Conversation No. 660-016
Date: January 31, 1972
Time: 9:23 am - 10:34 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
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John D. Ehrlichman's telephone call to F. Donald Nixon
-Interview with Jack N. Anderson
-Set-up by J. Willard (“Bill”) Marriott, Jr.
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s view of Mormons
-J. Willard (“Bill”) Marriott, Jr.
-The President’s opinion
-J. Willard Marriott, Sr.
-Jack N. Anderson's view of administration
-Clearance of interview
-Herbert W. Kalmbach
-F. Donald Nixon
-Jack N. Anderson interview
-John D. Ehrlichman's role
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
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-Link to the President
-Origination of interview
-F. Donald Nixon's view
-Mormons compared to Catholics and Jews
-Jack N. Anderson's relationship with J. Willard (“Bill”) Marriott, Jr.
-F. Donald Nixon
-Clara Jane (Lemke) Nixon [?]
-Gullibility
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Rose Mary Woods
-Herbert W. Kalmbach’s role
-John D. Ehrlichman
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John B. Connally
-Health
-Schedule
-Testifying
-News stories
-Trip to Florida
-Idanell (Brill) (“Nellie”) Connally
-Need for time off
-Camp David
-Trip to Florida
-Possible call from Haldeman to Nellie Connally
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo’s call to Connally
-Invitation to visit
-Accommodations in Florida
-Transportation
-Airplane
-Connally’s health
-Influenza
-Texas
-Call to Nellie Connally
-Camp David
-Benefits
-Advisability
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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
-Call to Nellie Connally
Incident at DeWitt and Lila (Acheson) Wallace dinner, January 28, 1972
-The President’s reading
-Background of protestor, Carol Feraci
-Media coverage
-Duration
-Unknown person’s view
-Television
-Time magazine
-Public perception
-Reader’s Digest
-The President’s call to Ray Conniff
-Reaction to protest
-Emily Conniff’s reaction
-Campaign support offer
-Conniff
-Public perception
-Removal of Feraci
-Reaction of audience
-John N. and Martha (Beall) Mitchell
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Political events
-Arizona caucus
-Edmund S. Muskie's showing
-Iowa
-Edmund S. Muskie
-The President’s assessment
-Prospects
-John V. Lindsay's campaign
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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
-Charles W. Colson's assessment
-Nominating process
-Aid to Democrats
-Interest
-Incumbency
-Advantages
-Interest in campaign
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The President’s schedule
-Meeting with John N. Mitchell
-Timing
-Frequency of meetings
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Prayer breakfast
-Politics
-Grady Wilson
-National Security Council [NSC] meeting
-John B. Connally’s schedule
John Connally’s schedule
-Possible meeting with John Mitchell about politics
-Responsibilities
-Efforts to reduce
-Instructions to Haldeman
-Treasury Department
-White House staff
-Peter M. Flanigan
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Haldeman’s responsibility
-Offer of assistance in economics files
Margaret Chase Smith
-Possible retirement
-Possible telephone call
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Prayer breakfast
-Graham
-Schedule
-Promotion
-Mamie G.D. Eisenhower
-Scripture reading
-Health
-Promotion efforts
-The President’s schedule
Testimonial dinner for Robert J. Brown
-Attendance
-Ticket sales
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Blacks
-Political effect
-Publicity
-News coverage
-Black press
-Benefits to administration
-Blacks in Administration
-Brig. Gen. Daniel (“Chappie”) James, Jr.
-Point made
-Brown
-Samuel C. Jackson
-James
-Reaction to President’s attendance
-Sammy Davis, Jr.
-Possible representative of President at Mahalia Jackson funeral
-Medal for the President
-Inscription
-Jewelry
-Attendance
-Brown’s family
-Sally Brown
-Warmth
-Symbolism
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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
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Politics
-Vote percentages for the President
-Black
-Jewish
-Benefits of black vote
-Total
-Benefits of Jewish vote
-Money
-New York
-California
-Illinois
-History of Jewish vote for the President
-Rich Jews
-Taft Schreiber
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The President’s schedule
-The President’s preference on events
-Jewish or Black groups
-Demonstrators
-Feraci
-Call to J. Edgar Hoover
-Prior plans
-Timing of actions
The President’s Vietnam peace proposal speech, January 25, 1972
-Press coverage
-Boston Herald editorial
-Content
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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
-The President’s effort
-Partisan critics
-1972 election
-Unknown writer from Harvard University
Memorandum about L. Richard Guylay letter
-Analysis of administration position
-Judgment
-William L. Safire
-Leonard Garment
-Public relations
-Experience
-Language of White House statements
-Charles W. Colson’s role
-New York Times
-Quotes
-Responses to Edward M. Kennedy
-Quality
-Colson’s role
-Franklyn C. (“Lyn”) Nofziger
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Hugh Scott’s talent
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1972 campaign
-Public relations efforts
-Campaign personnel
-1968 campaign
-Television
-Hiring practices
-Efficiency
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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
-L. Richard Guylay
-The President’s opinion
-Contribution
-Richard A. Moore
-Herbert G. Klein
-Role
-Input
-Richard A. Moore
-William L. Safire
-Douglas L. Hallett
-Leonard Garment
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Need for political public relations man
-John R. (“Tex”) McCrary
-L. Richard Guylay
-Robert A. Taft, Jr.
-Internal squabbles
-Current effort
-Weaknesses of public relations effort
-Strength of operations side
-John N. Mitchell
-Richard A. Moore
-Judgment
-Rose Mary Woods
-Other views
-John R. (“Tex”) McCrary
-Douglas L. Hallett
-Benefits
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's role
-Public relations
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Personality
-The President’s assessment
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Skill
-Charisma
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s charisma
-John F. Kennedy
-John V. Lindsay
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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
-[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II's political skill
-Prospects
-John B. Connally
-Vice-Presidency
-Political prospects
-Party switch
-Democrats for Nixon
-Benefits
-California campaign
-Party shifts in Congress
-Congressional work
-Clark MacGregor
-Focused on Republicans
-Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
-Harry S. Dent
-Focused on Southern Democrats
-John N. Mitchell
-James O. Eastland
-Tactics
-Iowa
-Mississippi
-Louisiana
-Minnesota
-Barry M. Goldwater Sr.’s tactics
-Endeavor to win all states
-Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana
-Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York
-Ripple effect
-Benefits
-Discrepancy between rhetoric and action
-Robert H. Finch
-Herbert G. Klein
-Rowland Evans and Robert D. Novak
-Polls
-Approval rating of the President
-Demographic shifts
-Men
-Women
-Jews
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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
-Relevance
-Richard A. Moore
-Teenagers
-Twenty year olds
-Thirty to fifty year olds
-Over fifty group
-Old vs. young
-Education
-Eighth grade or less
-College
-Union
-Youth
-Elderly
-Whites
-Non-whites
-Union groups
-Income groups
-Jews
-Income groups
-College educated
-Republicans
-Democrats
-Independents
-Conservatives
-Liberals
-Relationship to trial heats
-Edmund S. Muskie's prospects
-L. Richard Guylay’s view
-Popular excitement
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy's prospects
-John V. Lindsay
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Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 10:06 am.
The President’s signature
-Butterfield’s authority
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
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-Rubber stamp
-Davis as President’s representative at Jackson funeral
Butterfield left at 10:07 am.
Time story
-Henry A. Kissinger’s secret negotiations
-The President’s code name, “Quarterback”
-Meetings with the President
-Implication of story
-Kissinger’s role
-William P. Rogers
-Kissinger as secret agent
-Kissinger’s social life
-Secret Service guard
-Press corps
-Cover stories
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Plane trouble
-British field
-Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
-Transportation
-French
Vietnam negotiations
Compared to October 1970
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Prospects for success
-The President’s opposition in US and world
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-North Vietnam
-US military
-Military prospects
-South Vietnam
-US public opinion
-Melvin R. Laird
-Laird
-B-52’s
-South 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
-Military
-Air Force, Navy
-Compared to North Vietnam
-Peace proposal
-Reactions
-Colson’s view
Testimonial dinner for Brown
-Edward W. Brooke’s attendance
-Value of the President’s attendance
Butterfield entered at 10:20 am.
The President’s schedule
Butterfield left at 10:21 am.
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-New York ethnic groups
-Puerto Ricans
-Jews
-Latins
-Italians
-Parades
-Pulaski Day
-Attendance at ethnic events
-Messages
-Writing staff
Public relations
-Writing staff
Ziegler entered at 10:22 am.
North Vietnamese press conference in Paris
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Release of nine point plan
-Release of public and private eight point plans
-Ziegler’s handling of questions
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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
-Expertise
-Kissinger’s handling of questions
-Call to Robert J. McCloskey
-State Department
-Answering specific questions
-State Department
-North Vietnamese
-Kissinger’s schedule
-Haig
-Kissinger’s schedule
-Foreign policy message
Ziegler left at 10:26 am.
The President’s schedule
-Benno C. Schmidt
-President’s Cancer Panel
-Photograph session
North Vietnam press conference
-Kissinger’s handling of questions
-Reason
-Credibility
-White House staff concern
-George S. McGovern’s efforts
Ziegler entered at 10:28 am.
-Content
-Press briefing
-Delay
-Indication of statement
-Wire movement
-Haig’s information
-Counter strategy
-Timing
-Prime time
-Time difference between Paris and Washington, DC
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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
Texas press during Ziegler’s trip
-Houston
-Vietnam
-Eight point plan
-Busing questions
-Economy
-PRC questions
-Budget questions
-Question and answer [Q&A] session
-Duration
-Administration line
-Questions
-PRC and Soviet Union summits
-Feraci’s protest
-Reaction
-The President’s action
-Martha Mitchell and Rose Mary Woods
-Reaction
-Feraci’s background
Ziegler left at 10:32 am.
The President’s schedule
Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:32 am.
-Forthcoming meeting with Schmidt
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-Photograph session
-Length
Haldeman and Bull left at 10:34 am.