Conversation No. 551-1

Date: July 29, 1971
Time: 8:55 am - 10:26 am
Location: Oval Office

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

     Current news items
          -Arthur F. Burns
               -Relations with the White House
                     -Possible action on the Federal Reserve Board [FRB]
                           -Handling of story

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 8:55 am.

     Notes, refreshments

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:05 am.

     Economic issues
         -John B. Connally
         -FRB
               -Burns’ salary
               -Possible expansion
               -Possible transfer
                     -Reorganization
               -Compared to Franklin D. Roosevelt
                     -Attempt at packing Supreme Court
               -George P. Shultz
                     -Response

     [Pause]

     Lockheed Corporation
         -Situation
         -Vote

     Personnel staffing
          -Constance M. (“Connie”) Stuart
                -Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon’s opinion
          -Julie Robinson
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                -Job action
                      -United States Information Agency [USIA]
                      -Haldeman's role
                -Handling

     [Pause]

     Economic news
         -Leading indicators
         -Earnings

     Schedule
          -Florida
                -Rose Mary Woods
                     -Number of visits
                     -Trip invitations

Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 8:55 am.

     Notes

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 9:05 am.

          -Forthcoming trip to Canton, Ohio, July 30-31, 1971
               -Woods
               -John A. Scali
                     -High school reunion
          -Woods
               -Reaction to invitation
               -The President's schedule after Ohio stop
                     -California
                           -Bohemian Grove
               -Florida
                     -Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo
                     -Handling of staff visits
               -Guests
               -Roger E. Johnson

     Burns
          -Handling of situation
               -FRB
          -Shultz
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     Connally
         -Congress
         -Shultz

     Budget
         -1971, 1972, 1973
              -Deficits                                                  Conv. No. 551-1 (cont.)
              -Estimates
         -Haldeman's conversation with Shultz

     The President's schedule, July 29, 1971
          -Meeting request
               -Murray M. Chotiner
                      -Timing
                      -Possible subject of meeting
                      -F. Donald Nixon
                      -Robert C. Hill
                           -Henry A. Kissinger

     Connally
         -Follow-up

     Spiro T. Agnew
          -Memorandum
          -Timing of action
          -Robert H. Finch
                -Ronald W. Reagan

     Conservatives
         -Barry M. Goldwater
         -Reagan
         -Compared to handling of Burns story
         -John N. Mitchell's conversation with J. Daniel Mahoney
               -Use of name on conservatives' foreign policy statement

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 8:55 am.

     John G. Tower

Bull left at an unknown time before 9:05 am.
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     Conservatives
         -William F. Buckley, Jr.
         -Human Events

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 8:55 am.

     Schedule
                                                                      Conv. No. 551-1 (cont.)
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:05 am.

     Conservatives
         -Mahoney
               -Mitchell
         -James L. Buckley
               -Stance
         -Effect of action compared with liberals
               -Press coverage
               -Ripon society
               -Young Americans for Freedom [YAF]
               -Conservative Union
               -National Review
               -Human Events

     The press
          -The Washington Post
          -Charles W. Colson
          -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
               -Frank Stanton
                    -Colson's contacts
          -Coverage of July 28, 1971 congressional ceremony

Tower, Mitchell, Elliot L. Richardson, and Clark MacGregor entered at 9:05 am; the White
House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.

     Schedule

     Lockheed
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Mitchell's European trip
     -Switzerland
           -Treaty
                -Bank accounts
     -Great Britain
           -Prime Minister

Congress                                                      Conv. No. 551-1 (cont.)
    -Lockheed vote
          -Airbus
    -Legislation
          -Department of the Treasury
          -Small Business Administration [SBA]
               -Emergency loan provisions
          -House of Representatives
               -Action
          -Tower’s conversation with H. Allen Smith
          -Cloture vote
    -Status
    -Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield

Busing
     -Political implications
           -Southern states
                 -George C. Wallace
     -Department of Health Education and Welfare [HEW]
           -Plan
                 -Racial balance
           -Extent of government action
           -Swan case
                 -Decision
           -Lower court action
     -George W. Romney
     -Housing
           -Racial integration
                 -Housing and Urban Development [HUD] guidelines
                 -Public attitudes
                 -Memorandum

Integration
      -Business community
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Busing
     -Court appeal
     -Hispanics
     -Curtis Graves
           -Dallas
           -Texas state legislature
     -Austin
           -Situation                                              Conv. No. 551-1 (cont.)
                       -Visitation versus desegregation
                       -Application
                             -Elliot Richardson
                 -Political implications
                 -HEW
                       -Federal government role
                             -Swan case
                                   -Comparison with Judge Roberts [?]
     -Austin case
           -Role of the Department of Justice [DOJ]
           -April decision on Swan case
           -Charlotte-Mecklenberg case
           -Legal status
           -Executive branch role
     -Political implications
           -Charlotte-Mecklenberg case
           -Southern districts
                 -Supreme Court decision
           -Austin decision
                 -Future court action
                 -Effects on school boards
     -Austin plan
           -Scope
           -Desegregation
                 -HEW’s role
           -Visitation
                 -Frequency
           -Political effect
                 -Presidential election
                 -Tower’s re-election
           -DOJ, HEW roles and positions
     -Clarification of Supreme Court decision
           -Requirements
           -Timing
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-Texas
      -Brown vs. the Board of Education decision
-Southern states
      -Presidential popularity
            -Wallace
            -Polls
      -Strom Thurmond
      -William E. Brock, III                               Conv. No. 551-1 (cont.)
      -William J. (“Jack”) Edwards
-HUD
-Operation Dixie
-School integration
      -Compared to the North
      -De jure segregation
-Court cases
      -Administrative discretion
-Romney
-Short term versus long term considerations
-Statements
-National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP]
      -Mobile and Birmingham, Alabama
-Situation on litigation and overturning decisions
      -Austin case
            -Timing
                  -1972
            -Possible appeal
            -Swan compliance
-DOJ attitude towards HEW plan
      -Swan case compliance
-View of HEW
      -Areas of concentrated black population
      -Supreme Court
            -Non-contiguous zoning for busing
      -Austin case
            -White flight
                  -Re-segregation
            -Edward L. Morgan
-Busing plans
      -Reaction
-Charlotte-Mecklenburg
-Civil War
-President’s view
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     -Political impact of issue
           -Jack Edwards
     -Brown decision
     -Government posture
           -HEW plan
     -DOJ handling
           -HEW plan
                 -Compliance with Swan decision             Conv. No. 551-1 (cont.)
                 -Effect
     -Perception of administration
     -Editorials
           -Minister
                 -Southern States
     -Separate but equal schools
     -School board proposals
           -Jackson, Mississippi
                 -Clarke T. Reed
           -Charlotte, North Carolina
     -Political exploitation
           -Wallace
           -Mitchell, Tower, Richard C. Van Dusen
     -Richmond, Virginia
           -School district mergers
                 -Legality
                       -Abraham A. Ribicoff plan
     -Southern blacks
     -Busing
           -Principles
           -People's approach to communities
                 -Chicago
                       -Poles
                              -Charles H. Percy
                       -Italians
                 -Catholics, Protestants
           -Vocational training
           -Moral position, judicial position

Congressional action
    -Lockheed

Small Business Administration loans
     -Thomas S. Kleppe's work
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           -David Packard
                -Melvin R. Laird

Tower, Richardson, and MacGregor left at 10:04 am.

     The President's schedule
          -William D. Eberle
                                                                        Conv. No. 551-1 (cont.)
     Busing
          -Austin situation
          -NAACP
                -Involvement
          -Justice Department
                -Monitoring court cases via transcripts

     The U.S. initiative towards the People's Republic of China [PRC]

     Schedule
          -Eberle

Eberle, Peter G. Peterson and Frederic V. Malek entered at 10:06 am.

     Greetings

Mitchell left at 10:08 am.

     Special Trade Representative
          -Perceptions
          -Responsibilities, mission
          -Trade issues
          -Other countries
                -Perception of US commitment
                     -Economic negotiation
                           -Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT] comparison
                     -Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development [OECD]
                           -State Department
                           -High level meeting
                           -London Times
          -Commitments
                -David M. Kennedy
          -Budget memorandum
                -Shultz
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                 -Office of Management and Budget [OMB]
     -Perceptions
           -International negotiation
     -Status of missions
     -Timing of action
           -1972 election

International economic relations                                 Conv. No. 551-1 (cont.)
      -Europe, Japan
      -Singapore
      -Negotiation
            -Japan, the European Economic Community [Common Market]
      -Foreign, domestic policy
            -Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]
                   -Toilet paper
                         -Canada
      -Political factors
            -Labor unions
            -Business
            -Interests
      -U.S. stance
      -Kennedy's mission
            -Congressional support
      -Supersonic transport [SST] and aviation industry
            -The President's conversation with William M. Magruder
            -Lockheed
                   -Rolls-Royce
            -McDonnell-Douglas
                   -Production abroad
      -US stance
      -Anti-trust situation
            -Richard W. McLaren

Special Trade Representative
     -Focus
           -Representative
           -Trade policy
     -Location
     -Eberle's position
           -Relations with Peterson
           -Access to the President
                -Presidential assignment
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                 -State Department, Commerce Department, Treasury Department
     -Eberle's conversation with Connally
           -Japan
                 -Undervalued yen
     -State Department
           -William P. Rogers
     -CEA
     -Treasury Department                                      Conv. No. 551-1 (cont.)
           -Connally
     -Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson
     -Clifford M. Hardin
     -Connally, Peterson
     -Executive departments
           -Focus
                 -Commerce, Labor, Agriculture
     -Comparison to the President, Connally, Peterson
     -Handling of recommendations
           -Option papers for the President
     -Focus of Office of Special Trade Representative [OSTR]
           -Public announcement of change
                 -Background press briefing
     -Commitment

Eberle
     -Home
          -Location
     -Mrs. Eberle
          -Background

OSTR
    -Timing of appointment
    -Connally meeting
    -Carl J. Gilbert
          -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] background check
    -Number of applicants
    -OECD
    -Coordination
          -Meetings
    -Negotiation

Eberle
     -Move to Washington
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Eberle et al. left at 10:26 am.