Conversation No. 868-7

Date: March 3, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:40 am and 10:05 am
Location: Oval Office

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

      Irving Berlin
            -Evening at White House
                  -Attendance
                        -Health

      Evening at the White House
           -Entertainers
                  -Lawrence Welk
                  -Karen and Richard Carpenter
                  -Variety
                  -Lucy A. Winchester
           -Arrangements
                  -Paul W. Keyes
                  -Stephen B. Bull
                  -Keyes
                        -Irving Berlin
                  -Sammy Davis, Jr.
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                  -Francis A. (“Frank”) Sinatra
             -Dan Rowan and Dick Martin
                  -Possible appearance
                  -Comedy
                  -Music
             -Carpenters
                  -Qualities
             -Arrangements
                  -Control
                  -Bull
                         -Qualifications
                  -[First name unknown] Caldero
                  -William H. Carruthers
                  -Someone in charge
                         -Leonard Garment
                              -Qualifications
                  -Bull

       US Department of the Navy
           -Whistleblower
                 -Charles L. Ill
                       -Fired
                       -Litton Industries
           -Jerry H. Jones [?]
           -Roy L. Ash
           -Haldeman's knowledge of problem
           -Ill
                 -Elliot L. Richardson, John W. Warner
                       -Support for Ill
           -Carlos C. Villarreal
                 -Mexican-American
                 -Warner
                 -Appointment as Assistant Secretary of the Navy
                       -Agency for International Development [AID]
                              -Preference for Navy

Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:40 am.

       Ronald L. Ziegler
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             -Meeting with President

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:05 am.

       William P. Rogers
             -Aid to North Vietnam
                   -Meeting with Congressional leaders
                        -Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
                        -Symbolism
                        -Hugh Scott

       Press conference

       L. Patrick Gray, III's confirmation hearings
             -John W. Dean, III's view
             -Gray's strategy
                   -Raw Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] files
                   -Ervin Committee
             -Harry F. Byrd's position
             -Gray's testimony
                   -Advice
                          -James O. Eastland
                          -John N. Mitchell
                          -Richard G. Kleindienst
             -Senate vote
                   -Eastland
                   -Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.'s position on raw FBI files
                   -Haldeman's view
             -Disagreement with Gray's strategy
                   -Dean
                   -Kleindienst
             -FBI
                   -Handling of the Watergate investigation
                   -Directorship
                          -Jerry V. Wilson
             -Dean
                   -Gray
                   -Kleindienst
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                                                       Conversation No. 868-7 (cont’d)


Watergate
     -Maurice H. Stans
          -Possible testimony
          -Intelligence
          -Compared to Gray
          -Involvement in Watergate
                 -Innocence
          -Robert L. Vesco
                 -Involvement
          -Haldeman's view

Press conference
      -News summary
      -Tactical use
      -Articles
            -Washington Post, New York Times
      -Air of formality
            -Compared to Oval Office
            -Lyndon B. Johnson’s press interaction on White House lawn
      -Advantages
            -Television [TV] coverage
            -Control of discussion
                  -Amnesty

Prisoners of war [POWs]
      -Statements
            -Peace activists, Jane Fonda
            -Conditions of release
                  -Sense of honor
      -Capt. Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr.
            -Religious beliefs
            -Letter to President
                  -President's response
                  -Religiosity
                  -Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft’s telephone call to Denton
                         -President's impression of letter
                         -Permission to release letter
            -Brainwashing
            -Abilities
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                   -Statement
                         -Cleverness
             -Capt. James A. Mulligan, Jr. [?]
             -Comments on release
                   -Common view of POWs
                         -Shared experiences
                         -Structure of command
                   -Reticence
                   -Charges against colleagues
                         -Publicity
             -TV coverage
                   -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]

       Peter J. Brennan
             -Visit to high-rise apartment collapse site
                   -Bailey’s Crossroad

Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:40 am.

       Quadriad meeting

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:05 am.

       Press conferences
             -News rooms
                   -Advantages of using
                   -Compared with Oval Office
                         -Lighting
                         -Atmosphere
             -Future scheduling
                   -Reasons

       Swearing-in ceremony

Haldeman left at 10:05 am.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. June-2010)
                                                               Conversation No. 868-7 (cont’d)