Conversation No. 660-008
Date: January 29, 1972
Time: 9:05 am - 12:10 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
White House staff
-Relations with John B. Connally
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Peter M. Flanigan
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Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked with the President between 9:05 am and 9:08 am.
[Conversation No. 660-8A]
[See Conversation No. 019-162]
[End of telephone conversation]
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White House staff
-Relations with Connally
-Compared to George W. Romney, John A. Volpe
-Awareness by subordinates
-Flanigan
-The President’s confidence
-Access to Connally
-George P. Shultz
-Memorandum
-Connally’s staff
-Handling of work
-Flanigan
-Compared to Henry A. Kissinger
-Need for control
-Sampling mood of administration members
-Alexander P. Butterfield’s role
-Camp David
-Families
-Instruction to Haldeman
-Political interest
-John N. Mitchell
-Treasury Department
-Kissinger
-State Department
-Kissinger
-Public profile
-Press reaction
-Jack N. Anderson
-Kissinger’s awareness of problem
-Anderson Papers
-Column in paper
-Kissinger’s greatness
-Negotiations
-John A. Scali’s view
-Kissinger as agent
-Kissinger’s view
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-Quality of stories
-Time cover story
-Press reaction
-Fascination with secrecy of Paris trips
-Compared to coverage of the President’s trip to the People’s
Republic of China [PRC]
-Effect of Howard R. Hughes story
Hughes
-Forthcoming biography
-Clifford Irving’s claim
-Helga Hughes’s deposit
-McGraw-Hill payment
-Details of deposits
-Deception
-Swiss bank account
-Irving’s pretense
-Helga Hughes’s actions
-False passport
-Withdrawals
-Extent of press coverage
-Lawrence F. O’Brien and Hubert H. Humphrey
-Possible White House action
-O’Brien
-Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:08 am.
White House staff
-The President’s schedule
-Marina von N. Whitman
-Farewell greeting
-News summary staff
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:05 am.
-Quality of administration personnel
-Unknown person
-Location on political spectrum
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-Conservatives
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-William F. Buckley, Jr.
-Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin
-Daniel P. Moynihan’s staff
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Unknown writer of environment program
-Harvard University
Welfare
-Abraham A. Ribicoff’s family assistance plan
-Test program
-Administration line
-Ribicoff’s statement
-Political attraction
-Political attraction
-Public reaction
-Necessity to work
-Moynihan
-Food stamps
-Family assistance
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Moynihan
-Ribicoff
-Budget allocation
-Revision
-Starting costs
-Test program
-Necessity for overhaul
Connally
-Kissinger’s role
-Contact on economic matters
-Ehrlichman’s role
-Need to observe
-Desire to please the President
-The President’s need for Connally’s judgment
-Value Added Tax [VAT]
-Narcotics program meeting
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-Justice Department
-Unknown official
-Access problems
-Ehrlichman
-Shultz
-Need for trusted staff
-William P. Pannill
-Quality of Connally’s staff
-Ehrlichman’s view
-Problem of homogeneity
-Texans
The Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Staff
-The President’s experience as Vice President
-Budget
-Robert L. King
-Robert Black [?]
-Unknown person
-Quality of the President’s “team”
-Quality
-Recruitment
-Handling
Connally
-Handling of staff
-Chain of command
-Work habits
-Health
-Visits to Camp David
-Benefits
-Handling
-Use in the President’s absence
-Florida
-PRC trip
-Use of helicopter
-Timing
-Possible talk with Haldeman
-Staff problems
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-Connally’s possible reaction
-Connally’s work habits
-Reliance on by Administration
-Staff
-Possible White House assistance
-Motivation
-Public service
-Support for political candidates
-Fundraisers
-Ben Valentine’s view
-1962 campaign
-Challenge
-United Way
Page Belcher
Personnel
-Support for the President
-Motivation
-Public service
-Personal reasons
-Perquisites
-Clifford M. Hardin’s view
-Social events
-Compared to those in Los Angeles
-Counsellor general
-Ambassadors
-Samuel W. Yorty
-Assistant secretaries
Protest at White House dinner for DeWitt Wallace and Lila (Acheson) Wallace, January 28
-Compared to Eartha Kitt’s action
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Protest at White House dinner for DeWitt Wallace and Lila (Acheson) Wallace, January 28
-Compared to Eartha Kitt’s action
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon’s reaction
-Rose Mary Woods’s reaction
-Drinking
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Protest at White House dinner for DeWitt Wallace and Lila (Acheson) Wallace, January 28
-Martha (Beall) Mitchell’s reaction
-Benefits of candor
-Protestor [Carol Feraci]
-Background
-Name change
-Manolo Sanchez’s view
-Removal
-The President’s possible action
-Ray Conniff’s action
-Nature of comments
-Daniel Ellsberg
-Daniel J. and Philip F. Berrigan brothers
-Conniff’s comment
-Crowd reaction
-John A. (“Jack”) Mulcahy
-Reaction of other singers
-Washington Post story
-Conniff
-Handling of protestor
-The President’s possible action
-Unknown person
-Manners
-Possible reaction by group
-Singers’ reaction
-Effect
-Possible claim by Feraci
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-Compared to Kitt’s
-Claudia A. (Taylor) (“Lady Bird”) Johnson
-Manners
-Appropriateness of protest
-The President’s congratulations
-Reader’s Digest
-Marine Band
-Reception
-Vietnam veterans in band
-Possible press action
-Possible press action
-Compared to Lawrence Welk
-Feraci
-Dress
-Protestors in other groups
-Howard De Silva
-Political orientation
-1776
-Benjamin Franklin
-The propriety of President’s reaction
-Crowd reaction
-Feraci
-Conniff’s action
-Motivation
-Conniff’s reaction
-Singers’ reaction
-The President’s reaction
-Timing
-Conniff’s comment
-The President’s speeches
-Feraci
-Press reaction
Connally
-Gregariousness
-Compared to The President
-Frequency
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Cabinet
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-Work habits
-Staff
-Grasp of problems
-Handling
-Appointments
-US Treasurer
-Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]
-Attitude toward White House staff
-Press
-Flanigan
-Ehrlichman
-VAT
Whitman appointment
-Quality
-Leak
-University [of Pittsburgh]
-Details
-Grant to husband [Robert Whitman]
Previous night’s protest
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Previous night’s protest
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon’s reaction
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Previous night’s protest
-Press coverage
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-Reaction
-Removal of protestor
-The President’s reaction
-Mulcahy’s reaction
-Overall success of evening
-Toasts
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-William P. Rogers
-Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
-The President
-Dining Room
-Presentation of Medal of Freedom
-Reaction of Wallaces
-Public perception
-Recounting of events
-Amplification
-New York
-Publicity for Conniff
-Feraci’s action
-Sign
-Transport
-Message
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon observation
-The President’s view
-Prior planning
-Compared to Kitt’s action
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:08 am.
Whitman’s meeting
-Herbert Stein
-Shultz
-Barbara H. Franklin
-Arrangements
-Photograph session
-The President’s possible comments
-Swearing-in
-Attendance of women
-Press coverage
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-Ronald L. Ziegler
-The President’s possible comments
The President left at an unknown time before 10:05 am.
Previous night’s protest
-Press coverage
-Herbert G. Klein
-Mulcahy
-Comments
The President entered at an unknown time after 9:08 am.
Whitman announcement
-Press
-Remarks
-Confirmation
-Status
-Stein
-Frederic V. Malek
-Franklin
-Swearing-in
-Timing
-Need for confirmation
-Compared to Chairman of CEA
-Franklin
-Photograph session
-Press coverage
-Orchestration of announcement
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:05 am.
Previous night’s protest
-Sarah McLendon’s reaction
-Crowd reaction
Whitman, Franklin, Shultz and Stein entered at 10:05 am; the White House photographer was
present at the beginning of the meeting.
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Greetings
The President’s plans for statement
Seating
Appointment of Whitman
-The President’s plans for statement
-Necessity for confirmation
-Whitman’s background
-Father, John von Neumann
-Book, Theory of Games and Economic Behavior (1944)
-Princeton University
-Background
-Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
-Oskar Morganstern
-Thesis
-Politics
-People’s Republic of China [PRC] [?]
-Confirmation
-Whitman statement
-Importance
-Whitman’s gender
-Whitman’s qualifications
-Stein’s view
-Nondiscrimination
-Concern with ability irrespective of race, religion, gender
-Whitman’s qualifications
-Experience
-Intelligence
-Stein
-Ezra Solomon
-Other members of CEA
-Male to female ratio
-Whitman’s family
-Economic challenge
-Practice of economics vs. teaching
-Whitman’s previous role in CEA
-The President’s statement of August 15, 1971
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-Stein
-Solomon
-Whitman’s forthcoming responsibilities
-International economics
-Wage and price controls
-Price Commission
-Whitman’s husband, Robert Whitman
-The President’s education
-Blame and credit for economic fluctuations
-Women’s liberation groups
-Basis of selection
-Qualifications
-Compared to gender
-Availability of women
-Supreme Court appointment
-The President’s talk with Shultz
-Stein
-Lawyers
-Compared to economists
-American Bar Association [ABA]
-Public relations
-Meeting other officials
-John B. Connally
-Health
-Paul A. Volcker
-Price Commission
-Possible call to Connally
-Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development [OECD]
-Possible call to Connally
-Stein’s schedule
-Paris
-Whitman’s schedule
-Pittsburgh
-Whitman’s children
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s and Tricia Nixon Cox’s views of appointment
-Supreme Court
-ABA
Farewells
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Whitman, et al., except Haldeman, left at 10:25 am.
Whitman appointment
-Whitman’s assets
-Appearance
-Intelligence
-Presence before cameras
-Public relations
-Assets of appointment
-Impact of gender
-Identification with common problems
-Compared to legal field
-Franklin
-Swearing-in
-Attendance of women
-Romana A. Banuelos
-Helen D. Bentley
-Gender issue
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:25 am.
Phone call to Joanne Goldwater Ross
-Unavailability
Request that Charles W. Colson join them
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:30 am.
Whitman appointment
-Public relations
-John Von Neumann
-Story about little boy
Aging
-Lila Wallace
-Hope
-Appearance
-Delores (Reade) Hope
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-Aging of Presidents
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson
-Photographs of Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Inaugurations
-The President
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Aging
-Delores (Reade) Hope
-Worrying in office
-Lyndon Johnson
-Press relations
-Press Secretary
-Bugging of briefings
-Calls during briefing
-Connally
Colson entered at 10:30 am.
Aging
-Delores Hope’s observations of others
-Bob Hope
-World travels
-Charitable work
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-Health
-The President’s aging
-Compared to Kennedy, Johnson
-Kennedy’s health
-Cortisone
-Lyndon Johnson’s aging
-Rapidity
-Life style
-Senate life style
-The President’s life style
George Meany
-Call from Shultz
-Follow-up to the President’s call
-Call from budget office public relations person
-Columbia inquiry
-Mike Wallace, 60 Minutes special
-Camera coverage
-Kissinger briefing
-Relations with White House
-Foreign policy views
-White House interns
-Request of Wallace to Film
-Reason
-Desire for rapport
-Reasons
-Partisanship
-Background
-Irish
-Courtesy
-Courtesy
-Irish contrasted with British
-Treatment of allies
Whitman appointment
-Benefits
-Whitman’s qualities
-Appearance
-Intelligence
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-Family
-As spokesperson
-Solomon
-Today show
-As saleswoman
-Today show spot
-Timing
-Confirmation
-Women’s magazines
-Economic publications
-Business Week
-Uniqueness of female economist
-Stein’s comment
-Ability of women
-Mathematics
-Business world
-Sylvia F. Porter
-CEA
-Spokesman role
-Stein
-Solomon
-The President’s schedule
-Connally’s view
-Stein’s role
-Recollections of John von Neumann
John von Neumann’s book
-Presentation
-Health
-Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
-Haldeman’s reading
-International relations
-Kissinger
Poll
Previous night’s protestor
-Media coverage of White House parties
-Mrs. Nixon’s view
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-Radio play
-Content
-Effect
-Public perception
-Administration reaction
-Feraci
-Citizenship
-Action
-Mulcahy’s remark
-Rose Mary Woods
-Radio coverage
-Broadcast of crowd reaction
-The President’s response to protest
-Praise of Marine Corps band
-Timing
-Conniff’s apology
-Reference to the President’s speeches
-Timing
-The President’s Vietnam peace proposal speech, January 25, 1972
-Public reception of peace efforts
-Woods
-Schedule
-Reaction
-Martha Mitchell’s reaction
An unknown woman entered at an unknown time after 10:30 am.
Woods’s location
-Attendance at meeting
The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 10:43 am.
Previous night’s protest
-The President’s reaction
-Feraci
-Praise of Marine Corps band
-Gratitude to other singers
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[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 10:30 am and
10:43 am.]
[Conversation No. 660-8B]
[See Conversation No. 19-163]
[End of telephone conversation]
Public relations
-Martha Mitchell
-Statement about Feraci
-Press coverage
-Clark MacGregor
-Congressional wives’ inquiries
-Luncheons given by Barbara MacGregor
-Attendance
[The President talked with Mitchell between 10:43 am and 10:47 am.]
[Conversation No. 660-8C]
[See Conversation No. 19-164]
[End of telephone conversation]
Previous night’s dinner
-Martha Mitchell’s reaction to protest
-Publicity
-Televising of award presentation
-Feraci
-Publicity possibilities
-Today show
-Wallace
-Reaction
-Removal
-Audience
-Conniff
-Klein’s actions
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-Mood of country
-Reaction
-The President’s Vietnam peace proposal speech
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Polls
-Approval rate
-Charles W. Colson
-Thomas W. Benham's analysis
-Approval
-Vietnam
-The President contrasted with Democratic contenders
-Vietnam factor
-Dissipation of approval
-Gallup trial heat
-January 7-9, 1972
-Edmund S. Muskie’s announcement
-Phone poll
-State by state poll
-The President vs. Edmund S. Muskie
-Results
-January 3-20, 1972
-Fluctuations in leads
-Albert E. Sindlinger’s theory
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Gallup poll accuracy
-Timing
-Compared with the President's poll
-Edmund S. Muskie
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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:47 am.
Location of Manolo Sanchez
Stephen B. Bull left at an unknown time before 11:44 am.
Political developments
-Polls
-Gallup poll
-Registered voters
-Results
-Compared to the President's phone poll
-Altering factors
-Perception of common man
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 10:47 am.
Request
-Dogs [?]
Manolo Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:44 am.
Political developments
-Polls
-Thomas W. Benham's analysis
-Attention to candidates
-Effect on polls
-Stabilization of figures
-Performance
-Gallup–Harris comparison
-Approval–disapproval
-Trial heats
-Results
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-George C. Wallace
-Third-party possibilities
-American Independent Party
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-Filing deadline
-George C. Wallace candidacy
-The President’s analysis
-Effect on large Northern cities
-Effect in South
-Benefits of the President's win in South
-Electoral votes
-Richard M. Scammon's theory
-Edmund S. Muskie philosophy
-Eugene J. McCarthy effect
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-Hubert H. Humphrey philosophy
-Contention for George C. Wallace voters
-Benefits of "Solid South"
-George C. Wallace third-party candidacy
-Effect nationally
-Edmund S. Muskie support
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy support
-Undecided vote
-Hubert H. Humphrey support
-Forthcoming state poll
-Prediction ability
-California
-Benefits of "Solid South"
-Republican strategy
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 10:47 am.
Executive Office Building [EOB]
-Retrieve pipe and tobacco
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 11:44 am.
Benefits of "Solid South"
-Necessary electoral votes
-Projections
-Other necessary states
-Christian Science Monitor
-Utah
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-Wyoming
-Farm strength
-Farm states
-Nebraska
-Kansas
-Iowa
-Earl L. Butz
-Bill House of Kansas
-Head of Cattlemen Association
-Political scrappiness
-Farm issues
-Earl L. Butz benefits
-Earl L. Butz's letters to Democrats
-Conversation with Charles W. Colson
-Partisan activity
-Clark MacGregor
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Agriculture
-Possible press conference
-Unknown primary
-Earl L. Butz
-Compared to Ezra Taft Benson
-Colson’s suggestion
-Letters to Democratic presidential candidate in Senate
-Partisanship
-Concern with image
-Compared to others in Cabinet
-Response of audiences
-Donald E. Johnson
-American Farm Bureau Federation
Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:47 am.
The President’s schedule
-Helicopter to Camp David
-Kissinger meeting
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-Forthcoming call
-Mrs. Nixon
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:44 am.
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Political developments
-Candidate prospects
-Effect of "news"
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Fluctuations
-Approval rating
-Gallup results
-The President's strategy
-Undecided vote
-Eventual dispersement
-Dwight D. Eisenhower's standing
-Background
-John F. Kennedy
-Solidity of the President's base
-Lyndon B. Johnson–Harry S Truman base
-Location of base
-“Law and Order” Jews
-Richard M. Scammon’s comment
-Results
-Zionist Jews
-[first name unknown] Strauss [?]
-Orthodox
-The President's position on Israel
-Israelis’ fear
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
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-Communists
-Moshe Dayan
-Pro-Nixon signals
-New York Jews
-Philadelphia Jews
-Richard M. Scammon’s opinion
-Frank L. Rizzo support
-Conservatism
-"Brown shirts" in Germany
-Blacks in Washington, DC
-Catholic–Jewish comparison
-Uneducated Jews compared to educated
-Blacks
-Approval rating
-The President vs. Edmund S. Muskie
-Jews
-The President vs. Edmund S. Muskie
-Percentage of sample
-Blacks
-Opinion on Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-1968 comparison
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy's standing
-Hubert H. Humphrey's standing
-George C. Wallace's standing
-Sindlinger polls
-The President's strategy
-George C. Wallace candidacy
-Strategy
-Southern strength
-Impact on Electoral College
-History of voters
-Labor unions
-Peter J. Brennan
-Expected Northern vote
-Frank L. Rizzo
-Racist
-Charles W. Colson’s conversation with Albert E. Sindlinger
-Albert E. Sindlinger’s view
-Polls
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-Fluctuations
-The President's prospects
-Voter tone
-Effect on polls
-Benefits to incumbent
-Voter feeling
-Exploitation by candidates
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Hatred for the President
-Democrats
-Compared to Lyndon Johnson
-Administration response
-Pornographic movies and books
-Timing of release
-1961
-Washington, DC, New York
-Public perception
-Republican attacks
-Roosevelt
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Undignified actions
-Effect on office
-Public perception of the Administration
-Protest at dinner
-John Mitchell
-James O. Eastland’s view
-James O. Eastland’s relations with Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-Alfalfa dinner
-Disagreement
-Honesty
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Hatred for the President
-Democrats
-James O. Eastland’s relations with Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy possible candidacy
-Vice Presidency
-Decision on November 1, 1971
-Speculation of another woman
-Robert A. G. Monks's view
-Margaret Chase Smith
-Robert A. G. Monks's relations with Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy's candidacy
-Speculation of another woman
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
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White House dinner
-Lila Wallace
-Health
-Conversation with the President at the White House dinner
-Lila Tyng
-Henry Luce
-Clare Booth Luce
-Sommerset Maugham
-Divorce
-Wife’s comment
Robert J. Dole
Edward M. Kennedy
-View of love
-Compared to George A. Smathers
Smathers
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-Wife, Carolyn Hyder Smathers
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-Colson’s congratulations
-Rosemary Smathers
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[Privacy]
[660-008-w011]
[Duration: 19s]
George A. Smathers
-Rosemary Smathers
-Unknown woman
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[Duration: 6m 6s]
Politics
-Trust issue
-Edmund S. Muskie’s attack
-Personal attacks
-Public’s distrust of institutions
-Products
-Beat cops
-Albert E. Sindlinger's view
-Effect of “news” on electorate
-Fluctuations in poll
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-Benefits of incumbency
-Voter feeling
-Lack of personal feelings towards candidates
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy’s personal following
-Hubert H. Humphrey's personal following
-Edmund S. Muskie's personal following
-Spiro T. Agnew’s personal following
-The President's personal following
-Patrick J. Buchanan and Charles A. Halleck
-Background
-Percentages
-Alger Hiss case
-Nikita S. Khrushchev
-Voting patterns
-Lack of strong feeling
-Stupidity of voters
-Voter feelings
-Donald H. Rumsfeld's information from Gallup poll
-The President's competence
Telephone call to John B. Connally
-Visit to Camp David
-Timing
Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 10:47 am and
11:44 am.
[Conversation No. 660-8D]
[The call was placed on hold]
Camp David visit on January 29, 1972
-Details
-Dinner
-Movie
Polls
-Edmund S. Muskie poll
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
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-Gallup
-Harris
-Albert E. Sindlinger's view
-Credibility issue
[See Conversation No. 019-165]
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Haldeman talked with Idanell (Brill) (“Nellie”) Connally at an unknown time after 10:47 am.
[Continuation of Conversation No. 660-8D]
[End of telephone conversation]
Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 10:47 am and
11:44 am.
[Conversation No. 660-8E]
[See Conversation No. 19-166]
[End of telephone conversation]
Camp David trip
-Scheduling
-John Connally
-Health
-Residence
-Helicopter
-Naval Observatory
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
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[Duration: 39s]
Democrats' feeling for John B. Connally
Polls
-Edmund S. Muskie
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Nellie Connally talked with Haldeman at an unknown time between 10:47 am and 11:44 am.
[Conversation No. 660-8F]
[See Conversation No. 019-167]
[End of telephone conversation]
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[Duration: 8m 6s]
John B. Connally's health
-Stay at home
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s view
Polls
-Edmund S. Muskie poll
-Reason for decline
-Gallup and Harris polls
-January 15, 1972
-History of poll behavior
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
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-Gallup and Harris poll shifts
-Reasons for disparity
-Voting blocs
-Edmund S. Muskie's strength
-Television
-Power of the media
-Voter feeling
-Timing of voters' final decisions
-Albert E. Sindlinger's view
-1948 election
-Intensity of voter feeling
-John N. Mitchell–James O. Eastland theory
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy's strategy
-Desire for a Edmund S. Muskie defeat
-Benefits to Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-Edmund S. Muskie's age
-Presidential ages
-55-65 years old
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Eugene J. McCarthy vote
-Benefits to Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-Money problem
-Aid from the President
-The President's money problems
-Television advertising
-Republican compared to Democratic funds
-Television advertising
-Effects
-Voter turnout
Henry A. Kissinger
Polls
-Harris poll
-Results
-Edmund S. Muskie
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Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:47 am.
The President’s schedule
-Kissinger
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:44 am.
Poll
-Vietnam issue
-Support for the President
-Publishers
Kissinger entered and Colson left at 11:44 am.
Briefing book
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
Vietnam
-Questions from press
-Preparation
-Briefing book
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-North Vietnam
-Response to the President’s peace proposals
-Timing
-Military action
-Action
-Press conference
-Timing
-February 10, 1972
-Television
-Thrust of criticism
-Kissinger’s talks with press
-Edward Kennedy’s call to Thomas W. Braden
-Rowland Evans’s and Braden’s call to Katharine L. Graham
-Graham’s call to Kissinger
-Talk to editorialists
-Op-ed article
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-Marshall Green
The President’s foreign policy
-Vietnam
-State of the world speech, February 8, 1972
-The President’s forthcoming trip to the PRC
-Recent foreign policy coups
-Charles H. Percy
-Charles W. Whalen, Jr.
-Percy’s support for the President
-Mary McGrory
-Peter G. Peterson
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Press conference
-Timing
-Briefing work
-Topics
-Domestic policy
-Foreign policy
-PRC trip
-Domestic issues
-Ziegler
-Domination of foreign issues
Previous night’s protest
-Kissinger’s view
-Removal of protestor
-Applause
-Conniff
-The President’s reaction
-Appreciation
-Reader’s Digest
-Applause
-Marine Band
Dinner attended by Kissinger, January 28, 1972
-Dobrynin’s remarks
-The President’s trip to PRC
-The President’s forthcoming trip to Soviet Union
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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
McGrory
-Kissinger
Dobrynin
Israeli
-View of the President
-Moshe Dayan
-Golda Meir
-Phantoms deal
-Delay
-Middle East problems
Dinner attended by Kissinger
-Memorandum from Kissinger to William P. Rogers
-Routing of memorandum
-PRC trip
-Rogers
-Message from Leonid I. Brezhnev
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-Timing
-Trade negotiations
-Vietnam
-Middle East
-Kissinger’s relations with Rogers
Rogers
-Attendance at previous night’s dinner
-PRC memorandum of conversations
-Sanitization
-Press briefings
-Rogers’s access
-Press relations
Previous night’s protest
-Kitt
-Lady Bird Johnson
-The President’s reaction
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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
-Possible alternatives
-Content of protest
-Berrigan brothers
-Ellsberg
The President’s schedule
-Republican Governors Conference
-Ronald W. Reagan, Tom McCall, Daniel J. Evans meeting
-Dock strike
-Reagan, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Richard B. Ogilvie meeting
-Revenue-sharing
-Timing
-Press conference
-Camp David
-Memoranda
-The President’s health
-PRC trip
-John Connally
-Effect of illness
-Republican House and Senate members breakfast meetings
-Timing
Lincoln Day recess
-Invitations
-By seniority
-By assignment
-Budget
-William J. Scherle
-Donald W. Riegle, Jr.
-John N. Ashbrook meeting
-Paul N. (“Pete”) McCloskey, Jr. meeting
-Necessity
-Timing
-PRC trip
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[Duration: 3m 33s]
The President’s schedule
-People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip
-Preparation
-Need for sleep
-Henry A. Kissinger’s opinion
Polls
-Gallup results
-Timing
-Harris poll
-Administration poll
-Timing
-George C. Wallace
-Results
-Edmund S. Muskie's standing
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy's standing
-Hubert H. Humphrey's standing
-Past results
-Basis for poll results
-Exposure
-Edmund S. Muskie
-The President's approval rating on Vietnam
-Comparison with past results
-Cambodia
-Use in press
-Results on January 25, 1972 speech
-Henry A. Kissinger’s opinion
-The President’s November 3, 1971 speech
-Compared with August 18, 1971 economic speech
-Compared with People's Republic of China [PRC] announcement
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Vietnam
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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
-As issue
-The President’s endurance of criticism
-Kissinger’s Meeting with Prisoners of war [POW] families, January 28, 1972
-Applause
-Compared to previous meetings
-Women
-Questions and comments
-Tone
-Ceasefire and withdrawal
-Deadline
-Unknown man’s son
-Colson’s possible actions
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.’s previous meeting
-Maj. Gen. James D. (“Don”) Hughes
-[Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft]
Previous night’s dinner
-Hughes
Flu epidemic
-The President’s talk with Nellie Connally
-Dewitt Wallace
-Elmer H. Bobst
PRC trip
Vietnam negotiations
-North Vietnamese reaction to US proposals
-Dinner party gossip
-Le Duc Tho’s return
-Press coverage
-Implications
-Resumption of secret meetings
-Xuan Thuy
-Expectations of type of news coverage
-Haldeman’s view
-Mechanics
-Compared to substance
-Criticism of United States
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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
-George S. McGovern
-Edward Kennedy
-Muskie’s attack
-Ceasefire
-Cease-fire
-Kissinger’s briefings
-Clark M. Clifford’s criticism
-Past criticism
-Troop withdrawal in 1969, 1970
-Inconsistencies
-Critics in general
PRC trip
-Preparation
-Book of Kissinger memos
-Background for the President
-Best medium
-Books
-Tone
-Chinese culture
-Mrs. Nixon
Haldeman and Kissinger left at 12:10 pm.