Conversation No. 197-017
Date: July 22, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:05 pm and 3:57 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
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Wedding of Dabney Jane Hibbert and Barry Wayne Feather
-Number of guests
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Dress
-Life magazine photographer
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
1972 election
-Bobby Fischer
-Iceland
-The President's conversation with Life magazine photographer
-Support for the President
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s opinion
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-The President’s comparison to Theodore S. (“Ted”) Williams
-Family background
-Chris Evert
-Support for the President
-Age
-Possible role at Republican National Convention
-Pledge of Allegiance
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s opinion
-Loss to Evonne Goolagong
Frank L. Rizzo
-Conversation with Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-John C. Whitaker's conversation with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Evonne Goolagong
-Aboriginal Australian
1972 campaign
-Debate between the President and George S. McGovern
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman advice to Ronald L. Ziegler
-Clark MacGregor
-Strategic use of Clark MacGregor
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Forthcoming press briefings
-F-15 program
-Voting records
-George S. McGovern
-Hubert H. Humphrey, Edmund S. Muskie
-McGovern
-Need for debates
-The President’s view in 1964
-International conditions
-Negotiations
-National interest
-North Vietnam
-Jack N. Anderson's column July 22, 1972
-Charles W. Colson
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McGovern
-Forthcoming briefings
-Humphrey
-Staff
-Henry A. Wallace
Haldeman's health
-California
The President's health
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1972 campaign
-George S. McGovern
-Debate with the President
-The President’s strategy
-Level of media exposure provided to George S. McGovern
-Effect
-Network coverage
-Comparative to Democratic National Convention
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The President's schedule
-Press conferences
-Networks
-[McGovern]
-Timing
-Republican National Convention
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-Political questions
-Equal time
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Foreign policy
-Ronald W. Reagan
-Call to the President
-Possible meeting
-Foreign trip
-Location
-The President's location
-Camp David
-Edwin Meese, III's conversation with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-The President’s view
Reagan
-Foreign trip
-Unknown person
-The President’s view
-Political influence in California
-Possible role with administration
-Ambassadorship
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Ronald W. Reagan
-Possible role with administration
-Robert H. Finch's views
Robert H. Finch
-Political ambitions
-Governor
-The President and H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s opinion
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-Differences between senator and governor
-Budget
1972 campaign
-John W. Rollins
-Fundraising for candidates
-The President’s participation
-Campaign financing
-John W. Rollins and Thomas W. Evans
-Special funds for candidates
-Murray M. Chotiner
-John N. Mitchell, Harry S. Dent, Herbert W. Kalmbach
-Comparison to 1970 campaign
-Possible objections
-Maurice H. Stans, Peter H. Dominick, Robert C. (“Bob”) Wilson
-Republican Governors' Association
-Plan
-Possible effect
-Counterproductive
-The President’s assessment
-John B. Connally's views
-Carl T. Curtis
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The President's schedule
-Henry Kearns
-Annual report
-Timing
-1972 election
-Budget
-Drug enforcement reports
-Timing
-Polls
-Secret Service reception
-Wives
-Golf
-George Meany
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-Camp David
-Unknown beach trip
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Revenue sharing testimony
-Mayors
-[Moon Landrieu] of New Orleans
-Sam Massell of Atlanta
-Louie Welch of Houston
-Roman S. Gribbs of Detroit
-Frank W. Burke of Louisville
-Harry G. Haskell of Wilmington
-Henry W. Maier of Milwaukee
-John W. Driggs of Phoenix
-Joseph L. Alioto of San Francisco
-Wesley C. Uhlman of Seattle
-Dayton Lee Alexander of Syracuse
-Roy Martin of Norfolk
-William D. Schaeffer of Baltimore
-Norman Y. Mineta of San Jose
-Location
-Timing
-Senate Finance Committee
-Future Farmers of America [FFA] state presidents
-Possible arrangements
-Timing
-Press conference
-Cabinet Room
-Mrs. Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox
-Representatives from Baltic States
-Anniversary of de jure recognition
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Haig's views
-Soviet Union
-Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia
-Possible presentation to the President
-Independence
-Haig
-Kissinger
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-Agnew
-Dr. John A. Hannah
-Secret Service
-Timing
-Press conference
-FFA
-Hannah
-Secret Service
-Mrs. Nixon schedule
-Property Review Board
-Legacy of Parks program
-John D. Ehrlichman's views
-Property turnover
-Texas, California, Florida, New Jersey
-Publicity
-Congressmen
-Incumbents
-Photograph opportunity
-Telephone call to Golda Meir
-Satellite
-Timing
-Value
-Dean Burch
-Kissinger
-Politics
-Arabs
-Girls' Nation
-Boys' Nation
-Attorney General's conference on crime reduction
-Justice Department
-Timing
-Television
-Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.’s proposal
-Ehrlichman
-Talking points
-Lowell Thomas
-Norman Vincent Peale
-Kissinger
-Sir Alexander F. Douglas-Home
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-United Nations [UN] General Assembly
-Andrei A. Gromyko
-Timing
-Breakfast
-Goals
-Publicity
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1972 campaign
-The President's conversation with John B. Connally, July 22, 1972
-Narrowing of gap between the President and George S. McGovern
-Prevent George S. McGovern from gaining momentum
-Possible announcement
-October 1972
-The President's schedule
-October 1-7, 1972
-The President's schedule
-John B. Connally
-Motorcades
-John B. Connally suggestion
-Location
-Chicago
-New York
-Westchester County
-Los Angeles
-August and September of 1972
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Schedule
-Campaign in all 50 states
-Alaska
-John B. Connally’s observation
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-Campaign strategy
-The President's schedule
-George Meany
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Agnew
-Announcement
-Schedule
-Rod Laver
-Trip
-Previous meeting
-Speech in Portland
-Press
-Relations with White House
-Haldeman’s view
-Schedule
-Fifty state tour
-Airplane
-Airports
-Los Angeles, South Dakota, San Bernardino, Ontario, California,
Orange County
-Motorcade
-California
Tricia Nixon Cox talked with the President.
[Conversation No. 197-17A]
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[See Conversation No. 136-15]
[End of telephone call]
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Agnew
-Possible meeting with Haldeman
-Aides
-Staff
-Secret Service
-Haldeman's role
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Haldeman's notes from July 21, 1972 meeting
The President's schedule
-Johnny Cash
-William E. Brock, III
-Drugs
-American Health Congress
-Chicago
-Health program
-Congress
-Health care costs
-US-Soviet health agreement
-Nursing homes
-Audience size
-Hospital and nursing home representatives
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1972 campaign
-Charles W. Colson
-George S. McGovern image
-Schedule
John B. Connally
-Editorial criticizing him
-Slave labor
-The President’s opinion
Clayton Fritchey's column
-The President’s reaction
Thomas W. Braden's column
-George S. McGovern
-The President’s reaction
Clayton Fritchey's column
-Claudia A. (Taylor) (“Lady Bird”) Johnson
-[Anna] Eleanor Roosevelt
-Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Patrick J. Buchanan
Thomas W. Braden
-Column
-George S. McGovern
-Critical comments on Hubert H. Humphrey
-Washington Post's possible reaction
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s opinion
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Attendance at Thomas W. Braden parties
1972 campaign
-Media treatment of George S. McGovern
-Associated Press [AP]
-Newsmagazines
-Mary McGrory's column, July 21, 1972
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s opinion
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-Effect on reporters
-Barry M. Goldwater, Sr.
-John B. Connally
-George C. Wallace
-George S. McGovern
-Polls
-Gallup poll and Harris poll
-Results
-Two-way
-Three-way
-July 1-6, 1972
-George C. Wallace
-Effect on 1972 election
-George S. McGovern
-Louis Harris's telephone call to Charles W. Colson, July 21, 1972
-George C. Wallace
-Possible release
-Potential speech
-The President’s opinion
-Polling on specific issues
-Busing
-Edwin L. Harper
-John D. Ehrlichman
-National defense
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam
-Amnesty
-Marijuana
-Welfare
-Vietnam
-Question structure
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Vietnam
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-McGovern
-Position
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-US troops
-Reintroduction
-Problems
-Nguyen Van Thieu
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1972 campaign
-Media
-The President’s assessment
-Claude Robinson’s theory
-Voter attitudes
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The President talked with the Camp David operator.
[Conversation No. 197-17B]
[See Conversation No. 136-16]
The President talked with Kissinger.
[Conversation No. 197-17C]
[See Conversation No. 136-17]
[End of telephone conversation]
Kissinger
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1972 campaign
-Vice Presidency
-John B. Connally's conversation with the President
1976 election
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Potential nomination
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-Potential future Democratic presidential nominee
-Based on George S. McGovern's performance in 1972
-Post-1972 comparison of Democratic Party and Republican Party
-Future of Democratic Party
-Republican Party
-John B. Connally
-Party allegiance
-Role in shaping outlook of Democratic Party
-Charles H. Percy
-Potential nomination
-Support by the President
-Future of Republican Party
-Moderate-conservative wing of Republican Party
-Melvin R. Laird
-Prospects
-Gerald R. Ford's list
-Robert C. (“Bob”) Wilson
-The President’s opinion
-William E. Brock, III
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-The President’s opinion of character
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s assessment
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-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-William A. Steiger, Louis Frey, Jr., Jack F. Kemp
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Clark MacGregor
-Possible role with administration
-Administrative ability
-Qualities
-Attorney General
-Cabinet
George W. Romney
-Meeting with Ehrlichman July 22, 1972
-Tenure in office
-1972 election
-Housing program
-Congress
-Housing scandal
-Tenure in office
-Budget
Cabinet and White House staff transitions
-Possible changes
-Ehrlichman
-Timing
-Inauguration
-Election
-1968
-Thomas E. Dewey
-Franklin B. Lincoln, Jr.'s letter to Rose Mary Woods
-Transition books
-McGovern
-Lyndon B. Johnson, Hubert H. Humphrey
-Ehrlichman
-Resignations
-Timing
-1972 election
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-William P. Rogers
-Cabinet
-Haldeman
-Staff
-Possible transition
-Lincoln
-Brookings Institution
-McGovern
1972 election
-The President’s schedule
-Debates
-Necessity
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1972 campaign
-George S. McGovern
-Religious issue
-Personal feelings on religion
-Son of minister
-Catholics
-The President’s opinion
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy's possible role
-Potential Vice Presidential candidate
-Potential impact on polling
-Southern Democrats
-Support
-Frank E. Fitzsimmons
-Impact on various states
-New York
-Pennsylvania
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-Illinois
-Polls
-New York
-By state
-Pennsylvania
-Ohio
-Illinois
-California
-Michigan
-New York
-Missouri
-Wisconsin
-New Jersey
-Plan
-January, June, and September 1972
-Telephone use
-Key states
-Opinion Research Corporation [ORC]
-Major states
-Timing
-The President’s opinion on potential value
-Direct mail
-George S. McGovern
-Positions on issues
-The President’s re-election strategy
-Polling since Democratic National Convention
-Gallup–Harris reports
-1968 party conventions
-The President’s polling compared to Hubert H. Humphrey
-The President's acceptance speech
-Impact on polling
-Directed at US public rather than US media
1968 presidential campaign
-The President's activities
-Telethons
-Speeches
-News coverage
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1972 campaign
-Use of television
-Presidential press conferences
-The President’s position on issues
-George S. McGovern
-Issue of equal time with the President
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McGovern's schedule
-Return from Miami
-Democratic National Convention
-Secret Service
-Defense Department
-Use of Andrews Air Force Base
-Chartered plane
-Secret Service protection
-Treatment of the President in 1968
-Robert F. Kennedy assassination
-Page [sp?] Terminal
-Briefing
Secret Service
-Possible staff changes
-James J. Rowley
-Lilburn E. (“Pat”) Boggs
-Haldeman’s view
Possible personnel changes
-L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Finances
-Secret Service
-Boggs
-Robert H. Taylor
Watergate
-Jeb Stuart Magruder
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-Interrogation
-Possible Grand jury appearance
-Grand jury
-Possible indictments
-Timing
-John W. Dean, III
-Conversations
-Haldeman, Ehrlichman, John N. Mitchell, lawyers, Henry E. Petersen,
Gray
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-W. Mark Felt
-Possible tests
Secret Service
-Boggs's role
-William L. Duncan
-Duncan
-Compared to Taylor
-Taylor
-McGovern's detail
-White House infiltration
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Frank F. Mankiewicz
-Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr.
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1972 campaign
-Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr.
-George S. McGovern's forthcoming strategy meeting
-Jean Westwood and Walter E. Fauntroy
-Jean Westwood's statements
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-George S. McGovern
-Howard Hughes
-Intellect
-The President’s opinion
-Potential job with Air Transport Association [ATA]
-Republican budget
-Charles W. Colson
-John B. Connally
-Money
-Expenses
-Family expenses
-Campaign financing
-Legal requirements
-Right-wing
-Barry M. Goldwater, Sr.'s campaign in 1964
-John Birch Society members
-California
-Previous treatment of the President
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Staff salaries
-Claire Crawford's article
-David N. Parker's salary
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Tricia Nixon Cox’s schedule
-Non-political and political events
-Mrs. Nixon
-William R. Codus
-Practices of Lyndon B. Johnson and Humphrey
-Hatch Act
-Codus, Parker
-Haldeman, Colson
Crippling strikes legislation
-Colson's conversation with James D. Hodgson
-International Brotherhood of Teamsters
-Robert W. Packwood
-Subsequent conversation with Hodgson
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-Laurence H. Silberman's subsequent conversation with Packwood
-The President's conversation with George P. Shultz
-The President’s meeting with Teamsters
-Colson
-Ehrlichman
-Possible conversation with Packwood
-House of Representatives
-Shultz
-Colson
-Political style
-Welfare reform
-Ehrlichman
Colson
Crippling strikes legislation
-Hodgson
-Views
-Shultz
-Colson
-Packwood
-Colson's conversations
-William E. Timmons, Thomas C. Korologos
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Packwood
Reagan
-Possible meeting
-Story
-Welfare family
-The President’s view
-Haldeman’s view
-California
-University matters
-Possible role with administration
-Ambassadorship
-Edwin Reinecke
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Edwin Reinecke
-Potential as Governor of California
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s opinion
-Robert H. Finch
-Earl Warren
-Edmund G. ("Pat") Brown
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s opinion
-Comparison to Robert H. Finch
California
-Polls
-Robert H. Finch chances against Alan Cranston
-Compared to the President’s chances in 1972
-Alan Cranston
-George S. McGovern
Robert H. Finch
-Possible campaign assistance from White House
-Possible role as a Senator
-Administrative assistant
-Hubert H. Humphrey [?]
-The President’s opinion
-Potential of becoming Senate Majority Leader
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Senate
-Leadership
-Hugh Scott
-Age
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-Robert P. Griffin
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-Charles H. Percy
Percy
Crippling strikes legislation
-Packwood
-Teamsters
-Shultz's conversation with Meany
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Charles W. Colson
-Relations with John B. Connally
-Role in the President’s campaign
-George E. Christian
1972 campaign
-George S. McGovern
-George C. Wallace
-John B. Connally's role
-John N. Mitchell, Frederick C. LaRue
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's talk with William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-The President’s description
-Potential of being used to help George S. McGovern
-Possible role
-John B. Connally's schedule
Charles W. Colson
-The President’s opinion
-Sense of timing
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-Compared to John B. Connally
1972 campaign
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Meeting with the President
-Vice Presidency
-John N. Mitchell
-Robert J. Dole
-Clark MacGregor
-July 22, 1972 conversation with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Robert D. Novak
-Election voting in Chicago
-Cook County
-News media coverage
-Voter fraud
-Richard J. Daley
-Conversations with Robert J. Dole
-Robert J. Dole
-Opinion on the President’s campaign schedule
-The President's schedule
-Ronald W. Reagan's possible views
-The President’s opinion
-Nevada
-Robert J. Dole
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's previous conversation with Clark MacGregor
-Letters to Rose Mary Woods
-Suggestions from various individuals
-The President’s opinion
-1968 campaign
-Compared to 1956, 1960, 1952, 1932 elections
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Cabinet officers and White House staff
-Campaign spokesman
-The Presidency
-News-making ability
-Impact on public
-Unions
-American Federation of Labor [AFL]
-Teamsters
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-George S. McGovern compared to Hubert H. Humphrey
-Likeability
-Thomas W. Braden
-Edmund S. Muskie compared to Thomas F. Eagleton
-Treatment by news media
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Tricia Nixon Cox
-Stature of First Family
-Compared to Eleanor S. (Stegeberg) McGovern
-The President’s opinion
-Henry A. Kissinger’s opinion
-Campaign trail appearances
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s opinion
-Disagreements with George S. McGovern
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Public relations
-Poll standing
-George H. Gallup
-Trips to People's Republic of China [PRC] and Soviet Union
-Tricia Nixon Cox’s wedding
-Television
-Vietnam speeches
-Press conferences
-Vietnam
-As issue
-National economy
-Food prices
-[James] Harold Wilson
-Loss of office
-Inflation
-Impact
-Buying power
-Mortgages
-Trend
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1972 campaign
-George S. McGovern campaign
-Polls
-Gallup and Harris
-Need for fundraising
-The President’s opinion of fundraisers
-Democratic National Committee [DNC] treasurer
-Staff pay
-George S. McGovern
-New York
-Jews
-Previous donations
-The President’s opinion
-Comparison to labor vote
-Harry S. Truman
-1948 campaign
-Issue of money
-Importance of money to the President’s campaign
-Maurice H. Stans
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The President's schedule
-The President's travel
-Defense bases
-President's previous PRC and Soviet Union trips
-Republican National Convention program
-Mrs. Nixon
-Tapes
-Patricia B. McKee
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-Dictation
Haldeman left at an unknown time after 4:23 pm.