Conversation No. 645-3

Date: January 11, 1972
Time: 11:33 am - unknown before 12:02 pm
Location: Oval Office

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

     Haldeman's forthcoming meeting with John N. Mitchell and William P. Rogers

     Rogers
         -People's Republic of China [PRC]
               -Call to Haldeman
               -Briefings by Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
                     -State Department
               -Henry A. Kissinger's assurances
                     -Cables
               -Consistency between White House and State Department
         -Jack N. Anderson papers
               -Mitchell's previous conversation with Rogers
                     -Instructions to State Department
                           -Refusal to comment
               -Leaks
                     -State Department
               -Need for cooperation
               -Forthcoming meeting between Rogers, Mitchell and Haldeman

     Cabinet
          -Relations with the President
               -Pressures on the President
                     -1972
                     -Magnitude of problems
               -Bureaucracy
               -Settlement of problems outside of Oval Office
               -Rogers
               -George W. Romney and John A. Volpe
               -Maurice H. Stans
               -Rogers
               -Kissinger
                     -Complaints about Rogers
                     -Conversation with the President, January 10, 1972
                           -Contacts with press
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                                                                   Conv. No. 645-3 (cont.)


                          -India-Pakistan
                -Controversy with Rogers
                     -The President's trips to PRC and Soviet Union

Kissinger
     -Emotional state
          -Haldeman's conversation with Mitchell, January 10, 1972
               -The President's conversation with Kissinger, January 10, 1972
                      -Time
                           -Haig's conversations with Kissinger, January 10, 1972
               -Nelson A. Rockefeller's call to Mitchell, January 10, 1972
                      -Kissinger's call to Rockefeller, January 10, 1972
                           -Kissinger's planned resignation, January 27, 1972
          -Rockefeller's assessment
               -Kissinger's possible motive
          -Mitchell's view
          -Haldeman's conversation with Kissinger, January 10, 1972
               -Kissinger's concerns
                      -Speech, Vietnam
          -Conversations with Rockefeller and Haldeman, January 10, 1972
               -Concern regarding the President's support of Kissinger
          -Mitchell's concern
          -Haig
               -Possible trip to California
               -Conversation with Haldeman, January 11, 1972
               -Conversation with Kissinger, January 11, 1972
                      -The President's conversation with Kissinger, January 11, 1972
                           -Kissinger’s meeting with staff
               -Mitchell's concern
               -The President's support of Kissinger
          -Previous work with John F. Kennedy administration
               -Resignation
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                                 Tape Subject Log
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                                                                  Conv. No. 645-3 (cont.)


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             -Relations with the President
                  -Compared with how John B. Connally would react as President
                  -Compared to other White House staff
                  -Tolerance of behavior
             -Haig's view
             -Kissinger's possible resignation
                  -Kissinger's conversation with Rockefeller
                  -Timing
             -Rockefeller’s view
             -Possible resignation
                  -Timing
                         -PRC and Soviet Union
             -Haldeman's conversation with Haig
                  -Haig’s possible role
                         -Mitchell’s view
             -Kissinger's schedule
                  -Return to Washington, D.C.
                         -Haig's forthcoming conversation with Haldeman
             -The President's recent conversation with [David] Kenneth Rush
                  -Haldeman’s call
                  -Col. Richard T. Kennedy
                  -Washington Special Actions Group [WSAG]
                         -The President
                         -Mitchell
                  -Melvin R. Laird
             -Relations with State Department
             -Haig
             -Mitchell
             -Foreign policy
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                                                                  Conv. No. 645-3 (cont.)


                   -State Department personnel
                   -Haig
                   -The President’s knowledge
              -Restlessness
                   -Variety of work
                         -Haig's view

    Administration officials
        -Changes after election
              -State Department
              -Cabinet

    Kissinger
         -Emotional state
              -Mitchell's conversation with Haldeman
                   -The President's conversation with Kissinger
              -Kissinger's call to Rockefeller
                   -Mitchell's call to Kissinger
                          -Timing
                   -Rockefeller's views
                   -Kissinger’s position on Rockefeller’s staff
                          -Haig’s conversation with Haldeman


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                   -The President's support of Kissinger
              -The President's relations with Kissinger
                   -Haldeman
                   -Inconsistencies
                   -Haig's view
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                                                                 Conv. No. 645-3 (cont.)


                -Press coverage
                -The President’s responsibilities

Frank L. Rizzo
     -Conversation with John D. Ehrlichman, January 11, 1972
          -Rizzo's request for meeting with the President
          -Rizzo's forthcoming conversation with Walter H. Annenberg
     -Speech
          -Attack on Democratic candidates
                -Edward M. Kennedy
                -Press conference
                      -Praise for the President
     -Conversation with Ehrlichman
          -Federal funds for Philadelphia
     -Relations with administration
          -Status
                -Ehrlichman

The President's schedule
     -Cabinet meeting
          -Kissinger
          -Timing
                 -Budget release
                 -State of the Union message
     -Republican leaders meeting
          -Prayer breakfast
          -Meetings with Barend W. Biesheuvel and Emilio Colombo
          -Timing
                 -State of the Union message
     -Bipartisan meeting
          -The President's trip to PRC
          -Congress' schedule
     -Romney
          -Haldeman's conversation with Ehrlichman
                 -Possible flight with the President
          -State of the Union message
                 -Romney's previous conversations with the President and Ehrlichman
          -Domestic Council meeting
                 -Ehrlichman’s strategy
                 -Connally's schedule
          -The President's television appearance on January 18, 1972
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                                                                        Conv. No. 645-3 (cont.)


                -State of the Union message
                      -Raymond K. Price, Jr.'s draft
                      -Kissinger's draft
                            -Framework and rhetoric

     Abraham Lincoln
         -Cabinet
              -Compared to the President’s
              -Edwin Stanton
                   -Relations with Lincoln
                   -Performance in War Department
                   -Meetings with Lincoln

     Kissinger
          -Personality
               -The President’s view
               -Meetings with the President
                     -Cambodia
               -Pentagon Papers
               -Middle East
                     -[Unintelligible]
          -Performance

     Rogers
         -The President's forthcoming meeting with Haldeman
         -Possible objections to Kissinger's handling of negotiations
              -Trips
              -Forthcoming speech
         -Compared with Connally and Melvin R. Laird
              -Loyalty

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:33 am.

     The President's schedule
          -Forthcoming swearing-in ceremony
          -Forthcoming meeting with Haldeman

Haldeman left at 12:01 pm.

          -Forthcoming ceremony
               -Arthur S. Flemming
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                                        Tape Subject Log
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                                                                          Conv. No. 645-3 (cont.)


                        -Ronald L. Ziegler

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:02 pm.