389–11

Conversation No. 389-11

Date: November 4, 1972
Time: 9:55 am - 10:36 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman.


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1972 campaign
-The President
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
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-Face the Nation
-Time
-Charles W. Colson
-Cancellation
-George S. McGovern
-Unions
-Hardhat strike
-Ohio
-New Jersey
-Agnew
-Platforms
-Criticism of McGovern
-McGovern
-Statement
-Rebuttals
-William P. Rogers
-Television [TV]
-Problems
-Colson
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Statement
-Rogers
-Appearance on TV
-Scheduling
-Vietnam settlemt
-Confidence
-Advance release
-Agnew
-Appearance
-Cancellation
-Colson
-TV
-New Jersey
-Response
-Agnew, Rogers
-Improvise
-The President
-Kissinger
-Air Force One
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-Press pool

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1972 campaign
-McGovern speech in Chicago, November 3, 1972
-Response
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Effectiveness
-“Peace is at hand” and other comments at press conference,
October 26, 1972
-Justification
-Compared to the President’s comments
-McGovern and press attempts to exploit differences
-“Concrete issues”
-Compared to details
-“Central issues” quote [re: Vietnam]
-Accuracy


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-The President’s schedule
-Telephone calls
-William T. Cahill
-Rescheduling
-New Jersey
-McGovern
-Statement
-Criticism
-Substance
-Vietnam settlement
-“Central issues” quote
-Tactics
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
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Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 10:04
am.

[Conversation No. 389-11A]

[See also Conversation No. 33-10]

[End of telephone conversation]

The President’s schedule
-Haldeman’s telephone call to Price

Haldeman talked to an unknown woman at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 10:04 am.

[Conversation No.389-11B]

[See Conversation No. 33-11A]

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The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 10:04
am.

[Conversation No. 389-11R]

[Conversation No. 33-11B]

Greetings

[End of telephone conversation]

[End of Conversation No. 389-11B]

Haldeman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 10:04
am.
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[Conversation No. 389-11C]

[See also Conversation No. 33-12]

[End of telephone conversation]

1972 campaign
-McGovern speech in Chicago
-“Central issues” quote [re: Vietnam]
-Accuracy

Haldeman left at an unknown time before 10:04 am.

The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 9:55 am and
10:04 am.

[Conversation No. 389-11D]

[See Conversation No. 33-13]

The President talked with Thomas J. Meskill between 10:04 am and 10:08 am.

[Conversation No. 389-11E]

[See Conversation No. 33-14]

Greetings


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[End of telephone conversation

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:08 am.

The President’s schedule
-Meeting with Ehrlichman
-Telephone calls
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-Cahill

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The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 10:08 am and
10:09 am.

[Conversation No. 389-11F]

[See Conversation No. 33-15]

The President talked with Wesley Powell between 10:09 am and 10:13 am.

[Conversation No. 389-11G]

[See Conversation No. 33-16]

Greetings


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Beverly Powell joined the conversation at an unknown time before 10:13 am.

Wesley Powell joined the conversation at an unknown time before 10:13 am.

[End of telephone conversation]

The President’s schedule
-J. Caleb Boggs

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The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 10:13 am and
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10:14 am.

[Conversation No. 389-11H]

[See Conversation No. 33-17]


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The President talked with Boggs at an unknown time between 10:13 am and 10:14 am.

[Conversation No. 389-11I]

[See Conversation No. 33-18]

Pierre S. Dupont, IV. joined the conversation at an unknown time before 10:14 am.

[End of telephone conversation]

The President’s schedule
-S. Fletcher Thompson

The President talked with Thompson between 10:14 am and 10:16 am.

[Conversation No. 389-11J]

[See Conversation No. 33-19]

[End of telephone conversation]

The President’s schedule
-John K. MacIver

The President talked with MacIver between 10:17 am and 10:19 am.

[Conversation No. 389-11K]

[See Conversation No. 33-20]
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[End of telephone conversation]

Future telephone calls
-Robert J. Dole
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:20 am.

Haldeman entered at 10:20 am.

1972 campaign
-Television [TV]
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Cancellation
-New Jersey
-Buchanan
-Statement

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1972 campaign
-McGovern speech in Chicago
-“Central issues” quote [re: Vietnam]
-Peace
-Details
-Breakdown
-Effect on settlement agreement
-The President’s address to the nation, “Look to the Future,” November
2, 1972
-Settlement agreement
-Issues to be resolved
-Removal of ambiguities
-Details
-1968 bombing halt
-Peace
-Details
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-“Central points”
-The President’s May 8, 1972 speech
-Prisoners of War [POWs]
-Cease-fire
-South Vietnam self-
determination
-Patrick J. Buchanan’s point
-Hoax
-Phrasing
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Kissinger’s insistence
-Price
-Response
-Buchanan’s view
-William P. Rogers
-Kissinger’s view
-Ronald L. Ziegler’s conversation with Kissinger
-Kissinger
-Press relations
-Ziegler’s view
-Press pool report
-Effect
-Escalation
-The President’s November 3, 1972 statement
-The President’s address to the nation “Look to the Future”
-Settlement agreement
-Breakthrough
-Central issues
-POWs
-Cease-fire
-South Vietnam self-determination
-Cease-fire
-Details
-1968 bombing halt
-Peace
-Details
-“Central points”

Haldeman left and Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:20 am.
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1972 campaign
-Telephone call to Robert W. Hirsh
-Ehrlichman
-South Dakota
-Dole, Baker

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The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 10:27 am and
10:28 a.m.

[Conversation No. 389-11L]

[See Conversation No. 33-21]


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The President talked with Robert Hirsch between 10:20 am and 10:22 am.

[Conversation No. 389-11M]

[See Conversation No. 33-22]

[End of telephone conversation]

The President’s schedule
-James A. McClure

The President talked with James A. McClure between 10:28 am and 10:29 am.
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[Conversation No. 389-11N]

[See Conversation No. 33-23]

[End of telephone conversation]

The President’s schedule
-Telephone calls
-Margaret Chase Smith

The President talked with Margaret Chase Smith between 10:30 am and 10:33 am.

[Conversation No. 389-11O]

[See Conversation No. 33-24]

[End of telephone conversation]

The President’s schedule
-Howard H. Baker

The President talked with Howard H. Baker, Jr. Between 10:34 am and 10:36 am.

[Conversation No. 389-11P]

[See Conversation No. 33-25]

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:36 am.

[End of telephone conversation]

The President’s schedule
-Telephone calls
-Dole
-Cahill
-Boggs
-William (“Willy”) Mills

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The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 10:36 am and
10:41 am.

[Conversation No. 389-11Q]

[See also Conversation No. 33-26]

Ehrlichman left at an unknown time before 10:36 am.