579–1

Conversation No. 579-1

Date: September 28, 1971
Time: 11:30 am - 11:57 am
Location: Oval Office

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

Funeral for Justice Hugo L. Black
-The President's attendance
-John N. Mitchell
-Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
-Justice John M. Harlan
-Mitchell's views
-Respect for Supreme Court
-Forthcoming nominations
-Harlan
-Time
-Richard A. Moore's possible conversation
-Conversation between Mitchell and Moore
-Possible conversation between Haldeman and Mitchell
-Comparison to funerals for Senators
-Black
-Relationship with the President
-Seniority
-Justice Thurgood Marshall
-Justice William O. Douglas
-Burger's views
-Mitchell
-Speculation by press
-[Burger]

Vietnam
-Prisoners of War POW] situation
-Henry A. Kissinger
-View
-Haldeman
-Public speaking
-Melvin R. Laird
-Robert J. Dole
-Forthcoming event at Statler Hilton for the National League of Families
-Laird
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 579-1 (cont.)


-Dole
-Effectiveness
-Theme
-League
-Politics
-President and board
-Support for the Administration

POW wives' dinner
-The President's possible attendance
-James D. Hughes's views
-Entrance
-Timing
-Departure
-Laird's speech
-Press attendance
-Television coverage
-Ronald L. Ziegler's knowledge of the President's intentions
-Columbia Country Club
-Announcement of the President's appearance
-Possible preparation
-Effect on press
-Time
-The President's entrance
-Length of stay
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Hughes
-John A. Scali
-Laird's statement
-John B. Connally's views
-The President's attendance
-Pressures
-Political groups
-Clark M. Clifford
-POW wives
-Paris negotiations
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 579-1 (cont.)


Funeral for Justice Black
-[Burger]
-Location
-National Cathedral
-The President's attendance
-Mitchell

Speaking appearances
-Mitchell
-Press relations
-Qualifications
-Temptations
-Kissinger
-Temptations
-Reasons
-Rotary Club
-Effectiveness

The President's trips
-Alaska
-Motorcade
-Coat and baggage
-Advance man
-Mark I. Goode
-Detroit Economic Club trip
-Television
-Leadership
-Haldeman's role
-Management
-Decisions for the President
-Statements or appearances by the President
-Secret Service
-Microphone setups
-Photos
-New Hampshire
-Airport schedule
-Television coverage
-Airport appearance
-Television angles
-Coverage on the President
-The President's appearance
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 579-1 (cont.)


-Airport crowd
-The President's Alaska trip
-Downtown Anchorage
-Motorcade
-Speaking
-Limousine
-Demonstrators
-Signs
-Robert Taylor
-Past experience
-Statement by the President
-Television coverage
-Motorcade
-Taylor
-Lid on limousine
-Location of demonstrators
-Window on the President's limousine
-Taylor
-Lid on limousine
-The President's actions

President’s schedule
-State Department
-The President's appearances
-Signing ceremony
-Kissinger's analysis
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Date
-Meeting between Andrei A. Gromyko and the President
-Date
-State Department appearance
-Date
-Signing ceremony
-Flexible dates
-The President's meeting with Gromyko
-Effect on signing ceremony
-Photos
-The President's meeting with Shultz, Herbert Stein, Connally, and Paul W.
McCracken concerning Phase II
-Tunku Abdul Razak
-Pierre-Paul Schweitzer
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 579-1 (cont.)


-Connally's views
-Forthcoming telephone call from Haldeman
-Possible meeting with the President
-Arthur F. Burns

Funeral for Black
-The President's attendance
-Funerals for Senators
-Winston L. Prouty
-Exceptions
-Reasons
-Meaning for country
-Confirmation hearings
-Mitchell
-Reasons for the President's attendance
-Richard H. Poff

Kennedy Center
-Eisenhower Theatre
-The President's attendance at ceremony
-J. Willard Marriott

Eisenhower Hospital
-Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
-Ceremony
-Length

The President's schedule
-Thanksgiving
-Trip by the President
-Length
-Days
-Flights

Mitchell

Haldeman left at 11:57 am.