NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log ... · NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-08) Conversation No. 391-5 (cont’d) -The President’s

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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-08)

Conversation No. 391-1 Date: November 1, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:40 pm and 2:10 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Zosimo T. Monson [?]. Greetings [?] Monson [?] left at an unknown time before 2:10 pm.

Conversation No. 391-2 Date: November 1, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:40 pm and 2:10 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman. The President’s schedule -Meeting with Ehrlichman -The President’s forthcoming radio address, “The Birthright of an American

Child” -Ten points [goals]

Conversation No. 391-3 Date: November 1, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:40 pm and 2:10 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

Nixon Presidential Library and Museum

EOB #391

391-1 (11/1/1972)-P, ZM 391-2 (11/1/1972)-P, JDE 391-3 (11/1/1972)-P, MS 391-4 (11/1/1972)-P, SBB 391-5 (11/1/1972)-P, JDE, SBB 391-6 (11/1/1972)-P, Unk 391-7 (11/1/1972)-P, HAK 391-8 (11/1/1972)-P, RKP, HAK, WHO 391-9 (11/1/1972)-P, CWC, WHO, RLZ, RKP, HRH 391-10 (11/1/1972)-P, HRH, HAK, RKP, TCRN, RMW 391-11 (11/3/1972)-P, MS 391-12 (11/3/1972)-P, HRH 391-13 (11/3/1972)-P, MPA 391-14 (11/3/1972)-P, RMW 391-15 (11/3/1972)-P, RMW 391-16 (11/3/1972)-P, MASidley 391-17 (11/3/1972)-P, WHO 391-18 (11/3/1972)-P, SBB, RKP 391-19 (11/3/1972)-P, Unk 391-20 (11/3/1972)-P, Unk 391-21 (11/3/1972)-P, HRH 391-22 (11/3/1972)-P, WHO 391-23 (11/3/1972)-P, EWB 391-24 (11/3/1972)-P, CPCa 391-25 (11/3/1972)-P, SBB 391-26 (11/3/1972)-P, MOH* 391-27 (11/3/1972)-P, WHO 391-28 (11/3/1972)-P, SBB 391-29 (11/3/1972)-P, WHO 391-30 (11/3/1972)-P, WHO 391-31 (11/3/1972)-P, CWC, HRH, JRM, WLScott

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Conversation No. 391-3 (cont’d)

***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] Beverage -Coffee [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:10 pm.

Conversation No. 391-4 Date: November 1, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:40 pm and 2:10 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Stephen B. Bull. Identity of object Bull left at an unknown time before 2:10 pm.

Conversation No. 391-5 Date: November 1, 1972 Time: 2:10 pm - 2:57 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with John D. Ehrlichman. Greetings 1972 campaign

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-Gimmick ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] -Radio program -Compared to “Amos and Andy” -Morning show -Number of stations -Subjects -Networks -Mark Evans -John B. Connally -Surrogates -Public relations [PR] -Techniques -Presentation of views -George S. McGovern -The President -Kennedy -Hecklers -Rallies -Utility -Lack of civility -Television [TV] -Expense -Prime time coverage -Radio -Advantages -Reach -Compared to TV -Style -Franklin D. Roosevelt’s use -The President’s speeches -Labor Day -Health -Foreign policy -Timing -Place

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-Distribution to press -California -Substance of issues -Vermont Royster’s column -Advantages -Compared to rallies -Compared to TV -Interference with prime time -Collection in booklet -Ehrlichman’s conversation with Henry Hubbard -Distribution -TV speeches -Number -The President’s speeches -Welfare -Positive points -Reform -Health -Education -Transportation -Farms -Peace -Justice -Health -Education -Security -Prosperity -Jobs -Dignity -Inflation -Welfare -Taxes -Quality of Life -Law and order -Equal rights -Crime -Drugs -Federalism -Wording -Additions

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-Welfare -Busing [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** Civil rights -Quotas -Jews -Blacks -Jews -Ignorance of issue -Jews -Columnists -Meeting with Max M. Fischer’s associate, Lawrence Y. Goldberg -J. Stanley Pottinger -Washington, DC government -Blacks -Integration into American society -Current status -Future -Larry Brown -Music -Dancing -Personal warmth -Whites -Brown -Ehrlichman’s viewing on television [TV] -Impact on welfare -William Rasberry’s November 1, 1972 column -Sammy Davis, Jr. -Opposition to administration -Impact of welfare program -Self-reliance -Welfare programs -Cost -Black caucus -Foreign aid to Africa -Robert J. Brown

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-Today show -Sally Brown, Anne Francis (Hazard) Richardson, Margaret

(“Myra”) (Dunbar) Kleindienst -Barbara Walters -Questions -Tone -Answers -Tone -Second term -Robert Brown -Role in administration -Administration supporters -Treatment -White House contact -Criticism of other blacks -Treatment -Timing -Ambassadorships ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] 1972 campaign -The President’s speeches -Themes -Permissiveness -Crime -Judges -Respect for police -Volunteer army -Peace -Military strength -Health -Cancer -International exchanges -People’s Republic of China [PRC], Soviet Union -Tax increases -Rejection -Dental care

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-Young children -Importance -Dentists’ support -Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.’s role -Nelson A. Rockefeller -New York Times -Coverage -Henry A. Kissinger -The President’s speeches -Outline -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -Style -Writers -Coordination with the President’s thinking -Editing -Timing -Chicago -North Carolina -Cole -Delivery -John K. Andrews, Jr. [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** Watergate issue -Post-1972 election actions -Theodore H. White’s forthcoming book [The Making of the President, 1972] -The President’s recent conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Ehrlichman’s forthcoming conversation with White -Accusations -Rebuttals -Double standard -Embarrassment -Break-in -Justification -Donald H. Segretti -Activities by previous campaigns -John B. Connally’s view

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-1972 campaign compared to other campaigns -The President, surrogates, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Tone, issues -Post-1972 election actions -Revelations -Timing -The President’s possible press conference -Investigation by White House -Allegations against Dwight L. Chapin -Private nature -Publication -Investigation by the White House -John W. Dean, III, Ehrlichman -Chapin -Segretti -Affidavit -Confidentiality -Justification -Presidential statement -Investigation -Chapin -Haldeman -Chapin -Relationship with Segretti -Recruitment -Instructions -Herbert W. Kalmbach -Role in Watergate -1972 election contributions -Common Cause lawsuit -Settlement -Disclosures -Pre-March 9, 1972 -Challenge to tax exemption -John W. Gardner -Suit against Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP] -Public statements -CRP -1972 campaign -Common Cause

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-Victory claim -Post-1972 election -Internal Revenue Service [IRS] investigation -Litigation committee -Liberal Democrats, liberal Republicans -Investigation by White House -Dean -Richard A. Moore -Ehrlichman -Conclusion -Barry M. Goldwater -Opponents’ frustration -1972 campaign -Demonstrations -Hecklers in Boston -The President’s recent conversation with Haldeman -Charles W. Colson -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -Activities -Car burnings, use of obscenities, George S. McGovern

buttons -Number -Compared to treatment of the President, Agnew -Reaction in Boston -Boston Globe -Colson -Investigation by the White House -Presidential statement -Timing -Post-1972 election -Speculation The President’s schedule -Press conferences -Trip to California -1972 election day -Postponement -Statement -Government reorganization -Vietnam negotiations

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-The President’s trips to the People’s Republic of China [PRC],

Soviet Union -National interest -Frequency -Second term -Oval Office press conference -TV -Statements on second term, 1972 election -Timing -News magazines -1972 election Watergate -Presidential statement -Embarrassment -Investigation by the White House -Publication -White House Press Corps -Double standard -Administration of justice -Washington Post editorial, November 1, 1972 -Washington Post -Possible antitrust action -Monopoly ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] 1972 campaign -Washington state -Distress calls to Ehrlichman -The President’s schedule -Telephone calls -Value -Candidates -John G. Tower -Timing -Publicity -Newspapers

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-Next meeting [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** Watergate -Statement by the President -Investigation by White House -Timing -Burglars -Presumed innocence -Washington Post articles on Haldeman [secret fund stories] -Sources of information -Talks with US attorney, Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI], White

House -Time article -Statement by the President -Press relations -Katherine L. Graham -Report from Henry A. Kissinger -Kissinger’s view -1972 election -Arthur Krock column -Joseph McCarthy, Dwight D. Eisenhower -Washington Post -Invitation to White House -License application -Federal Communications Commission [FCC] -Dean Burch -Appointments -Nicholas Johnson -Graham -Ehrlichman’s conversation with Haldeman -Kissinger’s report -Benjamin C. Bradlee -Bradlee -Ehrlichman’s view -Paul R. Ignatius -Removal

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-Graham -Knowledge -John N. Mitchell -John J. (“Jack”) Caulfield -Reasons -Democratic National Committee -Lawrence F. O’Brien, Jr. -Possible statement -Embarrassment -Intelligence of actions -Morality Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 2:10 pm. The President’s schedule -John Cardinal Krol Ehrlichman’s schedule -Recent meeting with Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. -Concern Ehrlichman and Bull left at 2:57 pm.

Conversation No. 391-6 Date: November 1, 1972 Time: Unknown between 2:57 pm and 4:12 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with an unknown person. Request for refreshment The unknown person left at an unknown time before 4:12 pm.

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Conversation No. 391-7 Date: November 1, 1972 Time: Unknown between 2:57 pm and 4:12 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. Vietnam negotiations -Possible emissary to Nguyen Van Thieu -William F. Buckley, Jr. -James L. Buckley -Ambassadorships -Value -[Graham Martin] -[David] Kenneth Rush -Melvin R. Laird -Rush -Background -Toughness

Conversation No. 391-8 Date: November 1, 1972 Time: 4:12 pm - 4:23 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Raymond K. Price, Jr. The President’s schedule -Meeting with John Cardinal Krol Vietnam negotiations -Settlement agreement -Krol’s stance -Nguyen Van Thieu’s stance -Surrender -1972 election

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-Thieu The President’s speech, “Look to the Future” -Draft The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger [Conversation No. 391-8A] The President’s forthcoming speech, “Look to the Future” -Vietnam section -Price’s draft -Price meeting with Kissinger -Time -The President’s revisions -Tone -Kissinger’s review [End of telephone conversation] The President’s forthcoming speech, “Look to the Future” -Vietnam section -Reference to Laos -Kissinger’s view -Bombing halt -Contents -The President’s review -Length -Page seven ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] -Faith -1972 campaign -Candidates -Traditional behavior -Spending promises -The President

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-Bureaucratic meddling [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** Vietnam negotiations -Settlement agreement -Tone -Cease-fire -Indochina -Prisoners of War [POWs] -Election in South Vietnam -Thieu -Tenure -Thieu -Complaint -Fear of US departure -Compared to South Koreans Price left at 4:23 pm. The President talked with the White House operator at 4:23 pm. [Conversation No. 391-8B] [See Conversation No. 32-121] [End of telephone conversation]

Conversation No. 391-9 Date: November 1, 1972 Time: 4:25 pm - 5:15 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Charles W. Colson.

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The President’s schedule -Meeting with John Cardinal Krol -Prayers for peace, administration -Krol’s recent press conference -Vietnam War -Krol’s position -Tone -Nguyen Van Thieu ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] -1972 campaign -Clark MacGregor -Far right wing -Thieu -Credibility 1972 election -John G. Schmitz -Press coverage -Television [TV] -Vietnam settlement -Betrayal -Effect -Texas -California -Albert E. Sindlinger -Texas -Data -Contract -Treasury Department -Polls -Analysis -The President’s hard line -Uncertainty -Results -Samples -Shifts

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-Louis P. Harris poll -Vietnam issue -Polls -Newspaper coverage -New York Daily News [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** The President talked with the White House operator at 4:32 pm. [Conversation No. 391-9A] [See Conversation No. 32-122] [End of telephone conversation] ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] 1972 campaign -Polls -New York Daily News -Sample -Results -Changes -New York -Projections -State -Compared to Sindlinger poll -Sample -Controls -Unintelligible name [?] -Unintelligible name [?] -Harris -Richard M. Scammon -Accuracy -Rochester

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-Syracuse -New York -Suburbs -Areas of suburbs -Paul Hall -Brooklyn -Massachusetts -Latest results -George S. McGovern -Blue collar vote -The President’s support -Suburban Boston -Louise Day Hicks -The President’s chances -Hecklers in Boston [?] -Response -MacGregor -Robert J. Dole -Spiro T. Agnew -Demonstrators -Campaign offices -McGovern -Vietnam settlement -Signing -Hanoi -Campaigning -Quality -Frank F. Mankiewicz -Briefings of reporters -David S. Broder -Article -Analysis of McGovern’s campaign -Predictions -State votes -McGovern -Jim Curry [?] -Chances of victory -Harris polls -Analysis -George C. Wallace

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-Impact on vote -Third party efforts -1956 election -Dwight D. Eisenhower -Predictions -Press coverage -Vietnam War -Bombing pause -Unions -Members -Democrats -Votes for McGovern -California -Money -McGovern supporters -Demonstration -John B. Connally [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 4:40 pm. Greetings The President’s schedule -Announcement -Release -New Mexico -Las Cruces ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] 1972 campaign -The President’s trips -North Carolina -New Mexico

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-California -States -Number -California -Michigan -Pennsylvania [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** The President’s schedule -Press conference -Timing -1972 election -The President’s forthcoming trip to California -November 4, 5, 1972 newspapers -Watergate -Return -Press pool -1972 election -Closing of polls -Evening news -The President’s comments -Duration -Advisability -Possible leak -Ziegler’s possible announcement -1972 campaign -Vietnam War -Social contact with press -Watergate -Meetings with reporters -Theodore H. White -Garnet D. (“Jack”) Horner -November 4, 1972 departure for California -Return from California, November 7, 1972 -Horner -Nicholas P. Thimmesch

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-Forrest Boyd -Rationale -Richard (“Dick”) Wilson -William S. White -Thimmesch -Horner -Theodore White -Horner -Timing -Watergate -Horner, Thimmesch -Ground rules -Boyd -Timing -1972 election -Horner -Return from California -Theodore White -Aldo (“Elbow”) Beckman -Chicago Tribune -Social contact with press Raymond K. Price, Jr. entered at 4:48 pm. The President’s forthcoming speech, “Look to the Future” -Draft Ziegler left at 4:50 pm. 1972 campaign -Hecklers in Boston -Compared to Claudia A. (Taylor) (“Lady Bird”) Johnson incident -Bruce A. Alger -Compared to treatment of the President, Vice President [Spiro T. Agnew] -[Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon] -Treatment -Use of obscenities, violence -Compared to Eartha Kitt visit to White House -Colson’s conversation with John F. X. Davoren [?] -Response

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-Davoren [?], John F. Collins -Forthcoming telephone calls to Colson -The President’s schedule -Boston Irish Colson left at 4:51 pm. The President’s speech, “Look to the Future” -Vietnam section -Revisions -Henry A. Kissinger’s view -Settlement agreement -Central points -Avoiding misunderstandings -Renewal of the war -Settlement breakdown -Kissinger’s statement -1972 election -Results -Viewing by world, Hanoi leaders -Nguyen Van Thieu -Public statements -Pressure by US -1968 election -Consequence of McGovern victory -Relationship with the President -US friendship -Hanoi -Resignation demand -US goals -Progress -“Peace with honor” -Breakthrough -Settlement agreement -Terms -Agreement The President talked with Kissinger at an unknown time between 4:51 pm and 5:12 pm. [Conversation No. 391-9B]

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The President’s speech, “Look to the Future” -Vietnam section -Revisions -Additions -Deletions -The President’s first term -Inflation -Environment -“The aging” -Farmers -Foreign policy -US course over one-third of century -Inflation -Environment -Foreign policy -Domestic issues -Transition point -Foreign policy -Progress -Peace at home -Inflation cut -Effect on average worker -Recap of achievements -Conclusion -“One child” section -Racial, ethnic, income background of children -Conclusion ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] 1972 campaign -The President’s tactics -Albert E. Sindlinger poll -Wording of questions -Responses -1964 election -Lyndon B. Johnson

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-Barry M. Goldwater -Watergate issue -Impact -Democrats -Upper class [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** The President’s speech, “Look to the Future” -Revisions -Return to the President -Timing -The President’s review -The President’s meeting with Price -Length -Delivery -Pace -Radio compared to TV -Lyndon B. Johnson’s speeches -Drama -Additions -Length -The President’s reading -Pace The President’s meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman The President talked with Haldeman at an unknown time between 4:51 pm and 5:12 pm. [Conversation No. 391-9C] Request for a meeting with Haldeman [End of telephone conversation] The President’s speech, “Look to the Future” -Duration -Revisions

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-Work -McGovern -Words -Number -Delivery -Pace -Inflation -Philosophical points -Change -Revisions -Return to the President -Timing -The President’s review -The President’s meeting with Price Price left at 5:15 pm.

Conversation No. 391-10 Date: November 1, 1972 Time: 5:12 pm - 5:55 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] The President’s speech, “Look to the Future” -Length -Taping -Broadcast -Television [TV] -Repetition -Timing -Delivery -Risks

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1972 campaign -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -Film The President’s speech, “Look to the Future” -Duration -Pace -Tape editing -Deletions -Opening -Wording -John Adams -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -Presentation -White House library The President’s trips -New Mexico -Albuquerque -Advantages -Boston -Opposition [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** Kissinger -Promise to Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -The President’s possible meeting with head of Soviet Union academy of

sciences [Mistislav V. Keldysh] -Timing Haldeman talked with Kissinger at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:42 pm. [Conversation No. 391-10A] The President’s schedule

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-Meeting with Keldysh -Timing [End of telephone conversation] Kissinger -Manner -Meeting with Haldeman The President’s speech, “Look to the Future” -George S. McGovern’s corruption charges -1972 election -Importance -World peace -John Adams -The President’s trips to the People’s Republic of China [PRC]

and Soviet Union -The President’s decisions -The President’s trips to the PRC and Soviet Union -[McGovern] -Chance of winning ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] 1972 campaign -The President’s trips -Rhode Island -Scheduling -The President’s schedule -TV appearances -Timing -Purchase of air time -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] -American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC] -Football game -The President’s speech, “Look to the Future” -Length -McGovern

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-TV appearances -Cancellation -Length -Timing -Football game -ABC -CBS -The President’s TV appearances -Length -Long campaign -Issues -Purchase of air time -Commercials -Announcements -Documentary -McGovern -Coordination -Football games -CBS -Speech writing staff -Price -Thinker -Editor -The President’s speech, “Look to the Future” -Foreign policy issues -Importance -Vietnam War -Text -Release -Vietnam -Announcement -Radio -Foreign policy section -Editing -Vietnam -John G. Schmitz -TV appearance [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] *****************************************************************

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Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:42 pm. [Conversation No. 391-10H] Request [End of telephone conversation] The President talked with Kissinger 5:42 pm. [Conversation No. 3491-10C] Vietnam negotiations -George C. Wallace -Briefing by Alexander M. Haig, Jr. [End of telephone conversation] Press conference -Advisability -Patrick J. Buchanan -View -Ronald L. Ziegler’s views -Alternatives -Ziegler’s view -Garnett D. (“Jack”) Horner -Horner -The President’s departure for California -Duration -The President’s return from California -Theodore H. White, Nicholas P. Thimmesch -Duration ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] 1972 campaign

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-Charles W. Colson’s call -Boston -Baltimore -MacGregor -Radio -Massachusetts -The President’s chances of victory -Outcome -Predictions -Primary issues -Vietnam -Voter turnout -Amnesty -The President’s image -Popular perceptions -Watergate issue -Importance -John S. (“Jack”) Knight -The President’s press conferences -Ziegler -Advisability -Purpose -TV coverage -William E. Brock, III -Plan -Republican National Committee [RNC] [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** The President left at an unknown time after 5:42 pm. Haldeman talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr. [?] at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and 5:47 pm. [Conversation No. 391-10D] The President’s schedule -The President’s forthcoming speech, “Look to the Future”

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-Duration -Draft -Review by the President The President entered at an unknown time before 5:47 pm. [End of telephone conversation] ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] Republican Party -Purpose in elections -RNC -Candidates The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon between 5:47 pm and 5:48 pm. [Conversation No. 391-10E] [See Conversation No. 32-124] [End of telephone conversation] The President talked with Rose Mary Woods at an unknown time between 5:48 pm and 5:55 pm. [Conversation No. 391-10F] The President’s schedule -Dinner -Mrs. Nixon [End of telephone conversation] Republican party -Candidate selection -Ethnics -Youth -New Majority

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-Senate -Senate campaign committee -House campaign committee -1971 spending -Staff size -Efforts -Automation -Farmers -Constituencies -Staff work -Staffing -Recruitment -Leadership -Brock -Daniel H. Kuykendall -Margaret Chase Smith -Congress -Chairmanship -Robert J. Dole -Spokesmen -Candidate selection -Youth -Chairmanship -Dole -Departure -Staffing -Chairmanship -State chairmen [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger at an unknown time between 5:48 pm and 5:55 pm. [Conversation No. 391-10G] The President’s speech, “Look to the Future” -Vietnam negotiations

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-Paris -Latest developments -The President’s comments -Soundness [End of telephone conversation] ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] 1972 campaign -Pictures -Ohio -Unknown girl -The President’s lead Haldeman left at 5:55 pm. [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] *****************************************************************

Conversation No. 391-11 Date: November 3, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:03 am and 8:07 am Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Manolo Sanchez [?]. ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] The President’s schedule -Shave [End segment reviewed under deed of gift]

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***************************************************************** Sanchez left at an unknown time before 8:07 am.

Conversation No. 391-12 Date: November 3, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:03 am and 8:07 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] 1972 campaign -Candidates telephone calls -Notice to recipients -The President’s speeches -Margaret Chase Smith -Mark O. Hatfield -George Foreman -List The President’s schedule -Haldeman’s meetings [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] *****************************************************************

Conversation No. 391-13 Date: November 3, 1972 Time: 8:07 am - 8:08 am

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Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Marjorie P. Acker. Inquiry Acker left at 8:08 am.

Conversation No. 391-14 Date: November 3, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:08 am and 8:15 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Rose Mary Woods. The President’s forthcoming telephone calls -List -Ronald L. Ziegler -Release -The President’s changes -Reading copy -Release Request for a meeting with the President

Conversation No. 391-15 Date: November 3, 1972 Time: 8:15 am - 8:31 am Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Rose Mary Woods. *****************************************************************

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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] Television [TV] broadcast [Pause] 1972 campaign -George S. McGovern -Headlines -Watergate issues -Public statements -Characterized -Double standard -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Frank Mankiewicz statement -Liberty Island -Public statements -Patrick J. Buchanan -Self-righteousness [Pause] The President’s telephone calls -List -Changes -Press release [Pause] The President’s speech -Radio -Location [Pause] Message Raymond K. Price, Jr. -Location

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1972 campaign -Democrats tactics -Viciousness -Desperation -R. Sargent Shriver -The President’s confidence -The President’s speech, “Look to the Future” -Quality -Photographs -Quality -Unknown person -Television [TV] show -Channel 2 -John B. Connally -Today Show -Agnew -San Diego -Demonstrators -Archie Bunker types -“Long hairs” -Photographs -Library -Color -Oval Office -Background [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** Woods left at 8:31 am.

Conversation No. 391-16 Date: November 3, 1972 Time: 8:33 am - 8:34 am Location: Executive Office Building

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The President met with Mary A. ("Toni") Sidley. Greetings Sidley left at 8:34 am.

Conversation No. 391-17 Date: November 3, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:34 am and 8:42 am Location: Executive Office Buildings The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 32-159]

Conversation No. 391-18 Date: November 3, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:34 am and 9:00 am Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Stephen B. Bull. The President’s schedule -Charles W. Colson -The President’s telephone calls

Charles W. Colson The President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr. between 8:42 am and 8:46 am. [Conversation No. 391-18A] [See Conversation No. 32-160] [End of telephone conversation]

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***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] 1972 campaign -The President’s telephone calls -Number -Scheduling -Wisconsin -Connecticut -New Jersey -South Dakota -New Hampshire -Delaware -Georgia -Kansas -John D. Ehrlichman -Message -Endorsement [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** Bull left at an unknown time before 9:00 am.

Conversation No. 391-19 Date: November 3, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:34 am and 8:42 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with an unknown person. The President’s forthcoming telephone calls [?] -Instruction

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Conversation No. 391-20 Date: November 3, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:46 am and 9:00 am Location: Executive Office Building The President met with an unknown person. The President’s telephone calls The President’s schedule ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] McCabe’s campaign -Connecticut [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** The unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:00 am. The President began to record an audio message for Thomas B. McCabe. ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] McCabe’s campaign -Connecticut [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] *****************************************************************

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Conversation No. 391-21

Date: November 3, 1972 Time: Unknown between 9:00 am and 9:12 am Location: Executive Office Building The President resumed recording an audio message for Thomas B. McCabe. ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] McCabe’s campaign -The President’s gratitude to supporters -Hard work [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 9:00 am. The President’s telephone calls -Margaret Chase Smith The President recorded an audio message on health policy. [See Public Papers of the Presidents, Richard M. Nixon, 1972, pages 1089-1093] The President’s telephone calls -Materials Haldeman left at an unknown time before 9:12 am.

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Conversation No. 391-22 Date: November 3, 1972 Time: Unknown between 9:00 am and 9:12 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 32-161]

Conversation No. 391-23 Date: November 3, 1972 Time: 9:12 am - 9:16 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Edward W. Brooke. [See Conversation No. 32-162]

Conversation No. 391-24 Date: November 3, 1972 Time: 9:22 am - 9:24 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Clifford P. Case. [See Conversation No. 32-163]

Conversation No. 391-25 Date: November 3, 1972 Time: Unknown between 9:24 am and 9:38 am

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Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Stephen B. Bull. The President’s telephone calls -Recent conversation with Clifford P. Case The President’s schedule -Meeting with Mistislav V. Keldysh of Soviet Academy of Sciences -Meeting with Council on Environmental Quality [CEQ] -[Beatrice (“Bettie”) Willard] -Photograph opportunity -[Dixie Lee Ray] of Washington State -Photograph opportunity -Willard and [John Busterude] -[Louis Tullio] of Erie, Pennsylvania -The President’s telephone calls -November 4, 1972 -The President’s telephone calls Bull left at an unknown time before 9:38 am.

Conversation No. 391-26 Date: November 3, 1972 Time: 9:38 am - 9:42 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Mark O. Hatfield. [See Conversation 32-164] The President talked with Mrs. Mark O. Hatfield at an unknown time between 9:38 am and 9:42 am.

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Conversation No. 391-27 Date: November 3, 1972 Time: Unknown between 9:42 am and 9:44 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 32-165]

Conversation No. 391-28 Date: November 3, 1972 Time: 9:44 am - 9:45 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Stephen B. Bull. [See Conversation No. 32-166]

Conversation No. 391-29 Date: November 3, 1972 Time: 9:45 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 32-167]

Conversation No. 391-30 Date: November 3, 1972 Time: 9:46 am

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Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 32-168]

Conversation No. 391-31 Date: November 3, 1972 Time: Unknown between 9:45 am - 10:13 am Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Charles W. Colson and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] 1972 campaign -The President’s speeches -Media coverage -New Majority -Vietnam War -Media relations -Networks -Patrick J. Buchanan -Barry M. Goldwater -Work of the President’s supporters -George S. McGovern -Frank F. Mankiewicz -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -The President’s supporters -Effort -Execution -Demonstrators -Cincinnati -Hecklers -Media relations

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-National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC] -Buchanan -Losing elections -Understanding -Watergate issue -The President’s authority -Donald H. Segretti -Vietnam issue -Melvin R. Laird -Henry A. Kissinger -The President’s telephone calls -Clifford P. Case, Edward W. Brooke, and Mark O. Hatfield -Position on war -The President’s position -Instructions for supporters -The President’s speech, “Look to the Future” -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -Drafts -William P. Rogers -William L. Safire -Content -Confidence -Historical perspective -McGovern’s campaign -Views of Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Taping -Presentation -Quality -Tribute to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -Inspiration -Watergate issue -Loss of support -Blue collar vote -The President’s handling -Rogers’s comment to Haldeman -Abraham Lincoln -Illinois -“Hard hats” -Vietnam issue -Significance of election

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-Impact on Hanoi -John B. Connally -Speech -California -Field poll -Percentages -Vietnam issue -Impact on public attitudes -Uncertainty -McGovern’s position -Kissinger’s statements -Problems -The President’s speech, “Look to the Future” -Impact -Kentucky -Kissinger’s statements -Problems -Clarification -Kissinger’s views -Massachusetts -Projection -Mrs. Nixon’s visit -Hecklers in Boston -Impact -Wisconsin -Projection -Further efforts [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** The President talked with Jack R. Miller between 10:01 am and 10:04 am. [Conversation No. 391-31A] [See also Conversation No. 32-169] [End of telephone conversation]

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***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] 1972 campaign -The President’s telephone calls -Miller -Case -Hatfield -Miller -Surrogates -Complaints -John D. Ehrlichman -John W. Warner [?] -Behavior -Blue collar vote -Cleveland -Youngstown -Richard M. Scammon -Black vote -Turnout -Ohio -Projection -California -Voter turnout -Senators -Vietnam issue [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** The President talked with William L. Scott between 10:08 am and 10:10 am. [Conversation No. 391-31B] [See Conversation No. 32-170] [End of telephone conversation]

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***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] 1972 campaign -Scott -Victory chances -Agnew’s appearance -Mrs. Nixon -Support for the President -Poll -Publications -Clark MacGregor -Voter turnout -Vietnam issue -Vote for confidence in the President -Foreign observation [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** Colson and Haldeman left at 10:13 am.

Documents

NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log ... · NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-08) Conversation No. 391-5 (cont’d) -The President’s