472–2

Conversation No. 472-2

Date: March 23, 1971
Time: 7:53 am - 8:02 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield

US Capitol bombings

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 7:53 am

Capitol bombings
-Suspects
-Possible Congressional action
-John N. Mitchell’s view
-J. Edgar Hoover
-Informants
-Surveillance
-Mitchell
-Possible arrest
-Hoover
-Congressmen
-Mitchell

Butterfield left at 7:55 am
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Polls
-George H. Gallup
-Approval ratings
-Laos operation (Lam Son)
-President’s credibility
-President’s previous interview with Howard K. Smith
-Smith’s questioning
-President’s response Conv. No. 472-2 (cont.)
-Vietnam War
-Laos operation (Lam Son)
-Joseph C. Kraft column
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-The President
-Military actions
-Effect
-The President’s policies
-Cambodian operation
-President’s November 3, 1969 speech

President’s previous interview with Smith
-Format
-John B. Connally
-Future value

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 7:55 am

President’s schedule
-Republican Congressional leaders
-Robert J. Dole

Bull left at an unknown time before 8:02 am

Connally
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 7s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 Conv. No. 472-2 (cont.)

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The President and Haldeman left at 8:02 am