Conversation: 454-009
Prev: 454-008 Next: 454-010Start Date: 20-Feb-1971 10:58 AM
End Date: 20-Feb-1971 2:42 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Flanigan, Peter M.; Sanchez, Manolo; White House operator; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Tyson, Robert C.; Rogers, William P.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan); Bull, Stephen B.; Woods, Rose Mary; Ehrlichman, John D.; Whitaker, John C.; Whitaker, Elizabeth Bradley; Shriver, David; White House photographer; Colson, Charles W.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:15:53
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 06:02:35
NARA Description:
On February 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Peter M. Flanigan, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, Robert C. Tyson, William P. Rogers, Henry A. Kissinger, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Rose Mary Woods, John D. Ehrlichman, John C. Whitaker, Elizabeth Bradley Whitaker, David Shriver, White House photographer, Charles W. Colson, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:58 am to 2:42 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 454-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 454-9
Date: February 20, 1971
Time: 10:58 am - 2:42 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
The President’s schedule
-Meeting with Italian delegation
-Camp David
Peter M. Flanigan entered at 10:59 am
Possible appointment in State Department
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Flanigan
-William P. Rogers
-Purpose
-Pros and cons
-International economic issues
-President’s decision
-White House role
-Peter G. Peterson
-Council on International Economic Policy [CIEP]
-Issues
-Nathanial Samuels
-Rogers’ strategy
-John N. Irwin, II
-U. Alexis Johnson
-George P. Shultz
-Herbert C. Hoover, Jr., John Foster Dulles, and Elliot L. Richardson
-Irwin
-Flanigan’s capabilities
-State Department bureaucracy
-Compared with other departments
-Department of Commerce
-James T. Lynn
-Maurice H. Stans
-Flanigan’s role
-Government reorganization
-President’s policy
-Ash Council report
-Mary Gardiner Jones
-Business community
-Flanigan’s future prospects
-Fred J. Russell
-Position
-Department of the Interior
-Rogers C. B. Morton
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Alaska pipeline
-Canada pipeline
-Robert B. Anderson
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 10:59 am
Unknown item
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Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:10 am
Value of pipeline to Alaska
-Importance
-Environmentalists
-Morton
-William S. (“Bill”) White’s article Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
-Canadian pipeline
Presidential appointments
-Flanigan
-Kissinger
-State Department’s role in economic policy
-Peterson
-Ambassador to New Zealand
-Russell
-Kenneth Franzheim, II
-William B. Macomber, Jr.
-Russell
-Ability
-Franzheim
-Campaign contribution
-Service
-Frank J. Shakespeare
-John M. Shaheen
-Possible appointment to US Advisory Commission on Information
-Shakespeare
-Clark MacGregor’s efforts
-Leslie C. Arends
-Flanigan
-Possible nomination
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 20
[Privacy]
[Duration: 35s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 20 Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
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-MacGregor
-Congress
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 21
[Privacy]
[Duration: 13s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 21
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-William J. Casey
-Chief Executive Officers
-Bert S. Cross
-Robert C. Tyson
-World Radio Conference
-Details
-Qualifications for position
-Joe McConnell [?]
-Earl H. Blaik
-Rose Mary Woods’ list
-White House
-Charles D. (“Tex”) Thornton
-J. Willard (“Bill”) Marriott, Jr.
-Tyson
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Thornton
-Blaik
-Frederic V. Malek
-State Department appointment
-Flanigan
-Roy L. Ash
-Peterson
-Cabinet level Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
-John B. Connally
-Need for potential presidential candidates and salesmen
-John A. Volpe and George W. Romney
-Connally
-Stans
-Connally
[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 10:59 am and
11:10 am]
[Conversation No. 454-9A]
Call to Tyson
[End of telephone conversation]
Presidential appointments
-Offer of position to Tyson
-Tyson’s qualities
-Work experience
-Roger M. Blough
Flanigan’s conversation with former chairman of General Motors
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 11:10 am
Repair of fountain pen
Butterfield left at 11:11 am
Product safety legislation
-Need
-Administration’s position
-Administrative control
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Department of Health, Education, and Welfare [HEW]
-Stans’ view
-Department of Commerce
-Office of Management and Budget’s [OMB] view
-Flanigan’s view
-President’s position
-HEW
-Richardson Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
-Punitive actions
Arthur F. Burns
-Previous meeting with the President
-Differences with the Administration
-Economic forecast
-Potential press stories
-Washington Star
[The President talked with Tyson between 11:29 am and 11:30 am]
[Conversation No. 454-9B]
Offer of appointment to World Radio Conference
-Flanigan
-Tyson’s role
-Importance
The President’s Vietnam policy
[End of telephone conversation]
Personnel
-The President’s previous call to Tyson
-Blaik
-Flanigan’s call to Tyson
-Cross
-Flanigan’s role
-Thornton
-Ash
-Role in administration
-Flanigan’s role in administration
-State Department staffing
-Flanigan
-Philip H. Trezise
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Samuels
-Thornton
-Economic affairs
-Johnson
-Irwin
-Rogers
-Flanigan’s call
-President’s decision Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
-Peterson
[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 11:30 am and
11:36 am]
[Conversation No. 454-9C]
Call to Rogers
[End of telephone conversation]
Burns
-Connally
-Meeting with the President
-Statements on economy
-President’s orders
-Potential problems
-Confidence
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Herbert C. Hoover
-Stans
[The President talked with Rogers between 11:36 am and 11:44 am]
[Conversation No. 454-9D]
Appointment to State Department
-Flanigan
-Role in White House
-Businessmen
-Thornton
-Qualifications
Butterfield entered at 11:40 am
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Ash
-Compared to Robert S. McNamara
-Upgrading of position by Congress
-Samuels
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Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 22
[National Security]
[Duration: 3s ]
PERSONNEL
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 22
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-Thornton
-The President’s dinner for Alice Roosevelt Longworth
-Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Alsop
-Forthcoming conversation between Flanigan and Rogers
-Irwin
J. B. and Idanell (Brill) (“Nellie”) Connally
[End of telephone conversation]
J. B. Connally
-Tee time
-Rogers, Melvin R. Laird, and Winton M. (“Red”) Blount
-Ash Council meeting
-I. Connally
Butterfield left at 11:45 am
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
Personnel
-State Department appointment
-Flanigan’s call to Rogers
-Thornton
-Upgrading of position by Congress
-Thornton
-Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC]
-Casey Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
-Senate hearings
-William Proxmire
-Mitchell
-Cross
-Qualifications
-Hamer H. Budge
-Compensation
-James W. Hargrove
-Qualifications
-Cross
-Qualifications
-Charles Marren
-Mitchell’s view
-John H. Alexander
-Previous experience
-Federal Trade Commission [FTC]
-Miles W. Kirkpatrick
-Political sense
-Qualifications
-Compared to SEC
-Marren
-Casey
-Marren
-Mitchell’s view
-George McKenna
-Qualifications
-Present and possible term and salary
-Present judicial appointment
-American ability to raise capital
-Casey
-John W. Dean, III
-Mitchell
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
Stans
-Department of Commerce
-Subordinate who disagreed with administration
-Ehrlichman
-Speech
-Trade with Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
-President’s position
-Negotiations Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
Flanigan’s forthcoming conversations
-Stans
-Support for Administration
-Burns
-Previous statement on economy
-Administration policy
-Economic confidence
-President’s view
Personnel
-Support for Administration’s policies
-Russell
-Department of Commerce personnel
-Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS]
-[Leon Greenberg]
-President’s view
Henry A. Kissinger entered at 12:00 pm
-Thornton
-President’s view
-Change of position
-Samuels
Flanigan left at 12:02 pm
-Morton
-Thornton
-Volpe
-Possible post
The President left at an unknown time before 12:15 pm
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
Position in State Department
-Flanigan
-Samuels
-Qualifications
The President entered at an unknown time after 12:02 pm
-Flanigan Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
-President’s position
-Irwin
-Rogers
-Irwin
-Johnson
-[David] Kenneth Rush
-Previous work with Kissinger
Personnel
-Robert F. Ellsworth
-Plans to resign
-Successor
-US Ambassador to Italy
-Henry Salvatori
-Volpe
The President’s meeting with Emilio Colombo
-Aldo Moro
-Italian domestic politics
-Graham A. Martin
-The President’s handling of foreign visitors
-Conversation topics
-Discussions
-Policy issues
-Chile
-Moro
-Presidency of Italy
-Upcoming elections
The President’s schedule
-Foreign Ministers
-Portugal, Spain, and Greece
-Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, and Japan
-Latin America, Asia, Africa
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(rev. 9/08)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 23
[Privacy]
[Duration: 4s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 23 Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
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-United States/Japanese relations
Vietnam
-Military situation
-Laos operation
The President’s meeting with Colombo
-Italian political situation
-President’s comments
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[National Security]
[Duration: 10s ]
ITALY
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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Ehrlichman’s schedule
[Haldeman talked with Ehrlichman at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:15 pm]
[Conversation No. 434-9E]
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
The President’s request for meeting
[End of telephone conversation]
Ehrlichman’s schedule
The President’s schedule Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
Haldeman left at 12:15 pm
Nixon’s influence on foreign Heads of State
-Media coverage
-Kissinger’s role
-Stewart J. O. Alsop
-John McCarty
-Difficulties of meetings
-Compared to other Presidents
-Absence of Secretary of State
Vietnam
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] story
-Negative reporting
-Kissinger’s conversation with Admiral Thomas H. Moorer
-Tendencies of soldiers
-Military operations
-Developments
-John A. Scali’s story
-Successes
-North Vietnamese attack
-Casualties
-B-52's
-B-26's
-President’s order
-CBS story
-Public information from Saigon
-General Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Public relations efforts
-Media coverage
-United States’ Information Agency [USIA]
-Defense Information Office [DIO]
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(rev. 9/08)
-W[illiam] Averell Harriman’s statements
-President’s opinion
-Military operations
-Prospects
-President’s view of war
-Military operations
-Bombing of North Vietnam
-Results Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
[Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon talked with the President between 12:22 pm and 12:23 pm]
[Conversation No. 454-9F]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
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[End of telephone conversation]
Vietnam
-Battlefield situation
-Possible future developments
-Report of Japanese correspondent
-Problems in North Vietnam
-Food shortages
-Morale
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
[National Security]
[Duration: 47s ]
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
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-President’s news summary
-President’s position
-Public relations efforts
-Rogers
-The President’s news conference
-Media coverage
-Max Frankel
-James B. (“Scotty”) Reston
-Frankel’s story
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Foreign policy issues
National Security Council [NSC] staff
-President’s conversation with Haldeman
-Liberals/intellectuals
-Haig
-Morton H. Halperin
-William A. K. (“Tony”) Lake
-Halperin
-John W. Gardner
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(rev. 9/08)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 24
[Privacy]
[Duration: 9s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 24 Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
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Media coverage
-The Alsops and Richard L. Wilson
-Mary McGrory
-Vietnam
-Alsop
-Rowland Evans
-Frankel
-Administration efforts
-Administration retaliation after 1972
-J. W. Alsop
-Stories
-John F. Kennedy
The President’s intellectual opponents
-Vietnam War
-Draft peace treaty
-Laos
-Timetable
-US/Soviet relations
Kissinger’s schedule
Ehrlichman entered at 12:32 pm
Peterson
-Role on White House staff
-Inner group
-Ehrlichman, Kissinger, Shultz, Haldeman, and Flanigan
-Paul W. McCracken and Dr. Edward E. David, Jr.
-Connally
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(rev. 9/08)
-Mitchell
-State Department
-Samuels
-Areas of responsibility
-Quotas
-Middle East oil
-Rolls Royce
-Balance of payments Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
-David M. Kennedy
-Shultz
-Kissinger as political analyst
Stans
-Statement on Soviet trade
-Administration policy
-Soviet interests/United States’ attitudes
-Shultz and Peterson
-President’s view
-Trade issues
-Negotiations
-Role in government
-Need to support Administration position
Kissinger left at 12:39 pm
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 2m 8s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10
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Democrats’ policy committee meeting
-Regionalism
-Revenue sharing
-Administration’s response
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Press
-Differences between Democratic proposal and revenue sharing
Haldeman
-Meeting
Weather
Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
Television coverage of the President, 2/19
-President’s meeting
-Young Republicans
-President’s Council on Physical Fitness
-President’s comments
Haldeman entered at 12:43 pm
-George Black, Jr.
-Forthcoming trip to Africa
-Consumer Price Index [CPI]
-Vietnam
-CBS
-[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars speech
-Robert Pierpoint and “Today” Show
-David
Burns
-Previous meeting with the President
-Statements on economic forecast
-Confidence
-McCracken
-Stans
-Money supply
-Effect on Administration
-Ehrlichman’s view
-News coverage
-Quadriad meeting, 2/19
-Shultz
-Position in administration
-Policy differences
-Wage and Price Board
-Shultz
-Connally
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Role in economic policy
-Peterson
-Role
-Public relations
-Hobart Rowen
-Edward Dale
-Previous meeting with President and Fortune editors
-Meeting with Ehrlichman and Shultz Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
-Role
-Consultation with Kissinger
-International economic matters
-Flanigan
-Political sense
-White House dissatisfaction
-President’s view
-Forthcoming call to Burns
-Effect of statement
-Press reports
-Forthcoming call to Burns
-President’s view
-Meetings with President
-Quadriad
-Social events
Morton
-Alaska pipeline
-Statement to the press
-Status
-Flanigan’s view
-Canada
-Statement to the press
-Ehrlichman’s view
-Forthcoming call to Morton
-Ehrlichman and Robert J. Hitt
-Ehrlichman’s conversation with Walter J. Hickel
-Hickel’s comments
-Alaska pipeline
-President’s position
-Morton’s comments
-Environmentalists
-Florida canal [?]
-Role
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Ehrlichman’s forthcoming meeting with William D. Ruckelshaus
-Dr. James R. Schlesinger
-Possible appointment
-Laird
-Conversation with Morton
-Meeting between the President and Morton
-Agenda
-Schedule Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
-Florida
Paul N. (“Pete”) McCloskey, Jr.
-Los Angeles Times
-Impeachment of President
-News summary
-Recall petition
-Ehrlichman
-Redistricting
-Ronald W. Reagan
-Charles S. Gubser
-Demand for resignation
-Public relations efforts
-Call for the President’s impeachment
-Vietnam policy
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11
[Privacy]
[Duration: 23s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 4m 37s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12 Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
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The Vice President
-Haldeman’s conversation with Charles W. Colson
-Employment
-Office of Inter-Governmental Relations
-Nils A. Boe and Wendell E. Hulcher
-Refusal to speak to Young Republicans meeting
-Workload
-Revenue sharing
-Domestic policy
Boe
-Ehrlichman’s conversation with Roy Carroll [?]
-Judgeship
-Mitchell
Personnel
-Court of Military Appeals
-Appointment of Black
-Ehrlichman’s conversation with Edward W. Brooke
-Discussions
-Ehrlichman’s call to Whitney M. Young, Jr.
-President’s policies
-Blacks
-Admiral
-Secretary in President’s office
-Qualifications
-Terry L. Decker
-Previous work
-Age
-Woods
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(rev. 9/08)
Shelley A. Scarney
-Forthcoming marriage to Patrick J. Buchanan
-Role on White House staff
-Importance
-Federal regulations
Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 13
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 27s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 13
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Personnel
-Blacks
-Admiral
-Court of Military Appeals
-Brooke’s appreciation
-Federal court judgeship vacancy
-Clarence C. Ferguson, Jr.
-Young
-Mitchell’s view
-Brooke
-Ehrlichman’s forthcoming call to Young
-President’s view
-The Vice President
-Boe
-Staff
-Colson assignment
-Role
-Herbert G. Klein
-Haldeman’s previous conversation with Klein
-Office responsibilities
-Colson
-Assignment
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-Jeb Stuart Magruder
-Robert C. Odle, Jr.
-Young Republicans meeting
-Staff responsibilities
-Public relations
-Revenue sharing
Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 25
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 25s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 25
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[The President talked with Stephen B. Bull at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 1:19 pm]
[Conversation No. 454-9G]
The President’s schedule
-Forthcoming meeting
[End of telephone conversation]
The Vice President
-Staff
-Personnel changes
-Public statements
-Public relations
[The President talked with Mrs. Nixon between 1:19 pm and 1:20 pm]
[Conversation No. 454-9H]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 14
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 7s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 14 Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
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[End of telephone conversation]
The Vice President
-Staff
-Role
-Possible presidency
-Staff
-Problems
-Secret Service
[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and
1:21 pm]
Call to Woods
[End of telephone conversation]
The Vice President
-Haldeman
[The President talked with Woods between 1:21 pm and 1:22 pm]
[Conversation No. 454-9I]
Trip to Camp David
-Schedule
-Call to Mrs. Nixon
[End of telephone conversation]
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The Vice President
-Staff
-Forthcoming meeting between Haldeman and Vice President
Revenue sharing
-Connally
-Comments in Quadriad meeting
-Role in selling the President’s program Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
-Role of Congress
-Administration position
-Public relations
-Administration efforts
-Public relations plan
-Shultz, Connally, Haldeman, Ehrlichman, MacGregor
-MacGregor
Shultz
-Colson
-Speech to American Enterprise Institute [AEI]
-President’s role
-Policies
-Efforts
-Ehrlichman’s speech
-Public relations
-Speeches
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-William L. Safire
-T. W. Wilson Center speech
-Buchanan
-Style
Demolition of Navy Building
-Speech given by Ehrlichman
-The President’s opposition to bureaucracy
-Content
-Effect on public relations
-President’s image
-J. F. Kennedy’s image
-Connally
Revenue sharing
-Connally’s view
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-President’s efforts
-Identification with the President
-Forthcoming meeting with Connally
-Media efforts
-Governors
-White House staff
-Congress
-Citizens’ organizations Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Advocacy groups
Labor
-Opposition to the President
-Alfred W. Friendly’s column
-British labor
-Compared to the United States
-Davis-Bacon Act
-Administration’s position
-Colson
-Relations with labor leaders
-Administration opposition to leadership
-Possible Presidential statement
-Roosevelt
-Davis-Bacon Act
-Support for country
-Differences between leaders and members
-Service organizations
-Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW]
-American Legion
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 16
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 1m 3s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 16
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White House staff
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Reorganization
-Need for better public relations
-Klein
-Colson
Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 26
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[Duration: 26s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 26
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-The Vice President
Ehrlichman’s schedule
Ehrlichman left at an unknown time before 1:48 pm
Ehrlichman
-Arrangement of responsibilities
-Delegation
-Kissinger
-President
The President’s arrangement of responsibilities
-Connally
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-McCloskey
-Haldeman
-Edward L. Morgan
-Ehrlichman
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
Public relations
-Adlai E. Stevenson, III statement
-Buchanan
Mrs. Nixon
-Press
-Questions
-President’s responses Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
-Role of politicians’ wives
-Compared to men
-Negative press
-Effect on President and Mrs. Nixon
[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 1:22 pm and
1:48 pm]
[Conversation No. 454-9J]
Request that Colson join him
[End of telephone conversation]
Bull entered at an unknown time after 1:22 pm
The President’s schedule
-David Shriver
-R. Sargent Shriver
-John C. Whitaker
Bull left at an unknown time before 1:48 pm
The President’s willingness to meet with staff and congressmen
-Possible press story
-Haldeman
Whitaker, Elizabeth Bradley Whitaker, two of their sons, and D. Shriver entered at 1:48 pm; the
White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting
Introductions
Presentations of gifts by the President
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The Whitakers and D. Shriver left at 1:50 pm
Media coverage
-President’s role
-Klein
-Colson
-DeVan L. Shumway
-Additional staff Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
-Efforts
-Example to Cabinet
-Secretaries
-Dealing with subordinates in other offices
-Purpose
-Woods’ role
Colson entered at 1:50 pm
The Vice President
-Staff
-Buchanan
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Safire
-Forthcoming meeting with Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and Harlow
State Department translator
-The President’s meeting with Colombo
-Possible position
[The President talked with Kissinger at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 1:57 pm]
[Conversation No. 454-9K]
Haig
[The President talked with Haig at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 1:57 pm]
State Department translator
Schedule
-David
[End of telephone conversation]
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Blair House
-Use
-Entertainers
-Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
-Herbert J. (“Jackie”) Gleason
-L. Nicholas Ruwe
Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 17
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 10m 25s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 17
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Campaign practices
-Murray M. Chotiner
-Columnist
-Chapman’s friend
-Humphrey
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Campaign intelligence
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy and Muskie
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 18
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 14s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 18
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Butterfield entered at 1:57 pm
Call from the Vice President
Butterfield left at 1:58 pm
Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 19
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 14m 44s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 19
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The President’s schedule
-State of the World speech
-Colson
-Press conference
-Television
-Ziegler’s recommendation
-Statement to press
-Timing of release
-Kissinger
-Colson’s recommendation
-Publicity options
-Safire
-Haldeman
-Forthcoming discussion with Kissinger and Safire
-Radio
-Timing
-President’s position
Butterfield entered at 2:40 pm
Connally
-Forthcoming meeting with the President
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-Value-added Tax [VAT]
-Instructions
-Press conference
-VAT
Schedule
-Press conference
-Format Conv. No. 454-9 (cont.)
-Radio
-Timing
-Possible Presidential statement
-Safire
-Timing
-Television
-Options
-Foreign policy
-President’s position
-Frequency
-Domestic policy
-Foreign policy
-Haldeman’s position
-Timing
-Forthcoming meeting with governors
-Press coverage
-Foreign policy
-Safire
Haldeman, Butterfield, and Colson left at 2:42 pm