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747–3
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • H. R. Haldeman
  • UNKNOWN
  • Manolo Sanchez
  • Ronald L. Ziegler
  • Stephen B. Bull
July 19, 1972
Conversation No. 747-3

Date: July 19, 1972
Time: 9:48 am - 11:33 am
Location: Oval Office

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

Greetings

Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 9:48 and 11:53 am.

List of forthcoming congressional votes

[End of telephone conversation]

Ocean vacation site
-Assateague Island
-Thomas B. McCabe
-Neighboring property
-Description
-Grounds
-Transportation
-Helicopter, boat
-Compared to Camp David
-Living quarters
-Secret Service and communication personnel
-Grand Cay Bahamas
-Robert H. Abplanalp
-National park
-Donation to government
-McCabe
-McCabe
-San Clemente
-Labor Day
-Meetings
-Transportation
-Helicopter
-Chesapeake Bay Bridge
-Press
-Ocean City
-McCabe's farm
-Press facilities
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-McCabe’s property
-Size
-Air conditioning
-Beach
-Swimming
-Possible frequency of use
-Camp David
-Bedrooms
-Staff, Secret Service, communications personnel
-Ocean City
-Abplanalp
-Chesapeake Bay
-Jellyfish
-Possible use
-The President’s schedule
-Wedding
-Secret Service and communications personnel
-Camp David
-Abplanalp
-Manolo Sanchez
-Stewards


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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[Duration: 39s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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-Assateague Island retreat

The President’s schedule
-Republican National Convention
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Media
-The President's forthcoming press conferences
-Television and Oval Office
-Date
-Preparation
-Democratic and Republican conventions
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Location
-Ziegler
-White House press relations
-Memorandum for the President
-Herbert G. Klein
-John A. Scali
-Scali
-Television
-Klein
-Dealings with press


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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[Duration: 20s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2

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Press relations
-1968 campaign
-Ziegler’s view
-Compared to Patrick J. Buchanan’s view
-The President
-Edith Efron's book [The News Twister]
-National compared to local press
-1960 campaign
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Press conferences
-Press conferences
-Klein
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-Performance as Press Secretary
-William P. Rogers
-Ziegler
-Compared to Klein
-Professional and personal
-Robert Pierpoint

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 9:48 am.


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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[Duration: 3s ]


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Manolo Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:33 am.

The President's schedule
-Beach vacation site
-Wedding
-California

Press relations
-Ziegler's views
-Possible interview
-William R. Hearst
-Associated Press [AP]
-Walter L. Cronkite, Jr.
-John W. Chancellor
-David Brinkley
-Harry Reasoner
-Off-the-record
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Kissinger
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS], National Broadcasting Corporation
[NBC], American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]
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-John D. Ehrlichman
-Ziegler’s views
-The President
-Editorial conference
-John C. Whitaker's memorandum
-Buchanan
-New York Times
-Los Angeles Times
-Whitaker's views
-Background
-Ziegler’s views
-Press conferences
-Airport
-Social events
-Oval Office
-Frequency
-Face the Nation
-George S. McGovern
-The President's news summary
-American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU]


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 22m 27s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4

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The President's schedule
-Trip to Japan
-Trip to Hawaii
-Meeting
-Honolulu
-Public reception
-Pearl Harbor
-Waikiki
-Laurance S. Rockefeller property
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-Oahu
-Milwaukee
-The President's April 1970 trip
-Apollo XIII astronauts
-Dwight D. Eisenhower's reception there
-Breakdown of population
-Japanese
-Chinese
-Hawaiians
-“Haoles” [Whites]
-Forthcoming visit of [Kakuei Tanaka]
-Hawaiian reaction
-Hiram L. Fong
-Instruction to Haldeman
-[John A. Burns]
-Daniel K. Inouye
-Ethnic background
-Japanese
-Fong
-Ethnic background
-Chinese
-Wife
-Polynesian
-US summit meeting with [Tanaka]


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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[Duration: 32m 47s ]


Ziegler entered at 11:13 am.


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5

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Kissinger's schedule
-Return to US
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-Paris negotiations
-Announcement
-North Vietnamese


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
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[Duration: 2m 36s ]


ZIEGLER LEFT AT 11:17 AM.


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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:17 am.

The President's schedule
-Overseas Private Investment Corporation [OPIC]
-Bradford Mills
-Photograph opportunity
-Arthur S. Flemming
-Klein
-Thomas S. Sedlar

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:33 am.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
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[Duration: 7m 57s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7

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Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:17 am.

The President's schedule
-Flemming
-Mills

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:33 am.


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 34s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8

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Haldeman left at 11:33 am.
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