640–11

Conversation No. 640-11

Date: December 22, 1971
Time: 1:16 pm - 1:50 pm
Location: Oval Office

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

Paul W. McCracken
-Inclusion in Cabinet parties
-Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]

[President signs clemency documents]

Clemency
-James R. (“Jimmy”) Hoffa release
-John N. Mitchell
-Conditions upon release
-Josephine (Poszywak) Hoffa’s health
-Lewisburg Prison
-Edward M. Kennedy

Mitchell
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 640-11 (cont.)


-Peter M. Flanigan
-Desire for position at Department of Defense [DOD]
-David Packard
-Possible opposition
-Joseph D. Tydings
-Melvin R. Laird
-Potential confirmation problems
-Packard
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Mitchell

Yeoman Charles E. Radford incident
-Possible motive
-Daniel Ellsberg case
-Comparisons
-Motive for leaks
-Possible action by administration

Arthur F. Burns
-Mitchell
-Appointment process
-President's position
-Burns's concerns
-Wallace H. Johnson
-John E. Sheehan
-John B. Connally

George P. Shultz

Media
-Columnists

President's schedule
-I[lwirth] W[ilbur Abel’s location
-Possible note to George Meany

George H. Gallup poll on approval of President
-Percentage
-Stability
-Laos
-\"Pentagon Papers\"
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 640-11 (cont.)


-People's Republic of China [PRC] trip
-Trends
-Previous years' polls
-Analysis
-Support from more intelligent people
-David S. Broder
-Elmo Roper poll
-Effect of incumbency

Campaign
-Strategy
-Improvements
-Economy
-Vietnam
-World peace
-Campuses


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Public support for the President
-Broder-Johnson poll analysis
-Polls
-PRC
-Economy

Gallup poll
-Results
-Partiality
-1972
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 640-11 (cont.)


Attitudes in US
-Connally's opinion
-Connally’s conversations with different groups of people

Broder-Johnson poll analysis
-Race emphasized
-Youth emphasized
-Compared to rest of electorate
-Possible PRC trip and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] trip
effects on youth

Gallup poll
-Timing of poll
-Georges J.R. Pompidou
-Stock market rise
-New York
-Phase II
-Recession
-India-Pakistan War
-Effect on public opinion
-Compared to Pentagon Papers

Media
-Effect on public opinion
-Marvin L. Kalb
-[Arnold] Eric Sevareid
-Administration position
-\"A Day in the Life of the President\"
-Reactions
-Tone
-Richard A. Moore’s call to station in Los Angeles
-Calls to the President
-Lewis F. Powell's son
-Haldeman's children's reaction
-Possible interest to youth
-Impressions created
-Work ethic
-Leadership
-Subjects covered
-Talk with George H.W. Bush
-Talk with Haldeman
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 640-11 (cont.)


-Dock strike
-Transportation legislation
-Drugs
-“Snow job”
-Human interest angle
-Painting
-Moore
-Interview with the President
-PRC
-Moore's reaction
-Coverage of meeting with Edward R.G. Heath
-National Broadcasting Company [NBC] special on the summit
-William P. Rogers
-\"A Day in the Life of the President\"
-Rogers’s opinion
-Editing
-Impressions
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's appearance on show
-John W. Chancellor
-The President’s work ethic
-Mail
-Highlight on White House staff
-Kissinger
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Shultz
-Quadriad group
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Arthur F. Burns
-Connally
-Rogers
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-King Timahoe
-Manolo Sanchez
-King Timahoe
-Performance
-Christmas show
-Still shots in Time
-Dogs
-Christmas tree
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 640-11 (cont.)


-Edward R.F. Cox and Tricia Nixon Cox
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Christmas message
-Public reaction
-Polls
-Public attitudes

Stock market
-Performance
-Numbers
-Effect of President's economic policy


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Radford incident
-Kissinger's knowledge
-Ehrlichman

The President and Haldeman left at 1:50 pm.