Conversation No. 579-1

Date: September 28, 1971
Time: 11:30 am - 11:57 am
Location: Oval Office

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

     Funeral for Justice Hugo L. Black
          -The President's attendance
                -John N. Mitchell
                -Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
                -Justice John M. Harlan
                -Mitchell's views
                      -Respect for Supreme Court
                            -Forthcoming nominations
          -Harlan
                -Time
                -Richard A. Moore's possible conversation
                -Conversation between Mitchell and Moore
                -Possible conversation between Haldeman and Mitchell
                -Comparison to funerals for Senators
                -Black
                      -Relationship with the President
                      -Seniority
                -Justice Thurgood Marshall
                -Justice William O. Douglas
                -Burger's views
                -Mitchell
                -Speculation by press
                -[Burger]

     Vietnam
          -Prisoners of War POW] situation
                -Henry A. Kissinger
                     -View
                           -Haldeman
                -Public speaking
                     -Melvin R. Laird
                     -Robert J. Dole
                     -Forthcoming event at Statler Hilton for the National League of Families
                     -Laird
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                Tape Subject Log
                                  (rev. 10/06)
                                                                 Conv. No. 579-1 (cont.)


                -Dole
          -Effectiveness
                -Theme
     -League
          -Politics
          -President and board
                -Support for the Administration

POW wives' dinner
   -The President's possible attendance
        -James D. Hughes's views
        -Entrance
              -Timing
        -Departure
        -Laird's speech
        -Press attendance
        -Television coverage
        -Ronald L. Ziegler's knowledge of the President's intentions
              -Columbia Country Club
              -Announcement of the President's appearance
                    -Possible preparation
                          -Effect on press
        -Time
        -The President's entrance
              -Length of stay
              -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
              -Hughes
              -John A. Scali
        -Laird's statement
        -John B. Connally's views
        -The President's attendance
              -Pressures
                    -Political groups
                    -Clark M. Clifford
        -POW wives
              -Paris negotiations
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                   Tape Subject Log
                                     (rev. 10/06)
                                                                    Conv. No. 579-1 (cont.)


Funeral for Justice Black
     -[Burger]
     -Location
           -National Cathedral
     -The President's attendance
           -Mitchell

Speaking appearances
     -Mitchell
          -Press relations
          -Qualifications
     -Temptations
     -Kissinger
     -Temptations
          -Reasons
     -Rotary Club
     -Effectiveness

The President's trips
     -Alaska
          -Motorcade
          -Coat and baggage
     -Advance man
          -Mark I. Goode
                 -Detroit Economic Club trip
                      -Television
          -Leadership
                 -Haldeman's role
          -Management
                 -Decisions for the President
                      -Statements or appearances by the President
                 -Secret Service
                 -Microphone setups
                 -Photos
     -New Hampshire
          -Airport schedule
     -Television coverage
          -Airport appearance
                 -Television angles
          -Coverage on the President
          -The President's appearance
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                Tape Subject Log
                                  (rev. 10/06)
                                                                  Conv. No. 579-1 (cont.)


                -Airport crowd
     -The President's Alaska trip
          -Downtown Anchorage
                -Motorcade
                      -Speaking
                      -Limousine
                      -Demonstrators
                           -Signs
                           -Robert Taylor
                           -Past experience
                                  -Statement by the President
                                  -Television coverage
                                  -Motorcade
                                        -Taylor
                                        -Lid on limousine
                           -Location of demonstrators
                                  -Window on the President's limousine
                                  -Taylor
                -Lid on limousine
                      -The President's actions

President’s schedule
     -State Department
           -The President's appearances
                 -Signing ceremony
                       -Kissinger's analysis
                             -People's Republic of China [PRC]
                       -Date
     -Meeting between Andrei A. Gromyko and the President
           -Date
     -State Department appearance
           -Date
                 -Signing ceremony
           -Flexible dates
     -The President's meeting with Gromyko
           -Effect on signing ceremony
     -Photos
     -The President's meeting with Shultz, Herbert Stein, Connally, and Paul W.
           McCracken concerning Phase II
     -Tunku Abdul Razak
     -Pierre-Paul Schweitzer
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                             NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                        Tape Subject Log
                                          (rev. 10/06)
                                                                   Conv. No. 579-1 (cont.)


                -Connally's views
                    -Forthcoming telephone call from Haldeman
                           -Possible meeting with the President
                                -Arthur F. Burns

     Funeral for Black
          -The President's attendance
                -Funerals for Senators
                     -Winston L. Prouty
                -Exceptions
                -Reasons
                     -Meaning for country
          -Confirmation hearings
                -Mitchell
                     -Reasons for the President's attendance
                     -Richard H. Poff

     Kennedy Center
         -Eisenhower Theatre
              -The President's attendance at ceremony
                    -J. Willard Marriott

     Eisenhower Hospital
          -Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
          -Ceremony
                -Length

     The President's schedule
          -Thanksgiving
               -Trip by the President
                      -Length
                            -Days
                      -Flights

     Mitchell

Haldeman left at 11:57 am.