Conversation No. 549-4

Date: July 28, 1971
Time: 9:03 am - 10:00 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

     Items for the President's signature

H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 9:06 am.

     Schedule

Butterfield left at 9:06 am.

     The President's schedule
          -Professional Football Hall of Fame
               -Attendance at game
               -Attendance at dinner
                      -Handling
                           -Frank T. Bow

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                 -Photograph coverage
                      -Wire services

     [Pause]

                 -Source of story
                       -Iowa trip
                             -Ronald L. Ziegler
                 -Hall of Fame game in Ohio
                       -Hall of Fame induction ceremony
                             -Time
                 -Attitude

     [Pause]

           -American Legion Boys Nation group
               -Type of event
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                      -Handling
                           -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins’ photograph
                      -Effectiveness
                      -Preparation for event
                      -Remarks
                           -Photographs, writing press pool
     Spiro T. Agnew
          -Arrival at the White House after trip
          -Press coverage
                -Photograph
                      -William P. Rogers
                -The President's attendance at Congressional ceremony
                -Patrick J. Buchanan, John D. Ehrlichman
          -Status
                -Duties
          -Handling of trip
          -Henry A. Kissinger's attitude
          -Portugal
                -Golf game with Francis A. (“Frank”) Sinatra
                      -Press coverage
          -Attitude towards advance scheduling
                -Bryce N. Harlow
          -Compared to the President

The President left at an unknown time after 9:06 am.

The President entered at an unknown time before 10:00 am.

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     Agnew
         -Pubic perception
         -Comparison with the President
         -Trip
               -Golf game
               -Press briefings
                    -Meetings
                    -Staff
               -Handling
                    -Options
                           -The President's trips
                                -Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
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Schedule
     -Mrs. Nixon
          -Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW]

East Wing staff
     -Julie Robinson
           -Tricia Nixon Cox                              Conv. No. 549-4 (cont.)
           -Constance M. (“Connie”) Stuart
           -Press responsibilities
           -Status
                 -Salary
                 -Husband
                       -Children
           -United States Information Agency [USIA]
           -Salary action

Schedule
     -Mrs. Nixon
           -Trips in August, 1971
                -Types of events
                      -National Parks
                      -Handling
     -July 28, 1971
           -Dinner
                -John S. Davies
                -Walter R. Tkach
                -Meeting
                -Time, length
                      -The President's schedule
                            -Mrs. Nixon
                -Type of guests
                -The President's work schedule
                -Protocol
                -Arrangements
                -Setting
                      -Truman balcony
                      -Sequoia
                            -Length of dinner

Poll
       -Opinion Research Corporation [ORC]
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          -Youth portion of poll
               -Shifts in attitude
The press
     -Ziegler
     -Perrino's restaurant
           -Prices of menu items
                 -Press coverage
                 -Wine                                           Conv. No. 549-4 (cont.)
                       -Cost
                             -Press report
     -Coverage of the President's activities
           -Detail, extent
           -Golf
                 -Compared to Dwight D. Eisenhower

The President's schedule
     -Bowling event
     -Automobile racing event
     -Golf
     -Bowling

Speech draft for radio broadcast
     -William L. Safire
           -July 3, 1971 National Archives speech, July 6, 1971 Kansas City speech
           -Effectiveness of draft
                 -Focus, approach
                       -Television compared with radio
           -Domestic issues
                 -Steel strike settlement
           -Length
                 -Radio speech
           -Focus
                 -Peter G. Peterson
                       -US competitive position in the world
                 -Roy L. Ash
                 -News value
                 -Purpose
     -John K. Andrews, Jr.
     -Noel C. Koch
     -Safire
     -Raymond K. Price, Jr.
     -Speechwriter group
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     -Staff assignments
           -Harlow
           -[Unintelligible name]
           -Douglas L. Hallet
                 -Haldeman's conversation with Charles W. Colson
                 -Attitude
                       -Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan, Buchanan
                 -View of Haldeman, Colson                       Conv. No. 549-4 (cont.)
           -Colson
                 -Labor groups liaison
                 -Philosophy
                       -Patricia Colson

The economy
     -Handling and presentation of issue
         -Agnew
               -Focus of speeches
         -Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson
         -John B. Connally
         -Peter M. Flanigan
         -George W. Romney
               -View of administration's economic policies
         -Terminology
               -Balance of payments
         -Peterson, George P. Shultz, Paul W. McCracken, Flanigan
         -Colson
               -Harold C. Passer
         -Handling of leading indicators story

Hubbell case (?)
    -Martin (“Tex”) Schramm
    -Haldeman's conversation with Ehrlichman
    -Response
    -Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
    -The President
          -Financial position

The President's schedule
     -California
           -Lee Trevino

Connally
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          -Unnamed woman [Mrs. Romana A. Banuelos (?)]

     The President’s schedule
          -California
                -Proposed meeting with Ronald W. Reagan
                      -Welfare

     [Pause]                                                   Conv. No. 549-4 (cont.)

     Veterans hospital

The President and Haldeman left at 10:00 am.