Conversation No. 295-015
Date: November 16, 1971
Time: 5:05 - unknown before 6:39 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with John N. Mitchell.
Ronald W. Reagan
-Schedule
-Governors Conference
-Henry A. Kissinger
-The President
-Dispute with Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
-The President's conversation with Elliot L. Richardson
-Mitchell
-Schedule
-Republican Governors Conference
-Meetings with Mitchell
-Robert H. Finch
-United Nations [UN]
-Welfare
-California
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Ronald W. Reagan
-California Republican party
-Franklyn C. (“Lyn”) Nofziger
-Job offer
-Gordon C. Luce
-Job offer
-William French Smith
-William French Smith's conversation with John N. Mitchell
-[First name unknown] Sullivan and Henry Salvatori
-Job offer to Franklyn C. (“Lyn”) Nofziger
-Conversation with John N. Mitchell
-Republican Party factionalism
-[First name unknown] Walker
-National compared to local point of view
-Newspaper columns
-The President
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Schedule
-The President
-John N. Mitchell and Henry A. Kissinger
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The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 5:05 pm and 6:08
pm.
[Conversation No. 295-15A]
Reagan's schedule
-Kissinger
-The President
-Mitchell
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[End of telephone conversation]
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California Republicans
-Edwin Reinecke
-Evelle J. Younger
-[First name unknown] Pordaroy [sp?]
-William French Smith
-[First name unknown] Campbell
-University
-Views regarding Gordon C. Luce
-Gordon C. Luce's possible role
-Resign and change roles
-Franklyn C. (“Lyn”) Nofziger's possible role
-1972 campaign
-Hardcore Reaganites
-No middle
-[First name unknown] Campbell
-George H. W. Bush
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Polls
-W. Clement Stone
-Robert Teeter
-Michigan
-Chicago Sun-Times
-Range
-Edmund S. Muskie
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-Teeter
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Richard B. Ogilvie
-Andrew [?] Young
-John B. Anderson
-John N. Mitchell's upcoming conversation with Donald H. Rumsfeld, November 17
-Prospects
-Polls
-Paul L. Simon
-25 points ahead
-[First name unknown] Doran [sp?]
-US Attorney
-Paul L. Simon
-25 points ahead
-Effect on the President's campaign
-Edmund S. Muskie
1972 campaign
-Local candidates
-Chicago Sun-Times poll
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Prospects for nomination
-New Hampshire
-Announcement of the president's candidacy
-January
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Press
-Questions and answers [Q&A]
-Statement
-Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956
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-James C. Hagerty
-John B. Connally
-Petitions
-Local initiatives
-Campaign headquarters
-Paul N. (“Pete”) McCloskey, Jr.'s campaign
-New Hampshire
-Lack of money and organization
-Polls
-Paul N. (“Pete”) McCloskey, Jr.
-Standing in California
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Meeting with Mitchell
-Politics
-Unknown Chinese people
-Bond issue
-Conservative party
-Jews
Golda Meir
-Forthcoming meeting with the President
-Yitzhak Rabin's meeting With Kissinger, November 16, 1971
-Peter M. Flanigan [?]
-Moshe Dayan
-The President's schedule
-William P. Rogers and Melvin R. Laird
Middle East
-Unknown person’s statement
-UN
-Soviet Union
-Shipments
-US News & World Report
-Soviet Union
-Arms shipment
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-TU’s
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[Duration: 7s]
Middle East
-Unknown person’s knowledge
-Embarrassment
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Richard G. Lugar
-Percentage of Jewish vote
-Chicago
Rogers and Laird
-Troop withdrawals
Laird
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Indiana
-Republican politics
-Governor Edgar D. Whitcomb
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-1972 campaign
-1968 chairman, Charles O. Hendricks
-Charles A. Halleck
-John K. Snyder [?]
-Will H. Hays, Jr.
-Edgar D. Whitcomb
-Charles A. Halleck and John K. Snyder
-Matthew E. Welsh
Possible candidacy
-John K. Snyder
-New organization
-Government charter
-Matthew E. Welsh
-Possible poll
-William D. Ruckelshaus
-Willing to run
-William D. Ruckelshaus
-Wife, Jill E. (Strickland) Ruckelshaus
-President’s opinion
-John N. Mitchell’s opinion
Pennsylvania
-Republican Party organization
-Arlin M. Adams's study
-Democrats’ registration compared to Republicans
-Possibility of making a Republican state
-State chairman
-County chairmen
-Raymond P. Shafer
-Left party
-Milton J. Shapp
-Hugh Scott
-State chairman
-Clifford L. Jones
-Restructure
-Executive director
-Push for new chairman
-Umbrella organization
-Martin G. Hamberger
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-Arlen Specter
-Relations with Frank L. Rizzo
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Frank L. Rizzo
-Dealings with administration
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Illinois
-Republican Party organization
-Arthur M. Wood [?]
-[first name unknown] Wallace
-Robert D. Stuart, Jr.
-Chairman of Finance Committee
-Bob Gallance [?]
-Downstate co-chairman, John H. Altorfer
-Thomas J. Houser
-Unknown Italian in suburbs
-Charles H. Percy campaign workers
-Richard B. Ogilvie
-Dinners
Wisconsin
-Republican Party organization
-Unknown businessman
-George Parker and [unintelligible names]
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Offices at risk
-Two Senators
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-Governor
Ohio
-Republicans
-Ray C. Bliss
-Recent municipal elections
-Cleveland
-James A. Rhodes
-Possible political plans
-Governor in 1974
-John S. Andrews
-Robert A. Taft, Jr.
California
-Dinner in San Francisco
-Martha (Beall) Mitchell
-Franklyn C. (“Lyn”) Nofziger
-Ronald W. Reagan's job offer
-Previous encounters
-Relations with Republican National Committee and Robert J. Dole
-Support
-John N. Mitchell’s experiences in California
-Republicans
-Invitations to White House
-Jack L. Warner
-John N. Mitchell's meeting with entertainers
-Jack L. Warner
-The President's support for movies
-John N. Mitchell’s opinion
-Taft Schreiber
-Creating an office
-Fundraising
-Nashville, Tennessee
-Country and Western music
-John N. Mitchell's forthcoming lunch with John B. Connally
-November 22, 1971
Florida
-Republicans
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-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo's view
-Jack Madigan
-Background
-Lawyer
-Sherriff’s association 8-10 years
-Unknown convention
-Democrats
-Lobbying efforts
-Hotel association
-Alcohol beverage
-John N. Mitchell’s opinion of abilities
-[First name unknown] McCloskey
-Announcement
-Primary election
-March 14, 1972
-Strategy
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Watergate
-Cubans
-Immigration and Naturalization Service [INS]
-Political registration of Cubans as Republicans
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Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana
-Polls
-Georgia
-Senate
-Republicans
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-Buster Johnson
-Howard H. (“Bo”) Callaway
-Dillard Munford
-John N. Mitchell’s opinion
-Winton M. (“Red”) Blount
-Disagreement with John N. Mitchell
-Motives
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Mississippi
-Governor [William L. Waller]
-Meeting with Mitchell
-Election
-Legislation
-James O. Eastland
-New York Times and Washington Post
-New South
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Florida and Georgia
-Reubin O. Askew
-James E. (“Jimmy”) Carter
Democratic governors
-Southern Governors conference
-Governor of Puerto Rico Luis Ferré [?]
-Warren E. Hearnes
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Bylaws
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-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy and George S. McGovern
-Possible candidacies
North Carolina
-Charles R. Jonas
-James C. Gardner
-John N. Mitchell’s opinion
-Possible candidacy for Senate
-President’s opinion
-James E. Holshouser, Jr.
-Charles R. Jonas
-Possible candidacy for Senate
-James E. Holshouser, Jr. and James C. Gardner
-President’s opinion
-James C. Gardner
-Ronald W. Reagan and George C. Wallace
John N. Mitchell’s schedule
-November 26, 1971
-Law Appreciation Day
-Convention
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Cabinet
-Commerce Department
-Peter G. Peterson
-Maurice H. Stans
-Role and activities
-International monetary affairs
-Public speaking
-Textiles
-David M. Kennedy's views
-State Department
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's conversation with Mitchell
Flanigan
-Kissinger
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-State Department
-Peterson's staff
Peterson
-Business Council
-Charles H. Percy
-James T. Lynn
-Stans
-Possible activities
-Possible activities
-Speechmaking
Cabinet
-Rogers and Laird
-Connally's views
-Promotion of the President
-John Foster Dulles
-Desire for credit
-Peterson
-Kennedy's conversation with Mitchell
-Anthony J. Jurich
-Possible position
-Flanigan
Flanigan
-Kissinger
-State Department
-Possible position
-Peterson's staff
-Richard V. Allen
-Jurich
-Allen
-Jurich
-Possible relations with Kissinger
-Kissinger
-Politics and economics
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Commerce Department
-Tankers
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-Kissinger's staff
-Leaks
-Staff
-Jurich
-Kissinger
-Relationships
-Ehrlichman
-Research
-George P. Shultz
Peterson
-Staff work
Stans
-Trip to Soviet Union
-Forthcoming conversation with Mitchell
-Tenure in office
-Peterson
-Nomination
-The President’s forthcoming announcement
-Mitchell
-Republic National Committee
-Peterson
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Maurice H. Stans
-Possible role with Republican National Committee
-Car
-Prestige
-Meetings
-Budget
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-President’s opinion
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Ambassador to Japan
-Hoyt Ammidon
-William S. Renchard
-Chemical Bank
Ambassador to North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
-Walter N. Thayer
-Walter J. Stoessel, Jr.
-Rogers's views
-Poland
-State Department
Ambassador to the UN
-George H. W. Bush
-Compared to Charles W. Yost
Japanese textile negotiations
-State Department
National economy
-Money supply
-Arthur F. Burns
-Unknown appointment to Federal Reserve Board [FRB]
NATO Ambassador
-Requirements
-William H. Morton
-American Express
-Howard L. Clark
-Requirements
-Robert F. Ellsworth
-Thayer
-Renchard
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The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 5:05 pm and
6:08 pm.
[Conversation No. 295-15B]
[See Conversation No. 14-141]
[End of telephone conversation]
Flanigan
-Location
Cabinet
-Rogers and Laird
-Loyalty
-Laird
-Ambitions
-Connally
-Ambitions
-Rogers
The White House operator talked with the President at 6:08 pm.
[Conversation No. 295-15C]
[See Conversation No. 14-142]
[End of telephone conversation]
Cabinet
-Rogers
-Reaction to John A. Scali's talk in Cabinet meeting
-Calls to Vice President Spiro T. Agnew and Mitchell
-Scali
-Talk in meeting
-Mitchell and Connally
-Rogers C. B. Morton
-Stans
-John A. Volpe
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-George W. Romney
-Volpe
Volpe
-1972 election
-Possible trips to Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey
-Possible role with Administration
-Ambassadorship to Italy
-Previous visit to Italy
-Graham A. Martin's view
-Italian elections
-Timing
Cabinet
-Volpe
-Romney
-Performance
-Rogers
-Knowledge by public
-Dulles
-Soviet Union
-Unknown man
-Staff
-Marshall Green
-Joseph J. Sisco
-Statement on Middle East
-Jacob K. Javits
Ambassador to Japan
-Unknown man
-Connally
-Renchard
-Mitchell's possible conversation with Flanigan
-Thayer
-The President’s schedule
Flanigan
-Possible role with Administration
-Ambassadorships to Japan or NATO
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Connecticut
-Poll
-Thomas J. Meskill
-Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
-Statements regarding administration
-Charles H. Percy
-President’s opinion
-Republican Party organization
-Italians
New Jersey
-Democrats
-Republican Party organization
-Clifford P. Case
-Lead in race
-Attendance at Republican functions
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The President talked with Kissinger at an unknown time between 6:08 pm and 6:20 pm.
[Conversation No. 295-15D]
Kissinger's schedule
-Mitchell
[End of telephone conversation]
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Reagan
-Forthcoming conversation with Mitchell
-Possible role with Administration
-Cabinet
-Ambassadorship to London [Court of Saint James]
-Cabinet
-Defense, State Department
-Statement at television dinner
-Defense of Administration
-Nancy Reagan
-Martha (Beall) Mitchell
-Jack J. Valenti
-Dinner
-Unknown person
-Lyndon B. Johnson
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Ronald W. Reagan
-Upcoming conversation with John N. Mitchell
-National campaign
-Local people
-Prestige
William French Smith
-1972 campaign
-Possible chairman
-Prestige
-Chancellor
Kissinger entered at 6:20 pm.
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Franklyn C. (“Lyn”) Nofziger
-President’s opinion
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William French Smith
-Possible role with administration
-Supreme Court
-Unknown case
Richard G. Kleindienst
-Testimony
Mitchell
-Tenure in office
-Forthcoming announcement
1972 campaign
-Primaries
-Mitchell and Stans
-Kissinger
-The President's forthcoming trip to Soviet Union
-Mitchell
Kleindienst
-Possible role with administration
Cabinet
-Rogers and Laird
-Tenure in office
-The President’s conversation with Kissinger
-Vietnam troop withdrawal
-Laird
-Leak
-Promotion of the President
-Scali
-Statement at Cabinet meeting
-Rogers
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-Daniel P. Moynihan and Connally
Vietnam
-Negotiations with North Vietnam
-Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
-Forthcoming meeting
-Timing
-Le Duc Tho
-Paris
-Newspaper editorial
-The President's troop withdrawal announcement of November 12, 1971
-William J. Porter's possible statements
-Possible termination
-Possible military action
-Negotiations with North Vietnam
-The President's recent troop withdrawal announcement
-Public reaction
-Democrats
-Press
-Possible termination
-Possible proposal
-Possible publicity
-Nguyen Van Thieu's tenure in office
-October 11, 1971 letter
-US offer
-Forthcoming meeting
-Le Duc Tho
-Timing
-Xuan Thuy
-Walters
-Le Duc Tho
-Kissinger
-Propaganda
-Military aid to South Vietnam
-Congress
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Possible public disclosure
-Proposal
-Residual force
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-Congress
-The President's recent troop withdrawal announcement
-Effect
-Andrei A. Gromyko and Indira Gandhi
-Possible termination
-Conditions
-Channels
-Bombing threat
-Deadline
-Mansfield Amendment
The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 6:39 pm.