NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log rev. Nov-03

NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03)

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Conversation No. 795-1

Date: October 10, 1972 Time: 10:25 am - 11:53 am Location: Oval Office The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

1972 campaign -October 10, 1972 breakfast meeting -Memorandum

-John D. Ehrlichman -Clark N. MacGregor -Tone -Ehrlichman’s comments -New Jersey -Drugs -State by state analysis -William E. Brock, III -Objective analysis -Crime -Gerald R. Ford

-Tricia Nixon Cox -Activities

-Community action programs -Tone -Haldeman’s notes -Ehrlichman

-Polls -University of Michigan -Robert Teeter -Issues -South -Taxes -Connecticut

-Abortion -Catholic vote -Rhode Island, Michigan, New York -Catholics -Environment -Ehrlichman and Domestic Council

Nixon Presidential Library and Museum

Oval #795

795-1 (10/10/1972)-P, HRH, RLZ, CWC, SBB, Unk 795-2 (10/10/1972)-P, SBB 795-3 (10/10/1972)-P, WTr, HSf, WHP, Members of the press 795-4 (10/10/1972)-P, APB, SBB 795-5 (10/10/1972)-P, MPA 795-6 (10/10/1972)-P 795-7 (10/10/1972)-P, SBB 795-8 (10/10/1972)-P, JaBn, JoB, JFPa, ChB, RJB, SSSt, WHP 795-9 (10/10/1972)-P, SBB 795-10 (10/10/1972)-P, RMW 795-11 (10/10/1972)-P, HRH, Unk, RMW 795-12 (10/10/1972)-P, HRH 795-13 (10/10/1972)-P 795-14 (10/10/1972)-P, MS 795-15 (10/10/1972)-P, APB, RMW 795-16 (10/10/1972)-P, RMW 795-17 (10/10/1972)-P, HRH, MS, APB, SBB, RLZ 795-18 (10/10/1972)-P, RLZ, MS, HRH, SBB 795-19 (10/10/1972)-Unk [USSS], Unk 795-20 (10/10/1972)-P, HRH, RMW, SBB 795-21 (10/10/1972)-P, HHB, HFB, JLB, RPG, JGT, KRC, ELM, RLZ, WHP, Members of the press 795-22 (10/10/1972)-P, HRH, ZTM, SBB, APB



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-Abortion, patriotism, environment, lifestyle, amnesty, busing -Connecticut -New Jersey -[Gateway National Recreation Area] -Pollsters -Old Republican constituency -White, Protestant, upper-middle income

-Donald H. Rumsfeld, Robert H. Finch -Poles, Irish voters in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Chicago,

Michigan, South, Midwest -Samuel Lubell -Patriotism -News summary -Hugh S. Sidey

-Louis P. Harris -George S. McGovern -Economic issue -News summary

-William L. Safire -Quote

-Herbert L. Klein -McGovern -Source

-Patrick J. Buchanan -Reference to the President

-MacGregor -Ehrlichman -Teeter polls

-Analysis of the issues -Hard hats abortion, amnesty, US military, busing -Edwin L. Harper

-Bruce Morton -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]

-McGovern -Advice -Media treatment

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Press relations -Tricia Nixon Cox’s recent trip to New York -Advance men -Role -McGovern press

-Ronald L. Ziegler, Klein -Betty (Koplow) Kaplow -Telephone call from the President -Herbert E. Kaplow -Letter from the President -Philosophical groups -The President’s view

-Leftists -Rightists

-John Birch Society members -Kaplow, Walter L. Cronkite, Jr. -Tricia Nixon Cox’s recent trip to New York -Arthur O. Sulzberger -Klein -Katharine C. Graham

Tricia Nixon Cox’s recent trip to New York

-Advance men -Role -Crowd -Parade -Press -Press and media relations

-Herbert Kaplow -McGovern -National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC] -Kathleen Beery [sp?] -Demonstrators -Compared to Chicago



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-Media coverage -Slogan -Gesture Ziegler entered at 10:43 am.

Recent breakfast meeting -Congressional leaders -Spending ceiling vote -Busing

-Cloture -Ford

-Domestic issues -MacGregor -Ehrlichman -Defense -Busing

-Michigan -Defense

-California -Candidates

-Voter turnout effort -MacGregor

-Attribution of statement -Focus on issues

Henry A. Kissinger's schedule -Impending arrival -Vietnam negotiations

-William P. Rogers -Melvin R. Laird -New York Times story

-Rogers -Laird -Paris -Saigon -Source -National Security Council [NSC]

-State Department -Kissinger’s staff -Col. Richard T. Kennedy -Hanoi



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Press relations

-Klein -Herbert Kaplow

-Mother-in-law's death -Telephone call to Betty Kaplow -Job loss -Letter to Herbert Kaplow -Tricia Nixon Cox’s recent trip to New York -McGovern press

-Left wingers -Conservatives -Standards -Instruction to Ziegler -Klein -Frank van der Linden -Compared to Communists

-Kaplow Presidential communications -Safire

-Actions -Raymond K. Price, Jr.

-James ("Scotty") Reston -Ideological divisions -Six Crises

-Klein -1960 campaign

-John F. Kennedy's campaign -Treatment of Klein

-Peter Lisagor -Wife

-Nicholas P. Thimmesch -Frank Cormier -Hugh S. Sidey -Possible misunderstanding -President’s previous comment to Kissinger -Communists

Watergate and campaign practices -Washington Post

-Federal Bureau Investigation [FBI] -Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP]

-MacGregor



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-Response to press -L.[ouis] Patrick Gray -Sidey

-Demonstrations -Los Angeles -Boston

-Kenneth W. Clawson -William Loeb

-Edmund Muskie -Corruption charges

-Cabinet officials Ziegler left at 11:00 am.

-FBI -Colson's office

-Donald Segretti -Clawson

-"Canuck" letter -Marilyn Berger

Vietnam negotiations -Kissinger’s meetings

-Status -Military and political issues -North Vietnam interest in settlement -Government of Vietnam [GVN] -Kissinger’s position -Security and military guarantees -Progress -Public statements -Kissinger’s schedule -Complexity and sensitivity -Kissinger’s forthcoming repost to the President -Public statements -McGovern -Rogers -Cancelled press conference -Laird -Military issues -Political issues -Nguyen Van Thieu -Nine points



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-Response to political change

1972 campaign issues -Tone -White House staff

-Farm issue, grain issue ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 6m 58s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ***************************************************************** Colson entered at 11:14 am.

Recent breakfast -Format

-Crime issue -Drugs -Tone -MacGregor -Ehrlichman’s comments -Crime, prices, Vietnam -State by state analysis -Northeast, South -Social issues, welfare -Teeter

-Domestic Council -Harper -Connecticut

-Issues -Abortion -Amnesty

-Buchanan -Colson’s note



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-Thomas J. Meskill -Aid to parochial schools

-Harper -Rumsfeld -Finch -Old Republican constituency

-Kevin P. Philips -Sources of strength -Catholics, Italians, ethnics -South, Mountain states, Plains states

-Issue appeal -Patriotism, morality and religious faith -South, white ethnic “urban ring” -Mountains -Harper -Analysis discussed -Sociological compared to political bent

Watergate and campaign practices -Leaks

-Washington Post -Colson’s office

-Clawson -Berger

-"Canuck" letter -Letter writing -Segretti -CRP -FBI interview of Colson -Advance men -Colson's activities

Watergate

-G[eorge] Gordon Liddy -Funds

McGovern campaign

-Demonstrators in Los Angeles -Network coverage

-Tricia Nixon Cox’s recent rip to New York -Media coverage -Absence



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Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins photographs -Circulation McGovern campaign -Tricia Nixon Cox’s recent rip to New York -Compared to Chicago

-Columbus Day Parade -International Ladies Garment Workers Union [ILGWU]

-Invitation to McGovern -Jews -Reaction by Italians

1972 campaign

-Future meetings with surrogates -Recent breakfast meeting

-H. Allen Smith -Richard G. Kleindienst's forthcoming law and order speech -Detroit -William H. Rehnquist, Jr.

Vietnam negotiations

-McGovern -Forthcoming speech

-Laird -Colson’s previous conversation with Laird -Kissinger’s schedule -Paris -Bombing halt -Prisoners of war [POWs]

-Forthcoming speech -Fact sheet -Radio comments

-Laird -POWs -R. Sargent Shriver’s claim

-Bombing and mining -Effect -US troop withdrawal -Prevention of communism in South Vietnam -POWs -POW issue



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-Connally -Elliot L. Richardson -Kissinger

-Paris -Progress in negotiations

-Comparision to Korean War negotiations -Harry S. Truman -Panmunjom -US casualties -Dwight D. Eisenhower

-1952 election -POWs -Kissinger -Leonid I. Brezhnev -1972 elections -National interests ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 4m 52s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ***************************************************************** Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:14 am.

The President's schedule -Polish Ambassador [Witold Trampczynski]

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:53 am. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 12s ]



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END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 *****************************************************************

POW issue -McGovern -News summary -United Press International [UPI]

-Markham L. Gartley and mother -David Dellinger -Cora Weiss -Edward Elias and Norris A. Charles

-Barry M. Goldwater -Weiss -Dellinger -W. Ramsey Clark -John G. Tower

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Demonstrators at Columbus Day Parade -Network coverage -Italian-Americans -Doral Hotel comparison -Democratic National Convention -Tone -Vietcong [VC] flags -Slogans



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-Press, wire coverage -New York Times headline

-Italian-Americans -Jews -Louis Stulberg

Issues -Connecticut -New Jersey

-Abortion -Aid to parochial schools

-Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania -Recent breakfast meeting -Ehrlichman’s previous comment in Cabinet Room -Environment -Rhode Island -Abortion bill in Connecticut legislature -Abortion issue

-Ford -Michigan

-Ehrlichman -Harper -Polls -Blacks

-Permissiveness and morality -Rhode Island -Percentage of Catholics -Hubert H. Humphrey -Herbert F. DeSimone -Factories -Social issues -Recent breakfast meeting -Ehrlichman’s comments -Marijuana -Drugs -Amnesty -Importance of issue -John N. Mitchell -Young people

-Catholics -War service

-Draft dodgers



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-Vietnam, Korea, World War II -Jack Dempsey

-Louis [Georges] Carpentier -Public view

-The President as a Quaker -College deferments -Harvard University, Yale University, University of California, University of California at Los Angeles [UCLA], Whittier College

-John Todd -Veteran on television -Support for the President -Metromedia, Canada

-Domestic Council's role -Pollsters’ understanding -Teeter

-Richard M. Scammon -Environment

-Harris -Jewish background -Catholics

-Stance on issues -Amnesty, marijuana, Vietnam

-George H. Gallup -Vietnam

-Albert E. Sindlinger Economy

-Lubell -Scammon

-Haynes B. Johnson -Washington Post series

-Catholics -Washington Post series -Issues

-Perception of the President -Democrats compared to Republicans -Morality -Empathy -Work ethic

-Recent breakfast meeting -Work ethic -Mountain states -Welfare



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-Ehrlichman, Richardson An unknown person left at an unknown time before 11:53 am.

Congressional vote -Busing cloture

-McGovern -Hugh Scott

The President’s schedule -Telegram

Haldeman and Colson left at 11:53 am.

Conversation No. 795-2 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:53 am and 11:54 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

The President's schedule -[Witold Trampczynski] -Gifts -Cuff links -Previous visit

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:54 am.

Conversation No. 795-3 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: 11:54 am - 12:02 pm Location: Oval Office



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The President met with Witold Trampczynski and Helmut (“Hal”) Sonnenfeldt; the White House photographer and members of the press were present at the beginning of the meeting.

Greetings -Casimir Pulaski Day Presentation of film on the President’s recent trip to Poland [Photograph session] The President's trip to Poland -Reception -Palace

-Edward Giereck -The President’s view -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -Mrs. Giereck

Polish Hams -Exports from Poland

US-Poland negotiations -Science and Technology agreement -Dr. Edward E. David, Jr. -Bondholders -Export-Import [Ex-Im] Bank -Soviet Union -The President’s conversation with Henry Kearns -Debt rescheduling -Interest on payments -Sonnenfeldt’s role -Henry A. Kissinger -US-Soviet Union relations -US-Poland relations -Business problems Film Polish people



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Trampczynski and Sonnenfeldt left at 12:02 pm.

Conversation No. 795-4 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:02 pm and 12:09 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield and Stephen B. Bull.

Item for the President’s signature The President's schedule

-James Brown -Clothing style -Elvis A. Presley -Press photograph -Background -Marital status -[Charles Bobbit]

-Letter Butterfield and Bull left at an unknown time before 12:09 pm.

Conversation No. 795-5 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: 12:09 pm - 12:10 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Marjorie P. Acker.

Rose Mary Woods’s schedule -Telephone call [James Brown]



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Acker -Schedule

Acker left at 12:10 pm.

Conversation No. 795-6 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:10 pm and 12:17 pm Location: Oval Office The President dictated a telegram. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 5m 3s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************

Conversation No. 795-7 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:10 pm and 12:17 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Stephen B. Bull at an unknown time after 12:10 p.m.

The President's schedule -James Brown -[Joseph Brown]



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Bull left at an unknown time before 12:17 p.m.

Conversation No. 795-8 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: 12:17 pm - 12:27 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with James Brown, Joseph Brown, James F. Palmer, Charles Bobbitt, Robert J. Brown, and Stanley S. Scott; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.

Introductions and greetings -Robert Brown -James Brown -Joseph Brown -Bobbitt -Palmer

Brown

-Career -Gold records -1961

Photograph session -Campaign literature 1972 [Photograph session] -The President’s well wishes -Brown’s career -Youth -Opportunities -Joseph Brown -Sammy Davis, Jr. -Performance with father [Sammy Davis] at Copacabana in New York -The President’s attendance

Gift presentations -Cuff links



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-Presidential seals -Pin for wife -Rug

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. -Birthday as a possible national holiday -Birthplace in Atlanta as a possible national monument -President’s relationship with King -1972 election

Jim Brown of the Cleveland Browns James Brown, et al. left at 12:27 pm.

Conversation No. 795-9 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:27 pm and 12:30 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

The President's schedule -Milton Pitts -Arrival time Bull left at an unknown time before 12:30 p.m.

Conversation No. 795-10 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: 12:30 pm - 12:49 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Rose Mary Woods.

Weather



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***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 18m 56s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Instruction Woods left at 12:49 pm.

Conversation No. 795-11 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: 12:51 pm - 12:56 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 41s ] [Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 12:51 pm and 12:56 pm.] [Conversation No. 795-11A] [End of telephone conversation]



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END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** [Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 12:51 pm and 12:56 pm.] [Conversation No. 795-11B] Request for call to Jeb Stuart Magruder -1701 [Pennsylvania Avenue] [End of telephone conversation] Rose Mary Woods entered at an unknown time after 12:51 pm.

The President’s schedule [Telegram] -Length

Woods left at an unknown time before 12:56 pm. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 3m 8s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** Haldeman left at 12:56 pm.



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Conversation No. 795-12 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:56 pm and 1:20 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 19s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Haldeman left at an unknown time before 1:20 pm.

Conversation No. 795-13 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:56 pm and 1:20 pm Location: Oval Office The President dictated a telegram. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 36s ]



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END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************

Conversation No. 795-14 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:56 pm and 1:20 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Manolo Sanchez. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 3s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:20 pm.

Conversation No. 795-15 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:20 pm and 1:35 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield and Rose Mary Woods.



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Photocopy instruction

Wood left at an unknown time before 1:35 pm. The President's schedule

-Letter

Items for the President’s signature The President's schedule

-Camp David -Senators, Elliot L. Richardson, George P. Shultz

-Spending ceiling legislation -Passage in the House of Representatives -James S. Copley

-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Herbert G. Klein -Ronald L. Ziegler -Copley’s health

-Visit to ethnic leaders -Haldeman -Michael Balzano, Jr. -Frederic V. Malek -Richard A. Moore -Marriott Key Bridge Motel -Campaigning -President’s address on Crime and Drug Abuse, October 15, 1972

- US-Poland Science and Technology agreement -Signing ceremony, October 19, 1972

-Dr. Edward E. David, Jr. -William P. Rogers -Polish-Americans -Polish government -Communism -The President’s recent meeting [with Witold Trampczynski] -Film presentation

The President's schedule

-Veterans Day -Television broadcast -Veterans hospitals -Radio



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-Meetings -Blacks in the administration -Jews -Editors

-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Elinor I. (Judefind) Agnew -State Dining Room

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 1:35 pm.

Conversation No. 795-16 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: 1:35 pm - 1:37 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Rose Mary Woods at 1:35 pm. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 4s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Woods left at 1:37 pm.

Conversation No. 795-17 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: 1:37 pm - 2:30 pm Location: Oval Office



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The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 3m 54s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 1:37 pm.

Item for Rose Mary Woods Sanchez left at 1:40 pm. Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 1:40 pm.

The President's schedule -Blacks -Hispanics -Italian-Americans -Ethnic leaders -Marriott Key Bridge motel -The President’s upcoming visit to Atlanta -Timing -Radio talk -Family, staff schedule -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Herbert G. Klein

-Edward C. Nixon -Donald McI. Kendall

-Tricia Nixon Cox -LaCrosse, Wisconsin -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Barcelona, Spain



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-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Marriott -Meetings

-Blacks -Jews -Washington, DC government

-Washington Post, Washington Star -Walter E. Washington -Public interest -Crime


US-Poland Science and Technology agreement -Signing ceremony -The President’s recent meeting [with Witold Trampczynski] -Film presentation -Casimir Pulaski Day

-Polish government -Communists -Polish-Americans -Government -William P. Rogers -White House -Possible ceremony -State Department

-Dr. Edward E. David, Jr. -US-Soviet Union [trade] agreement

The President's schedule -Senators



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-Debt control -Public statements -Breakfast meeting, October 10, 1972 -Radio address on Federal spending, October 7, 1972 -Camp David -House of Representatives

-William E. Timmons view on passage -Debt ceiling -Public understanding -The President’s recent radio speech -Spending ceiling -Nature of events -James S. Copley -Publications

-Samuel Newhouse -William Randolph Hearst -Roy Howard, Thomas Vail

-Post-1972 election plans -Post-inaugural plans

-British -French -Henry A. Kissinger previous conversation with Haldeman

-Chung Hee Park -The President’s recent meeting with Quadriand -December 15, 1972 -Budget -Inaugural address

-State of the Union address -Kissinger -Inaugural address -State of the Union address -New Congress -Speech writer -Progress -Parties for contributors

-Possible Senate leaders meeting -Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.

-Busing legislation -Recent breakfast meeting -Gerald R. Ford

-Cloture vote -James L. Buckley, Robert P. Griffin, Howard H. Baker, Jr., William E.



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Brock III, Harry F. Byrd, Jr., John G. Tower -Request -John Ehrlichman, Timmons, Charles W. Colson -Recommendations -Cloture vote -Cole

-Camp David -Publishers and editors -Reception

Letters

-Congressmen and Senators

Possible Senate leaders meeting -Tower -Recent breakfast meeting -Letter on busing -Ehrlichman -Timmons -Tower -Texas -Clark MacGregor -Baker, Brock, Byrd, Griffin, Buckley, Tower

-Busing legislation -The President’s support

-Busing issue -Presidential meetings -March 1972 Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 1:40 pm.

Request for Ronald L. Zeigler

Bull left at an unknown time before 2:00 pm. Meeting with Senators -Public statements on busing -Speeches, press conferences -Tower

Zeigler entered at 2:00 pm.



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Busing -Zeigler’s recent press conferences

Butterfield left at 2:02 pm. -Defense

-Ford -Recent breakfast meeting -Cloture vote -[Cole’s] memorandum for the President -Moratorium -Equal opportunities legislation -Cloture vote -Ziegler's coordination with Cole -Meeting with the Senators -Cole’s memorandum -Cloture vote -Result

The President's schedule -Possible Senate leaders meeting

-Ehrlichman, Edwin L. Morgan -Photograph session -Cole -Reception -Ehrlichman and Morgan -Differing views

Melvin R. Laird press conference

-Daniel Z. Hinken’s previous telephone conversation with Ziegler -Kissinger’s schedule -Vietnam negotiations -George S. McGovern television appearance, October 10, 1972

-Administration response to proposal -Instructions for Laird -Bombing, mining, prisoners of war [POWs], surrender

Ziegler left at 2:08 pm.

The President's schedule -Senate leaders meeting -Duration



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-Reception -Baker

-Camp David -Washington -Washington, DC -Public interest -Narcotics

Speeches

-Radio Address on Crime and Drug Abuse, October 15, 1972 -William L. Safire’s draft [on philosophy of government] -Radio Address on the American Veteran, October 22, 1972 -Raymond K. Price, Jr.’s draft -American spirit

-Safire’s draft -Paternalism compared to freedom -Work ethic

-Compared to issues of taxes, crime, farming, veterans -Philosophical theme -Foreign policy

-Kissinger -Vision of America -Press

***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 5m 42s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ***************************************************************** Ziegler entered at 2:19 pm.

Senate -Cloture vote



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Ziegler left at 2:20 pm. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 8m 19s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 *****************************************************************

The President's schedule -Letters -Crime speech -Camp David -Camp David

The President and Haldeman left at 2:30 pm.

Conversation No. 795-18 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: 3:43 pm - 3:49 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

Busing -The President's meeting with Senate leaders -Photograph session

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 3:43 pm. *****************************************************************



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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 8s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Sanchez left and H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at an unknown time before 3:43 pm.

The President’s meeting with Senate leaders -Photograph session

-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., William E. Timmons -Press

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:43 p.m.

The President's schedule -Barber -Letters

Bull left at an unknown time before 3:49 pm. Ziegler left at an unknown time before 3:43 pm. Letters to Congressmen -1972 election Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:43 pm. The President’s schedule -Barber ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 14s ]



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Bull left at an unknown time before 3:49 pm. END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** The President’s schedule -Meeting with Senate leaders -[Busing legislation] -Press Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:43 pm.

The President's schedule -Meeting with Senate leaders -Timmons -Press

-Ziegler -Barber

The President, Bull and Haldeman left at 3:49 pm.

Conversation No. 795-19 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: Unknown between 3:49 pm and 3:59 pm Location: Oval Office A Secret Service agent talked to an unknown person. [Conversation No. 795-19A] [Unintelligible] [End of telephone conversation] The unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and



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3:59 pm.

[Conversation No. 795-19B] The President's location

-Barber shop [End of telephone conversation]

Conversation No. 795-20 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: Unknown between 3:59 pm and 4:02 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H.R.( “Bob”) Haldeman.

The President's schedule -Rose Mary Woods

***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 4s ] HALDEMAN LEFT AT AN UNKNOWN TIME BEFORE 4:02 PM. WOODS ENTERED AT AN UNKNOWN TIME AFTER 3:59 PM. END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************



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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:59 pm.

The President's schedule -Meeting with Senate leaders -William E. Brock III

-North Carolina

Woods left at an unknown time before 4:02 pm. -Duration -Eliot L. Richardson -Ronald L. Ziegler -Press photographs

-Letters -Congressional candidates

Bull left at an unknown time before 4:02 pm.

Conversation No. 795-21 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: 4:02 pm - 4:26 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Howard H. Baker, Jr., Harry F. Byrd, Jr., James L. Buckley, Robert P. Griffin, and John G. Tower, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Edward L. Morgan, Ronald L. Ziegler; the White House photographer and members of the press were present at the beginning of the meeting.

Greetings -Seating arrangements

[Photograph session] Busing legislation

-October 10, 1972 breakfast meeting -Moratorium



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-Equal Education Opportunities Bill -Press -Need for action -Current bill before the House of Representatives -93rd Congress

-J. William Fulbright -Constitutional amendment -Educational opportunities for children -Current Congressional session -Michael J. Mansfield -Current bill -Current bill -Press -Cloture -Congressional recess

-Filibuster -Vote on merits of bill

-The President’s past experience with Congress -Richard B. Russell -Everett M. Dirksen

-Cloture -Constitutional majority

-Senate action -Constitutional amendment for moratorium and Equal Educational Opportunities Bill

-Presidential support -Lameduck session -Current bill -Compared to Equal Educational Opportunities Bill -Reopening of cases in various school districts -Moratorium -Prospects -Compared to House Resolution [HR] 1 -The President’s view -Comparison with HR 1 -Possible compromise -President’s view

Other issues

-News summary -Consumer Protection Agency bill -House of Representatives



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-Cloture -Charles H. Percy, Abraham A. Ribicoff -Possible amendment

Busing legislation

-Press comment -President’s support -Cloture -The President’s view of Senate actions -Richmond intervention -Need for action -1972 election -Possible sequence of events -George S. McGovern -93rd Congress -Senate votes -McGovern -Gale W. McGee -Thomas J. MacIntire

-The President’s position on busing

Gifts -Cufflinks

Press Gifts

Weather

The President's schedule -Radio address on Crime and Drug Abuse, October 15, 1972 -Tone

-Federal courts and Supreme Court -Appointments

-The President’s philosophy -1972 election -Lewis F. Powell, Jr. -Narcotics

Gift presentation



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Busing

-Virginia -Powell

Issues

-Vietnam, amnesty, busing -The President’s effect on the domestic front

Supreme Court

-Importance of appointments

Busing -Judges

Judges -Lawyers

-Busing -Law and order issue

The President's schedule

-National and State Newspaper Associations -Reception -Byrd Baker et al. left at 4:26 pm.

Conversation No. 795-22 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: Unknown between 4:26 pm and 4:45 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. The President’s schedule -Recent meeting with Senate leaders -October 10, 1972 breakfast meeting -Item from Robert P. Griffin



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The President's schedule - Henry A. Kissinger's report on Vietnam negotiations -Kissinger’s schedule -[Camp David] -Speech -William Rogers

-Relationship with Kissinger

Recent meeting with Senate leaders

-Kenneth K. Cole, Jr. -Press view of the President's role

-Welfare reform -Consumer bill -Busing




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1972 campaign advertisments -George S. McGovern's welfare proposals

-Hard hat campaign commercial -Charles W. Colson -Dick Martin and Dan Rowan -Effect

-Defense -Vietnam -The President’s position in 1968 -Television -McGovern’s vacillation -Amnesty

-Vietnam, welfare, busing -Tone -Patrick J. Buchanan’s view -John B. Connally -Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP] -Connally

-Democrats for Nixon -Connally -Possible conversation with Haldeman -Funding

***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 17s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ***************************************************************** Zosimo T. Monson entered at an unknown time after 4:26 pm.

The President's schedule -Helicopter transportation arrangements

Monson left at an unknown time before 4:45 pm.



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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:26 pm.

Gifts -Forthcoming reception -Cuff links

-Presidential pins -Pins

Bull left and Alexander P. Butterfield entered after 4:26 pm.

The President's recent meeting with Senators on busing -Harry F. Byrd, Jr. -James L. Buckley

The President, Haldeman, and Butterfield left at 4:45 pm.

Documents

NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log rev. Nov-03