      Second term reorganization
           -Deputy Attorney General
                 -Peter Fay
                       -Counsel to the Committee for the Re-election of the President [CRP]
           -Young people
           -Lynn
           -Whitaker
                 -Promotion
                 -Toughness
                       -Compared to Lynn
                 -Compared to Lynn
                       -Toughness, dynamism
                 -Loyalty
           -Agencies
                 -Retentions
                       -Informing
                             -Staffs
                       -Changes
                       -OEO

      The President’s schedule
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                                                    Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

     -Trips to Florida
           -Frequency
           -1972 election
     -Work on second term reorganization
           -Time off
           -Meetings with Rogers, Kleindienst, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe,
             Helms, Klein
                 -Loyalty
           -William P. Clements, Jr., Simon

Second term reorganization
     -Hodgson
           -Forthcoming conversation with Haldeman
                 -Geneva
                      -EEC
           -NATO
           -EEC
                 -Replacement for Greenwald
     -NATO
           -Cherne
           -Gray
                 -Confirmation
                      -Watergate questions
                            -Answers
                                  -FBI investigation
                                        -Administration cooperation
                                  -Attorney General [Mitchell] involvement
                                  -Finances
                                        -Trial
                                  -Relevance
                                        -Committee members

Dwight L. Chapin
    -Forthcoming meeting with Haldeman
    -Job offer
           -Marriott
    -Conversations with John W. Dean, III and Richard A. Moore
           -Departure
                -Dean’s view
                      -Haldeman’s view
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                             Tape Subject Log
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                                                    Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

                      -Dean’s conversations with Haldeman
     -Future
           -Forthcoming award
           -Work with networks
                 -Dean’s view
           -Forthcoming meeting with Haldeman
                 -The President’s concern
           -Departure
                 -Pace
                 -Timing

White House staff
     -Gordon C. Strachan
           -USIA counsel’s office
                 -Announcement
           -Watergate
                 -Testimony
                       -Dean’s view
                             -Role in administration
     -Dean
           -Work on Watergate
                 -Quality
                       -Compared to Justice Department
     -Watergate
           -Possible statement
                 -Timing
                       -Inauguration
     -Chapin
     -Strachan

Watergate
     -Donald H. Segretti
          -Newsday
          -Dean’s report
     -News reports

Second term reorganization
     -Dale
           -Compared to Klein
           -Public appearances
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                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. Feb.-08)

                                                             Conversation No. 231-16 (cont’d)

                  -Calls, meeting with people
                  -Relationship with Haldeman
                  -Meeting with Haldeman

       The President’s schedule
            -Lunch
            -Meeting with [Dole et. al]

Haldeman left at 1:50 p.m.