Conversation No. 458-011
Date: February 25, 1971
Time: 5:44 pm - 6:30 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
The President’s schedule
-”Open Hour” meetings
-Value
-David M. Kennedy
-Milton C. Rose
-Kennedy
-Department of State
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Value of meeting with the President
-Forthcoming trip to Far East
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew’s schedule
-Radio/television correspondents’ dinner
-Hawaii
-Gridiron Club
-Agnew’s attendance
-Rationale
-Skits
-Boycott
-Women
-Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
-The President’s attendance
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
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-Skits
-Speech
-The President’s attendance
-As Vice President for Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Haldeman’s forthcoming conversation with the Vice President
Stock market
-Figures
-Effect of Davis-Bacon Act
-Arthur F. Burns
-John B. Connally
-The President’s position
-Figures
-Laos impact
-Burns
Agnew’s schedule
-Gridiron Club
-Attendance
-The press
-The President’s attendance
The President’s schedule
-Bohemian Grove
-100th anniversary
-Attendance
-Women
-Speech
-Harvey Hancock
-Secret Service
-Cabinet
-Connally’s attendance
Wire service
-The Vice President’s attention
-Lyndon B. Johnson
Baltimore Sun
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
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L. T. and Delores (Reade) Hope
-Life magazine
-New York Times
Press
-Letter to the editor
-The President’s view
-William P. Rogers
-Staff attitude
-White House public relations efforts
-Strategy
-Columnists
-Television networks
-Wire services
-National magazines
Charles W. Colson
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Robert H. Finch
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Role on White House staff
-Compared to other staff
-White House public relations
-Jeb Stuart Magruder
-Ziegler
-Frederic V. Malek
-John W. Dean, III
-John D. Ehrlichman’s staff
-Edward L. Morgan
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-White House public relations
-Colson
-Malek
-Magruder
-Dean
Connally
-Camp David visit
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Butterfield entered at 6:01 pm
-Birthday
The President’s schedule
-National Security Council [NSC] meeting
-Open Door Hour
-Frank J. Shakespeare
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Breakfast meeting
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 6:04 pm
[Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 6:01 pm and 6:04
pm]
[Conversation No. 458-11A]
Call to Chapin
[End of telephone conversation]
The President’s schedule
-Breakfast meetings
-Burns
-Elliot L. Richardson
-George P. Shultz
-Timing
-Mills
-Attendees
-Timing
-Ehrlichman
-Timing
-Location
-Ziegler
-Shakespeare
-Connally
-Topics to be discussed
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-Welfare
-Camp David
-The President
-Connally’s visit
-Length
-Press conference
-Trip
-Rochester
-National conference
The President’s speech in Williamsburg, Virginia
-Judicial conference
-Draft deadline
-Length
-The President’s view
-Compared to foreign policy speech
Length of speeches
-Foreign policy speech
-[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars speech
-Head of State dinners
-Toasts
-Department of State
-Translations
-The President’s position
The President’s schedule
-Judicial conference
-Farm dinner
Voluntary Action dinner
-Edwin D. Etherington
-Ehrlichman
-George W. Romney
-Finch
“A Salute to Agriculture”
-Timing
-Country fair
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-Compared to President Johnson’s efforts
-Carnival
-Livestock
-Dress
-Invitations
-4-H Club
-Future Farmers of America
-Possible events
-Publicity
-Speeches
-Efficacy
-Clifford M. Hardin
-Briefing
-Photographs
-Eastman Kodak
Iowa State Legislature
-Invitation
-Revenue sharing
-Possible speech
-President’s appearance
-William L. Safire’s efforts
President’s speeches
-Speech writers
-Foreign policy speech
-Wording
-Safire
-Techniques
-Jokes
-Wording
-Rhetoric
-Trips
-Need for prepared remarks
-Length of speeches
Radio speech on foreign policy
-Length
-Topics
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-Laos
-Vietnam
-Middle East
-Efficacy
-Use of radio
-President’s view
-Future use
-Benefits
-Past use
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Air Force One
-Symbolism
-Airports
-Possible press conferences
-Regional briefing
-Local press
-Public relations efforts
-Foreign policy
-Vietnam and Laos
The President’s schedule
-Private dinners
-Upcoming events
-Farm trip
-Rochester
-Judiciary conference
-Newport, Rhode Island
-President’s remarks
-Florida
-Possible Presidential visit
-University
-Forthcoming Head of State dinner
-Ireland
-Office press conference
-March 19, 1971
-Domestic policy
-Work load
-Changes
-Head of State visits
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-Arrival ceremonies
-Departure statements
-Television coverage
-Italian dinner
-Television coverage
-Television coverage
-Apollo 14 dinner
-Ireland Head of State dinner
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Benefits of television coverage
-Difficulties of television
-State of the World
-Timing
-Work load
-Speeches
-Radio uses
The President and Haldeman left at 6:30 pm