Conversation No. 829-35

Date: January 2, 1973
Time: Between 12:13 pm and 12:56 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with William E. Timmons and Stephen B. Bull.

       Congressional leaders briefing
            -Wage and price controls
            -Number of attendees
                   -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
            -George P. Shultz
            -Donald H. Rumsfeld
            -Herbert Stein
            -Second term reorganization briefing
                   -John D. Ehrlichman
                   -Roy L. Ash
                   -Economic affairs
                         -Shultz
                   -Speaking ability
                         -Ash
                         -Ehrlichman
                         -Rumsfeld
            -Ash
                   -Confirmation
                   -Attendance
            -Shultz
            -Rumsfeld
                   -Master of Ceremonies
            -Stein
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                                              Conversation No. 829-35 (cont’d)

-Shultz
-Ehrlichman
      -Domestic briefing
-Time for questions
      -Second term reorganization
-Attendees
      -Congress
             -Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
             -Robert C. Byrd
             -Hugh Scott
             -Robert P. Griffin
             -John J. Sparkman
             -John G. Tower
                   -Banking and Currency Committee
             -William Proxmire
             -Russell B. Long
             -Wallace F. Bennett
             -Carl B. Albert
             -Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill, Jr.
             -Gerald R. Ford
             -Leslie C. Arends
             -Wright Patman
             -William B. Widnall
             -Wilbur D. Mills
             -Herman T. Schneebeli
             -Chet Holifield
-Breakfast
-Mansfield
-Invitations
      -Bipartisan meetings
      -Economic reorganization meetings
-Future briefings of Congressional leaders
      -Ehrlichman
      -Roosevelt Room
      -The President’s participation
             -Foreign policy
      -Timing
             -1973 Inauguration
             -Cabinet meeting
                   -Memorandum to Haldeman
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                                                Conversation No. 829-35 (cont’d)

           -Norris Cotton
           -Habits
           -Ford, Scott
           -Informal meetings
-Attendees
      -Government Operations Committee
      -Location in White House
            -[First name unknown] Redding [?]
            -Blue Room
            -State Dining Room
-Food service
-Timing
-Publicity photographs
-Location
-Timing
      -Truman’s memorial service
-Length of briefing
-Wage and price controls
      -Consultation
      -Proxmire
      -Patman
-Mansfield
      -Albert
      -Second term reorganization
      -Future meetings
            -Ehrlichman
      -Mansfield
            -Timing
            -Developments in Paris
                   -Vietnam negotiations
      -Albert
      -Republican leaders
            -Scott
      -Mansfield
            -Scott
            -Democratic House Caucus
            -Albert, Ford, Scott, O'Neill
            -Ford's schedule
            -Reactions
                   -Scott
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           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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                                                    Conversation No. 829-35 (cont’d)

                       -Republican leaders
                       -Ford
                       -Albert

Truman’s memorial service
    -Diplomatic reception
          -Carlos P. Romulo
                -The Philippines
          -Other meetings with heads of state
                -Courtesy call
                      -Personal nature

Meetings with the President
     -Mansfield
           -Confidentiality of meetings
     -Albert
     -Subjects
     -Timmons's relationship with Mansfield and Albert
     -Timing

Democratic House Caucus
    -Elections
           -O'Neill as majority leader
           -Speaker of the House
    -End the war resolution
    -Vietnam negotiations
           -Mansfield, Albert
                 -Henry A. Kissinger’s briefing
    -End the war resolution
           -Effectiveness
           -O'Neill
           -Albert
           -Olin E. Teague
           -F. Edward Hebert
           -Joseph D. Waggonner, Jr.
           -Gillespie V. Montgomery
           -Southern Democrats

Meeting with freshman Republicans
     -House of Representatives
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     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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                         (rev. Sept.-08)

                                               Conversation No. 829-35 (cont’d)

-Size of group
-White House relations
      -Ford
      -Briefing
      -White House reception
            -Wives
      -Breakfast
      -Freshman Democrats
            -Senators and Southern Democrats
-Reception for Democrats
      -Advantages
            -Freshmen Democrats
                   -Political orientation
      -Compared to breakfast
-Ford
      -Timmons’ efforts
      -Ehrlichman
-The President's attendance
-Reception for all freshman Representatives
      -Wives
      -Scheduling
      -The President’s participation
      -Cabinet attendees
            -Agnew
      -White House staffers
            -Timmons
            -Ehrlichman
            -Henry A. Kissinger
            -Ash
            -Shultz
            -Haldeman
            -Ziegler
            -Thomas C. Korologos
            -Wives
      -Invitations
            -Albert, Ford
            -Protocol
            -Spiro T. Agnew
            -Warren E. Burger
      -Ford seminar
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. Sept.-08)

                                                            Conversation No. 829-35 (cont’d)


       Harry S. Truman memorial service
            -Compared to funeral

       The President’s schedule
            -Mansfield
            -Albert
            -Breakfast
            -Freshman Republicans reception
            -Congressional leadership meeting
                  -Cabinet meeting
                  -Photographs
                  -Press statements
            -Democrats
            -Scott, Ford, Albert, Mansfield
            -Meeting with Mansfield
                  -Confirmations
                  -Budget submission date
                  -State of the Union address

Timmons and Bull left at 12:56 pm.