491–33

Conversation No. 491-33

Date: May 5, 1971
Time: 12:43 pm - 1:13 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

President's conversation with John G. Tower
-Texas drought
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-Clifford M. Hardin
-Political impact
-Bill
-Administration activities
-Gen. George A. Lincoln
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Possible legislation
-Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico Conv. No. 491-31 (cont.)
-Tower’s trip to Texas
-Hardin's trip to Texas
-Flanigan
-John B. Connally
-Flanigan
-Public relations
-Decade of service dinner
-President’s possible involvement
-Possible message by President
-President's schedule
-Television
-Length
-Dedication of Lyndon B. Johnson Library
-Invitation by Johnson
-Tour of library
-Texas Republicans
-Texas Republicans

[Transcript #1: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under
court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums,
et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records
Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Fulbright Committee
-Testimony of unknown Navy Lieutenant
-Congressional Record

Promotion of Zosimo Delacruz

Congress
-Connally
-John N. Mitchell
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-Connally
-Views on Democrat leadership
-Possible coalition
-Republicans and Southern Democrats
-Mitchell's possible role
-House Republican leadership
-Gerald R. Ford and Leslie C. Arends
Conv. No. 491-33 (cont.)
President's schedule
-Meeting with Mitchell, Ford, and Arends
-Connally
-Financial meeting
-Meetings

Unemployment in key states
-John J. Rhodes’ proposal
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Economic problems
-California
-National Security Council [NSC]
-1972 defense budget
-Inventory
-Congress
-California
-Washington
-Los Angeles
-Unemployment rate
-Sun-belt strategy
-Inter-agency group
-Defense contracts
-Defense
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Impact on 1972 elections
-Timeframe
-Economy
-Prospects
-Flanigan
-Staff
-NSC
-Defense contracts
-David Packard
-Procurement
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-Closing of bases
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Locations

Demonstrations
-Capitol Hill

[Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time betweenConv.
12:43No.
pm 491-33
and 1:13(cont.)
pm]

[Conversation No. 491-33A]

-Report on activities

[End of telephone conversation]

-John W. Dean, III
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Schedule

[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and
1:13 pm]

[Conversation No. 491-33B]

[See Conversation No. 2-87]

[End of telephone conversation]

President's schedule
-Connally
-Meeting with Mitchell
-Arends

[The President talked with Dean at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 1:13 pm]

[Conversation No. 491-33C]

[See Conversation No. 2-88]

[End of telephone conversation]

Demonstrations
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-Capitol Hill
-Timing
-Robert Maheu
-Police
-Lincoln Memorial
-Southern Christian leadership group
-Demonstrators
-Appearance Conv. No. 491-33 (cont.)
-Vietnam

President's schedule
-Meeting with Mitchell, et al.
-Congressmen
-George Meany
-Schedule

President's schedule, May 7, 1971
-\"Salute to Agriculture\"
-Meany

House Republican leadership
-Ford
-Arends
-Southerners

Senate
-Robert A. Taft, Jr.
-Leadership
-Southerners
-Hugh Scott
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-”Southern strategy”
-Scott

Kent State University
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] News coverage
-First anniversary
-Pictures
-William K. \"Billy\" Schroeder
-Uniform
-Reserve Officer Training Corps [ROTC]
-High school
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-College
-Allison B. Krause
-Father
-Arthur A. Krause
-Veterans
-Production
-Communists
Conv. No. 491-33 (cont.)
[Transcript #2: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under
court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums,
et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records
Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

Kent State
-Networks
-Impact
-Letters
-Charles W. Colson

President's previous press conference, May 1, 1971
-Patrick J. Buchanan's views
-Domestic issues
-Vietnam
-Range of issues
-1962 campaign
-Questions
-John Birch Society

Press conferences
-Television
-News
-Radio
-Coverage
-Television
-Future
-Television
-Live
-Camera
-President's schedule
-Press
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Vietnam
-CBS reportage
-Possible administration counterattacks
-Televised press conferences

Kent State
-Network coverage Conv. No. 491-33 (cont.)

The President and Haldeman left at 1:13 pm.