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Conversation No. 672-7

Date: February 15, 1972
Time: 12:56 pm - 1:30 pm
Location: Oval Office

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

Book
-Placement

Food

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:20 pm.

Richard G. Kleindienst
-Meeting with the President
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Timing
-Necessity
-Possible telephone call
-Dinner
-Ehrlichman
-Call to Kleindienst
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 672-7 (cont.)



People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip
-Dr. W. Kenneth Riland
-Weather
-Evenings
-Dinner
-Rogers
-Masseurs
-Flight
-Length
-Chou En-lai
-Meetings

Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:56 pm.

Refreshments

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:20 pm.

PRC trip
-Riland
-Arrival
-Sessions
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Assistance
-Rose Mary Woods
-Assistance

Sanchez entered and left at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:20 pm.

“Vickie”

PRC trip
-Schedule
-Rest
-Meetings
-Timing
-Mornings
-Great Wall visit
-Timing
-Meeting
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 672-7 (cont.)


-Banquet
-Chou En-Lai
-Mao Tse-tung
-Opera
-Gymnastic exhibition
-Great Wall
-Forbidden City
-Length of tour
-Meetings
-Time
-Flexibility
-Chou En-lai
-Evenings
-Morning
-Report to the nation
-Preparation
-Meetings
-Cabinet
-Scheduling
-Domestic advisors
-Busing
-Wage Board
-John B. Connally
-Timing
-John N. Mitchell
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
-Location for meeting
-Businessmen, Scouts
-Ehrlichman
-Leaders
-Cabinet

The President’s schedule
-Florida
-Timing
-Cabinet meeting
-Florida
-Timing
-Key Biscayne
-Length of stay
-The President’s appearances
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 672-7 (cont.)


-Timing
-US public reaction
-California
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Arrival time
-Florida
-Timing
-San Clemente
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Talking points
-First draft
-Information on PRC for Mrs. Nixon
-Hawaii
-Quality
-Compared to State Department, Kissinger’s office,
[National Security Council [NSC]]
-Tone
-Suggested answers and guidelines
-Simplified reports
-Rita R. Di Santis

PRC trip
-Return
-Commitments

The President’s schedule
-Key Biscayne
-New Hampshire
-Traveling

George Meany
-Stance towards Democrats
-Stance toward Administration
-Economy
-Vietnam
-Economy
-Hard hats
-Supporters

Edmund S. Muskie
-Charles W. Colson’s report
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 672-7 (cont.)


-John Loeb
“Moscow Muskie”
-Press treatment
-Abraham Lincoln
-Vacillation
-Press
-Vietnam
-Stance

US public’s memory
-The Pentagon papers
-The [Jack N.] Anderson papers
-India-Pakistan War
-Bangladesh
-US recognition
-Timing
-PRC trip return
-Biafra
-Ibo tribe
-Andre Malraux
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Forthcoming press conference
-Lt. William L. Calley, Jr.

Haldeman’s children
-Calls
-President’s Vietnam peace proposal speech, January 25, 1972
-University of California, Los Angeles [UCLA]
-Politics
-Haldeman’s Today show interview, February 7, 1972
-Professors
-School
-Discussion
-McCarthyism
-Lack of understanding
-Douglas L. Hallett
-Buchanan
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Students
-President’s January 25, 1972 speech
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 672-7 (cont.)


[Unintelligible]

Woods entered at 1:20 pm.

The President’s schedule
-PRC trip
-Mrs. Nixon
-Photographs
-Formal thank you
-Gifts
-Watches
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
-Chou En-lai
-Mao Tse-tung
-Autographs
-Gifts
-Framing

Woods left at 1:24 pm.

Dinners
-[Malraux] February 14, 1972
-The President’s schedule
-Lyndon B. Johnson

The President’s schedule
-PRC trip
-Moscow trip
-Traveling in US
-Question and answer [Q&A] session
-Haldeman’s forthcoming call to Connally [?]
-Leaders meeting
-Timing
-Historic significance
-Clark MacGregor
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Carl B. Albert
-Timing

Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 1:24 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 672-7 (cont.)


-Timing

The President, Haldeman, and Butterfield left at 1:30 pm.